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Say what you want about Suri’s mom and dad, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. They definitely court the press and try to present this united front that highlights how normal they are as a multi-millionaire couple and the most famous spokespeople for a dangerous cult. Their little daughter is just two and a half, (there’s speculation that she’s older than they claim but it would only be by a few months) and just a vulnerable toddler trying to make sense of the world.
Suri is hiding from photographers recently, looks scared
I’ve started to be concerned for Suri because she seems to be cowering in most of the photos I’ve seen of her with her parents out in New York. At first I thought she was sleeping because she had her head on Katie’s shoulder, but see’s done that on other occasions and it’s clear that she’s scared and hiding. In some of the photos she’s playing or looking around, but she looks wary and uncomfortable - probably because there are people crouched nearby taking tons of photos of her.
Paparazzi made Suri cry
There’s a video on TMZ of Tom, Katie and Suri in NY outside of Nobu restaurant over the weekend. There’s a hoard of people flashing cameras and screaming “Suri! Tom! Katie!” Little Suri hides again and she starts crying right before she gets in the limo. She’s intimidated and scared and probably doesn’t understand why people are harassing her family and shouting their names. Tom and Katie should have left Suri home with a sitter, but it still isn’t right that she should be subjected to that.
Katie has to be in NY to rehearse for her upcoming Broadway debut in All My Sons. She could stay outside the city in Long Island, Connecticut or Westchester, but then she’s looking at an hour to a two hour commute each way depending on how early she leaves and if she beats the rush hour. It’s not like she could stay in Greenwich or Stamford and take the train in.
Katie, Tom, and their daughter are in NY by necessity for work. Their little daughter looks like she’s damn near traumatized by all the people who surround her whenever she goes outside. This has got to be incredibly confusing and stressful for her. Having one or two people take her picture occasionally is different than being surrounded and yelled at.
Children should be protected from “pack mentality” of the paparazzi
As a mom, it tugs at my heartstrings to see Suri cower and cry in response to the paparazzi. I think there should be laws in the US that children are off limits to photographers. I love seeing celebrity children and babies, but it should not be at the expense of their well being and safety - no matter how open their parents are to getting their photos taken. Paparazzi have relatively few restrictions in the US and they’re generally allowed to take photos whenever someone is in public. There are new proposed laws in LA that would create a personal “safety zone” of several feet around celebrities, but not much has come of that and police say they’re unsure how they’ll enforce it if it becomes law.
LA city counsel member Dennis Zine described the paparazzi situation in his city as “a mob mentality. It’s like a pack of wolves, a swarm of bees going after their prey.” He added to BBC News that they need some way to deal with it, and “That’s the issue that we really need to contend with and we need to come up with a solution.”
French paparazzi laws are the toughest in the world and children are generally considered off limits. People can sue for photographs taken when they have a reasonable expectation of privacy, even in public, and children’s faces are often blurred in celebrity magazines. Maybe celebrities can lobby together to bring about some kind of similar federal limitations on the paparazzi to help protect their children.
How will this affect Suri in the long run?
Suri is famous, but she’s just a little kid. She shouldn’t be scared out of her wits whenever she leaves the house so that we can see her pictures. Britney’s very public decline was arguably exacerbated by the photographers following and shouting at her every day. They would trail her on aimless drives, trips to the drug store, and ultimately to the hospital. Britney is a grown woman with other issues, but think of how that level of surveillance can affect a small child.
All that said, Katie took Suri to Central Park to play yesterday. Kids need to play outside, and there probably weren’t a lot of other places to go. It looks like a staged photo op to me, but did they have any other options other than staying inside or driving an hour away, just to get followed anyway? Is her mom supposed to give up her career to protect her child? I don’t like the way Katie and Tom seem to be smiling and acting like it’s ok that their child is upset, but what are they supposed to do, freak out at the photographers and upset her more?
Here are some photos of the family out in NY recently. Suri does not look happy even at the park.
Suri at Central Park with her mom on 8/17/08. Does she look carefree at all?
FPZ/Fame Pictures; Anthony Dixon/WENN
With her dad Tom on 8/16/08
FPZ/Fame Pictures; WENN
Out to dinner with mom and dad at Nobu 8/15/08. This is when she was crying
Anthony Dixon/WENN
Hanging her head out with mom and dad on 8/15/08
FPZ/Fame Pictures
Arriving with her mom at her hotel on 8/14/08
Anthony Dixon/WENN
Written by Celebitchy
Posted in Katie Holmes, Paparazzi, Photos, Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise
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137 Responses to “Paparazzi make Suri Cruise cry & she’s been cowering for days”
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I think Tom and Katie have plenty of other options rather than take Suri to Central Park or any other very public venu.
