Celebrities share their true feelings about Valentine's Day

Julia Roberts - Julia Roberts chose the saint's name 'Valentine' for her confirmation when she was a child, but she has mixed feelings about the holiday today. Her pragmatic view is that it's great when things work out on Valentine's Day, but it sucks when they don't. It's a day that comes with a lot of pressure, that's for sure.

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Ashton Kutcher -

Ashton Kutcher is the Valentine's Day Grinch. According to him, love should be celebrated every single day of the year except Valentine's Day. Kutcher says there should be 364 days of love each year, but on February 14 you can go and tell someone you hate that you can't stand them. Nice...

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Neil Patrick Harris - Neil Patrick Harris always celebrates Valentine's Day with the adorable family he shares with David Burtka. He takes to social media to share messages of love and cute pictures of Valentine's Day crafts they're doing with the kids.

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Michelle Obama -

Michelle Obama never misses an opportunity to celebrate the loves of her life: her husband Barack and her two daughters. She always gives a cute shout-out to her loved ones on Valentine's Day.

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Amanda Seyfried -

Amanda Seyfried loves spending Valentine's Day with the four-legged love of her life. Her husband Thomas Sadoski doesn't stand a chance when competing with her rescue pooch, Finn. “Finn looks at me when I talk to him. He just wants to be with me. That’s what everyone wants in a partner, right?"

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Kris Jenner -

Kris Jenner is all about family on Valentine's Day. When asked how she'd like to spend the day, she said her ideal plan would be taking her granddaughters to the American Girl doll store for a boy-free lunch.

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Anna Kendrick -

Anna Kendrick is pretty practical about Valentine's Day. She'll celebrate it, but doesn't go overboard! She told InStyle that she once gave a boyfriend a spatula for Valentine's Day.

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Viola Davis - Viola Davis has a soft spot for Valentine's Day. Her father would always give her a big card and chocolates when she was a kid, and those happy memories give the day an extra special meaning.

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Eva Mendes - Eva Mendes isn't a big Valentine's Day person. One year she told Ellen DeGeneres that she planned to watch 'The Notebook', order a deep dish pizza, and cry. Maybe her partner, Ryan Gosling, was out of town?

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Justin Bieber -

Justin Bieber has a habit of dropping albums on Valentine's Day, but he's not a big fan of February 14 otherwise! He complained about being single on Snapchat in 2017 after his breakup with Selena Gomez. Things are probably looking up now that he's married! Hailey Bieber reportedly bought him a US$10,000 diamond-encrusted popsicle for Valentine's Day 2020.

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Lili Reinhart -

Lili Reinhart loves Valentine's Day and likes to dress up for it with a sexy outfit and an extra-special makeup look (but she avoids the clichéd red lipstick).

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Nina Dobrev -

'Vampire Diaries' star Nina Dobrev says her opinion about the holiday completely depends on her relationship status. If she has a boyfriend then it's wonderful, but if she's single she just wishes the holiday didn't exist.

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Carrie Underwood -

Carrie Underwood believes that every day should be Valentine's Day. "Your man shouldn’t love you for one day out of 365. He should love you 365 days out of the year ".

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Lily James -

Lily James is all about love on Valentine's Day, but not just for couples. She wrote on Instagram "Love yourself. Love your person. Love love love."

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Ian Somerhalder - 'Vampire Diaries' star Ian Somerhalder's opinion on Valentine's Day has evolved over the years. "I used to think this day was a conspiracy of chocolatiers and florists," he said on Instagram in 2015. While he still thinks the pressure to spend a lot of money on expensive gifts is unnecessary, he sees the day as an opportunity to show appreciation for all the love in your life.

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Gillian Jacobs -

Gillian Jacobs thinks that pressure and high expectations totally ruin Valentine's Day. "Unless someone gets you a bouquet made of diamonds it's going to feel like a letdown."

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Jane Lynch -

Jane Lynch doesn't buy into the Valentine's Day hype at all, and claims it's a ridiculous holiday created by greeting cards!

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Nick Kroll - Comedian Nick Kroll brought out a Valentine's Day special of his Netflix show 'Big Mouth' to share his true feelings about the holiday. He believes that, for a lot of people, it's not something wonderful–it's a day filled with stress and anxiety.

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Judd Apatow -

Director Judd Apatow says that Valentine's Day is really stressful. There's so much pressure to come up with something amazing that inevitably you feel scared you're going to mess it up!

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Simone Biles -

Simone Biles is not feeling the Valentine's vibes. In 2017 she tweeted "Valentine's day is one big LOL."

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Candace Cameron Bure - 'Full House' star Candace Cameron Bure likes to use Valentine's Day as an opportunity to make her partner feel special. She suggested showing them how much you love them by doing one of their favorite activities together.

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Kelly Rowland - Kelly Rowland is a typical romantic and loves all the cheesiness of Valentine's Day. She goes all out with the gushy social media posts and celebrations.

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Tim Weatherspoon -

Rowland's husband was at the opposite end of the scale. But apparently he made an exception for Kelly! She thanked him on Instagram for celebrating the holiday with her: "To my favorite guy who gave up HIS dislike for V-day to shower me with love, flowers, and such!"

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Lauren Conrad -

Lauren Conrad supports the idea that love should be celebrated every day, not just on February 14.

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Celebrities share their true feelings about Valentine's Day

Time to separate the romantics from the realists!

02/02/21 | StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Opinion

Valentine's Day is one of the most contentious holidays of the year. Some of us love getting caught up in the romance and go all out with rose petals on the bed, while others use it as an excuse to air their most pessimistic and anti-materialistic opinions. Our favorite celebrities are no exception!

We've got stars who hate it, stars who love it, and stars who are stuck on the fence. Click through this gallery to see which celebs love this holiday, and which ones can't stand it.