HOLLYWOOD - Movie star George Clooney is happy to ignore the over-zealous efforts of thepaparazzi who follow him everywhere because he fears that by limiting their
powers he'll upset freedom of speech.
While stars like Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz rally to change laws and
fight against celebrity photographers, Clooney, whose father is respected
newsman Nick Clooney, fears stars could be setting a bad precedent if they
continue fighting the paparazzi.
He explains, "These guys can be real jerks, these paparazzi, they're not
trying to catch me doing something stupid, which I'll have to take hits for-they're
trying to create you doing something stupid. They walk through the
airport and go, 'Who's that fat chick you're with?'
"I'll take all of those hits in lieu of trying to restrict it, because the
dangers of restricting it, or getting into those dangers, [is] like burning the
first book.
"I get that they do some rotten things... It's a drag for me... [But] as a
guy who believes in the free press, I think that some of these hits we have to
take in order to not mess with freedom of speech."
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