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When you're famous, you're photographed, it's just how Hollywood works. Why make such a big deal? Well for one, being stalked isn't anyone's idea of what they want to be when they grow up, but it just comes with the territory. Like any job, there's benefits and downfalls, it just so happens that having pictures of your "derriere" on the front cover of  "In Touch" magazine becomes reality when you step out into stardom. That's the way it is when you have personal photographers following your every move because once you're in the lime light, if you fall one day, you fall harder the next. To the paparazzi, a smile for the public means so much more than the tears of the one on the magazine. Even though we find it entertaining, we need to look at these pictures through the eyes of a celebrity. These photographs usually end up damaging their image because from the first time they walk down the red carpet, the pictures tell their story and the words become them. 

 

Paparazzi will go to any extreme no matter what the risk, because the only cost to them is their paycheck. The future of these celebrities is literally resting in the hands of the person holding the camera, but who is this person really? Let's not jump to conclusions on who's taking the pictures because even though the photographers physically capture the shot, the public make the headlines. They gossip about how embarrassing the photos are when it's exactly what they asked to see. It's weird that the more X-rated the picture, the more copies that are

sold. If it wasn't for our fascination with the failure of our idols, the pictures wouldn't be in almost every news stand in the world. If photographers get the feedback they were looking for then they will obviously go back for more. So when we really break it down, we are the guilty ones, because paparazzi feed off of what we want, they are working for us. To the public, a star only shines bright when a photographer has the flash on. We are the paparazzi. 

We need to begin to protect celebrities against ourselves. Imagine how boring the tabloids would become if suddenly all the paparazzi decided to start taking pictures of our personal lives instead. Every day we would start to see pictures of ourselves at a club, getting out of our cars, or walking down the street. Then almost instantly we would label the photos as violating and we would accuse the photographers of being stalkers, but when it's someone we hear through the speakers or see on the big screen, we pay to see them live their lives. That's why the law was thought up known as "Britney's Law". This law, still under debate, might license certain celebrities, who tend to be targets of the paparazzi, for protection against their cameras because sometimes it's just plain creepy. For some, these actions can become almost a sickness, known as "celebrity worship syndrome" or better know as "fan gone psycho". This occurs when a person gets obsessively involved in the details of a celebrities personal life and will stop at nothing to get a little bit closer to their "dream" person. We all, at one point in our lives, show signs of this disorder but pretend like we just take an interest in their fame. It's not okay when we follow someone everywhere they go snapping pictures along the way, but we don't even think twice when we rush to grab the first copy of these published pictures the next day. To us, it's fine to see these pictures and get excited over them as long as we weren't the ones looking through the lens. Truthfully, everyone goes a little nutty over their favourite star, some just hide it better than others.

Britney Spears is a prime example of the price of fame and has experienced what really happens when the world becomes obsessed with a person. She started out as an innocent little girl and grew up into a divorced fat bald woman addicted to sex and alcohol. Does that really make sense to us or is it just something that the media tricked us into believing? Remember we're the ones who pass the story on, changing it from person to person like a game. This is when the truth becomes gossip, a silly story made by us, that is not true. We all witnessed her "mental breakdown" but was it really what was happening at the time, or was it just a headline that the tabloids printed on all their magazines to make a lot of money from the people who fell for it?

 

You can criticize a person as much as you like, but the truth is when you look at yourself, you're not any better. We all have our bad days, but maybe Britney was just trying to make a point, which is the media can drive a person crazy, and the message clearly got across, or maybe that was what was really happening in her life and we exploited it to the world for our fun and enjoyment. We do all this to one person without even feeling guilty for a moment, when really every action that was taken by Britney was all in effect to the things we said. We take the picture and make it reality even if the story is a complete lie, so who knows what to believe? One thing is for sure, words can hurt, pictures can kill, and that's something that everyone

ignores but Britney really did fight through  it all. Then she came back with instant smash hits that shocked the world and smacked all the doubters across the face for pissing her off.

Even though we look at celebrity's glamorous lifestyles and wish we could be them, we forget to look at all the things we say to tear them down. As only Miss Spears could say it best, "It's Britney, bitch, you want a piece of me?"