I don't know if I agree exactly but I do think it makes sense that parasocial relationships got stronger in the covid lockdowns. Like apparently in the UK, at least, our level of social activities and loneliness still aren't back to what they were. And I think a lot of people got comfort from not so much 'this one person talks to the camera like we're friends', which is what so many people imagine Youtube or whatever being about, but from watching two or more friends be together and how they interact with each other. I definitely watched more Youtube that was 'two friends play video games together', anyway, and I bet I wasn't the only one.