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I have no interest in being famous- or infamous for that matter. If anything, I shy far in the other direction. I don't even allow people to photograph me all that often- even family members if those family members are the kinds of people who are stupid about the internet and post pictures and names for all the pictures they take and post on the internet for the world to see. Overkill perhaps, but I value my privacy.
On the tabloid issue, I do not have the immediate family connection to show business that OldGCer has, but I know a few things- and it is safe to say that pretty much all of the stars who appear in the tabloids regularly have publicists working to make that happen. Sure sometimes they get unfairly invasive- Cher and Carol Burnett's children come to mind, and there was a lawsuit in the latter case- but most often that is all well staged and planned, as is the buzz about how "sad" it is they are hounded so much.
Princess Di was a good example of this. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking she was unfairly hounded by the press. At times she was- but the fact remains that she also very often sought coverage to support her own image in the public eye. Once you use the press like that, it is hard to complain when they use you right back. Once you open that door, you cannot ever expect to close it again on your own terms.
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