Stars in all their ugliness: the most scandalous paparazzi pictures

Annoying paparazzi are on a round-the-clock hunt for celebrities. The result is scandalous photos of stars snorting cocaine, dropping their own children and cheating on their partners. Star secrets become public, and photographers receive thousands and even millions of dollars for their "catch".

We present to you the most expensive and provocative photos of stars taken by paparazzi.

The same star shot for Quinto, where Anita Ekberg threatens the paparazzi with a bow and arrow. So the star of the cult film Federico Fellini's "Sweet Life" (La Dolce Vita) defended her privacy. October 20, 1960.

Britney Spears drops her son. In May 2006, paparazzi captured Britney Spears almost dropping little Sean Preston Federline. And in the other hand at Spears is an alcoholic drink. Because of the photo, the singer was deprived of parental rights to children.

After that, Britney went into a break. She tried to go to a clinic for the treatment of alcoholism, but after not spending a day in the hospital, she returned to Los Angeles, went to the Tarzana salon and demanded to cut her bald head, and after refusing, she took a typewriter and shaved herself.

Being depressed, the singer got caught by photographer Danny Boy in this form. For the pictures of the pop princess who attacked his car, he received 250 thousand dollars. Later, he also sold his jeep, scratched by a star, for 40 thousand dollars.

Photo of Princess Diana on the day of the accident. According to the main version, the cause of Diana's death was the persecution of photographers, from whom the driver tried to leave. In the scandalous shot, bodyguard Trevor Rhys-Jones, the only survivor of the accident, tries to cover his face with his hand from the lens, and Diana hides in the back seat.

The loneliness of Lady Dee. February 11, 1992. The photographer took a picture of Princess Diana alone at the "temple of love" — the Indian Taj Mahal. Then the princess decided to cooperate with the paparazzi: their pictures could show the world what was going on in her soul. Many deciphered the message like this: "Look, I'm alone. My husband doesn't love me."

Photographers received $6 million from the media for a series of pictures of Lady Dee relaxing on a yacht in Saint-Tropez in the company of her boyfriend, Dodi al-Fayed. They say this happened after her divorce from Prince Charles.

It was these pictures that became the first factual confirmation of the princess' affair with an Egyptian. In addition, it was with him that Diana rode in the car that ill-fated evening.

Proof of Kristen Stewart's infidelity. On the set of the film "Snow White and the Huntsman" in 2012, Kristen Stewart had an affair with married director Rupert Sanders. Thanks to the efforts of the paparazzi, everything secret became clear.

The footage was immediately seen by Stewart's fiance, Robert Pattinson. The deceived groom packed up and called off the engagement, despite Stewart's pleas and remorse.

Naked Kate Middleton. In September 2012, nude photos of the Duchess of Cambridge appeared on the cover of the French magazine Closer. They show Prince William and his wife Kate sunbathing by the pool, and the Duchess is in the sun without a swimsuit top. The pictures caused a stir around the world, even Queen Elizabeth II was embarrassed. The magazine was later fined.

Madonna, Sting and Tupac Shakur at the same table. The photo is very rare, since the gathered stars, as everyone thought, have very little in common. Meanwhile, it is known that for some time the world-famous Madonna met with a not-so-famous Shakur.

Steve Jobs before he died. The latest photos of the founder of Apple, exhausted by illness, shocked fans. He was 56 when he died of cancer. A year after the discovery of his tumor, Jobs refused surgery, trying to be treated with veganism, acupuncture, herbs and even hypnosis.

John Lennon gives an autograph to his killer. On December 8, 1980, Lennon was shot in the yard of his house in New York. The killer was a fan of the musician, Mark Chapman. A few hours earlier, Champen had asked the Beatle for an autograph when Lennon and Yoko Ono left the house to go to the studio.

AIDS patient Freddie Mercury. Photographers have opened a real hunt for the seriously ill idol of millions of people. For a photo taken at lunch in a London restaurant, the photographer received 230 thousand dollars.

Cocaine-snorting Kate Moss. In October 2005, The Daily Mirror acquired a photo of model Kate Moss snorting cocaine for $300,000. After appearing on the cover in this form, Chanel and Burberry immediately broke off cooperation with Kate, who had to apologize and undergo treatment for drug addiction.

But even after that, photographers caught a celebrity on the way out of nightclubs. In one of these pictures, the girl's trousers are stained with something white: either powder, or prohibited powder.

Naked bride of Iglesias Anna Kournikova. For 500 thousand dollars, a photographer named Frank sold nude pictures of Anna Kournikova to Penthouse magazine. Later it turned out that the daughter of the Italian fashion designer Judith Soltis Benetton was in the pictures.

Jacqueline Onassis topless. For a photo of a half-naked Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, the famous paparazzi Ron Galella received $ 1.2 million. That day, he entered the protected island of the Onassis family under the guise of a gardener. The photo was published in the porn magazine Hustler.

King Farouk of Egypt gets into a fight. A photo of Egyptian King Farouk, who threw himself at Italian photographer Tazio Secchiaroli with his fists, was bought by the media for $ 1.4 million.

Photo of the deceased supermodel Anna Nicole Smith. $ 1.5 million worth of photos of the deceased star of Playboy magazine in 2007. And the Splash News & Picture Agency bought a video for a round sum, on which the star is given artificial respiration and heart massage.

