Swiss reporter exposes Gaga fan who helps the paparazzi hunt her down

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Der nächste Tag verspricht erfolgreicher zu werden: Lady Gaga ist in London. Frühmorgens ist sie gelandet. Am Flughafen auf sie zu warten, wäre sinnlos gewesen. Seit sie vor fünf Jahren auf gigantischen Absätzen gestürzt ist, als sie durch die Ankunftshalle von Heathrow gelaufen ist, zahlt sie jetzt jedes Mal über 4000 Franken, damit sie einen Hinterausgang des Flughafens benutzen darf. Dass sie in der Stadt ist, weiss noch fast niemand. Vor dem Hotel Langham, in dem sich Lady Gaga aufhält, hat es nur einen anderen Paparazzo.

Greg erfuhr gestern Abend, dass sie kommt. Seine Informationen bezieht er aus verschiedenen Quellen. Wie jeder Paparazzo hat er «The Media Eye» abonniert, einen Newsletter, der Tausende von Franken pro Jahr kostet und bekannt gibt, wann sich ein Promi wo aufhalten wird. Viele seiner Berufskollegen würden auch Twitter und Co. durchforsten. Irgendjemand zwitschere immer, wenn er neben einem Star im Restaurant sitzt. Aber dann ist es schon zu spät, findet Greg. Er setzt auf seine direkten Kontakte. Türsteher und Fahrer, aber auch Autogrammjäger und Fans. Dass Lady Gaga in London ist, weiss er von Matt. Der dickliche Typ mit engen, farbigen Kleidern – sieht aus wie ein Teenager, ist aber schon Mitte zwanzig und wie viele grosse Gaga-Fans betont schwul – wartet mit fünf anderen Fans vor dem Hintereingang des Hotels. Wir sitzen dreissig Meter entfernt im Auto. Dass Lady Gaga in London ist, weiss Matt, weil er jeden Schritt der Sängerin online verfolgt. Liest er, dass sie in New York in einen Flieger nach London steigt, telefoniert er die fünf Luxushotels ab, die Stars üblicherweise buchen, er verstellt die Stimme und gibt an, ein wichtiges Paket für sie liefern zu müssen. Erstaunlicherweise hat er damit oft Erfolg. Wenn er weiss, dass sie kommt, informiert er Greg. Die beiden wurden mit den Jahren so etwas wie Freunde, Komplizen. Das gemeinsame Warten, das Austauschen von Kleinstinformationen – «der Fahrer hat das Auto neu parkiert, es steht jetzt zwei Meter weiter vorne!» –, dass man zusammen eine Mission hat, das gibt dem Ganzen eine skurrile Wichtigkeit.

Translation:

The next day seems to be more successful: Lady Gaga is in London. She landed there in the morning. Waiting for her at the airport would have been pointless. Ever since she fell down on her ginormous heels five years ago while walking through the arrivals hall of Heathrow, she pays over 4,000 Francs (more than $4,051) to use the backdoor exit of the airport. Almost nobody knows she's in town. In front of the Hotel Langham, where Lady Gaga stays, there is only one other paparazzo.

Greg learned about her coming yesterday evening. He obtains his information from multiple sources. Like every paparazzo he subscribed to "The Media Eye", a newsletter that costs thousands of dollars every year and announces when a celebrity will spend time where. A lot of his colleagues would screen Twitter and the likes of it. There would always be somebody tweeting whenever they sat next to a celebrity in a restaurant. Greg thinks at that point he would be too late already. He trusts into his direct contacts. Bouncers, drivers but also signature hunters and fans. He knows about Lady Gaga being in London from Matt. A chubby guy in tight, colorful clothes - who looks like a teenager but is actually in his mid-twenties and similar to a lot of Gaga's fans flamboyantly gay - waits with five other fans at the backdoor exit of the Hotel. We sit thirty metres behind them in the car. Matt knows that Lady Gaga is in London, because he tracks her every move online. If he reads about her chartering a flight from New York to London, he calls up the five luxurious hotels of London where celebrities usually stay, changes his voice and pretends that he has to deliver her a parcel of extreme importance [to squeeze out any information of the receptionists]. Surprisingly, his technique is very successful. Whenever he knows that she is going to come, he informs Greg. The two formed something similar to a friendship, being accomplices. Waiting together, exchanging the smallest pieces of information - "the driver parked the car two metres ahead [of its initial position]" - you have a mission together that gives everything a grotesque importtance.

Full story: http://www.annabelle.ch/leben/gesellschaft/auf-jagd-nach-lady-gaga-42015

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[Logan 20,727]

I'm gonna be the one to say that monsters like this are ****ing annoying. The elitist Gaga stalkers who claim to be her biggest fan but all they do is bring negativity into the fan base. 

[Spock 20,290]

UK's very own Maikeed

[AdAstra 2,649]

He's probably among us right now trying to figure out the deets on LG5 through GGD. Expose yourself, Little Stalker 

[StarryNight 10,106]

A chubby guy in tight, colorful clother - who looks like a teenager but is actually in his mid-twenties and similar to a lot of Gaga's fans he's flamboyantly gay

 

[Lona Delery 7,214]

Annabelle as a source though

[LaMaisonGaga 23,884]

that's kinda scary imo

[JustifyMyLove 2,593]

Gaga might be recording with Ronson if she is supposedly in London (that's what I understood from the translation lol)

[bayonse 6,525]

10 minutes ago, amenvodka said:

similar to a lot of Gaga's fans flamboyantly gay

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451]

Ew Judas.

[Supersonic 49,376]

Just now, JustifyMyLove said:

Gaga might be recording with Ronson if she is supposedly in London (that's what I understood from the translation lol)

The report was about Gaga being in London a few weeks ago to work with Mark Ronson in the studio.

[MrBlue 804]

Hmmm actually it's not really saying that he or Gaga's are flamboyants. It's just saying that he's gay like a lot of Gaga's fans (there's no mention of flamboyant people).

I'm not that good in german so I can make a mistake but I don't see where it is written that LMs are flamboyants

[Thomas P 18,479]

Guys....Its me

Yes I am a 15 yo Canadian who has never been to London. Don't kill me.

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seriously tho does anyone else get Judas teas

 

[PartySick 159,832]

I'm a little impressed and a lot creeped out  I never want to be famous omg.