Angelina sparks a riot at Witness gala

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Jolie sparks a riot at Witness gala

07/12/2005 - 10:13:05

Angelina Jolie sparked a near riot at New York's The Supper Club on Monday
night when she arrived late for a benefit and refused to pose for pictures.

Enraged paparazzi, who had spent over two hours waiting for the special
guest speaker at Peter Gabriel's Witness gala in near freezing temperatures,
rushed the actress as she attempted to sneak in a back entrance.

Jolie quickly found herself surrounded by the snappers and barked orders to
her security team to keep them at bay.

The actress was then forced to plead with the photographers to "back up,"
pushing one woman's camera away when she got too close.

Ever-professional Jolie agreed to sign a handful of autographs as she
continued to plead with the snappers to give her room. Eventually, three
minutes after arriving at The Supper Club, angry Jolie hissed: "You're not
backing up," before dashing inside the venue.

Jolie agreed to briefly pose for pictures outside the venue after giving a
speech at the gala, held to highlight the plight of refugees in Sierra
Leone.

Messalina...

I don't like how this writer characterized what happened here. I saw
footage from this same incident on the news this morning, and it was
the photographers who were out of line. Jolie was extremely civil
under the circumstances.

grapheme...

I saw it too and I heard her barking the orders, heard her tell them to
"back up" and saw her hit someone's camera on purpose, not an accident. Not
that I can blame her, but the story is accurate. They were swarming her.

Messalina...

If it was me I'd kick them `til they bled, but to be fair I'd never
become an actor in the first place.

Preesi...

Ang was terrified

Doomella...

Oh lord -- did those alien eyes bug out on stalks or something?

grapheme...

I am with you. She has ugly eyes and a very lumpy mouth.