In the last couple years, it seems that there is always a news headline about a celebrity getting into an argument with the paparazzi, and there is always that one person that feels the need to say, “They signed up for it,” but that’s not true. These celebrities signed up to do what they love; they signed up to do a job just like any other person. What they didn’t do is sign up to have drones fly over their homes, be followed and yelled at as the walk down the street, or be photographed as they are eating dinner with their family and friends. The definitely did not sign up to have their privacy stripped from them. The word “paparazzi” dates all the way back to the 1960’s. Federico Fellini named one of his characters Paparazzo, who was a celebrity
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They often put themselves and the celebrity in danger by following them so closely to get just a picture. Unfortunately, they aren’t worried about that as long as they get pictures, even if that means accidents. On August 3,2014, Selena Gomez was in a fender bender after her car was surrounded by paps. Nail Horan, a member of One Direction, was dragged to the floor of LAX by one of these humans. The fans that had waited, for who knows how long, to meet this boy and their chance taken from them because these people do the most to get a picture. Now imagine this, driving down the road, but being chased by photographers and then smashing into a wall and totaling the car. This happened to Chris Brown after the lost control of the car trying to lose the paps. Again, thankfully there were no injuries. As I said before they don’t only put the celebrity in danger, but also themselves. Sadly, that’s the case for this not so lucky paparazzi. Chris Guerra died in a car accident in Los Angeles on New Year’s Day in 2013, after chasing who he thought was Justin Bieber. “If it takes me all night, I’m staying out here, I’m getting this story,” the 29-year-old told a friend, according to TMZ. “He was smoking weed. I hope something comes of this.” (Brown N.P.). The LAPD pulled over Bieber’s car for speeding, so Guerra went over to take the pictures he had waited for all night not knowing that Bieber wasn’t even in the car and that the driver was his friend Lil Twist. The officer ordered Guerra back to his car and was hit as he walked across the four lanes of
They often put themselves and the celebrity in danger by following them so closely to get just a picture. Unfortunately, they aren’t worried about that as long as they get pictures, even if that means accidents. On August 3,2014, Selena Gomez was in a fender bender after her car was surrounded by paps. Nail Horan, a member of One Direction, was dragged to the floor of LAX by one of these humans. The fans that had waited, for who knows how long, to meet this boy and their chance taken from them because these people do the most to get a picture. Now imagine this, driving down the road, but being chased by photographers and then smashing into a wall and totaling the car. This happened to Chris Brown after the lost control of the car trying to lose the paps. Again, thankfully there were no injuries. As I said before they don’t only put the celebrity in danger, but also themselves. Sadly, that’s the case for this not so lucky paparazzi. Chris Guerra died in a car accident in Los Angeles on New Year’s Day in 2013, after chasing who he thought was Justin Bieber. “If it takes me all night, I’m staying out here, I’m getting this story,” the 29-year-old told a friend, according to TMZ. “He was smoking weed. I hope something comes of this.” (Brown N.P.). The LAPD pulled over Bieber’s car for speeding, so Guerra went over to take the pictures he had waited for all night not knowing that Bieber wasn’t even in the car and that the driver was his friend Lil Twist. The officer ordered Guerra back to his car and was hit as he walked across the four lanes of