Lady Gaga's body guard throws a fan to the floor for walking up with pen and pad

[bigdarryl]

That's fucked up

#!

[lpbk2713]

1. Note to autograph seeker ...

Don't hurriedly approach an escort detail from a blind side.

[jberryhill]

2. Walking up?

Lunging at her with a pad & pen is more like it.

How many people do you approach that way?

[TeamPooka]

3. That is legally assualt

I hope he enjoys his settlement check

[bigdarryl]

4. She's a drug addict anyway

FUCK!! Lady Gaga

[Poll_Blind]

9. Hey, bigdarryl. You don't sound well. Be well. nt

PB

[obamanut2012]

50. So?

Drug addicts should be allowed to be assaulted? Not defend themselves

[Webster Green]

56. Bullshit!

She's no addict, and she is very socially conscious, politically aware, and she fucking rules.

[Marinedem]

5. WOW!

That dude with the pen and pad was a total dumbass.

"Her der, let me fly out of the corner towards the woman with bodyguards while holding some unknown objects in my hands!"

Good reaction, as far as I'm concerned.

[winstars]

6. looks like it was a hotel security guard who did it...

The guy with the white shirt and sports jacket is her personal bodyguard, the guy in the suit is from hotel security. If you look closely, the punter was hanging in the revolving doors waiting for his chance. The hotel security completely misses him waiting there and then when he approached her proceeded to completely overreact. Poor advance work before the "bring her down" and then the classic overreaction to essentially nothing happening... You can see once she is outside she stops to sign things... More wannabe cops who act stupidly...

What city was this in???

[NBachers]

62. Sofia, Bulgaria. Believe it or not, I was there last weekend there was a lot of Gaga buzz

I went through that revolving door myself, a few times.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/4492455/Lady-Gaga-shocked-as-eager-fan-is-bundled-to-the-floor-by-burly-security.html

[backscatter712]

7. Yeah, this fan came out of nowhere and charged towards Gaga.

Can't say I blame the security guard.

And it looks like the guy got knocked on his ass, but is otherwise unharmed.

[crazyjoe]

8. the guards responded appropriately. That fool came out of nowhere, and was running towards her.

don't rush a vip with body guards from the blind side and you won't end up lying on the floor looking like a total ass.

[Poll_Blind]

10. Agreed. nt

PB

[Logical]

21. "the guards responded appropriately", LOL, so you are the keeper of the rules?

[crazyjoe]

23. I'm curious, more than half of the posts are in support of the body guards reaction,

why pick my post to make an ass out of yourself?
just curious.

[Logical]

24. No one else seemed to try to act like they were a fucking expert on the topic. I thought maybe....

you had special body guard training. Now I realize you were just talking out of your ass.

[crazyjoe]

29. uh...ok. whatever dude.

[Bonobo]

34. You used the word "rules"... Do you regret the poor choice of words?

Why do you say "rules" in this case in response to the poster's claim that it was "appropriate".

Are you a native speaker of English???

[joeybee12]

26. Another friendly thoughtful post...

I mean the one that responded to you...and I'm being sarcastic...don't take it personally...another attempt by someone to show how much more he.she knows than you.

[dionysus]

32. +1

[Quantess]

66. Probably because yours was well stated, well written.

[Comrade Grumpy]

38. Maybe we should just scrape and bow before the nobility, er, I mean, vip.

[obamanut2012]

47. Maybe people shouldn't think they own celebrities

What the fan did is legally assault.

[richmwill]

11. He'll probably sue for "Loss Of Ebay Income", too... (n/t)

[Monk06]

57. eBay was a godsend for these professional autograph hunters. The are not fans and don't give

about the celebrities. To them celebrities are just a commodity that, as you say, they can hawk on eBay for $20 a pop. They are incredibly arrogant. To them there are two types of celebrity, "Good Signers" and "Bad Signers". Bad signers are celebs who don't wish to have their names flogged on the internet by non fans out to make a buck.

