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    Some celebrities are leery of being labeled anti-vaccine. Then Jessica Biel showed up

    by Melody Gutierrez and Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times Jun 14, 2019 5 minutes

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jessica Biel may have thought she could quietly slip into California's Capitol this week to lobby against a bill to tighten vaccine requirements, without damage to her brand or reputation. But the massive online response to her visit demonstrated how public opinion has shifted since celebrities last waded into the vaccination debate.

    Biel, who is married to Justin Timberlake, posed for selfies with lawmakers in their offices Tuesday and greeted others on the red-carpeted Senate floor, where an electronic message board welcomed her. But the moment her Capitol companion - anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - posted pictures online of the actress' lobbying efforts, a public that overwhelmingly supports mandatory vaccinations unleashed an avalanche of criticism.

    That kind of lashing may be one reason that celebrities active in opposing state immunization legislation in 2015 - Jenny McCarthy, Jim

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