Bald Britney Spears Was The Dot-Com Boom Era For Paparazzi

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Bald Britney Spears Was The Dot-Com Boom Era For Paparazzi

Dispatches From The Hated will be a recurring feature penned by a person who worked the paparazzi beat for three years. We'll call him American Ex-Pap so he remains anonymous.

via Gawker: http://defamer.gawker.com/bald-britney-spears-was-the-dot-com-boom-era-for-papara-514349695

One shot of Britney slowly spiraling into insanity, one video of her shaving her head, or, the just one clip of her going fucking umbrella-attack crazy, could be your mortgage payment for the next year or a new car.

Six months after Britney was committed to the hospital, a dozen paps were driving around in new BMWs, Jaguars, and a ton of SUVs, all fully -loaded with tinted windows and decked-out sound systems. Paparazzi were making so much loot from Brit it felt illegal because nothing that paid this much could be so fun