I agree that the paparazzi are becoming scary and dangerous. Sadly, I think nothing will be done until there is a real tragedy caused by paps that actually forces those in authority to take action.
However, a parent is a child’s first line of defense. Tom and Katie should be protecting Suri rather than taking her out to very public places, and “in” restaurants where there is guranteed to be paps. I think all their recent outings have been photo ops in order to promote Katie’s play and they should be ashamed of themselves for so selfishly causing their daughter such distress. -
I agree, there should be some laws that protect children’s privacy. Personally, I don’t enjoy photos of kids, and I wouldn’t visit any blog about the children of the famous, we all have to take some responsability. But this is also Suri’s parents’ responsability, and selling a exclusive of the baby was totally inappropriate. Paparazzi should not harass children, but famous parents shoulndn’t be allowed to sell pictures of their children.
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@daisy - I would have credited you with the tip for the Suri crying video if I saw that comment. I think a lot of us are seeing these photos and pictures of Suri and coming to the same conclusion.
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I really feel for Suri, as her very public life is not one she chose, but one her parents have thrust her into. (ie. selling her baby pics etc.)
I think the paparazzi must be very scary for a child. But, once again i think her parents should be more active in protecting her, and not take her to places that they know there will be swarms of ‘razzi to deal with.
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these pics of them coming out of resturants late in the evening… why dont they leave the lil one at home?
my son had a strict bedtime at that age.. kids thrive on routines and schedules.. i think thats part of why she clings to her bottle. -
In a way its probably an attempt to give her the ‘normal’ life shes entitled to– ie going to the park, walking on the street, going out with her parents- that all children do. Its the paparrazi making it ‘unnormal’ and traumatizing, not the parents. They cant do anything about the photographers going after them- its dictated by public interest and not by where they go, and there are no laws to protect either themselves or their children in place.
Its as though they have no choice; if they want to socialize her normally and give her opportunities that all kids have, she’ll wind up stalked by cameras. Keeping her locked up would be the alternative but that isnt better and probably would increase the frenzy, too.
Just shows what heartless bastards the paps are if they can film a child crying -and sell it for profit- and go out to do it again the next day. -
Poor thing! I love seeing pictures of celebs & their kids, but at the expense of the child’s safety & sell-being.
Parents & kids should be allowed to play outside without intrusion, & I think a few pictures of that are ok. But not all the yelling & hollering & flashbulbs in the kids’ faces.
Edit: Duda~ Thats what I was thinking too. I think the lack of structure will end being harmful to her as well.
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Agree with everyone saying, in the absence of responsibility on the part of the paps, it really is up to her parents to protect her from this. Poor little thing, she looks genuinely frightened and intimidated in most of those pics.
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I don’t get the crazy need to always snap pic of this little girl. Yes she is completely adorable, but she is freightened. Starting to understand why the Pitt-Jolies appeared to have left shiloh home all the time. But this is Katie’s first child and daddy wasn’t with them so I get the need/desire to always be with her.
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You know, I’m beginning to think maybe Michael Jackson did the right thing by covering his kids up every time they went out when they were little. The paps didn’t get good pics, and now that they are older and go out without the masks, no one seems to care.
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This dragging her around late at night and putting her in situations inappropriate for a child seem to be in keeping with the Scientology philosophy that children are adults in small bodies. Remember the pictures last year of a screaming Suri being forced into the water by Tom? It was plain by the look on Katies face at the time that she wasn’t comfortable with it. She seems to have come on board this year.
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Does that little girl ever smile?
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First of all: I think you wrote a really good piece. You made some respectful and insightful comments I enjoyed reading.
But I don’t think it’s enough to say: celebs should lobby against paparazzi etc, etc. I think that a huge part of them trying to get pictures not only of the famous parents but their famous-by-proxy children is due to magazines, papers, tabloids and celebrity blogs who also hunger for children’s pictures. And they, of course, hunger for them because we, the readers hunger for them. A vicious cycle. I think the only solution is to a) as readers recognise that these children, a lot more than their parents, have a right not to be hounded for our viewing pleasure - and thus we should rein it in and accept to see less pics of them, for their sake and b) have celeb blogs and all the rest print less or none of the children’s pictures. If this happened, paparazzi would not be as interested in their pics anymore, because they’d have nowhere to sell them (or at least they’d get less money for the shots) and would “just” concentrate on the adult celebs. Then children like Suri or the Jolie-Pitts etc wouldn’t have to cry and be subjected to all that harassment.
