Putting their free time to good use! While waiting out the coronavirus quarantine period, many stars have occupied themselves by hopping on a video chat with their famous pals.
Ariana Grande joined her former Victorious castmates — Victoria Justice, Elizabeth Gillies, Avan Jogia, Daniella Monet, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett and Eric Lange — and series creator Dan Schneider on a Zoom video chat on March 27. Together, the group celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the popular Nickelodeon series. Their reunion was supposed to occur face-to-face, but the coronavirus pandemic led to the adjusted plans.
“Happy,” the Grammy-winning singer captioned the black-and-white snap of herself alongside her former colleagues, while Justice, sharing the same photo, wrote, “This made me happy 
. 10 years later. Can’t even believe it. 
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Gwyneth Paltrow, for her part, helped ease her cabin fever with a star-studded Zoom session that featured pals Demi Moore and Sara Foster. Meanwhile, social media star The Fat Jewish posted a screenshot from a seemingly faux Zoom chat that featured Kendall Jenner, Andy Cohen, Bruno Mars and Emily Ratajkowski, among others.
While John Krasinski reunited with his former The Office costar Steve Carell on March 29 for his new YouTube series, Some Good News, their fellow ex-castmates Angela Kinsey and Creed Bratton caught up via FaceTime. The Haters Back Off! actress shared a screengrab from her call to Instagram on March 19, and she teased what Bratton is up to.
Instead of having standard video chats, some stars have let fans watch their virtual hangouts via Instagram live stream. Miley Cyrus launched an Instagram Live series, Bright Minded: Live With Miley, where she interviews other stars, including Paris Hilton, Alicia Keys and Reese Witherspoon.
Ellen DeGeneres, meanwhile, has filmed her at-home phone conversations with her famous pals, such as Kevin Hart and Adam Levine. Other stars, including Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Ashley Tisdale and Tinashe have passed their time by posting dance routines to TikTok.
As several artists have canceled or delayed their upcoming tours amid the COVID-19 outbreak, music stars including John Legend, Keith Urban, Niall Horan and Jojo performed live concerts from the comfort of their homes.
Scroll down to see photos of stars catching up over video chat while in self-isolation.
The Avengers costars FaceTimed in a video for the I Am a Voter campaign released on July 26. “My best friend in the whole wide world!” Paltrow called Downey Jr. while encouraging their Instagram followers to register to vote ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
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Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Elaine Hendrix and their costars reunited for the first time in 22 years on Katie Couric’s Instagram page on July 20. In addition to looking back on the 1998 movie, Lohan and Quaid recreated one of their most iconic scenes and remembered their late costar Natasha Richardson, who died in 2009 after a skiing accident. “Natasha had such an elegance and grace, and she was so maternal to me,” Lohan said.
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Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Mary Steenburgen, Lauren Graham, and Peter Gallagher caught up virtually on July 10. The NBC stars joined creator Austin Winsberg and choreographer Mandy Moore as part of Paley Fest’s Paley Front Row 2020 series to talk about their musical show.
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The cast of the Netflix comedy, including Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Carol Kane and Jon Hamm shared their experiences of working together on July 3. The actors, as well as creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, shared a laugh during their Paley Fest Front Row 2020 interview. Plus, Daniel Radcliffe, who joined the team for the interactive special, Kimmy vs. the Reverend, also signed on.
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Tom Guiry (Smalls), Patrick Renna (Ham), Brandon Quintin Adams (Kenny), Grant Gelt (Bertram) and other stars of the 1993 comedy reunited over video chat on Renna’s YouTube channel. A trailer featuring the cast talking to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner and other athletes was released on July 9, and the full reunion is set to premiere on July 15.
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As part of Josh Gad’s YouTube Series, Reunited Apart, the cast of the 1986 John Hughes film, including Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey and Alan Ruck looked back on the iconic movie on June 28.
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The cast of the original X-Men film including Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman, reminisced about filming the action flick together on June 27. Their chat was crashed by other stars who joined the franchise in later movies, with Liev Schreiber, Sophie Turner and James McAvoy making appearances and Ryan Reynolds playfully bickering with his pal Jackman.
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The cast and producers reunited on June 26 in celebration of Pride month for the show's Pose-a-Thon. Billy Porter, Mj Rodriguez, Angel Bismark Curiel, Sandra Bernhard, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Angelica Ross and Patti LuPone were among the cast members who lip-synced to Porter's 2019 single, "Love Yourself."
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Reese Witherspoon and Regina King reunited via video chat for Variety's Actors on Actors series in June 2020.
