Comments on: Jude Law Hits Female Photographer On The Head

By: Haley

Haley — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:59:02 +0000

Well, it looked pretty intentional to me. However, I would probably do the same thing if people were sticking lenses in my face all the time.

By: B

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:28:07 +0000

The paps deserve it. They shove and push and invade the personal space of the celeb to get their shot. No whining when they push them out of the way, which is what appears to be happening. Truth is, we can’t know what actually happened unless there is video.

By: Jazz

Jazz — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:22:24 +0000

I can’t believe there are women paparazzi now, it’s just sickening. If anyone has seen that Streets of Hollywood show you’ll see what scumbags these people really are.

By: newsgrrl

newsgrrl — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:45:00 +0000

I would press charges. He can defend himself and plead innocence, but the look on his face was vicious. They are pests, but he was caught on film for this one.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:31:48 +0000

If they have to be brushing up against the person they are photographing, they clearly don’t know how to use their cameras – or they are just complete ass******. There should be a law that paps can only take pics from across the street.

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:08:04 +0000

@Eloisa — dismissed charges or not, he was still arrested. that is fact.

By: TVC15

TVC15 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:08:02 +0000

IF THE PAPARAZZI IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE TOUCHED, NUDGED, OR SMACKED BY THEIR SUBJECT – THEY ARE INDEED TOO CLOSE TO THEIR SUBJECT. PERIOD. THERE’S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THIS CHICK WAS UP IN HIS FACE – BLOCKING HIS PATH – AND PROBABLY INCITING HIM W/ B.S. COMMENTS ON TOP OF BEING IN THE WAY. THEY DO INDEED, AT THE VERY LEAST, DESERVE A SMACKDOWN. COME ON NOW……..

By: loulou

loulou — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:36:47 +0000

If that’s hitting on her face, full on, then I guess the picture here is a slap to the back of the head to make it count? regardless, yeah, he probably could have handled that better. on the other hand, i actually would not be surprised if he flipped out because of that blinding flash. she’s awfully close to him if he could reach out and slap her. if my cheap little digital can blind me, imagine what one of those megawatt pro flashes can do do you.

By: Eloisa

Eloisa — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:12:10 +0000

OH! and about the “Jude was arrested after allegedly assaulting a photographer near his Maida Vale home in 2007″, please check the facts because the charge of assault were dismissed!!!

By: Eloisa

Eloisa — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:58:23 +0000

It was an accident. He had been very patience with photographers every nigth outside the theater, they are out of control. The ligths of the flashes are annoying and you can’t see anything. I think They are using her genre (female) to make him look bad, and that is disgusting. All my life I have been fighting with the fact that female aren’t diferentt to male at work, and people like her make us take a step back.

By the way, If you have a doubt see the video in The Sun, those flashes are incredible annoying!

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:56:33 +0000

If we agree that hitting anyone is unacceptable..then why do you make the case that it was a woman photog that was hit? Drop the soap box statement that it doesn’t matter if its a woman or a man…then state in your BIG PINK LETTERS…that it was a female Photog…

By: Haley

Haley — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:30:06 +0000

Celebs need to get over it. It’s no secret that if you want to be famous, this is the price you pay. If you would like to be photog free – stay home! Dont go to the restaurants that are notorious for celeb sitings – which are swarming with photographers. I’m sure there are hundreds of other restaurants, just as nice. I’m sure if these celebrities took a walk in an average person’s shoes – flipping burgers or bagging groceries, after a week they would be just begging for their riches and the in your face camera flashes that come with. Give it a rest and go buy a new bently.

By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:05:24 +0000

@QT- She HAS left her house plenty of times with NO paps following her. How? Bitch is maaaagggic!! Keep your whereabouts private. Keep your schedule quiet. Trust only those you KNOW you can trust. “They know where she lives.” Have a decoy. Use a different car. Duck. SUCH hard work and extensive planning!! Plenty of bigger named celebs walk the streets every day without being seen. The paps eventually catch up, but, I know for a fact that she has left her house several times without a trail following. :)

By: hannybanny

hannybanny — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:58:50 +0000

Wonder whether there is a bit of melodramatic football-style hamming going on here on the part of the ‘razzi….

By: incubi

incubi — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:51:00 +0000

b*tch had it coming. shouldn’t even matter if it’s a boy or girl. scum is still scum.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:29:46 +0000

It doesn’t look intentional to me. It looks like he went to block himself or shoo them away and she was in the way.

