Julia Roberts Wants Media to Stay Away From Children

February 20, 2009 at 7:45am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

Julia Roberts wants there to be a ban on photographers taking pictures of celebrity children.

She says she has to go to extremes to try and shield her children from the prying eyes of the media and finds it horrifying that people criticize babies and toddlers as tabloid fodder.

She tells Allure magazine, “I don’t know what is going on with this crazy, bloodthirsty child hunt. Honestly, I think it should be against the law to take a picture of a celebrity’s child. And all the, ‘Who’s got the cutest baby?’

“I had to reinstate my faith in people when, one night, I was on the computer, and I ended up stumbling upon some pictures I had never seen of my children playing at a park. What upset me was all these comments like, ‘One is cute; that other one sure is ugly.’ Even commenting nicely, what are you doing critiquing a child? It sickened me. Fortunately, it’s a rare occurrence for us.”

That’s why we don’t ever show celebrity children on Gossip Sauce.

They didn’t ask for any notoriety, it’s their parents who are famous, not them.

We completely agree with Julia.

Celebrities put themselves out in the public eye, allowing themselves to be scrutinized; the children and their families are just along for the ride and should be left alone.

–Sasha Perl-Raver

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