I know this is wishful thinking for the most part, but in theory at least, this is how it would work. I do hope that interest in these “poor” kids will lessen at some point, it really seems like overkill at the moment. How about installing a week (or a day, to begin with), in which you cool folks at Celebitchy set a good example and don’t cover, during that time frame, any celebrity kids stories (and, obviously, don’t catch up on all of them the next day)? I would totally support that!
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Remember when Britney Spears was being controlled by Sam Lufti? They said that Sam would call the paps and alert them to where Brit was going… I dunno and I dont wanna open a can of worms but its possible Tommy Girl and Katie-Tron 3000 do the same thing.
It always looks like they’re like HI PAPS! and little suri is scared. I dunno. I still think they’re both mental.
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Anna-I would support that (no celeb child stories or pics for one day/week) too.
And you’re right. We cannot just fluff off our responsibility by laying all the blame on the paparazzi.
There wouldn’t be pictures if there weren’t a market for them, and we as an audience have a real power to control what does or does not happen with pictures by making our opinions known. -
Why do people come to gossip websites and then propose to censor what others see??
it’s just incomprehensible
why cant people who advocate censorship for others control themselves?
CENSOR YOURSELVES……….NOT ME
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tom and nicole kept their adopted kids out of the spotlight. there is a way to do that but tom and katie love this
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Celeb gossip website publishes article - apparently completely without any self irony - about how paps should leave little celeb kiddies alone and accompanies said article with a slew of piccies taken by ‘offending’ paps…
I mean - hello?
Talk about the media being the snake that eats its own tail.
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I think in the end, it comes down to the parents. There was a time in Hollywood when nobody’s children were ever photographed for fear of kidnapping. I’d hate to see a return to that because I do like seeing the pictures of the little ones, but it seems like the parents could keep the kids at home a little. I realize Suri has no bedtime (because she is, of course, an old soul who can make that decision for herself) but I don’t think toddlers thrive on late night dinners in trendy restaurants, they’re better off with a PB&J, a couple of Wiggles cartoons, and an early bedtime.
The fact that the Cruise family drags this baby around with them - just like when Britney took her boys shopping all the time - shows that they don’t mind the frenzy, because they absolutely do nothing to avoid it. In my mind that’s a form of child abuse.
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Interesting. I’m totally with xia on the censorship (although personally I kind of draw the line when someone is plainly ill and did advocate easing up on posts on Amy W, who I love, when she was at the height of her crackheadedness.) There are so many variables here. 99% of celeb baby stories/pics on this site are not the result of extreme pap frenzy.
A bit of Cruise control is what’s called for here. It’s their child, her safety is their responsibility. They must be able to see that they hold the power here.
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Tom and KatE are pimping their kid out and that isn’t the paps problem.
Plenty of celebs bigger than TomKat seem to successfully shield their children from the paps by NOT taking them to Nobu where the paps are camped out every night.
Tom and Nicole kept their kids out of the limelight. We didn’t even know what Connor and Isabella looked like for years.
Sure is put into a different expensive designer dress everyday and taken to the freaking playground! Instead of playing in the dirt and running amuck (like a real child), the kid is doing the catwalk for the paps in her kiddie evening wear!
Her parents want this. Too bad the little adult thetan in a toddler’s body is miserable, but that ain’t the paps fault.
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To Whatever : you are absolutely right. There IS a way to raise your kids out of the spotlight. Tom and Nicole did it. A lot of people do it.
The bottom line is they bring this on themselves - they care more about keeping their “star” (careers) shining bright, than their kid.
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Tom and Katie should be blamed for putting thier daughter in this situation. They dress her up like a doll and parade her around. Taking out for late night dinners at fancy restaurants. She should be home tucked in bed.
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Plot~ Here here!
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This is Suri’s life and it is going to be like this for the rest of her life. Better she gets used to it than grow up and get messed because it all goes over her head. Even when we don’t see her for days, people starting creating the ‘where is Suri’ frenzy which results into paps flying over their home for pictures.
Many celebrities take their children out all the time, why should Tom and Katie be prisoner. I guess they think if the paps have as many pictures as they can, they will eventually go away. I doubt that will happen. They will realise that after a while. I don’t see paps stopping to chase Suri even if she is hidden till she is 18.
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who takes a toddler out to nobu for a late dinner? oh, right: crazy tom thumb and his robo-wife. why don’t they just get a babysitter? i think they are kind of fucked up in the parenting department.
