By now, if you have not seen Chris Crocker's "Leave Britney alone" video, you are clearly not current with popular culture of our times. A video blog on youtube with more than 8 million hits by now, it is an impassioned plea to leave the 24 year old star alone, not scrutinize her life any further given what she has been through recently including the latest bizarre custody battle for her own kids.
While the plea is overtly dramatic, let me point out that I completely agree with the sentiment. Every action of Britney has been scutinized by the despicable paparazzi over the last seven years- her marriage to K-Fed, kids, shaving of the head, going ito rehab, her separation from K-Fed(that everyone predicted and then said..I told you so!), her fight with her mom- everything and it is amazing that she is still in her mid twenties. Give the woman a break and as Chris says- Leave her alone! She is clearly going throuh troubled times. What a person needs, any person, not just a celebrity is some time alone to sort things through, to get some clarity and perspective. How can that happen when there are twenty people chasing you down with cameras the moment you leave your house. I detest the paparazzi, have hated the since they followed Diana everywhere. We know how that story ended...it is time for some responsible journalism, and for some respect for private space. We all need it and to say celebrities have forfeited that right for personal space is a nonsensical argument.
Let us be respectful of peoples' time, space and privacy, more so when they are under severe personal crisis. To take advantage of that is unprofessional, crude, disrespectful and downright wrong.
Leave her alone- and while I am not crying making that plea- I completely agree with the sentiment.
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