14 DAY TRIAL // There is no longer any doubt that Robert Pattinson has come to know degrees of media exposure and fan support of the kind he probably neither expected nor wanted. Because of being constantly hounded by paparazzi, overly excited fans and having turned into a favorite with glossy magazines, two of the biggest Pattinson fansites have started a campaign meant to protect his privacy.
The Movie Fanatic and Pattinson Online boast of being two sites that are paparazzi- and gossip-free, as also is Robert Pattinson Online. All the details they publish are first run through the actor’s management, and all the photos they post are only promotional or commercial shots, so as to not make public pics of the actor in his everyday life, in what could be classified as an invasion of privacy. With the campaign, the fans behind these two projects urge other fans to stop reading and, most importantly, believing tabloid stories on Robert’s personal life, stop harassing him when they do meet him and, in short, respect his privacy and his work.
“Since 2005, we’ve been the web’s top site for Robert Pattinson. In that time, we’ve become increasingly dissatisfied with how the media AND the fans have treated Rob – this project is the culmination of years of frustration and desire to see the fans educated on how to protect Rob’s safety and sanity!” Pattinson Online writes by means of a motto for the new campaign. At the same time, the site is urging fans to leave the actor plenty of room to breathe and, of course, concentrate on his work, which is precisely what he wants to do the most.
“Should the media (particularly the gossip tabloids and magazines) respect an artist’s right to privacy? Or is it justified for them to speculate and spread rumors and gossip about an actor since he is already aware that all of these are ‘part of the culture?’ Is it also justified for a celebrity blogger like Perez Hilton to reveal information about an actor for the sake of ‘entertainment,’ security, privacy and health concerns, notwithstanding?” tMF also says, citing an instance where the blogger disclosed information of Pattinson’s whereabouts in New York on Twitter, which led to him being mobbed by fans.
Speaking of which, not being able to work on the set of his latest movie, “Remember Me,” because of the fans must have also played an important part in the decision and the subsequent campaign launched by the two fansites. The media alone is not responsible for what is happening with Pattinson, and celebrities in general, since fans too are equally to blame for buying into the madness, tMF says.