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It's because this is the very thing that he hates about fame. He wants to act, he doesn't want to be stalked on the street by some guy trying to make a buck off of Gale going on a laundry run, or going to the movies with his cast mates. Gale has a right to a private life, and with the buzz that is going on about TSC, it's best to let him have one for as long as he can.

When I think of fans of anyone I think about the movie Almost Famous. You had the groupies, and you had the band aids. I think it's sad that there are sets of icons of both of these pap shoots running around on LJ... Be a band aid and not a groupie is my motto when it comes to Gale.

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penny-sieve.livejournal.com

Just wanted to use this icon for your comment.

Wish LJ would have a like button!

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vlredreign.livejournal.com

I always wanted to be Pamela Des Barres when I grew up....sigh....

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lindsay22la.livejournal.com

Just had to tell you how much I enjoyed the Pamela Des Barres reference!

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my bio mom had a thing for Bebe Buell, she did her hair like her and was super jealous that she ended up having a baby with Steve Tyler. I think she was also the inspiration or at least one of them for Penny Lane on Almost Famous.

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vlredreign.livejournal.com

Bebe was after the GTO's, but yeah, I read lots about her.

I kinda thought that Penny Lane was a spin on Pamela Des Barres. But since it was Cameron Crowe that wrote it, and it was his autobio of sorts, Bebe makes more sense, since she was actually closer in age to him.

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In the past, Gale demonstrated how much he hates privacy invasion, but if his popularity grows, as it might do if the new show really takes off, he is going to have to learn to deal with it.

I don't blame him - I cannot imagine how awful the invasion of privacy by the damned paps is to someone NOT seeking publicity, but he may have to come to terms with it somehow.

And let's face it - fans are always going to want more and more and more. We all do, to some extent. I'll admit that I would love to see those photos, while at the same time, I want to respect his privacy. It's a thin line for everyone concerned.

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xyw8221.livejournal.com

Agree with your opinion

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Why should he have to learn to deal with it? I mean there are tons of stars that we only see when there is some movie of their's coming out or their TV show is about to premier and then they go on with their lives and we don't see them for a few years. That's what I want for Gale. TV stars that come to mind right off the top of my head. Most of the cast of The Office, especially John Krasinski who is married to sot after actress,Emily Blunt you hardly ever see anyone bugging them.

I say more power to the stars that have careers and have the ability to have private lives. I think those stars are happier, and have less stress to deal with.

Edited Date: 2011-08-23 01:51 pm (UTC)

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silvaofhope.livejournal.com

Those stars that you speak of, they work hard for that privacy. It's not something that's just automatically given to them. They also had to learn to cope with the paparazzi, and in turn they learn what to do and what not to do in order to maintain their privacy. That is what Gale needs to learn.

I don't see it as "learn to deal with it" as in just put up with it, but more like learn what works and what doesn't work and figure out how to keep his life as private as possible. Just like those other stars did.

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vlredreign.livejournal.com

Not only that, but stars that concede to paps to a certain degree can then tell them when to back off. They don't always, as we know, but someone like Gale, who practically runs screaming when a reporter comes near (I know this for a fact) is always gonna be fodder for paps. If he would concede to an interview here and there, and photo ops, he wouldn't be harassed as much.

He could always pull an Adam Lambert and try to tackle one, tho. rotfl

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lattemiele.livejournal.com

I'm a little torn between this two things . I like to see Gale more and more but it's still right that he has his privacy
btw I have the pics and Gale is wonderfull ^^

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He isnt a frail little lamb. He took a very public route, in paps land, he is a celeb, its fair game.

He's been a celeb for how long and how few public photos do we have of him? He obviously knows how to avoid the paps. He has been in vancouver for the better part of a year, and how many photos of him have we seen? Yep, the man knows how to stay off the radar, if he wants to. He didnt take that much precaution this time.

The way fans are acting, you'd think that the paps hounded him at his grannies grave or something!

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So you don't know about how one of his fans went to a funeral for a relative of his, and then reported back about how Gale acted the whole time? Yes this did happen.

