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| JOHN MAYER CALLS FOR REGULATION OF PAPARAZZI Blog |
John Mayer is among the celebrities calling for the regulation of how paparazzi conduct themselves.
The singer made his argument at a hearing about the matter at L.A. City Hall Thursday.
"I don't sit before you today to ask that you ban the paparazzi," Mayer, 30, explained. "I'm asking you to regulate it. Officialize it. Tax it. Legitimize it.
"I don't want to beg the city of Los Angeles to give me 1987 back," he said. "I love being a famous musician in 2008... This is about safety."
Mayer proposed the requirement of photographer credentials, marked cars for photographers and a "law governing an acceptable filming distance from an unwilling subject [to keep] everybody safe and misbehavior accountable."
Watch John Mayer spoof his fame on the streets of NYC.
Mayer concluded: "Regulating the paparazzi won't bring an end to modern-day media coverage, just as the newly enforced hands-free law hasn't stopped people from talking on cell phones while they drive.
See photos of John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston plus other older women with younger guys.
Actors Eric Roberts and Milo Ventimiglia were also scheduled to speak at the hearing.
LAPD Chief William J. Bratton called out celebrities for making a big deal of how paparazzi conduct themselves.
"If you notice, since Britney started wearing clothes and behaving; Paris is out of town not bothering anybody, thank God; and, evidently, Lindsay Lohan has gone gay, we don't seem to have much of an issue," Bratton told KNBC-TV Thursday, according to the L.A. Times.
"So as far as all this grandstanding and foolishness, waste of city time on this issue – and the fact that I felt aggravated enough about it to interrupt my workout to come over and set the record straight, LAPD has no intention of participating in this farce," he added.
"They act like a pack of wolves, stalking their prey," Councilman Dennis Zine said. "What we're trying to do is prevent a tragedy from happening."
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