Choking Photographers -- The New Hollywood Hug

1. Levine provoked the incident. Woody asked him toplease leave him alone. Even tried sympathizing with him" Come on man give me a break" And the little bitch continued to harrass him.

Instead of intruding on people's privacy, why doesn't TMZ.com fix their messed up website so the words don't over lap . TMZ is a joke.

Posted at 6:20PM on Jun 30th 2006 by Matt

2. I agree that there never should have been violence involved, and there wouldn't been,but its idiots like Levine who need to BACK the hell off when they see a line has clearly been drawn. As a respectful "citizen" Levine should have stopped immediately, and walked his happy ass down the street.
You're Messin around with the big dogs and you're gonna get bit. What else is there to say. DUH!

Posted at 7:50PM on Jun 30th 2006 by Mandy

3. Congratulations Harvey! Now you have had one of your corporate WB paparazzi attacked. Next, you will have to defend your shooter against spiteful attacks by Hollywood attorneys defending the attacker.

If you want to see the real attacks having taken place regurlarly over the past fifteen years, against freelance news gatherers, you can go to www.Celebrities.com to see them. TMZ doesn't have them, because they were not even in existence, let alone, covering our scene, or the attacks.

We have thirteen years of EXCLUSIVE Hollywood celebrity clips and attacks. No one else does! At www.Celebrities.com the paparazzi can take a licking, and keep on clicking. As for your broken camera, I'm sure the corporation has enough money to replace it. We have to pay for our broken cameras ourselves, which is really difficult these days, because you give your footage away to our customers.

Hint from the experienced: Always copy your attack footage before taking it to cops. They will just confiscate your attack tape to keep it from being used on TMZ. They probably work part time as security or private eyes, and think protecting a star could lead to a new client.

E.L.Woody
King of the Paparazzi™

Posted at 8:26PM on Jun 30th 2006 by E.L.Woody

4. The camera man did nothing but do his job and actually was nice to woody even though it was his job to shoot him and didn't stop. There is no excuse for violence in any any situation.Woody harrelson is know for his violent attitude. What a cheap plug by th king of FATSO'S e.l woody. Your site celebrities.com sucks and your a over weight peice of trash. Your washed up and you should take your ass to a retirement home.

Posted at 11:54PM on Jun 30th 2006 by jonny

5. Josh is a good friend of mine and I hope he sues the pants off Harrelson...Nobody deserves to be a victim to violence...Harrelson is a 'has bee and not even woth taping..he simply overstepped his rights when he decided to choke my friend. Josh is a brand new dad and a young guy about to be married...I'm glad he wasn't hurt any worse...as for Woody, may he rot in court.

Posted at 12:03AM on Jul 1st 2006 by ISmellaLawsuit

6. Come on! It's the old-time Weegee set up. One papparotgut goads and aggravates America's favorite activist actor while a second papparotgut captures the action on tape. Too bad the Woodman didn't have a hemp noose handy!

Posted at 9:22AM on Jul 1st 2006 by Harry Minetree

7. okay i understand that people trying to take photos of you with no respect to you at all would be really irratating but when you are a celebrity thats what happens and you sorta have to take the good with the bad and if you cant do that then you need to get out of the business or stay low key and stop going to these clubs and restuarants where you know they are going to be looking for you. they are just doing their job and yeah they can get ruthless at times but they are just trying to bet the competition.

Plus I am really tired of celebrities doing this stuff and geting away with it. if that were you or I we would be in jail right now. so if they want to be treated like everyone else then lets start treating them like everyone else and punish them when they doing something like beat the crap out of someone.

Posted at 10:05AM on Jul 1st 2006 by beth

8. Celebrity or not we are entitled to our privacy. If someone was coming at me and I asked them to stop that should be the end of it. If that someone keeps coming than my right to privacy or perhaps my physical is about to be violated then I have the right to act in my best interest.

