We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges!

The lies from the skepti-haters continue as does the careers of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. The couple has recently been photographed in New York City, as Nicole is preparing for her upcoming film "Rabbit Hole", which is to be shot there next month.

Let us examine their theories:

hitnrun: "One of the reasons celebrities like NY is because they can move around freely for the most part without paparazzi bothering them."

Are you saying NYC is a getaway for stars to escape the paps? I don't know about that. Ask Michelle Williams after the death of Heath Ledger. Ask Katie Holmes during her run on Broadway. Ask Hugh Jackman who has been recently photographed with his daughter. Ask Sarah Jessica Parker who has been photographed multiple times taking her son to school.

Yes, let's ask SJP. Okay sorry but we can't do that. But we can show you the next best thing....

Here's a link to some recent NYC pap photos of Keith and Nicole.

http://tinylink.com/?vUX7Z3G2jg

The photographer....Santiago Baez, a local NY pap.

If one does just a little digging you'll find a story about him and SJP.

It seems that Baez and another pap (they tend to work in pairs) spotted SJP on the street and began taking pics. He told her another set of paps were waiting at the end of the block. That's what the paps do. They work in tandem and are all connected in some way. They all know each other. They all have contacts, know each others strategies. Some of them are kinder than others to the stars, as Baez was.

But the haters want you to believe the paps in New York don't follow celebs on tips, hunches, or personal habits...or find them....or run into them. And they only know where they are because the stars called them. They walk around visible to everyone with a badge that says "Paparazzi" and they ask politely if they can take the celeb's picture if they haven't gotten prior permission. LOLZ Anyone with two brain cells would know this isn't true.

imahick:It is a game that is played with the paps. There have been plenty of articles and TV shows on the subject. That way the celeb gets the picture taken and that feeds their need for attention / media coverage ... and they don't have to put up with the paps around every corner.


imahick fails to include that there are paps that work on the fly. Hello....Flynet. And they aren't the only ones. There have been tv shows and articles and coverage showing what the paparazzi will do when they don't get the cooperation from the stars. Don't kid yourself, imahick knows this too.


Another claim they are trying to make is that we would see a pic of every move they made from the apartment or hotel to the theater and back.

nomorefan: "Where are the pictures of them leaving their apartment the night they went to the theater? Where are the pictures of them in their car? Where are the pictures of them going into the theater? There was obviously no secret back exit door of the theater because they had to get in their car on the street - like everybody else."

The haters love to throw their brains out the window. The photographers may not be able to follow them step by step to their destination. They may have more than one pair get shots with gaps along the way. The public only sees the photos that were sold to the media. Paps take many shots, sometimes hundreds. Out of that number there are so many that are unsellable or so-so. Out of the ones that are good enough, the media only buys so many.

Interestingly enough, pap shots of Nicole leaving her residence were taken today. And bought today and posted today. That dear friends is the difference. The haters don't know what shots were taken and which ones weren't on Broadway night. They only know what they see on the gossip sites...and that never tells the full story