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I understand that everyone thinks it’s cruel to thrust poor Suri into the limelight, but the fact is, that this family will be followed no matter where they go, from the time they leave their house.
What can they possibly do to avoid it? Stop taking your children out of the house? Depend on babysitters and/or a nanny to raise your child just so you can get some fresh air or go shopping?
The unfortunate fact is, paparazzi will follow people to the grocery store, it no longer has to be a glorious destination for celebs to be followed. Maybe we should stop trashing celebs for taking their kids out of the house on routine every day outings and understand the fact that they should not be limiting their kids activity, but instead realize that the paparazzi have no souls and the police couldnt care less. So until a celebrity police cheif emerges and their family is terrorized by these people, I doubt much progress would be made.
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By the way, one of these days Suri is going to shout STFU to the paps, just you wait.
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There are many celebrities who live and raise their children in NY. For the most part, they seem to think the paparazzi situation there isn’t nearly as bad as it is in LA. The Cruises are the only people I’ve seen hounded by the paps in NY - and I don’t think it’s because regular people really care all that much about them - neither of them have huge careers right now, and Suri is probably more famous than they are at this point. What I’m trying to say is, I think they are more complicit in their relationship with the paps than is being acknowledged.
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I agree it’s the paparazzi’s fault. Tom and Katie get followed where ever they go, the paps obviously wait around outside their house. Every time Katie walks to rehearsals her picture is taken, and all she’s doing is walking to rehearsals! Like WOW SHE’S WALKING. There are pictures taken of them every single day, doing nothing. So I don’t think Tom and Katie can do anything to stop it, it’s the paparazzi’s fault.
But I was also a bit alarmed about people on this website commenting on Suri saying she was a ‘devil child’ that had ‘damien eyes’ and all sorts of other insults, and then people come here and say aww look she’s frightened. That’s rather hypercritical if you ask me. She’s just a child, people should pick on someone their own size. Making fun of toddlers is not exactly a very mature thing to do.
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I give kudos to Nicole for NOT gestating any of CrazyCruise’s spawn. I think that’s the smartest thing she’s ever done.
P.S: That “miscarriage”? Was it really? hmmm…
I also like how she and Urbie refuse to pimp out pics of their baby. And I never liked her before.
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That is pretty terrible. I’ve seen several videos of the paps surrounding Lindsay Lohan and Britney, and it’s scary just watching it on video. They’re so animalistic and practically jumping over each other to get a picture. I can’t imagine what that would be like for a toddler.
I think most of us had moments as small children where we were overwhelmed by our surroundings- maybe too many people were pinching our cheeks at a family reunion, things of that sort. It cannot be healthy to experience such an exaggerated version of that trauma on a regular basis.
Tom and Katie- leave the kid at home. God knows you can afford a sitter.
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Those pictures are upsetting. The poor thing is being used as a prop by her parents. Katie could take her to play plenty of other places where she would be hidden and able to actually enjoy herself. It’s so weird for her to watch her child go through that discomfort and yet to keep putting her in the same situation again and again when it’s avoidable. How come we don’t ever see Connor and Isabel? If they can remain out of the public eye, why not Suri?? It is so selfish.
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What’s really horrible about that video is how OBLIVIOUS Katie and Tom are towards how Suri is reacting. Suri is obviously upset, and yet all we see are TomKat’s maniacal grins. I hope the tabloids rake them over the coals for this…what crappy parents. Assuming, of course, that Tom is the real father to begin with, which I doubt.
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I have read on other sites that celebs will tip off the paps to get their picture taken. And ticket sales for Katie’s broadway debut have been less than stellar.
To me, it’s not that much of a stretch to assume that at least some of the attention comes from her own parents or agents of theirs tipping off the paps. Didn’t we go a looong time without seeing Suri, right before her second birthday? Could that have been because her parents weren’t trying to sell something?
I feel for the kid, if both her parents are pimping their two year old child out to sell tickets to a movie or a play, that just sucks. To me, it’s kind of obvious. There are lots of parks in New York and, if you have to go to Central Park, it’s huge.
And Nobu? Really? Come on, CB and all the other parents — do you REALLY take your two year old to an exclusive restaurant known for sushi? I know celebrities live different lives than the rest of us but there’s no way. My two year old would stay home or we’d go to a family restaurant so she could enjoy herself and actually eat something. I doubt there’s a kid’s menu at Nobu. Lol
Like I said, I really feel for the kid but I don’t blame the paps.
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OK….just went over to Lainey….for a more interesting perspective on the Nobu dinner, check it out.