Gale is oddly hunted and who knows how he really feels about things, especially after his accident. Gale has admitted that he has changed since the accident so I think there is a lot more here to consider then us thinking Gale is a frail little lamb, perhaps we just don't need a pound of flesh from him, on top of the performances that he gives us.

Edited Date: 2011-08-23 01:59 pm (UTC)

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So you don't know about how one of his fans went to a funeral for a relative of his, and then reported back about how Gale acted the whole time?

Yeaaah, that's very inappropriate and invasive. Going to Starbucks to catch a glimpse is one thing, but that is crossing a line.

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He took a very public route, in paps land, he is a celeb, its fair game.
It's NOT fair game. This was during his private time. He doesn't have to live with it.

This whole paparazzi business is one huge disrespectful money machine. Sure, Gale has to suffer through a lot less than other celebs, still there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. Today's media, paps, fans with cameras and access to the internet, and fans commenting disrespectfully and misinterpreting pics dig into private space and never have to answer for this, due to the net's anonymity.

There are enough fame whores out there who inform the paps where they will show up, so they can get their pics. If someone repeatedly shows, that he doesn't wish to be treated this way, it is to be respected.
Pursuit got his picture at the airport a couple of months ago, now Gale knows his face and he knows how this pap business works. Clearly he's got his own reasons to not cooperate anymore. That doesn't make Gale a moody person. Just a human being.

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No doubt that many of his fans are nuts (just go to IMDB to prove that), but thats nut the paps, is it? They didnt go to his step mom's funeral.

This isnt anything like that. Look, the WB studio has a massive multiplex on site, playing all the new releases. He wanted his privacy, he could have just gone on the lot to see the movie.

He went to a very public theater. He walked past where so many of the Vancouver paps hang out, this wasnt a sneak attack. His costars tweeted about the adventure, it wasnt clandestine.

The autograph sellers are annoying, but I really do not see how this was a huge intrusion of privacy and as many in Britt's camp have pointed out, the whole thing was suggested by the powers to be to get the cast out bonding on the town.

He is not doing avante garde theatre or some indie project. He is doing a huge teen show on the CW, which will get publicity whored like there is no tomorrow and he should be thrilled there will not be happy meal tie ins. This was his choice, and a very nice career, no pound of flesh.

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Slight misunderstanding. I was, like the OP, talking about the last set of pics showing Gale after running some errands in front of the building he lives in, not those on the way to the movies. (I know nothing of the location, the usual pap hang out, private multiplexes on site, tweets from co-stars, as I'm too lazy to go through Twitter ;) - sorry.)

I agree, that his popularity will (hopefully) up, when TSC airs, and he will have to live with more public exposure, but still think that pics in front of his residence cross the line.

And I very much regret, that celebs today simply are expected to deal with sensation-seeking media or bloggers, that get away with so much, because the net is not controllable. Guess, when Gale started out, he would never have expected, that fans throughout the net would try PI like to measure his penis size and thousands of graphic pics would be handled and viewed 11 years down the road. I so get, why he acts like he acts.

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His own realator goofed and put his home on the net and every fan got to see it, its the nature of the beast. Please note, many objecting over photos, were going gaga over seeing his home. They might try to be classy and rebuke that stuff here, but they were on their aliases on other sites swooning.

He lives in studio condos in vancouver. All the cw stars are put up in the same 3 buildings, unless they have their own place. The paps are there everyday and have been since smallville started a decade ago. They are also shuttled on the same plane hops back and forth to LA so stars can go home on the weekend. Its also pap central.

If he is going to play the game, he has to take the bad along with the good. He was in the same building for HC, he knows the situation, if it bothered him, he could have declined or chosen alternative housing. The fact that he signed on to all thiss, means he is playing the game.

He is on location filming, so it can be argued he is on the job. He is an agent of the show and studio while he is on the show, and press and paps are part of that. He seems fine with the media junket, so the uber fans can probably relax about the injustices he is being forced to suffer. Just enjoy, he seems to be.

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Quite interesting how much you know about the pap business and the location in Vancouver. Almost like an insider. Most certainly not like an average fan.

