Britney Spears Paparazzi Chase Reiterates Princess Diana Fate

Posted on Jan 18 2008 - 10:00am by Angela | 4 comments

One day before Britney Spears was nearly run off the road by paparazzi, Rosie O'Donnell had set forth her concerns that Hollywood's most talked-about pop tart would face the same fate as Princess Diana.

Rosie, who was recently named the most annoying celebrity, wrote the following message on her daily blog on January 15^th 2008 at 11:50a.m:

"I remember the tunnel as it appeared on the news, lit by headlights, flashlights, red lights. Between the cement tall pillars was a heap of twisted metal. I saw it then, and I can see it now. Diana dead.

"She [Britney Spears] will be trying to get away, but they will chase her, just as they chased her into that church yesterday. There were dozens of them, jostling their way into sanctuary, elbowing past each other, just to creep closer to her. Even her last-minute, folded-hand prayers can't be kept sacred. There can be no silent moments in a crowd; no silence, and no secrets."

Eerily enough, four members of the paparazzi were arrested January 16for "reckless driving" when they nearly ran Spears into a ditch just to snap a shot at the pop tart driving.

Rosie, as annoying as some may think, hit the nail on the head with that post, just hours before the incident.

The highly controversial talk show host ended her post with this:

"The tunnel is crowded now. There are only inches of separation between vulnerability and disaster."

Let's hope the police take control of the situation before Princess Diana's death really does become Britney Spears' fate.

Do you think the paparazzi have taken this too far?

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Marianne (not verified)

Tragic. That's all I can say about this situation. Tragic.

Anonymous (not verified)

I agree, its so sad to think that Britney Spears, the girl who had the whole world at her fingertips, may end up dying just so a few photographers can get a couple good shots. Keep it together Brit, we're here for you.

Anonymous (not verified)

Yes i agree. Its so sad that this young woman cant have the privacy to get her life back on track. It so sad to realize that we live in a society that wants to see this young celebrities suffer. All i can say is the poor girl needs to be left alone. They drove Diana to her death, i dont want to see that happen to Britney!

Anonymous (not verified)

It is absolutely fascinating to me, as a professional paparazzo for over 20 years, a photojournalist for over 30 years, and former member of the White House Press Corps - that people (especially celebrities) continue to blame the paparazzi for all this dangerous high speed vehicle chasing of celebs. Even the so called "mainstream / legitimate" press get it wrong when the stories they do about the paparazzi are always done from a point of view that never includes their own newspaper, magazine or television news program. So I just want to point out one simple indisputable fact: The paparazzi just want pictures of celebrities because the media buys them and the public wants to see what celebrities are doing in their "real" lives. There is a huge, vast, growing world-wide market for pictures of celebrities. It began long ago. Indeed, before even, the invention of the camera - at that time it was hand drawn caricatures of the celebs of the day - politicians. This insatiable appetite for information and pictures of celebrities was not created by the paparazzi (who are clearly perceived by most to be the bottom of the media totem pole). It might be argued that it was created by some of the media. Some sociologists and psychologists might even point out it has to do with some sort of societal disorder brought about by watching too much television or some-such. My opinion is - it is just good old human nature. No elaborate explanation necessary. Famous people attract a lot of attention. Duh. Ask most wait-persons in Los Angeles (and New York - heck, anywhere really) if they would be willing to "put up with" the paparazzi if they were to be suddenly discovered and become famous. I sincerely doubt you'll find many wanna-bees who would tell you they would be anything but grateful for such a break and would be perfectly happy to be photographed for a few seconds or minutes when they are out in public. Before someone becomes famous they simply have no reality or understanding on what it's like to be famous. Then again, maybe they do and think they will enjoy it or be able to control it. Ha. Fame has always had its downside. Tough. I know most people are intelligent enough to understand this - because most people watch TV and one of the most popular things to watch on TV is the "entertainment news". Anyone who has done so has seen just how much integrity our legal system has when it comes to the treatment of celebs who commit real crimes. Crimes that would have had much more grave consequences than those administered to the celebrities convicted of the same or worse unlawful act. One of the other most popular things to watch on TV are TV shows and movies, which are of course, populated by famous people called actors. Lots of people have favorite actors. Just as they do favorite athletes and favorite writers and favorite other sorts of famous people. Some people are more fanatical than others about the favoritism they exhibit towards their favorite famous people. Sometimes known as fans, they are often interested, albeit to various degrees, in their favorite famous person/s lives. Nuff said. So please just give some of this a bit of thought. Britney (or anyone else) speeding down a city street at 110 miles per hour or Princess Di and her boyfriend encouraging their driver to "lose the paparazzi" could possibly be said to be partly to blame for their own trouble - trouble they rarely actually are blamed for by anyone, let alone Law Enforcement officials, the Media, or the public. It's the paparazzi's fault.