First of all, this was a dinner with the Stillers, presumably to promote Tropic of Thunder. The Stillers brought their daughter, so maybe it was one of those bring the kids types of things. But, as Lainey said, this is Nobu not Applebee’s. Not a family restaurant. Why would you bring your kids to something like that?
Also, she talks about Suri looking over tired and has several more pictures and I actually think that may be part of what’s going on, at least in this situation.
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I am a NYC mom and my child was raised going to NYC restaurants at least once a week. I am by no means rich, I don’t like leaving my child with a sitter and it is how I socialize. I am no fan of Tom Cruise, however celebs are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. If they go out without the children that is commented on, if they go out with the kids that is commented on. If they let the kid be photographed that is wrong. If they don’t something must be wrong with the kid (newborn Suri and Halle’s baby). If they go to a private school they are elitist or taking the spot of some more deserving child. If they are homeschooled they are strange.
I love celeb gossip, (I’m here right?) But why must we parse every iota of these folks lives? -
Kolby- But celebs that live in NYC have a home to go to not a hotel. A few that I know live in brownstowns or townhouses with backyards or apts with really really big terraces. So those kids can run around outdoors even in the city. Maybe they need to speak with a real estate broker about picking up a place in the city.
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“Tom and Katie get followed where ever they go,”
So do lots of other celebs, yet their children don’t get their own shoots everyday wearing designer tea dresses on the playground.
In NYC, celebs find it easier to escape the paps and lead normal lives. So who exactly walks the same path everyday not taking cabs or cars to shield themselves? Who is taking their child to the same playground? Who is eating at the same restaurants as Lindsay Lohen and Paris Hilton where the paps are waiting? How did the paps find out what night Suri would be attending Mermaid?
How often have we seen Julia Roberts’ kids? Twice?
Reese Witherspoon’s youngin’s get photoed in Europe but they are always in play clothes, at a distance, and you can tell their ‘rents hate it.
Jeez! Even Brad and Ang try to shield their kids, and the paps are all over them. When was the last time Brad took a kid to Nobu late at night, so the paps could get a good looooong look?
With their careers in distress, KatE and Tom are using Suri to keep the interest on THEM.
Creeps. Their child isn’t even sacred.
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Megan, I noticed too that the very people calling Suri creepy, damien, devils’ spawn, anti-christ etc on the other thread are over here pretending they care so much for her welfare. I wonder how that works.
I don’t know who said Katie’s tickets were not selling but according to the broadway sites they are selling like hot cakes. I tried to get my boss’s wife one because he says she loves the play and it is damn near impossible. I still don’t have it yet.
Besides, I seriously don’t think they are using their child for publicity, who is more famous than them? Did the paps stop taking pictures when Katie was alone? Do they need any more at the expense of their child who you people have accused them of doting on too much?
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I am not a fan of TomKat, to me they are freaky. That said, what is happening to Suri is so wrong. Tom and Katie could be more selective about where they bring Suri, but the paps have some culpability too. I know these shots are their livlihood, but screaming Suri’s name is wrong. Why can’t they just step back, and get their shots. They have great cameras, and do not need to even be that close to the subject they are photographing.
For the well being of all high profile children I wish the US would put some laws in place regarding personal space and unacceptable behavior. Look at poor Princess Diana. I do understand the paps need these shots, but there could be a calmer, safer way.
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I don’t think anyone actually accused Tom and Katie of doting too much on their child. It’s impossible to love your children too much. However, they seem to have very odd parenting routines, and they seem to dote particularly on this biological child, as you seldom see photos of the adopted children.
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Well, this is a celeb gossip site that uses photos from these paps, right?
So aren’t we all consuming the product the paps put out? Of course we are.
The paps are doing their job. The photo agencies pay them for the pics. The celebrities benefit by getting their faces in front of the public. Then they have kids and don’t want the kids involved.
It’s an impossible situation. If I were the parents, I would keep my child out of the public eye as much as possible, so that this kind of thing could be minimized for my child.
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Xiao: you are partly right about the censorship issue, I hadn’t thought of that and maybe I should have, since I actually am against censorship. However, I do think that maybe a day a week, or even only once a month, could make a difference. And I’m not censoring anybody by suggesting this. If you truly want those pics, there are plenty of places on the net you can get them. I still think it’d be an interesting experiment.