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Entertainment Weekly hosted a reunion on June 18 with Kirsten Dunst, A.J. Cook, Leslie Hayman, Chelse Swain, Hanna Hall, Josh Hartnett and director Sofia Coppola to discuss the 1999 film's enduring legacy. The group reminisced on their time working on the teen drama from reading the script to Dunst filming the iconic scene where she leaves her house to make out with Trip Fontaine (Harnett).
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The Disney Channel cast reunited on June 17 in honor of their show’s 20th anniversary. Shia LaBeouf, who played Louis Stevens, was noticeably absent, but his TV siblings, Christy Carlson Romano, who played Ren, and Nick Spano, who played Donnie, both virtually joined the Facebook Live hang. A.J. Trauth, Steven Anthony Lawrence and Tom Virtue were along some of the other castmembers on the chat.
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The four remaining members of the ‘00s boy band, Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Frankie Galasso and Matt Ballinger, reunited on June 11 to perform in honor of the late Chris Trousdale. The singers paid tribute to Trousdale, who died from COVID-19 complications on June 2, on what would’ve been his 35th birthday, singing “It Happens Every Time.”
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Nearly 20 years after the first film was released, the cast of the J.R.R. Tolkien tale — including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom and Ian McKellen — joined Josh Gad over Zoom on May 31 as part of his "Reuniting Apart" series. The former costars reminisced on some of the film's most iconic scenes, all with the goal of raising money for No Kid Hungry amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander, who played Elaine Benes and George Costanza, respectively, joined efforts in May 2020 to raise money for frontline coronavirus workers. During their Instagram Live, the longtime friends reminisced about the beloved series.
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Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Chris Hemsworth virtually reunited for an an appearance during the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards: Celebrate Together in May 2020. The cast accepted the favorite movie award for Avengers: Endgame.
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Grab the butterbeer! Bonnie Wright joined longtime Harry Potter costars James and Oliver Phelps in May 2020 for a virtual Weasley family reunion — and gabbed about all things Hogwarts. The fictional siblings took a trip down memory lane during the twins’ “Double Trouble” podcast, recalling their first encounters at auditions and their favorite scenes from the series.
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Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang and Jeri Ryan reunited on YouTube’s Stars in the House on May 26 to raise money for The Actors Fund amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During the virtual reunion, Mulgrew revealed that she “would certainly go back and redo the first season and endow that language, which was diabolically difficult, with real meaning.”
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To benefit Feeding America, stars of the hit teen drama including Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Sasha Pieterse, Janel Parrish, Ian Harding, Tyler Blackburn, and creator Marlene King all got together with moderator Damian Holbrook for a hangout in May 2020. Keegan Allen, who played Toby, couldn’t make it since he was “in the middle of the mountains” with no service.
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Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong, Pedro Pascal and creator Dan Harmon reunited for a table read via YouTube on May 18. The video is to raise money and awareness for José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen and Frontline Foods supporting COVID-19 relief efforts.
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Hilary Duff joined Lalaine, Adam Lamberg, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, Jake Thomas and more of her Lizzie McGuire costars for a virtual table read in May 2020. Together they relived the tween series — complete with Duff’s animated alter ego from the show. It was the first time they were all “together” in 18 years.
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Josh Gad was joined by Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Mary Steenburgen and other Back to the Future favorites on his YouTube series Reunited Apart in May 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis. They ended the reunion by singing Huey Lewis and the News’ “The Power of Love.”
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On an episode of John Krasinski's "Some Good News," he was joined by Jenna Fischer, Steve Carell, Mindy Kaling, Rainn Wilson, Angela Kinsey, Ed Helms, Kate Flannery, Brian Baumgartner, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nuñez and Creed Bratton. The group all recreated the famous dance routine from Jim and Pam's wedding on May 11, to celebrate the Zoom wedding day of two megafans.
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To celebrate Scheana Shay’s 35th birthday, the cast of Vanderpump Rules staged a virtual gathering via Zoom. Brittany Cartwright, Beau Clark, Peter Madrigal, Lala Kent, Stassi Schroeder, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix were among those present for the occasion.
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James and Oliver Phelps, who played Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter series, were joined by longtime costar Bonnie Wright on their "Double Trouble" podcast on May 7. Wright, who starred as the twins' younger sister Ginny, dished on her favorite memories from the films and her passion for environmentalism during the adorable reunion.
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Four years after the Disney Channel series ended in 2016, the cast reunited virtually to spread cheer. “When the crowd wants more. We bring them a zoom reunion,” Calum Worthy wrote via Twitter on May 7, alongside a photo of his costars, Ross Lynch, Laura Marano and Raini Rodriguez, video-chatting. “We thought a cast reunion would be a fun way to bring some happiness to the world in this difficult time. I hope we can make you smile.”
