Hugh Grant says that the tabloids invaded his private life in this way disturbing
The star has just opened on all the methods that scare the journalists used to monitor it.
Hugh Grant became a major movie star whenFour weddings and a burialwent out in 1994. MoreVisits-COM Rom Then, plus a media frenzy whenhe was arrested while knocking on his long-standing partner, the modelElizabeth Hurley. Throughout the ups and downs of his career and personal life, a constant has been the control of the press. AfterPrince HarryandMeghan Markleinterview withOPRAH WINFREY, Which focused on the destructive impactBritish tabloids On their life, Grant open on the frightening lengths these same papers went to mark ecopes on him. Read on to find out how has been invaded by your private life, and the more the spin-offs of this interview bomb, hereThe comment that made Piers Morgan Storm Off Show his confirm before leaving.
Grant could not make a movement without the tabloids know.
Appearing onMarc Maron.WTFPodcastGrant detailed the way the British tabloids to follow his movement all and to monitor his private conversations.
"It was not just my mobile phone messages that were being done, it was also my line of the house,"The actor said Maron, Going throughHollywood journalist. "For years and years, they listened. »
The actor also stated that his personal medical records were somehow accessible by journalists. "And my car had bugs put in if they knew where I was," he added.
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For years, he put pressure against these invasive practices.
Grant has made lawsuits against several newspapers whose phone piracy methods had been exposed behind in 2011. TheThe last regulation was concluded in 2018 In a legal battle involving Mirror Group Newspapers, as reported by Reuters. "This press group has misled the public and its shareholders for many years, and dropped its readers and journalists who work hard," Grant in a statement.
The star also announced that it would beput the money he has won in these colonies inHACKED OFF ORGANIZATION, Which was founded in response to the revelation of these strategies of reports contrary to ethics and "campaigns for a free and responsible press" by its website. Grant is a member of the Board of Directors of Hacked Off.
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And now it's friendly with some of the people who are used to listen.
Grant said Maron that he learned some of those other tabloid tactics from the journalists he met in his work with Hacked Off. Because "the editors, leaders and owners of these newspapers have got away Scot-Free, while some of these soldiers walk to prison," said the actor, the employees of these documents are " to come from our side and overthrow the beans. "
His participation in the organization has led to interesting clashes with people who have used his oversight, he revealed on the podcast. He even welcomed some of them in his home at Hacked Off events.
"And they like to tell those parties," Now Hugh, I do not think you met Nobby. He burst into your apartment in 1999. And I have to go, 'Hi, Nob. Welcome. Put at home. I think you know where everything is. »
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Grant has empathy for Harry and Meghan.
In January of last year, the grant decision addressed Harry and Meghan by step back of their upper royal functions duringAndy CohenXM Show Sirius. "I'm rather on Harry's side, "He said, byThe Guardian. "The tabloid press murdered effectively his mother, now they tear his wife into pieces. »(Princess diana Vehicle was pursued by paparazzi before his deadly accident in 1997.)
He also said that he supported Harry's duty to "protect his family" from attention. To learn more about this story, seeThis completely predicted meghan host end and the exit of Harry in 2018 .