What ever makes you happy to justify this slimy business. :)

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Are you that paranoid?

Anyone who was or is in the Smallville or Supernatural fandom knows the inner workings of the Vancouver paps. The guys Tweet about it, they show clips on the CW Lounge about it, you would have to pretty slow not to know this stuff by now. Supernatural even worked it into an ep last year.

Funny how all the other stars on the lot can deal with it. Then again, I bet Gale deals just fine, its his nutty fans that make a big deal out of everything.

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Sweetheart I live in Germany and give a s**t about SPN and Smallville. Don't have the time or interest to engage that much into fandom, Twitter etc. ;)

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penny-sieve.livejournal.com

Love your response :D

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ipitydaf00l.livejournal.com

Please be very careful when making sweeping comments like "every fan". I'm a fan and I certainly did not see any pictures like the ones you are talking about nor was I going gaga over those photos...

Please don't lump sum people just because you have your own opinion and others seem to have one that vastly differ from yours.

I have not seen the photos in question, though I did hear about them. However, I don't think anyone no matter how famous or not should have to worry about people basically stalking them for a photograph or autograph. I don't believe anyone signed off their rights to privacy once they decided they wanted to act, write, paint, etc. I will never understand this mindset that those behaviors are okay and the people that it's happening to "should know better" or "learn to deal with it". I wouldn't want my work following me home, catching up to me at a coffee shop, the store, the movies and inquiring about what I'm doing, if I didn't mind doing work related things during my time off. (I love the work I do, but I don't want to tied to it 24/7.)

As far as him "enjoying it"....from the few photos I did see...he didn't seem to "enjoy it".

TL;DR. I disagree with many of your statements. You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine. I just don't care to be lumped into broad statements like the ones you made in your first paragraph.

Edited Date: 2011-08-24 09:59 pm (UTC)

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by enjoying it, I meant his career and the business, he's enjoying it much more than he ever has in the past. He knows how to be invisible, if he wants to be.

Ok, correction, 'every fan COULD see his home', because of his own real estate agents screw up.

Its not like Gale made a statement, pleading for help or damning anyone, I am just saying it wasnt a big deal.

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Ipitydafool, you are very lucky with your job. I work for a large corporation, which I love, but we sign statements saying our behaviour in public, reflects the company, so we are always an on. If a client complains about our behaviour at a ballgame, off the clock, we can get fired. If a customer comes up to us at the park with our kids, we must see to their needs.

So, from my POV, Gale sure seems to have a sweet deal. In today's world, we are all at the mercy of privacy intrusion. He gets the big checks and pretty travel for his time. I see celebs as on call, to some degree. I would never ask for a photo or autograph, but for some, its important and its the fans only chance.

The other poster is right, SPN has made photogs around the city well known to fans. By doing it, they took a lot of the power away from them and have a whole lot more peace of mind, enough to even buy homes there. Surely Gale is as crafty as the other actors there, its a huge community, he lives in LA, right? Vancouver should be a breeze for him and he said he loved being there for Hellcats, so it couldnt have irked him too badly last year.

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ipitydaf00l.livejournal.com

I always find it interesting anytime I see your name, there's countless other comments you could respond to, but you always choose mine. :) I suppose I should be flattered?

Yes, I worked for a major corporation that had many centers around the U.S. We had to sign those very same forms even going so far that if we were online and did anything that could be considered "bad" then we could potentially lose our position. However, I suppose I am lucky that when I have run into my "clients" in public they have always been courteous enough to say "hi", ask how I've been, and move on. They've never brought their problems to me except when I was at work. It seems maybe I live in a different place than most people that most respects another person's right to a more private life.

Maybe it's because I have a few friends that have been stalked by fans, hounded by people taking countless photos of them, finding out their phone numbers and posting them on public places that I feel those that make statements like "they need to learn to deal" I have a hard time adjusting to and I'm not limiting this to just Gale as it may have seemed in my previous comment, but to anyone.

That's what bothered me the most was the fact that there are people that think that sort of behavior is okay and I've never understood that mindset.

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