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The popular late ‘90s boy band virtually reunited over a Zoom call on May 4 to celebrate Lance Bass’ 41st birthday. However, Justin Timberlake was the only former member not present for the occasion. Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez all dialed in for the call.
“My loved ones made it so special. I’m still in shock,” Bass wrote via Instagram on May 5. “It started with a parade of cars outside my house with a few friends. I had enough food sent over to feed an army. And I dug into SIX birthday cakes.”
Bass continued, “And to top it off, [my husband] Michael [Turchin] through [sic] me a surprise virtual bday party with some of my favorite people! Here’s a sample of how it all went down. Thank you to everyone who made this weird birthday the best ever! 😘.”
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“I miss my Pearson family SO much and seeing these faces really lifted my spirits,” Mandy Moore captioned a screenshot of the cast video-chatting on May 2. Chrissy Metz shared the same image, which featured herself, Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Jon Huertas, Chris Sullivan, Susan Kelechi Watson and Justin Hartley.
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The cast of Melrose Place reunited via video in April 2020 in support of The Actors Fund during the coronavirus pandemic. "It was the cast, it was the crew and it was for the years that we were together and doing so many episodes and two episodes at the same time," Heather Locklear said about her time on the show. "We really had to help each other and it was a really nice group."
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Will Smith joined Alfonso Ribeiro, Daphne Maxwell Reid, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons and Joseph Marcell to relive the good old days of the '90s sitcom. "You guys are my second family," Smith said on the April 2020 video chat. "I've been shaped by my interactions and relationships ... when I look back, the best times in my life will have been on that set."
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The cast of The Goonies reunited via Zoom chat on April 27, after superfan Josh Gad coordinated. Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Martha Plimpton, Kerri Green, Joe Pantoliano and Robert Davi were joined by "surprise guests" Cyndi Lauper, screenwriter Chris Columbus, director Richard Donner and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
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Scott Porter reunited with the cast of Hart of Dixie via Zoom on April 26. The group chat included Rachel Bilson, Jaime King, Cress Williams, Tim Matthieson and Wilson Bethel.
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Marla Sokoloff chatted with the original cast of The Babysitter's Club on April 26, including Schuyler Fisk, Rachael Leigh Cook, Bre Blaire, Larisa Oleynik and director Melanie Mayron.
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Demi Lovato reunited with her Sunny With a Chance/So Random! cast members Tiffany Thornton, Allisyn Ashley Arm, Doug Brochu, Sterling Knight, Audrey Whitby, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp and Damien Haas in a Zoom chat on April 25.
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The cast of the beloved series reunited via video chat to help raise money for the World Health Organization in April. Scott Porter (Jason Street), Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor), Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette), Derek Phillips (Billy Riggins), Gaius Charles (Smash Williams) and Brad Leland (Buddy Garrity) rewatched the show’s pilot as part of Global Citizen's "Together At Home" series.
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Ladies’ night! Laura Dern was joined by Naomi Watts, Julianne Moore, Christy Burlington, Helena Christensen and Laura Brown for a fun night in while drinking wine in April. “Isolation benefit: drinks with normally busy ladies who have nowhere to go,” Brown captioned the Instagram pic of their chat. Christensen added: “Best bar in town.”
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Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara, who played siblings Carmen and Juni Cortez, staged a virtual reunion on April 20 via Instagram Live. The meetup was coordinated by Meghan Trainor, who is married to the Green Inferno actor, on her Instagram account.
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Shenae Grimes recruited her former CW castmates AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Stroup, Matt Lanter, Michael Steger, Jessica Lowndes, Tristan Wilds and Josh Zuckerman for a virtual reunion on Zoom that was uploaded to the Degrassi alum’s YouTube Channel on April 22. Later on in Grimes’ YouTube video, she had a solo Zoom chat with Dustin Milligan, who played Ethan Ward during the show’s first season.
Missing from the occasion was Trevor Donovan and Gillian Zinser.
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Ethan Embry, Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn and Johnathon Scheach reunited via Zoom on April 18, 2020, amid the coronavirus quarantine to watch and provide commentary to their 1996 film and raise money for MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. The reunion was also a tribute to Adam Schlesinger, who wrote the movie’s theme song. The Fountains of Wayne musician died on April 1 at the age of 52 from complications related to coronavirus.
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For a special quarantine edition of Red Table Talk, host Jada Pinkett Smith was joined by her Girls Trip costars (Queen Latifah, Tiffany Haddish and Regina Hall) to discuss everything from celeb crushes to a potential sequel of their 2017 hit.
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Reunited and it feels so good! Wilson Cruz, who starred as Rickie Vasquez on the '90s teen drama, posted a screenshot of his video call with the cast on April 15. "So ... This happened the other night," Cruz wrote via Twitter. "Most of the #MySoCalledLife cast was available for what turned out to be a very comforting, sweet, heartfelt and overdue reunion. We all have such love for each other, even 26 years later. It was overwhelming to see all of those faces together." Though a number of the original cast members were able to call in, Jared Leto was nowhere to be seen.
