TMZ and the Paparazzi in General
I would like to address the website TMZ and the paparazzi in general.
Lately there have been a few photos of my wife and I walking to our car, walking to the market etc. The caption is always about how awful we look and how thin my wife is.
I never care about what these tools say and I am fully aware that getting your picture taken in public comes with the territory. Fair enough. However, I would like it on the record that the photos taken of us lately were taken as we were leaving the hospital where a very, VERY close family member is dying. The person we are visiting will never get better. We are all so sleep deprived that we don’t make sense when we talk. Then we go to our jobs and we do not complain.
Sorry to TMZ for not looking better when leaving the bed side of someone asking for last rights. I will be sure to make my wife eat in between adjusting pillows for the terminally ill. We don’t go out to movie premiers. We don’t act like jerks in public. We are always polite. We don’t drink or do drugs. We just care for our family and friends. Apparently we don’t look good enough while doing it. I am okay with that.
I just ask that you go take pictures of shallow beautiful people instead.
jj
I could not imagine what you have to endure.. You have my condolences to you and your loved ones.
I wanted to post and let you know what a wonderful job you are doing at Blizzcon 09 and after reading this comment am that much more impressed with your work.
Take care
I am very, very sorry to hear about your family member.
After reading your post, I wanted to say thank you for coming out to BlizzCon 09 with all that you have going on. Your segment is a highlight of the entire show and is looked forward to by thousands of us for several weeks preceding it. Don’t change a thing.
I know I speak for the majority of those at BlizzCon when I say please accept our condolences.
I always wear makeup in public. I also scratch myself though so I dunno if that really goes with the whole theme.
I am sorry you are going through what you are going through, I lost my grandfather to cancer, and the other one to depression and over eating, and general “I don’t give a … uhm zebras butt” attitude, I tried to keep that clean. I hope you with time can get Tmz to leave you alone.. I always wanted to be famous, but now that I am approaching my 30′s (don’t laugh), and have two boys ages 9 and 7, I don’t think I want to be famous.. I’ve been a long time reader of your blog, hope you have continued success.. wish I could help more. OH and I scratch my ass in public too when I go out.. *Shrugs*
Hi Jay,
I just wanted to say, there are some compassionate people still remaining in this world
God Bless you & you’re wife for being 2 of those compassionate people & being there for your loved one…I wish you the strength to be there for your loved you & each other.
P.S. My husband & I saw you in Boston…GREAT SHOW!!! We loved the part about Tracy Morgan!!!
I’m so sorry for the moment what you are living now,i wanna send you ll my suport for you and your wonderfull familly jay.
Hey Jay,
While it may go with the territory, the paparazzi are truly leaches and the scum of the earth. I don’t know how you don’t get all “Tommy Lee” on these parasites when you’re just trying to eat lunch or walk to the friggin store, and they shove a camera in your face.
On the flip side, the thing I always wondered is… if they stop following you, does that mean you’re done? I think that dick from Jon & Kate is about to find that out real soon.
Jay, just wanted to say hi. You’re a talented comedian and I have ALWAYS enjoyed your work – even when you fired Jerry, you heartless bastid.
Take Care Brother,
Tommy Z.
(Ronnie B. from 11 – 3)
Being famous is not a good reason to be critiqued and harassed and treated like you aren’t a human being. Rags and sites like that should die in a blazing inferno of death and destruction. And if their reporters are looking for their souls, they should try between the bed and the wall. That’s where everything I lose ends up.
I must shamefully admit I watch TMZ, and I love that show. Sometimes they can be mean spirited but for the most part they are just out to entertain folks. They even mock themselves in the show, and I have seen a growing number of actors accept TMZ and give them 5 minutes of their time. However, I do think they cross the line at times I think leaving a hospital is way off base and I would hope TMZ would not stoop to that level. I just watched 3 episodes last night and I saw nothing over the top. Mostly airports and the main strips or hot spots in LA.
Am I way off base for liking the show?
I have had the misfortune to do some free lance work with TMZ. Their desk guy’s is OK, “BUT” the people over them are just plain idiots. They really don’t care about who-ever is HOT for the moment, just go out and get the SHOT or story !
All they want to do is get a funny/nasty story to get out on the show, and web-site. They have lost prime time in Utah, and where ever else in the last 6 months, and maybe more losses to follow. Get a story, but be ethical about it and get the WHOLE story. Have some compassion for people in entertainment industry.
I can bet you Harvey has no clue on how the inter working of his side business works, except for his white board. I could rant a full page or two but it’s not worth my time.
Keep up the good work Jay, you bring a chuckle to this guy.
THANK YOU !
If you ignore the ignorance, eventually it will go away.
Okay, so it would be okay if you walked to the mailbox in your tighty whities or your boxers, but heaven forbid if every hair is not in place and your khakis might be a tad wrinkled. Better for you to look stoned and smashed out of your gourd than “tired and thin”? Please, you’re still human. I assume you put your pants on just like everyone else…one leg at a time? Between work, husband, father, son, brother, friend and support system for someone terminally ill, you’re supposed to find the time to look picture perfect every time you walk out in public? There was only one perfect being and he died 2000 years ago. Tell them to kiss you lily white patootie and go on with being the husband, father, son, brother, friend and support system for someone who needs you!!!! Ranks you higher in my book than if you were a supermodel!!