James Brolin Calls Paps Rats But Makes A Good Point
James Brolin is interviewed in Parade Magazine this week. You know, last week they had Angelina Jolie and they seem to have really stepped it up a notch with the people they are getting for their covers now. Anyway, back to James. He says that paps are rats. You know, there are some that go out of their way to be aggressive, but I also know the tabloids would be really boring if it were just words. Plus, they only get paid if they get good photos so if you were having to make your living that way, you would probably push a little too.
Granted, I have not been followed around for 40 years like James Brolin or his wife Barbra so I can see where he is coming from. The great point he made in the interview was this. "If we go into town or the obvious spots, they're there. And if we don't look in the rearview mirror, they'll tail us. They're like rats. So we'll drive in the other direction. We go out where nobody goes. There are great restaurants; there are a lot of movie theatres, so we can have a night out in an area where nobody cares."
Exactly. If you do not want to be photographed you do not have to be photographed. He believes they are rats so goes out of his way to not feed them. However, when celebrities say what James says but then show up in all these places every night then they are doing it for a reason. That reason is to be seen and to be photographed and to get as much publicity for themselves as possible.
If you have a chance, you should read the interview. It is pretty good and he talks about Josh and Barbra in some detail.
babara runs the show, but marriage agrees with him. how refreshing to see an older man with little or no plastic surgery. he looks great.
ReplyDeleteHe looks great. That man has aged really well.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear a celebrity acknowledge what we all know--that the paps aren't everywhere. You can avoid them but you have to be willing to do it. Look at Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz--they got married and nobody knew for 2 weeks and no photos emerged. Life can be private if you want it to be so.
I always found Mr. Streisand sexy, ever since I first saw him in HOTEL.
ReplyDeleteHotness.
ReplyDeleteAbout 15 years ago-during my Hollywood phase-I worked on a movie and James Brolin was among the actors. He was the sexiest man I had EVER seen. In addition, he was kind, thoughtful and intelligent. Barbra is one smart woman.
ReplyDeleteReally like them as a couple - seems like a happy marriage that they were both lucky to find later in life :)
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, there were few men as gorgeous as he was (and still is!). I really liked that interview. He seems intelligent, gentle, self-aware and down to earth. Barbra is one lucky broad.
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