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Vanessa Hudgens shared a snap of the High School Musical cast reuniting over Zoom on April 12. “Guess who’s back …” she captioned the photo, in which most of the cast — including Corbin Bleu, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman, director Kenny Ortega and more Wildcats — can be seen making silly faces.
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The NBC sketch show’s cast staged a virtual reunion amid the pandemic on April 9, revealing that a new episode of the series would air on April 11. Remaining episodes from season 45 of SNL were previously postponed. “NEW EPISODE OF @nbcsnl on Saturday,” Aidy Bryant captioned a photo from the video call. “I miss my friends! #SNLatHome.”
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After the series came to an end on April 7, the entire cast caught up via Zoom. “Couldn’t be happier to be with this group to watch the fabulous end to our little show that could,” Sarah Levy, who played Twyla Sands, wrote via Instagram on April 8. “I’ve run out of words to describe how proud I am of my family and the wonderful friends I’ve made along the way. I am forever grateful and I love you. 💕.”
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The Netflix show’s cast reunited for a live table read, which was broadcast via YouTube on April 9, of the first episode from its seventh and final season, which is slated to air sometime in 2021.
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Gal Gadot joined her Wonder Woman 1984 colleagues, including Chris Pine and Kristin Wiig, to celebrate costar Pedro Pascal’s 45th birthday virtually. “Happiest birthday @pascalispunk !! We love you so much,” the Israeli actress captioned a screenshot of the group chat via Instagram. “It was definitely a new way to celebrate but even when we’re not together we’re always close at heart! ❤️ love you.”
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Rose McIver shared a screenshot from her virtual hangout on Zoom with many of her Christmas Prince castmates on Wednesday, April 1. “Christmas Prince 4: The Royal Zoom (missing a lot of key players!),” the New Zealand native shared via Instagram.
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Anna Camp, Bradley Whitford and the rest of their NBC cast bonded during a video chat on April 1. “My Loves 💖💖💖💖 @nbcperfectharmony,” the actress captioned a sweet Instagram screenshot of the reunion.
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Ramona Singer, Dorinda Medley, Luann de Lesseps and Leah McSweeney shared a sweet moment while quarantining separately on April 1. “Zooming & catching up with my girls ❤️ #RHONY Season 12 premieres tomorrow night! @bravotv,” Singer wrote via Instagram.
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The cast of the 2014 film franchise reunited online on March 31. “We survived the Glade, the Scorch & whatever the third one was about. We got this… “ Kaya Scodelario captioned a screenshot.
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The Nickelodeon series’ cast celebrated the show’s 10th anniversary over Zoom on March 27 in lieu of an in-person gathering. Gillies noted that the reunion was “simply the best,” while Jogia wrote in a separate post: “Love you all. More of this. Happy 10th.”
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While not a FaceTime or Zoom, the pop stars caught up over Instagram Live. During their virtual hangout, the “Meant to Be” artist taught the “Praying” singer how to use filters on Instagram. “Thanks @beberexha for teaching me Instagram filters!! 👻👻👻👻 ,” Kesha captioned a snippet from the livestream on March 19, while Rexha commented below, “Love you.”
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Paltrow was joined by Moore, Foster, former Girls co-showrunner Jenni Konner, jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, interior designer Brigette Romanek and the Goop founder’s longtime pal Daun Dees on a Zoom call on March 21. “It’s important to stay connected and get through this with your friends,” Romanek wrote via Instagram, sharing several photos from the group video chat. “So have lunch, happy hour, dinner or just a quick chat with your friends. I love my ladies!!!!”
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The former Office stars checked in on each other during their respective at-home isolations. “Facetiming with my neighbor this morning. ❤️ @creedbratton is staying home and safe,” Kinsey shared via Instagram. “He says he’s working on an album while he self isolates. I love this fella so much! ❤️.”
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Instead of a standard FaceTime or Zoom chat, David spoke with Mayer via Instagram Live on March 29. At one point, the actress and the singer talked about sending nudes during quarantine, which David said “are all we have right now, right? The problem is that after this is over, if your nudes leaked, the consequences are the same. You can’t say, ‘They were taken during the quarantine, you know? What was I supposed to do?’”
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The “Mother’s Daughter” singer got creative with her time at home by launching an Instagram Live series, called Bright Minded: Live With Miley, every weekday at 2:30 p.m. ET. Hilary Duff, Nicole Richie and Millie Bobby Brown have been some of the celebs who have joined her during the livestream sessions.
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