Here is one of their sleazy industry websites, http://autographmagazine.com/2010/12/celebrity-attitudes-toward-signings/

[Marr]

12. It looks like he ran into the lobby, and fans weren't supposed to be in there.

Otherwise, that giant crowd outside would've been inside.

[bigwillq]

13. The person was just doing their job

The seeker could've had a gun. weapon, acid, etc..

That dude's job is to protect his client. That's all the dude was doing.

[MADem]

14. Good bodyguard--neutralized creepy guy who should not have been in there.

That guy could have had a knife behind that piece of paper. He was moving erratically and I would have regarded him as a threat in that scenario.

Justified, efficient take-down. Well done to security.

Why do people think that because someone is a musician or actor, that they have the right to accost and frighten them?

[NCTraveler]

15. Excellent job by the body guard.

Looks like he diffused a threat without injuring himself or the idiot. That is how it's done.

[WooWooWoo]

16. i'm pretty sure John Lennon

thought Mark David Chapman was just a fan asking for an autograph too.

[obamanut2012]

48. this

[datasuspect]

17. dude earned his pay

[Tom Ripley]

18. According to a friend from a film set, Gaga is a self-absorbed prima donna who disdains

the "little people"

[Ikonoklast]

36. And sometimes John Lennon would be a real asshole to people asking for autographs.

Ringo Starr to this day will tell you to fuck off if you ever ask him for one.

What's your point?

[Tom Ripley]

37. The ironic thing is that Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen were also on that set and they were...

very kind and genuine with the crew. Unlike the Plus Size Madonna...

[Ikonoklast]

40. Gotta be nice to the guys that sneak in your booze and drugs.

Can't let the director get wind of it.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

43. "Plus size Madonna"

What does that mean?

[Tom Ripley]

51. It means that I am very catty

[JI7]

60. maybe Lady Gaga was nice also, this was one incident where some guy ran up to her

and they felt could be a threat. there were fans outside where she was heading towards .

[AnotherMcIntosh]

19. A fan was thrown "to the floor for walking up with pen and pad"? That's not what the video shows.

[XemaSab]

20. Looks to me like he was doing his job

You want the Secret Service to decide if it's an AK-47 or a BB gun before going after the dude?

Similarly, should these guys have spent the time to figure out if it was a pen or a knife?

I see Mark David Chapman's having a parole hearing this week.

[Logical]

22. Lady GAGA, what a odd person. I am sure she is weirder when you know her. n-t

[Oilwellian]

25. I love Lady Gaga's talent and am glad to see she's well protected n/t

The dude acted like an ass.

[JI7]

27. i don't see what the problem is

[tabasco]

28. Not an inappropriate response by security

The idiot fan appeared to be aggressive.

[aikoaiko]

30. The fan seemed to pop up effortlessly. Good catch and release.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

31. Sorry, the fan acted like a moron

He charged at her like a bull in a china shop.

[Bonobo]

33. I was prepared to criticize, but that was well done and correct.

Skillful, minimum force but effective. That guy is GOOD.

[Aerows]

35. Looks like the guy did a good job to me

The dude rushed her. That's what bodyguards are for, and Lady Gaga is too high profile to NOT be protected. You never know if it's a wingnut of some sort.

So no, in my opinion, that wasn't fucked up at all, that was doing their job.

[Comrade Grumpy]

39. I can't believe the reactions on this thread. That was an assault.

Celebrities get to have thugs attack people because they're celebrities?

The guy appears to be an overeager fan. I hope he wins a nice settlement.

[Tom Ripley]

41. Maybe Gaga will have a coat made of his skin

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

42. Right

[Incitatus]

45. Is that really what you see?

Because I see a person running towards a subject that the bodyguards are in charge of protecting. They do not know his intentions. They have a split second to react to a situation that could be a threat. They probably didn't even have time to see/process what he was holding.

[obamanut2012]

49. The FAN is who commited assualt

That is textbook assault on someone.

I am far from a Gaga fan, but props to security.

[Monk06]

44. He's no fan he's a professional autograph hunter. Those guys are stalkers and slime they're

worse than the paparazzi.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

46. Getting "assaulted" is like hitting the lottery for them

All about the money.