Posted at 11:58AM on Jul 1st 2006 by Frank Cianci

9. Any lawyer viewing that taped video would see Woody Harrelson was intimidated , harrassed and sexually abused (calling him sexy and was definitely egged on as Woody calmly asked the photographer many times to stop bothering him!

As a retired Florida school teacher I fear this is why there is so much viloence in our world! Bullies ( like this photographer) are allowed to harrass people, make news , clog our courts and get by with it!

Woody, his wife and children are friends of my daughter. They helped her when she became seriously ill while living in Los Angeles. You don't ever hear the good things about celebrities. It is aways the trash that sells junk newpapers or now junk internet!
With all the major crime and corruption in the U.S., I wish you would spend you time, energy and zillions of dollars catching serious crime elements flooding into this country before it is too late.

Harrass, intimidate, threatened , incite anger, and abuse the felons, and known criminals in the U.S. before we get taken over.

PLEASE LEAVE WOODY HARRELSON ALONE. GET THIS JUNK OFF THE INTERNET AND QUIT USING TAXPAYERS MONEY FOR SUCH FRIVOLOUS STUFF. GET IN THE REAL WORLD AND FIGHT MAJOR CRIME.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO MY SMALL HOMETOWN OF LIVE OAK FLORIDA IN NORTH FLORIDA IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME GOOD STORIES ON CRIME, CORUPTION, SEX, PORNOGRAPHERS, CHILD, DOMESTIC AND ELDERLY ABUSERS: DRUG KINPINS, POLITICAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION, DRUG ABUSERS,AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, CON ARTISTS, PSYCHOPATHIC CAREGIVERS. YOU COULD GET ENOUGH STORIES FOR A YEAR WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS.

PLEASE MAKE A GOOD DIFFERENCE AND QUIT INCITING PEOPLE TO BECOME ANGRY. THERE ARE MORE MAJOR LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS TO GET ANGY ABOUT IN THE US.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

Posted at 12:50PM on Jul 1st 2006 by Jill

10. It's about time the celebrities take some control back. If it were me, the camera would've been thrown and broken. Give me a break! Why can't these guys grow up and become professional journalist and photographers?

Posted at 12:57PM on Jul 1st 2006 by PH

11. People - When you get entertainment out of voluntarily coming to TMZ, it's a bit ironic to then attack them as being scumbags.

Posted at 2:24PM on Jul 1st 2006 by John

12. People - When you voluntarily visit a website (TMZ) for entertainment, it seems a bit hypocritical to then denounce the people that run the website as scumbags.

Posted at 2:26PM on Jul 1st 2006 by John

13. THIS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT BY ANY MEANS AND I DID NOT VOLUNTARILY COME TO THIS WEBSITE! I AM AGAIN STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY! SETTING UP A CELEBRITY OR ANYONE IS A CRIME!
STOP BULLIES AND STOP PEOPLE WHO SEE LAWSUITS AS A WAY TO MAKE MONEY. THIS IS A SCARY TREND IN THE U.S.

Posted at 4:09PM on Jul 1st 2006 by Jill

14. In response to Woody H's choking a photographer I say...

Good! I wish some one would choke the crap out of those parasites!

Further since when did being a celebrity rob you of your constitutional rights?

FYI there really ARE good and professional, courteous photographers.

International paparazzi should have to pass security clearances and ratify standadrds of practice that do not infringe on rights of American Citizenry. Especially our celbrities which really are public servants.

I really liked the idea a couple celebrities have had to have their OWN cams to record these losers who can't get a real job.

They have no talents of their own except being jerks and weasles, so perhaps by annoying celebrities they can fullfill their jealous, parasitical, stalker instincts.

Too bad common decency has been taking such a bad beating. I wish a plague on those that deserve it.

Posted at 6:35PM on Jul 1st 2006 by JayMee

15. Celebrities deserve to have their right to privacy . Why do they have to live in a fishbowl?

Posted at 7:15PM on Jul 1st 2006 by Jill