Lana Del Rey reportedly confronted a group of people who allegedly followed her in Paris. On Friday, June 7, 2024, the singer was walking with her family when a crowd approached her with their phones. The musician was seemingly displeased with their behavior and called them out. Reacting to the same, one netizen stated:
TMZ exclusively obtained footage of Lana confronting the unidentified people. It remains unclear whether the people who surrounded her were paparazzi or fans. Nonetheless, the Young and Beautiful singer made it clear that she did not like how she was treated. While yelling at the group in question, she said:
“You followed me with my family. Get away from me! Don’t follow me!”
It was also speculated that Lana Del Rey allegedly attempted to snatch one of the people’s phones as they filmed her. However, she reportedly gave it back. Fans expressed their concern and felt sympathetic towards the singer. A few reactions on X(formerly Twitter) read:
“Set those boundaries queen!!,” one person commented.
“Leave mother alone,” another netizen said.
“Nooo i actually feel so bad for her,” an X user stated.
It's unknown why Lana Del Rey was in Paris. While netizens continued to flood the internet with supportive messages. Other reactions to the video read:
“She sounds pissed and she has every right to be,” another internet user stated.
“Paparazzi should be illegal we all can agree,” another person stated.
“People should start treating celebrities as normal human beings and respecting their privacy, especially when their in public,” an X user opined.
Further clarification about the incident was not made available online at the time of writing this article. Other reactions to the viral video read:
“People need to start treating celebs with more respect they’re humans too, & they could’ve just ASKED for a picture instead of being weird,” another X user stated.
“They need to learn respect,” a person said.
The singer explained that she only had a day to herself in Paris and wanted to be by herself before resuming her schedule. She stated:
“I only have one day here. I work every single day! I have four hours to myself! Shut up! Don’t follow people.”
The 38-year-old also took to Instagram to address the matter. She revealed in a comment section of a fan page account, that the group of people told her:
“That they were going to alter the pictures to make me look bad after we got into a fight.”
Lana Del Rey went on to call them "stalkers."
Lana Del Rey’s interaction with the paparazzi explored
The Manhattan, New York native has been vocal about her disdain for the paparazzi. In a 2015 interview with NME, she revealed that one of her biggest goals that year was to stay away from them, and simply create good music. She also added:
“My family was traditional, and some of my extended family used to say a gentleman is only in the paper two times in his life. When he’s born and when he dies. Obviously, it’s a little too late for me when it comes to that sentiment.”
Lana Del Rey also expressed her dislike for paparazzi in her 2015 single High by the Beach music video, where she can be seen taking a gun and allegedly shooting down a plane full of paparazzi journalists trying to get images of her.
In her song 13 Beaches which was released in 2017, Lana Del Rey also expressed the struggles of living amid photojournalists and overzealous fans.