By: QT

QT — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:24:34 +0000

/\That’s a lie! She can’t do it easily. It takes alot of work & planning. If people know where you live they can EASILY follow you everywhere.

This lady is a liar off the bat! Whoever said he’s making a fist is blind, his hand is open. Plus we have no idea if he really said sorry or not.

By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:12:41 +0000

I agree there should be some kind of law against the paparazzi and their aggressive behavior. BUT, it still doesn’t warrant violence. That’s what the paps are there for, they WANT to get under their skin to get that perfect shot, i.e. Bald Britney and the Umbrella. Even if they’re 2 inches from your face, it still doesn’t entitle you to physically touch them. There are ways to avoid the paparazzi, and celebrities know this. Britney Spears can EASILY go to the store without a pack of paps following her if she wanted!! We’ve seen it done before!! Jude Law could have easily left out of a back or side door. He CHOSE to go out the front door of an A-List celebrity dinner party KNOWING the paps were out there. People SHOULD take responsibility for their actions, celebrity or not.

By: Frisa

Frisa — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:35:48 +0000

I agree with all posts…its just too hard to tell what really happened…everyone’s version will be different. However, it is never okay to assault someone…but good lord…how close was she to him that all he had to do was put his hand out and it hit her. Just because you’re famous does not give people (paps) the right to shove a camera in your face like that…maybe if she was a respectable distance from him it wouldn’t have happened (and you know cameras are high tech enough that she doesn’t need to be 6 inches from his face to get a good shot). It will be another he said she said situation and we’ll probably never know what really happened. I mean look at all the paps that have been hurt in the last few years…people are tired of their outrageous behavior and maybe if they weren’t 6 inches from your face they wouldn’t get hurt. Take some personal responsibility for your actions.

By: Mars

Mars — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:31:45 +0000

There is actually an excuse to hit someone when:

1. Their livelihood is based on trying to get compromising photos of you. And or exploit photos of your children.

2. They are standing directly in front of you flashing a very bright light in your eyes and will not move.

Also I think if we go solely by the pictures, his hand is not in a fist, it is open, his arm is straight out, he is obviously not hitting anyone but sticking out is arm and saying “Hey, move.”

If you look at where his arm makes contact it is in the back of her head, and then in the next picture for some reason she is holding the side of her face. Which leads me to believe she is faking.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:16:44 +0000

OH please it looks like an accident. That’s what happens when your up in someones personal space, back the F*CK off lady. Got what you deserved!

By: Djoyful

Djoyful — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:06:21 +0000

To me, it looks like Jude is holding is arms up to give himself space and block the flashes, in the first photo. In the second photo, he realizes he hit her with his hand and is reacting to that. Bottom line is that we really have no idea because we weren’t there.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:03:06 +0000

I am surprised at your stance Trent. I see where you are coming from but living in LA, I would think you would see firsthand how these predator paparazzi go WAY too far to get a photo. They put lives of innocent people in danger with those types of antics, not just the celebrities or the people with them. Do you think getting chased down by a speeding car is okay? Or having someone violate your personal space by shoving a camera in your face or your kids faces is okay? Of course the price of fame is that you get attention and people have free reign to talk about you etc. but to me that doesn’t include a lot of the stuff that these awful paparazzi do. I definitely would expect them to rise above some of the lame things they shout out trying to get their attention or other juvenile stuff that they pull, but I wouldn’t expect anyone to rise above having their person violated – because it’s not right for anyone to do that. I think there should be clear laws in place that state that photographers have to observe a 3 feet rule to take photos or something along those lines – or that they can’t block the person from walking by. I also think that police who see these paparazzi breaking the speed limits to chase a car down should be really strict with them because it’s just dangerous to do that. It wouldn’t take much to help keep things calm and orderly – as of course I am not suggesting that they don’t have the right to take photos in a free country – but right now – all this looking the other way by police is just sad and it does make me feel sorry for celebrities, when I’d rather not!

I know nothing about Jude Law, and perhaps he’s just a jerk with a temper, and I agree that physical violence is unnacceptable in any circumstance. But if this photographer was really getting in his face and he was just trying to block her – I can’t really fault him for that.

By: Madsme

Madsme — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:54:15 +0000

And she’s got her back to him. I wonder if there was a slap and then someone started taking pics, and these in fact show just afterwards. Ugh.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:52:27 +0000

Not cool, Jude. He looks pretty angry.