Is It Time to Show Paparazzi Enough Is Enough?
April 8, 2010 by Katelyn
Filed under Mostly Medium Mom
I am sort of upset today about a few things. I am upset enough to switch the channel on the tv if I see people talking about them and to leave magazines on the racks. If you get upset, too…If we all get upset, maybe the paparazzi will finally get the message they should have gotten after the Diana tragedy: That there are boundaries. There are lines. And that they shouldn’t be crossed by anyone with any decency and sense of compassion. That if the lines are crossed, we won’t be there to watch and rubberneck this time. Because we’ve had enough.
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Take Sandra Bullock. This is not someone who went out and cheated on her spouse. This is someone who was heartbreakingly betrayed by a man she trusted. Why should she have to run a gauntlet of cameras to get in and out of her house? I feel the same way about the whole Tiger Woods incident. The innocent spouse and the kids should be off limits. Ask for a press conference, take a statement and then leave them alone to heal and grieve. So, when I see another over-hyped story about Sandra Bullock’s heartbreak coming up, I hit the remote button. I sincerely hope that if I’d ever be in the public eye facing the very public ruin of my marriage, that she’d do the same for me.
No, what I want to do when I talk about Sandra Bullock is comment about what an amazing job she did on The Blind Side, which is right up there beside August Rush on my worth seeing more than once list. I want to talk about how she was completely deserving of the award she got and how great she looked accepting it. People should be ashamed of any part they had in snatching away the pleasure she had in a once in a lifetime moment that honored her hard work on a movie that was completely outside her normal “box” and was an outstanding, moving portrayal of a woman who opened her home to a child she didn’t even know and made him a part of her family.
Then, I find out from Tom Cruise Watch that people are publishing photos of Suri Cruise with her underwear showing. Nice. Real classy. Here are some options I recommend for anyone who has a soul and takes celebrity shots:
- You could crop the shot to show this LITTLE GIRL and Katie Holmes from the waist up.
- You could just discard the photo when you saw you caught a CHILD in an awkward moment.
- You could put down your camera and alert Katie to the fact that her very YOUNG daughter was having a wardrobe malfunction.
Seriously. Taking pictures of a child’s underpants and publishing them? There’s a word for that. Two thumbs down, Paparazzi Dude. Two thumbs down. And if you publish a fan site or write an article? Handle it with class like Tom Cruise Watch and don’t show the photo.
It is enough to make me give up celebrity news all together. How do you feel about the way the paparazzi go after the families of celebrities or the families of people who have done something wrong?
First I wanted to thank you for the mention. Now, on that subject there is only one word for this and it borders along the line of porn. At least it does for those sick people out there that get off on that type of stuff. No wonder these celebrities are moody they never get time alone and then if they do they have to worry that when they change their clothes there might be some crack in the window and be seen by a pap that has a super camera and posts it all online. UGH!
You’re welcome. And I completely agree. Fame has a price so I don’t get upset if the paparazzi snap a photo of people out having fun or walking into a store if you aren’t bothering them, but you don’t need to take shots that are deliberately unflattering and you don’t need to invade stars’ privacy or the privacy of their families when they are having a family crisis. It really bothers me that they’re scaring children to get shots of the stars out with their families or taking embarrassing photos of children and publishing them for the world to see.
if you’ve noticed recently most of the pics of Suri she’s shielding her eyes or hiding in her mommy’s neck. I can only imagine the damage those lights are causing her…not to mention all these strangers.