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Sometimes, the lens gets a little too close. Join us as we explore unforgettable moments when famous individuals had enough of intrusive photographers, pushing back against crossed boundaries and relentless flashing. These stars weren't afraid to speak their minds, or sometimes, even more, when faced with disrespectful media attention. Prepare for some shocking celebrity clapbacks that made headlines!
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00:00is the paparazzi and I get the impression that they've been sort of harassing you more than
00:04usual lately. Is that true? Lately, yeah. Welcome to Ms. Mojo and today we're counting down our
00:10picks for the most shocking reactions famous people had to being snapped. Suffice it to say,
00:15these stars did not hold back when red carpet photographers or paparazzi crossed their boundaries.
00:21Writing, apparently the privacy of your own home is no longer the privacy of your own home.
00:2710. Chapel Rhone
00:30Good luck to anyone who tries to mess with this icon. At the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards,
00:37Chapel Rhone looked radiant on the red carpet. But when a photographer could be heard hurling
00:42profanities, her temper flared. Without hesitation, she snapped at him, making it clear that she would
00:49not be treated with disrespect.
00:50A lot of anxiety around people yelling at you. The carpet is horrifying. And I yelled back.
01:00She later told Entertainment Tonight that her anxiety makes red carpets especially hard.
01:06So it only made sense that she yelled back after being yelled at.
01:09It's easier for me to stand up for myself. So like, of course I had to say it. I was just
01:14like, I'm not taking this for the rest of my career. I've been famous for like one month.
01:17This is not how it's going to go, girl.
01:19A few days after this event, she attended the premiere of Olivia Rodrigo's Guts World
01:24Tour and singled out another photographer. She claimed he had screamed at her at a Grammy
01:29after party and demanded an apology. You go, girl.
01:33This reunion comes a little over a month since Chapel's initial carpet situation at the VMAs.
01:40Number nine, Ben Affleck.
01:42I'm bummed because usually I'm with my kids. I'm trying to go somewhere. And then there's
01:46four guys. We're like, and I'm like, hey, man, every time, can you give me some time?
01:49I'm trying to be with my kids. Do you mind? Can you, you know what I mean?
01:52The Goodwill hunting star knows a thing or two about being hounded by the paparazzi.
01:57However, being used to it doesn't mean you have to quietly tolerate it.
02:02Back in 2024, Affleck was driving away from his marital home with Jennifer Lopez when a
02:16bunch of cameras went off. Their flashes obstructed his vision, forcing him to pull over and address
02:21the photographers directly. He sternly reprimanded them, pointing out that their careless flashes
02:27were dangerous to drivers. He was especially concerned as his daughter was exiting the
02:32driveway behind him. So he warned them against flashing their lights at her car and drove away.
02:38The idea is like, follow somebody around, antagonize them, and then hopefully they'll
02:42have like a nervous breakdown and go crazy on you. And then your video be worth more money.
02:46Number eight, Justin Bieber.
02:48It's nothing about your features. It's just like the insecurities in your face.
02:53Asking the dumb questions that you're asking.
02:56Well, thank you for pointing that out.
02:57In 2025, the Biebs became an accidental meme when a video of him clashing with the paparazzi
03:03went viral. In a tirade that apparently lasted over 10 minutes, JB went off on photographers
03:09outside Soho House Malibu in California. He called them out for disrespecting his boundaries,
03:15provoking him, and asking invasive questions.
03:18This guy worked at the restaurant. He's not my security. He had to understand. I was standing
03:23on business.
03:24For context, the paps were asking him whether he was anxious about possible deportation in light
03:29of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement amping up raids. When one of them
03:34brought up his family by wishing him a happy Father's Day in advance, he lost his cool.
03:39This confrontation is where the famous clocking to you meme was born. And the singer even added
03:44it in his song, Standing on Business.
03:46Justin addresses concerns over his behavior in Therapy Session, a recorded conversation
03:51with collaborator Druski.
03:527. Tobey Maguire
03:55If there's one thing everyone knows about the Spider-Man actor, it is that he has no patience
04:04for paps. One time in West Hollywood, he was exiting a restaurant with his now ex-wife Jennifer
04:13Meyer when his car was surrounded by photographers. Their cameras kept firing away even as Tobey politely
04:20asked them to stop since he couldn't see the road ahead. When they continued to bother him
04:25with flashes, he lashed out, throwing his car door open to get them out of the way. After unleashing
04:31a few loud obscenities, he drove away.
04:346. Alec Baldwin
04:41The Oscar-nominated actor has a reputation for being rough with the paparazzi. In 2012,
04:46ahead of his marriage to his then-fiance, Ellaria Thomas, Alec got into a fight with a photographer.
04:52According to the New York Post, a reporter was trying to get a comment on a lawsuit involving
04:57his wife, Ellaria. The Post reports Baldwin became aggressive, grabbing the reporter by
05:02the arm. The shutterbug alleged that the star charged at him like a, quote, raging bull.
05:07However, Baldwin's side claimed the photographer had attacked the 30 Rock star, who retaliated
05:13in self-defense. Days later, he reportedly had a verbal altercation with another photographer in
05:30front of his apartment, who was seemingly blocking his way in. An insider later told ABC News that the
05:37man had a track record of disturbing Alec's neighbors. My neighbor's kid, he fell, he was a big guy,
05:42and he tripped and fell on top of a stroller with a baby in it and sat on the baby. And I thought to
05:47myself, I, there's only so much more of this I can take, you know? Number five, Chris Martin.
