How celebrities quietly clean their public records, while yours stay online forever
Long gone are the days of fold-up maps sold on Sunset Boulevard with celebrity addresses plastered all over them. Apart from a few Old Hollywood types, most celebrities and influencers nowadays don’t think of their public status as a deal with the Devil, signing away their right to privacy in exchange for fame and fortune.
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