From AI sexbots to stay-at-home ‘hub-sons’: 10 Post stories that raised eyebrows in 2025
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Amid economic anxiety, government gridlock and political violence, it was often hard to remain optimistic in 2025.
But amid a seemingly unending stream of bad news, The Post’s Lifestyle team did their best to make readers smile — and raise their eyebrows — by reporting on the weirdest and wildest happenings in the Big Apple and beyond.
From AI sexbots and celibate Zoomers to the latest trends in couture and cosmetic surgery, our intrepid team felt no tale was too taboo to cover.
Below are 10 stories that got our city and country talking: read on, relax, and take respite from the doom and gloom that otherwise dominated headlines.
There was no shortage of sex stories in 2025 — but for many women, there was a shortage of sex.
As The Post reported in October, Gen Z and millennial women are fueling America’s bizarre bonking recession.
Central Perk will be there for you, New York — but not in the exact way “Friends” superfans might remember.
Most mornings, style maven Debra Rapaport wakes up in her Manhattan apartment and gets ready to post her colorful, fashionably maximalist fits to Instagram, where she boasts 109,000 avid followers and counting.
When it comes to capturing the spirit of Christmas, there are few grander ways to celebrate than by seeing Cirque du Soleil’s holiday show “’Twas the Night Before…” at Madison Square Garden.
Salish Matter was just 10 when she first appeared on her father Jordan’s burgeoning YouTube channel. At the time, 5 million subscribers were tuning in to watch the photographer-turned-content-creator set himself various oddball challenges.
A quick trip to the bathroom changed Eline Van der Velden’s life — and Hollywood — forever.
A quick trip to the bathroom changed Eline Van der Velden’s life — and Hollywood — forever.
At 3 p.m. on a weekday inside Bushwick’s trendy Dayglow cafe, barista Joshua Thierry bends over a coupe glass on the bar like he’s defusing a bomb.
The last time Daniel Dana had to travel from New York to Miami, he opted to skip the usual time-sucking stress of the major airports and Uber-ed over to Teterboro instead — ambling into a dedicated terminal very shortly before his flight was scheduled to depart.
The shocking trend of suddenly curve-less celebrities flaunting their so-called “Ozempic bodies” is having a dangerous impact on women like Emily James.
“Ozempic body” is the new “heroin chic” in the world of celebrity — and the fact that it’s trickling down to the masses should concern everyone.
New York City’s Christmas tree sales aren’t a holly-jolly business.
Shop like your city depends on it.