Dear Reality TV and Other Camera-Whoring Celebs—Cut the Bullshit

Earlier this afternoon. Bruce Jenner was in a car accident that proved fatal for at least one person. While causes of the accident are still under investigation, there has been some speculation that the accident occurred when Bruce was trying to get away from paparazzi. If this is the case... Are you fucking kidding me???

I'm sorry, but you don't get that right. Sure, any other oerson walking down the street, even kids of celebrities or celebrities who (other than red carpet or multi-celebrity events and parties) generally seem to avoid the limelight—we all get that right for a life free of paparazzi intrusion. But reality TV "celebrities" and other stars who constantly pimp their mug for camera time? Nope, not you.

I mean, we are talking about someone who has voluntarily spent several seasons having cameras follow him and his entire awful family around, a man who is currently whoring himself on camera through one of the most difficult life experiences a person can have (and who all but called a national press conference to announce he was doing so). Now someone in the Kardashian/Jenner clan wants to hide from cameras? 

Hmm... Not hiding here...


No. Not this time, buddy. 

You already thrust yourself upon us, practically ramming the life of the Kardashian/Jenners down our collective throats. You wanted fame and 24-hour, around-the-clock cameras? You got 'em! And now you need to take your celebrity (as we say in the legal field) cum onere. You can't have all the benefits and ignore the burdens. No cherrypicking! You get the entirety of this in-your-face star status you so desperately wanted. You don't get to run from the paparazzi, no matter how despicable they are.

You signed up for this. You weren't a royal who was forced to deal with the media. You aren't the child of a celebrity who didn't ask for any of this. You aren't even one of those celebrities who basically stays as far away as you can from cameras until it is time to promote your next movie or album. And you definitely aren't the other people who were just on the street, minding their own business. And now, because you were (possibly) outrunning those few cameras who were going to sell your picture without the profits coming back to you, someone has lost a life.

Not cool. Not cool at all.

So to the Kardashian/Jenners, the Real Housewives of Wherever USA, and every other actual real celebrity out there who likes to throw his or her face (boobs, abs, and whatever else) in front of the camera at every turn [say, for example, a Justin Bieber-type], you don't have the right to endanger the lives of civilians simply because a camera who actually didn't call (this time) was thrust in your face.

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