Hillary Clinton forgave Bill for cheating with Monica Lewinsky. A romantic picture of Bill Clinton with his wife Hillary was taken by paparazzi some time after the scandal with Monica Lewinsky. The whole world then realized that the president was forgiven.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are cheating on their spouses. A novel by Richard and Elizabeth began in 1962 on the set of Cleopatra. But Elizabeth was not ready to divorce: her then-husband Eddie Fisher left his wife for Taylor. For a while, she and Richard tried to stay away from each other.

But it didn't last long. Soon they secretly escaped to a tiny villa in Porto-San Stefano, and these were the happiest moments in a woman's life. Paparazzi caught them kissing on June 25, 1962.

Sean Penn beats annoying photographers. In the photo, Penn beats Vinnie Zuffante in New York. It was 1986. Sean Penn and his wife Madonna were attacked by paparazzi near their apartment. Remarkably, the photo was taken by another paparazzi - the super-popular photographer Ron Galella mentioned above.

The first joint picture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The photo was bought by the publications for 500 thousand dollars. Before the evidence appeared, their affair was only an unconfirmed rumor.

Victoria Beckham wet herself. The ever-perfect wife of a football player at the celebration in honor of the first anniversary of the Victoria Beckham boutique did not calculate the amount of alcohol. A representative of the Beckham family had to say that a drink was simply spilled on Victoria.

Paris Hilton underwear. The shocking millionaire was caught in one of the nightclubs of Saint-Tropez. Hilton then pretty much took on her chest and danced along with tanned strangers. She didn't even notice how her underwear came out.

Drunk Pamela Anderson. Paparazzi caught a drunk actress when she was leaving the Guys & Dolls club in Hollywood.

The drug-taking Heath Ledger. Fuzzy shots where you can recognize the late Heath Ledger during the reception of "coke" in January 2006 at one of the parties outraged his agents. They filed a lawsuit against the Hollywood photo agency, claiming that they specifically gave the powder to the actor.

Tupac Shakur on the night of the shooting. The rapper Tupac Shakur in this picture has very little time left to live. That evening, September 13, 1996 (the date is also visible in the picture), the musician sitting in a black car was shot by unknown people near a hotel in the suburbs of Las Vegas.

By the way, the BMW in which the rapper died, along with bullet holes, was auctioned for $ 1.5 million in 2017. No one has bought it to this day, but the owners do not intend to reduce the price either. But the Hummer car bought by Tupac a month before his death was bought. For $206,531.

Michael Jackson hung his daughter over the balcony railing. Michael showed his baby out of the window, throwing her over the railing and throwing a towel over her head. It seemed strange and even cruel to the public.

Jessica Simpson, who cheated on the groom on the eve of the wedding. The singer was caught leaving a hotel in Los Angeles. Everything would be fine, but she was wearing the shirt of Adam Levin, with whom she spent the night. The wedding was canceled after the publication of the photo.

Cheating Demi Moore Ashton Kutcher. In 2011, a popular actor and an exemplary family man was caught cheating with Sarah Leal. After such a scandal, the star was not offered serious roles for two years.

A priest coming out of a nightclub. The famous shot of the priest Don Gussoni leaving a nightclub was taken in Rome in 1959. Gussoni's futile attempts to snatch the camera from the hands of photographer Giacomo Alexis fell into the lens of the famous paparazzi Geppetti and forever destroyed the reputation of the minister of the church.

Marilyn Monroe undressed in front of John Kennedy. In fact, this is a staged photo with doubles. In reality, there were no intimate photos of Monroe and Kennedy.

But there was a photo of Kennedy and Monroe is at the window. But it is also staged.

The only joint photo of Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy was taken just a few minutes after Monroe performed her famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on the occasion of Kennedy's 45th birthday in May 1962.

Amanda Bynes' wig has moved out. Probably, the young star was not easily given the fame that she received in adolescence. The consequences were numerous trials, arrests and other troubles. The photo in the slipped wig became a kind of symbol of this chapter in the life of the actress.

Nude photos of Orlando Bloom. The 39-year-old actor went on vacation to Italy, where he completely exposed himself. Moreover, it was not on a nudist beach, but just off the coast of Sardinia. Moreover, noticing paparazzi on the shore, Bloom turned to them and showed himself in all his glory.

French President Francois Hollande rides with his mistress on a motorcycle. January, 2014. The French magazine Closer is published with a "bomb" on the cover: President Francois Hollande has an affair with actress Julie Gayet. The common-law wife Valerie Trierweiler then went to the hospital with a nervous breakdown.

Julia Roberts is going to lunch with her lover. August, 1991. Actor Jason Patrick and Julia Roberts head to Nick and Eddie's restaurant. The stars tried to close themselves off from the paparazzi, but Ron Galella managed to take a picture of the couple - already in the car. A very funny angle came out.

Another time Julia Roberts got into the photographer's lens at a very unfortunate moment — when she forgot to shave her armpits. However, it remains to be hoped that she really forgot to do it, and does not walk like this all the time.

George Bush is trying to fold a Rubik's cube. One of the most famous photos of Alison Jackson, who likes to play with the images of celebrities. In fact, this is a photo with a double of the president.

Marlene Dietrich beat up the photographer. He tried to take a picture of the star at the airport in Paris, but he had to throw all his strength to protect himself from an angry woman. But another paparazzi was luckier.

And here Jack Nicholson greets the paparazzi in his usual manner. It happened in Saint-Tropez in 1976. The lucky one who saw the star's ass was Xavier Martin.

Madonna is a dystrophic. The pop star was let down either by the lighting, or by an unsuccessful angle, or by his own body. Anyway, the singer's photo flew all over the world, and her sinewy hands were discussed for a long time.