As for the discussion about raising celeb kids out of the limelight: sure, it’s definitely possible. But can you imagine what kind of lengths these celebs have to go to in order to shield the children they want to shield? I wouldn’t want to be in Halle Berry’s shoes for that, constantly thinking about how to offer her child a “normal”, non-scared by paparazzi life. It must be emotionally and mentally draining. I think that on some level, it’s unfair of us, the public. -
I’m with Syko. Yes, the paparazzi should leave babies and kids alone but you can’t expect that kind of judgement from the human equivalent of a pack of hyenas. Therefore you leave your 2 year old tucked up in bed rather than drag them out to a late dinner at a celeb haunt. Poor kid was probably exhausted as well as scared. It’s precisely BECAUSE small children are entitled to peace and privacy that you leave them behind at home. You dont see Ben’n’ Jen II dragging little Violet around like that.
I also agree it’s interesting that Tom and Nicole didnt parade the other 2 kids. Can’t be Kate-bot’s idea, surely? She’s not allowed ideas….
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Celeb gossip website publishes article - apparently completely without any self irony - about how paps should leave little celeb kiddies alone and accompanies said article with a slew of piccies taken by ‘offending’ paps…
Most people don’t grasp irony- you’re no exception.
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Suri will be fine. By the time she is 18, she will be paparazzi savvy like her father. No use protecting her from the inevitable.
The media was different when Connor and Bella were adopted, there was no thirst for celeb baby pictures. Besides,other celeb kids are of no interest. I usually look forward to seeing Suri’s pictures, she is an interesting child. Why would I want to see Julia Roberts kids?
I am sure Tom and Katie love their little girl so much. It is evident. This is their mode of parenting. You may not agree with it but you have never been a celebrity. You have never walked int heir shoes so you cannot judge. They are not telling you how to raise your kids so don’t tell them how to raise theirs.
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Um, is everyone missing the obvious here? How do you write a piece about how Suri was crying and it breaks your heart, yet you actually PURCHASE the pictures. If it weren’t for you purchasing these pictures of her, there wouldn’t be Paps following Suri around. And save the “oh, but you’re on the site too” because I rarely ever click on the pictures. I like to read the stories but don’t really need to see Katie and Suri in 20 different shots and angles walking down the street.
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There is a difference between censorship and consumer-ship. If I do not like a company or the products it produces, I don’t buy it. That is how I make a statement as a consumer, which is a long way from suggesting the company be shut down and not allowed to produce their products.
It is not censorship to acknowledge that we (generalized population) are responsible for what is being sold by tabloids and, in turn, what kind of money the paps are making by taking pictures of celebs and their children because we are buying it and creating a market for it.
That is just reality.
Why didn’t pictures of Princess Di’s car accident get into the tabloids? Because there was a major outcry of anger and disgust–because the tabloids knew they would NOT make money because people would refuse to buy it.
That isn’t censorship–that is using your power as a consumer to influence the market.
As for this blog, I am not going to be a hypocrite and tsk at the paps for frightening and upsetting Suri Cruise and then turn around and be shocked at the idea that the pictures not be bought or shown.
I would support Celebitchy if the site refused to buy those kind of pictures, but that would be the decision of this blog, based on their own feelings about the issue. -
[Suri will be fine. By the time she is 18, she will be paparazzi savvy like her father.]
You mean Chris Klein?
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@ Kolby - “There are many celebrities who live and raise their children in NY. …The Cruises are the only people I’ve seen hounded by the paps in NY - and I don’t think it’s because regular people really care all that much about them - neither of them have huge careers right now, and Suri is probably more famous than they are at this point. …I think they are more complicit in their relationship with the paps than is being acknowledged. ”
There were several great comments here I wanted to back up, Plot, Syko, Geronimo, and more, also what Kolby says here. I, too, think the Cruises are complicit in their relationship with the media and the media’s henchmen the paps, than is being recognised or acknowledged, at all.
I have an awful headache today, maybe later when it clears up I can think and add my own thoughts here. In the meantime, there’s some great arguments and interesting comments in this thread today, this was a good idea for a story, Celebitchy!
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I feel bad for Suri. Katie and Tom should be more mindful of how this effects Suri.
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Thank you Dora , you said exactly what I was thinking.
Suri is a paparazzi magnet period and hiding her from it limits HER life. It would only keep the nasty rumors flying and in the end would keep her from having as normal a life as she can.
It’s no use shilding her from someting that she’s likely going to have to deal with for the rest of her life. It’s better she face it now for better and worse when she’s a child and can adjust easier and she will eventually.
Bella and Conner were adopted 15 and 13 years ago, the media has changed alot since then. Celeb kids weren’t the commodity they are now or so focased on by the media. Now celeb kids are being made celebs themselves by the media.
