I Heart John Mayer and I Don’t Care Who Knows It.

I think I’m developing a crush on John Mayer. It all started when he playfully stunted on Kanye — that’s when I noticed his swag. He’s funny, he’s snarky and all of the good stuff that attracts a dame like me. I can’t call it a ’swirl’ though, as we are close in complexion. I also like the way he handles the paparazzi. Mayer is somewhat of a blogger (yet another reason I feel a full force swoon coming on). Most recently he wrote a “Testimonial” in regards to the dangerous situations that reckless, money hungry, paparazzi create for celebrities and those around them. Enough is enough, already! When are laws going to catch up with what is going on in Paparazzi Land? Sheesh!

Anyhoo, peep an excerpt from Mr.Mayers blog:

Here’s a true story.

Last month at Los Angeles International Airport, forty men, holding no tickets to fly and with nobody to pick up, swarmed an arriving female passenger inside the terminal, shouting at her, disorienting her and denying her a safe exit. Does that sound like something that should be allowed? Should the fact that the forty men were holding cameras change that answer?

Sadly, the very real and present risk associated with being pursued as a celebrity pales in comparison to the daily, imminent danger to the public at large.ﾠ If you’ve ever raised an eyebrow at an especially bullish driver declaring him or herself the third in a line of cars making a left turn on a light that had just turned red, I ask you to imagine what your reaction would be to watching eight cars do it.ﾠ And it happens not just daily, but turn-for-turn. I don’t need to look in my rear view mirror to know it’s happening behind me. All I have to do is listen; listen to the dissonant array of car horns as unsuspecting drivers are taken by surprise while a pack of reckless paparazzi muscle through an aging red light.

The person being followed knows there is wanton carelessness behind them. The pedestrian crossing the street, or the car expecting to have the right of way does not. A severe accident occurring from this kind of vehicular pursuit is not a theoretical possibility, but a situational certainty.

What does any of this have to do with photography? Or with celebrity?

The answer is simply, nothing.

This is about safety. Defined as “being protected from danger, risk, or injury.” (more)