In his latest Playboy interview Ben Affleck decided to speak on the negative role the paparazzi plays in the lives of children of parents int eh spotlight. Affleck explain he understands a crew stalking and following him but when they come after his children that’s another story, hit the jump for more!
Affleck expressed to Playboy that he understands the important relationship between media and celebrity but the children of those in fame should not have to pay at the expense of their parents:
“You can say what you want about me. You can yell at me with a video camera and be TMZ. You can follow me around and take pictures all you want. I don’t care. There are a couple of guys outside right now. Terrific. That’s part of the deal. But it’s wrong and disgusting to follow children around and take their picture and sell it for money,” he tells Playboy. “It makes the kids less safe. They used to take pictures of our children coming out of preschool, and so this stalker who had threatened to kill me, my wife and our kids showed up at the school and got arrested. I mean, there are real practical dangers to this.”
What triggered Affleck’s complete intolerance for paparazzi abusing their job was previous stalker situation in which the culprit had been spotted within a pack of paparazzi:
“He was in the pack of paparazzi,” recalls the actor. “They didn’t know he was a guy who was threatening to murder our family. That makes me angry. It’s a safety thing, and there’s also a sanity thing.”
For more check out the full interview with PlayBoy
