My cousin the paparazzi told me I was reading tabloids completely backwards

So for like 10 years I thought if a celeb was spotted without makeup at the grocery store that meant they were 'just like us' and the story was real. My cousin shoots for TMZ and he laughed at me over Thanksgiving. He said 90% of those candids are staged by the celeb's own team to control the narrative. If they want you to think a breakup is friendly, they leak a photo of them smiling together. If they want sympathy, they tip off photogs for a 'sad' coffee run. Now I look at every grainy supermarket photo and ask who called the camera there first. Has anyone else figured out which rumors are planted by publicists vs real leaks?

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brooke_jones1d ago

Oh man, that stings. I totally get the feeling of being played for that long.

grant1551d ago

I mean, you said you "totally get the feeling of being played for that long" but I think it was more like two months, not years. Brooke was pretty clear in her first post about it being a spring fling thing that went sideways. Maybe it's just me but I feel like calling it "that long" makes it sound way worse than it actually was.