Wouldn’t the paps take photos then when he covers it up?

It’s really hard to sell a photo of “some goth with his hand over his face”.

Incidentally if you can’t separate stage persona from the actor performing that persona, you should stay away from TV. It might confuse you.

‘Way too cool’? You’re inferring things from thin air. I didn’t say I was too cool to care about Manson, I simply said I don’t hate the man. How you reached that perspective is beyond me. Is everyone that doesn’t hate or love MM up their own arse? Or just me?

I don’t care about this celebrity, I care about the conversation. Is that beyond your comprehension? That someone could have an opinion on celebrity culture without adoring or hating a particular celebrity?

Sir, you have issues that I’m not qualified to deal with.

Also, since when have tabloid-type publications cared about the truth anyway?  If they wanted to write stories about him I’m pretty sure they’d manage.

I’m not hating on anyone, I commented on the article because I found the premise unbelievable. It’s a desperate cry for attention and I think that provokes equally interesting conversation, personally.

Funnily enough a lot of people use the internet, more than read the Inquirer (I don’t have a citation, it’s just an educated guess) – so I’m not sure what the relevance is here. That only people that read the inquirer matter?

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but if journalists and the public still cared about what MM was up to they’d print those thousand words and do without the picture. But instead this is the first time I’ve heard about him in a decade, and it’s a story about how he’s trying not to be noticed. Surely you’re able to understand the irony?

And where did this hipster business come from anyway? You’re crankier than me.

You care way too much for someone who “doesn’t buy it”, by the way.  Or is hating on celebrities the “ironic” hipster answer to pop-culture celebrity worship?

Edit: Yes, lots of people on the internet. Are they looking at the celebrity gossip site with the Manson photos or are they looking at wikipedia and facebook?

I get the impression that you’re insanely jealous you don’t even have Manson’s modest amount of talent.  I really don’t see why else you’d care at all.

Sorry, I don’t buy it.

Edit: Oh, I see. You’re convinced Manson is looking for “attention”.

And as others have pointed out, there are not a lot of individuals waiting in the wings to take photos.  

Having just witnessed him in concert where he was mumbling his lyrics for half the set, I feel he needs to sober up, have a shower, drink some coffee.

The logic in the BB collective is a little rusty today I think.

The reason his pictures arent all over mags and why papz aren’t hunting him down is because no one cares.

It’s frivolous.

I can actually see how the media outlet might have to be absolutely certain none of their photos have been altered, as even the possibility of one being fake would open *all* their other celebrity photos to potential lawsuits – and they might then have to prove in court none of their photos were photoshopped.

I still don’t see the reason to hate him so. Every star performer on earth is a narcissist. Just me personally, I don’t see what harm he’s done. Prince has done no end of attention-grabbing antics with even thinner rationales, but I’ve no reason to hate him either. As only one example.

Your biz, just my $.02.

During the 1984 Olympics Time Magazine used this photo of Mary Decker but they airbrushed out the walkie antenna because they thought it detracted from the dramatic moment. As I recall, a journalistic shitstorm ensued, but Decker had bigger things to be upset about. Time had a similar scandal when they manipulated O.J. Simpson’s mugshot on the cover to make him look scarier before the trial had even begun, but he was also in no position to do anything about it.