‘The Walking Dead’ Reminds Us Not To Rely On Celebrities In A Crisis – HuffPost

During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, celebrities are preaching from their bubble baths, crowdsourcing us regulars for quarantine advice, and singing with Gal Gadot in their mansions. Well, Imagine what it would be like to actually rely on them in a crisis?

A hot take courtesy of The Walking Dead: It wouldnt be awesome.

In the latest episode of the AMC series, Beta (Ryan Hurst) was apparently revealed to be a famous country singer named Half Moon.

Yes, Beta now the primary antagonist on the show following the death of Alpha (Samantha Morton), and a guy whose claim to fame is killing his own followers is a celebrity.

He apparently has a secret hideout and listens to his own songs. Its very much the same vibe as Kanye West inviting Aziz Ansari to his house and playing his own music.

These beats are dope, Beta is probably thinking.

Jackson Lee Davis/AMCMusic doesn't get Beta than this.

Beta plays his music loud enough to attract zombies, apparently putting on a concert as he looks out at the undead. Its like his apocalypse version of the Instagram Live concerts of today.

When asked whats hiding under Betas zombie mask, Hurst previously told Entertainment Weekly, I cant tell you too much about that. Weve been dropping Easter eggs here and there, maybe on this show, maybe on another show thats connected to it, but Ill sort of keep dangling that carrot and let people wait for the end of this season to see what happens.

Elsewhere in the episode, Daryl (Norman Reedus) learns Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) killed Alpha, and Carol (Melissa McBride) has a crisis in which she hallucinates Alpha. But the moral of the story is: Dont trust celebrities in a zombie apocalypse.

If you want more proof beyond The Walking Dead universe, just check out what happens to Al Roker at the press junket in Zombieland 2. And dont let it happen in your neck of the woods.

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