These weirdo types who latch onto a minor celebrity, have been around forever, it's just that the internet has given them a bigger platform on which to display their misguided devotion.
UK Tattlers may know a journalist/tv presenter called Anne Diamond? I once worked with a girl who, along with her mum, were utterly bewitched by Anne. When AD fell pregnant (with a rainbow baby), my colleague's mum knitted a baby cardigan and sent it to the tv studio where AD worked. Colleague and her mum were completely convinced that when AD came onto the tv show, with her newborn, the baby would be wearing the cardigan. My colleague actually booked a day off work, so that she could stay at home with her mum to watch the show! (Spoiler: the baby wasn't wearing the cardigan
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Much as we all laughed at work, we did feel a little sad for them both and even ended up consoling our colleague that the cardigan probably got worn at some point. It's like those nutters that sent baby clothes to Princess Di when she had her kids, do they really think they're gonna spot Prince Wiilliam wearing a home-made jumper, lovingly knitted by Maureen from Ramsgate?
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