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Kristen Bell And Dax Shepard Fight Paparazzi To Protect Celebrity Children

Caroline Langella |
January 29, 2014 | 3:32 p.m. PST

Executive Producer

Facing the paparazzi is a daily activity for many celebrities and other public figures. Many are unable to leave their homes without being bombarded by cameras, and the photos taken are likely to show up all over the Internet and in popular celebrity magazines. This is an especially huge problem for celebrities with children.

A Christmas family photo of Bell and Shepard, purposely leaving out daughter Lincoln (Twitter @daxshepard1)
A Christmas family photo of Bell and Shepard, purposely leaving out daughter Lincoln (Twitter @daxshepard1)
Recently, actors and celebrity couple Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard took to Twitter announcing their boycott of magazines that pay for paparazzi photos of celebrity children. The couple, who wed in October, are parents to daughter Lincoln, who is nearly a year old. They have managed to hide her face from the public so far, but this hasn’t stopped the paparazzi from making daily attempts.

Shepard tweeted, "Please boycott magazines that run pics of "celebrity children." They shouldn't be punished for who their parents are."

Bell agreed, tweeting, "I won't do interviews 4 entities that pay photogs to take pics of my baby anymore. I care more about my integrity & my values than my career."

Bell and Shepard aren’t the only celebrities making efforts to stop the paparazzi. Back in August, actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers to support a law that would penalize paparazzi and others who harass the children of public figures. You can watch their statements in the video below:

 

 

A bill was passed in September in hopes of protecting celebrity children from paparazzi harassment. The new law increases penalties for taking photos and videos of children without parental consent and in a harassing manner. It took effect this month in California, and violators of the new law could face up to a year in county jail and a fine of up to $10,000.

Even though this law is in effect in California, paparazzi photos of children have not stopped completely. Bell and Shepard seem to be moving further than this new law by attempting to stop magazines and other forms of media from purchasing these celebrity photos. Huffington Post seems to be on board, claiming that they made the decision to only post photos of celebrity children shared by the parents themselves. Will other online news sites and magazines follow in their steps?

Part of what Bell and Shepard are asking is for their fans to boycott magazines as well. If they can create a large following, it will be interesting to see how magazines and online media sites respond.

 

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