[backscatter712]

59. I was wondering if he was paparazzi.

He was carrying what looked like a camera bag slung on a shoulder strap, which screams "photographer" - maybe he does both paparazzi photos and autographs.

And yeah, I don't have much sympathy for that douchebag. All the guards did was knock him on his ass. He'll survive.

[Kaleva]

52. Looks like the body guard did his job.

[DLine]

53. I can't say that i blame the bodyguard.

The guy comes running up out of nowhere. Quick reaction by the body guard who only had a split second to decide if this was a threat.

[Prometheus Bound]

54. Pretty gentle takedown.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

55. "And I will always........."

[liberalmuse]

58. That was epic!

The guy should not have to worry about getting a job in personal security in the future.

[U4ikLefty]

61. I saw Gaga play with Yoko Ono two years ago & she was cool to the fans after the show.

I was walking out of the Broadway Bar after a great tribute to John Lennon by Yoko, Gaga, Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth), Tune-Yards, and RZA at the Orpheum in L.A. There were fans waiting in the alley alongside the Orpheum and as I walked to my car (parked nearby) I saw the scene & went to check it out. She could've easily walked straight to the SUV, but she was cool enouogh to sign some autographs for fans that had waited for a couple of hours. Someone posted it on YouTube...here ya go

[Kennah]

63. Very mild, moderated, appropriate reaction by security

The guy running at her was very manic. If someone ran at me that way, I would have reacted similarly.

[winstars]

64. That is not her bodyguard, it is hotel security, escorting her and her bodyguard, the black guy...

The only reason this happened was because the rest of the hotel security guys did not have the revolving door secured. The punter just waited until she walked across the lobby from the lift and then WALKED INTO THE HOTEL, LOBBY!!! Big time security failure...Sure, the hotel security guy did the right thing, no one was supposed to have come up to her in the lobby, it looks like they had the crowd lined up outside the other door with bicycle racks on each side. You can see the rest of the hotel security guys bunched up at the door, with no one covering the OTHER DOOR INTO THE HOTEL!!! The punter looked professional so who cares about him anyway. Although to me, he was like the only one there actually doing his "job" correctly...

The first guy you see in the video, white bald guy in a blue suit is with LG's security team, he is the lobby guy on the LG team. In the beginning you can see him showing and sorta escorting the leggy woman who is probably LG's manager, out the door, and proceeds to forget who really is the golden goose. He has been down in the lobby for some time arranging their exit.. He is the one who tells the security guy who's with LG upstairs that the lobby is secure, the cars or whatever are in place, and everything is cool in the lobby, so lets get the fuck outta here... And then the black security guy brings her downstairs, accompanied by the hotel security guy, Rosey Grier...Either the hotel guys did not do what he asked them to do or he forgot to cover the other door with a hotel security guy.

Oooooops

Eastern Europe is fun to work in...

If you watch closely at the end, when Rosey Grier finally lets the punter up, he has, who only can be described as Lou Costello, kindly ask the punter to leave the hotel. Priceless!!!

[georgetodhy]

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[phineasrely]

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[steve2470]

65. At first I was appalled by this

After reading this thread, the moral of the story is: If you want an autograph badly, do it the usual way. Not by rushing at the celebrity and surprising the bodyguard.

[obamanut2012]

67. I am not a Lady Gaga fan, but she is known to be nice to her fans

Her "Monsters," is what she calls them. As even this video shows, as she left the hotel, she signed autographs and chatted with folks.

I'm sure their families wish John Lennon and Rebecca Schaeffer had had security guards to protect them. This guy assaulted her, and deserved to be arrested imo. What a creep.

[hunter]

69. I got knocked down by a pop star's bodyguard.

I saw a young woman I'd gone to high school with disoriented and puking in the street outside a bar. I walked up to her quickly because she looked like she might fall off the curb into traffic and WHAM this big guy takes me down just like that video.

I was so clueless then, I really only paid attention to computers and paleontology, that I hadn't connected this girl I'd had a nodding acquaintance with in high school with the pop singer she became.