Blake Griffin Put TMZ On A Poster For Creeping On Him And His Kids During A Family Shootaround

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There are (or, at some point in time, were) enough people who buy the celebrity gossip magazines a lot of grocery store customers turn to when they need something else to keep them occupied after considering all of the gum options while standing in the checkout line to make the tabloid business a fairly profitable enterprise.

This includes Us Weekly, which boasts a recurring section called “Stars—They’re Just Like Us!” that features pictures of high-profile figures doing shockingly normal things like *gasp* drinking a coffee or *whoa* pushing a stroller and *holy shit* sometimes even buying groceries just like you are while looking at a photo of them doing the exact same activity.

Of course, the mere existence of this long-running staple proves that celebrities are decidedly not just like us, as the only reason the pictures exist in the first place is because of the glorified stalkers who make a living tailing famous people with a camera in tow.

As much as I’d love to make a sweeping condemnation of the paparazzi as a whole, we likely wouldn’t be aware of the existence of Ben Affleck’s back tattoo without them so I can’t say they contribute nothing to society. At the same time, they’re also basically responsible for killing Princess Diana and gave Keira Knightly PTSD so I don’t think it’s controversial to suggest they cause more harm than good.

The rise of the internet resulted in the aforementioned celebrity rags taking a backseat to online outlets and none of them managed to corner the market quite like TMZ, which rose to prominence thanks to its expert ability to find out famous people died before anyone else can and uncanny prowess when it comes to tracking down washed-up celebrities outside of LAX and asking them to comment on a trending story.

Does anyone really care about whether or not Master P thinks Carole Baskin killed her husband? No, but you’re probably going to click to find out anyway.

In 2013, California was forced to pass a law barring the paparazzi from harassing children in an attempt to get a shot, which tells you basically everything you need to know about the moral compass possessed by most people in that line of work.

However, there’s apparently nothing that says they can’t take a page out of the child predator playbook and film them from a distance while lurking in public parks based on a recent TMZ article featuring footage of Blake Griffin shooting around with his kids where he got ragged on for the current state of his jumper.

The article eventually came to Griffin’s attention and he opted to put his own editorial spin on it while putting his nuts all up in the face of the outlet during an emphatic slam.

I would be remiss if I made it all the way through this article without mentioning the TMZ parody from the criminally underappreciated Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, which is exactly what I’m doing right now.

At least they can use some of the ice from their oversized coffees to help deal with Griffin’s burn.

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Connor Toole is the Deputy Editor at BroBible. He is a New England native who went to Boston College and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Frequently described as "freakishly tall," he once used his 6'10" frame to sneak in the NBA Draft and convince people he was a member of the Utah Jazz.