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When you have whole blogs dedicated to celebrity children, then you see that there is a problem. Many parents, including those who most of you like, like Stefani and her husband, Jennifer Garner, etc., have plenty of photos with their children. So many, some of them almost seem set up. Garner and Violet taking art class, Garner and Violet at the Farmer’s Market, at the park etc, etc,. Same for Stefani. Most are regular type stuff though, parks etc. Most of the photos of Brad and Angelina’s kids in New York last year were Maddox going to and from school or the times they went to parks or museums. Even celebrities should be able to take their kids out for fun.
The difference with Suri is that most of the ones where she is uncomfortable are at night. During the day, she seems to be OK. Maybe the poor kid is tired and would rather sleep than eat dinner at an adult restaurant or go to a play AT NIGHT.
What is also uncomfortable for me is that her parents seem to always be smiling for the cameras, even if their kid is terrified. I am sure they adore her, but they seem to dress her up like a doll and parade her around like a posession. She does deserve a break though, she is only two.
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As much as people want to blame the paps, you can’t. When it comes down to it, they are people who are trying to pay their bills. We consume those pictures. Her parents KNOW that this is a fact in their lives. There will be paparazzi. They should take measures to protect her…like back exits, using a strollers with a blanket over it, etc. I feel bad for Suri because her parents are not doing what in is in her best interest. She IS scared. It’s possible to do too. I have no idea what JLo’s kids look like.
Why are they always smiling in the pictures where she is scared too?
She should also be weaned from her bottle. there is a pic on another website and you can see that all her bottom teeth are pointing towards the back of her mouth.
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The paps are doing their job, and if the Cruises don’t like it they don’t have to whore their kid out, but they do.
This is all more propaganda to convince the world that Tom Cruise is not Rock Hudson.
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Xiao and Anna –
I think there is a difference between a boycott, which Anna is suggestion, and censorship.
Also, many people are arguing that celeb parents can do a better job of keeping their kids out of the limelight (I don’t necessarily disagree) and point to the past (Isabelle and Conner for ex), BUT I’d argue that it is only fairly recently that the paps and the public have become so interested in celeb kids. It seems like this is a new intensity (probably partially driven by the internet).
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Michelle - I see you already made the same point, I agree
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And czarina…well, clearly I should finish all comments first b/c folks around here are way ahead of me
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alarmjaguar; I’m longwinded enough that who could blame your eyes from glazing over while reading my post?!LOL!
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There’s something…off-putting about this.
I’m starting to think Tom and Katie drag Suri out into broad daylight for the attention.
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Katie parades that child around in a new designer dress everyday. That’s what draws people’s attention.
And, Celebitchy, why should you be upset when Suri’s own mother isn’t? In many of the pictures, while Suri’s visibly upset, her mother is grinning.
Face it, Tom Cruise and wife are running a publicity campaign. If you ban the paps, you’ll spoil their agenda.
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Then ban the paps and we see whether TOMKAT will die.
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the pap are wrong…katie should not have to stay outside the city…that is crazy.
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When was the last time you saw Julia Roberts’ children, let alone saw them traumatized and crying? I agree that freaking out toddlers is not a shining moment for an already-besmirched tabloid industry, but parents have to accept responsibility for the exposure of their children to the press, as well. Roberts’ choice to keep her children away from the press demonstrates that there ARE choices available to celebrity parents. Whether they choose to exercise those choices depends on their priority — their children or themselves. (Hint: NOT their children.)
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They HAVE to parade her in front of the paps– Suri is what makes them appear like “a family”. A toddler does not need to be out late with her parents night after night at Manhattan’s biggest, most photographer-heavy hotspots.
They are surrounded by Scientologists who could babysit the kid, they’re trotting her out for their own benefit and exposure.
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Oh get used to it Suri, learn from Violet, she loves the cameras!
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I don’t think the pap’s should be banned,I do however think they should respect a celeb’s personal space and not get up in their face and snap away.I’m a huge fan of Julianne Moore and love seeing her out with her kids,no matter what even if the paps are snapping away her kids seem to be having a great time with their momma and could careless about the paps as does Julianne.She doesn’t freak(such as Julia Roberts who smacks and screams at the paps which just amkes the pappers even more nuts and they only snap more photos.)the heck out if a pap takes a photo.She smiles lets them take some photo’s and they move on she has said her kids see people take photo’s ask for autographs but that its a very low key thing in their life and from the many photo’s I’ve seen of her kids they don’t seem scared of the paparazzi or start crying because of the paps.
