Ambushed in Hollywood
You’ve probably heard by now that Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake were involved in an altercation with photographers outside a hotel in Los Angeles last Saturday. Apparently Diaz used her Charlie’s Angels training to land a couple of karate chops on one photographer’s neck, and then tripped him and grabbed his camera. According to the lawsuit filed by the photographers on Friday, Timberlake taunted the man as he lay bleeding on the pavement.
The publicist for each star has claimed that the couple was ambushed on a dark street and acted in self defense. It’s also been floated that they suspected they were being mugged. Does anyone really believe that? Two celebrities exit their hotel room and men jump from behind the bushes with cameras, and they suspect it’s a mugging? Is that a common occurrence outside fancy hotels in Los Angeles?
What is the expectation of privacy for celebrities? Isn’t that the real question after any incident that involves the “paparazzi”? I’ll admit that I don’t feel a tremendous amount of compassion for the “problems” celebrities face. If you make the decision to become an actor, then you should be prepared for the loss of your anonymity and all of the trappings of celebrity that follow. If photographers are waiting outside your hotel room, that’s the price you’ve paid to be rich and famous. Your image sells to magazines for the same reason you get paid to be an actor.
Maybe I’m missing something here.
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