05:53You're not one of these guys- You're not tortured or- Yeah.
05:55I just don't believe in talking about that stuff, you know? So you had a problem is what you're saying.
05:59Not a problem, no, not a problem. No, well, no, I don't know. The Coldplay front man was far from home when a
06:04nasty run-in with a photographer got him arrested. It happened in 2003 in Australia, where the English
06:10singer was touring with his band. After being snapped by a paparazzo at Byron Bay's beach,
06:16he reportedly demanded that the man erase his photos. When he didn't comply, Martin went ballistic
06:23and took out his anger on the photographer's car. He seems mad as a bag of ferrets, that one.
06:28I can't quite figure out what it is that incited him because he's been used to this for years.
06:34According to reports, the singer admitted to damaging the car's windscreen and deflating
06:39the tires because he was fed up with the constant harassment from the lensman.
06:43So you did have a problem? I think everybody has problems.
06:47But you're afraid that- I don't believe that just because you're in a band,
06:50it makes your problems more interesting. Number four, Tom Cruise.
06:54In 2012, the Hollywood star was spending an ordinary day out with his daughter, Suri,
06:59when an alleged hot pursuit turned his life into a scene from one of his action movies.
07:04No sleep, man. You just gotta go.
07:05Is that what it is?
07:07Just no sleep. Just work, no sleep.
07:10Three kids, you gotta go, go, go, man.
07:12Tom was reportedly in a car with Suri, who was six at the time,
07:16when they were allegedly followed by paparazzi in multiple vehicles.
07:20It is said that the Mission Impossible actor led the photographers on a chase through Manhattan,
07:25and his car supposedly reached dangerously high speeds.
07:28Six-year-old Suri finally back with her daddy.
07:31Tom's first visit with Suri since the split.
07:34They're the headline grabbing photos. Tom Cruise finally reuniting with daughter Suri Tuesday.
07:40Cruise's publicist reportedly denied that this chase ever happened, though.
07:44This time cradling her head and even cracking a smile as the father-daughter duo made their way
07:50to the six-year-old's gymnastics lessons at New York City's Chelsea Pierce.
07:543. Ashton Kutcher And On The Road
07:58The casual couple was recently spotted at the airport,
08:01reportedly jetting off for a romantic trip to Bali.
08:04The That 70s show actor doesn't always take too kindly to being papped.
08:09Once in 2012, he emptied his cup by throwing the contents at a nearby photographer outside a Kenny
08:15Chesney concert.
08:16Would you be upset if the camera guy missed Ashton coming in from Brazil?
08:20I think we're more likely to get Seal to talk than Ashton.
08:22I'd go with Ashton.
08:23Yeah, me too.
08:24And Ashton's not gonna talk. He didn't talk, right?
08:26And there was the time in London circa 2013 when he was with his then-girlfriend Mila Kunis
08:32and flipped the paparazzi off from a car.
08:35In 2015, when he was being harassed by pops with questions about his daughter Wyatt at LAX,
08:41he did not hesitate to confront a photographer directly.
08:44Clearly, the man has boundaries and he does not like them being crossed.
08:48And while Kunis is keeping mum, Kutcher tweeted his displeasure with the paparazzi.
08:532. Sean Penn
08:55The one battle after another star is infamous for his violent altercations with the paparazzi.
09:01One of the earliest instances was in 1985.
09:05Two British reporters were waiting to snap photos of Penn and his then-fiance Madonna
09:09outside a Nashville hotel. The latter was supposedly on a jog.
09:13Sean was protective of his missus in those early days, famously feuding with the paparazzi and the media.
09:20When Sean noticed the photographers lurking, he warned them against taking photos,
09:25threatening them with a rock. When they did not heed his warning and took a photo anyway,
09:30the actor launched the rock at one of them, then proceeded to break his camera.
09:34You just wanted to get out?
09:35Yeah.
09:36Okay. All right, then you say all hell broke loose. Now what exactly is hell breaking loose for you?
09:42He reportedly landed a few hits on both of them, which got him charged with two counts of assault
09:47and battery.
09:48You hit the guy.
09:49I hit him really right with everything I had.
09:51Right in the chops.
09:52Yeah. And he just kind of went.
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10:081. Britney Spears
10:13If there's one celebrity who deserves an apology from the paparazzi, it is the Toxic Singer.
10:18This is a story that is burning up the internet. It's burning up the water cooler talk. It's just
10:23burning this morning. Yes. Britney Spears. She's bald.
10:27In 2007, Britney faced intense media scrutiny after shaving her head and pushing back against the
10:33paparazzi by attacking one of their cars with an umbrella. The pop star later revealed in her
10:38memoir, The Woman and Me, that she was consumed by grief at the time following the passing of her
10:44aunt, Sandra Bridges Covington, from ovarian cancer.
10:47And Britney just grabbed the umbrella, started coming after me,
10:51and starts beating the passenger side of my truck.
10:54She was also going through postpartum depression. That same year, Spears was in a contentious
11:00legal battle with her ex-husband Kevin Federline over their sons Sean Preston and Jaden James.
11:05Shaving my head and acting out were my ways of pushing back.
11:09The added pressure from the paparazzi pushed her over the edge, causing her to lash out.
11:14We just need privacy, and we need our respect. And those are things that you have to have as a human.
11:22Do you think these celebrity reactions were justified? Or did some of them cross the line?
11:27Tell us in the comments.
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