So no I don’t blame this solely on the paps its the parents fault for taking a child to such a high profile place,and whats the fuss over the paps taking pics from behing a gated playground?
I don’t see how they are phsyically hurting any celeb kid that way.Most of the time the paps are ignored when the kid(not Suri bc she is starting at them the entire time)is playing and they don’t notice them.Unlike Suri who looks MISERABLE in every photo pretty much and is always CLINGING to Katie’s shoulder covering her face from the flashes.So yes I think tom and Katie are being photo op whores and doing this on purpose they know very well the paps are going to be after them and they aren’t the only celebs in NYC so why should they be suprised if a pap appears when they are out?They aren’t the only celebs the paps are interested in photographin in NYC.They need to get better parenting skills,they could learn a thing or two from Julianne Moore.
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What Suri needs is to switch shampoos, and start using Johnson & Johnson’s “Nothing But Tears” baby shampoo. (I’m light-heartedly joking here, not picking on the baby, so don’t start getting your panties all wadded up in your crack, now, haters) - here - this faux-ad I came across at The Onion yesterday had me laughing out loud for a while like a stoner, and I was sompletely cober at the time.
Read this and I DARE you not to laugh. Hollywood babies need to be using this product.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/johnson_johnson_introduces_nothing?utm_source=digg_1
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I agree with KAYKAY and MIMOM….. My Lord, this precious child is only 2 and a half years old, and has been in the spotlight ever since she was conceived.. When she was little she did not know to be afraid of the paparazzi’s or the constant flashing bulbs in her face…. Now that she is a year older she is aware of them screaming her name loudly, and when she does not respond, they scream her mother’s….. She does not understand that they want a photograph, or that they love taking pictures of her, because she is adorable… She sees it as a threat because of the loudness and the screaming… In our town we had Brendan Frazier of ” the Mummy ” come here with his co-stars to promote the movie, and the women started hollering and screaming his name to look at them, and at their cameras. My 3 year old grand-daughter covered her ears, and hid in my shoulder ( surprised me ) and started crying, stating everyone was too loud, and asked ” what was wrong with everyone “? She did not understand the commotion of a celebrity in town… Think of Suri BEING the celebrity, and that commotion following her the rest of her life. She will adapt as she matures and understands.
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Geez, Suri looks more and more like Chris Klein everyday. What a sham!!!!
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Three things: 1.)These two have no shame. None. It’s pretty obvious that Suri is the pap magnet. With their resources they could have easily rented a townhouse with a private play garden for their stay in NYC. In the past Tom has rented entire museums etc. for the older kids to visit privately, seems odd that he’s forgotten his old modus operandi for this child. 2.) As a former child who spent many a late night out with her parents I can state it’s no fun for kids. 3.) On a side note, on the rare occasion when my husband and I have agreed to a “let’s bring the kids” late night out it’s always because the kids give us a reason to opt out early, possibly this was the Stiller’s strategy ?
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OK,that’s just sad as all hell. I could understand when Suri was born, but now that she is two and a half, and I’m a mom too, she is starting to explore and make sense of her surroundings and being photographed and shouted at by paps, I would never allow that. Ever.
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Oh my gosh Suri is adorable. I want to hug her!!!
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“Katie, Tom, and their daughter are in NY by necessity for work. Their little daughter looks like she’s damn near traumatized by all the people who surround her whenever she goes outside. ”
See. But this is where I take issue. These people have MILLIONS of dollars. There is no “necessity” or anything even approximating a gentler synonym of necessity for them to be in New York. There is no need for them to work or expose this child to public view.
They could, as Demi Moore and other celeb parents have before them, leave the public eye to raise this little girl until she’s old enough to understand and cope with the world they’ve brought her into.
Yes, the paps are disgusting…but we all want to see the pictures or we wouldn’t be here. It’s Tom and Katie Cruise’s job to protect their daughter. They’re just too freaking selfish and narcissistic to bow out of the public eye for a few years so that their kid can have a snowflake’s chance in Hell of a peaceful and secure toddlerhood.
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and Jess…are you serious? That little girl looks EXACTLY like Tom Cruise.
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And this is why celebrities should not parade their kids around in public.
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I commented on this in the last Suri post about the TMZ video. It is sad to watch. When I heard Suri crying, it broke my heart.
Katie & Tom have chosen this life for themselves and know what to expect when they walk out the door into the public eye.
I agree with CB, the kids should be off limits. I’m not a professional, but I do wonder if Suri/high profile celeb kids, have lasting issues/mental problems due to this type of invasion.
Look at how that kind of frenzy paid off for Princess Diana.
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