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TMZ does its best Onion impression

TMZ did its best Onion impression today when the site posted an article with the following headline - "ANNE HATHAWAY Prefers the Company of Strangers to Paparazzi." It only gets better from there, or worse depending on your perspective.

Here is the actual content (if we can call it such) of this very article:

"Anne Hathaway's parents didn't raise her right -- because she hopped into the car of a TOTAL STRANGER ... rather than have to talk to one of our photogs.

The 'Bride Wars' star had just landed at LAX and rushed right into the first waiting SUV she could find, but it wasn't her ride. Rather than get out of the car, she politely asked the driver if she could stay until her car came ... and he said yes!

Anne's ride eventually showed and she quickly jumped out of the wrong car and into the right one.

Seems like a risky move just to avoid a TMZ camera guy. What did we ever do to her?"

In a related poll I just made up, 94% of people would prefer the company of strangers to the paparazzi, including 98% of the paparazzi.

When the photographer mentioned in this article was asked the question, "How would you like it if hordes of celebrities followed you at an airport right after your flight landed?," the photographer responded by saying, "Are you kidding? That'd be awesome! I'd just take lots of pictures!" When asked the following question of, "What if they were the ones with the cameras and you were without one?," the photographer said, "Uh..."

http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/29/anne-hathaway-video/

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