Meryl Streep hits out at stars who sell their baby’s pics for money
Meryl Streep has hit out at celebrity parents who sell pictures of their newborn children for cash.
The Oscar winner is appalled whenever she hears about a star bargaining for media cash over baby photos - even if the cash is for charity.
The mother-of-four insists children’s privacy is too valuable to sell snapshots to the highest bidder.
Streep says, “One thing I learned very early on is when you’re famous, you lose your right to privacy. And, if you promote your children, if you have them photographed, then they lose their rights. But, if you do not have them photographed and (do not) sell them to OK! magazine, they have the right to… privacy and citizenship. They (paparazzi) can follow me, take a picture, whatever they want to do. My kids, no.”
In recent months, Hollywood mums Jessica Alba, Jamie-Lynn Spears and Jennifer Lopez have released exclusive photos of their newborns in financial agreements with celebrity magazines.
It is reported that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are currently negotiating a $15 million deal for the exclusive photos of their newborn twins.
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July 21st, 2008 at 5:53 am
And this is the reason why I love you… you are not a media whore like almost everybody in hollywood.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
nope not a media whore, just a self righteous bitch. first of all she’s what 60? her kids are grown and she is hardly stalked by paparazzi…you only see pictures of her when she’s on the red carpet. secondly everybody knows that things are a hell of a lot different with paparazzi since her hay day. they will stalk you down until they get the picture…they’ll do it if you strike a deal or not so in brangelina’s case i say good for them because they are using bad for good and making it work for their causes. i’m not some huge fan of angelina and brad but i think in this specific case they are taking a negative and making it a positive.