The Holy Moly man has said he will self-censor the paparazzi photos he runs on his gossip website because he feels the pap pack is out of control. The anonymous gossip king says he thinks the pap's recent treatment of Britney and Amy has been unfair, and that his readers are increasingly concerned about overly invasive pictures. His self-censorship rules will mean the site won't run pictures of c'lebs being chased, in distress or with their children. However, "idiots who go to places like The Ivy" will be considered fair game. Unless they find their Ivy meal distressing, or they take their kids, I assume.
Speaking to the Guardian, the Holy Moly man said: "Both reader and the publisher alike are getting a bit uneasy about it all when you can clearly see two or three people have been driven to the brink of mental illness because of it. It's not funny any more and to get any sort of pleasure out of it feels a bit seedy. For me it was when Britney came out of rehab, that was the one that really worried me".
Moly says the recent decision by British photographer Nick Stern to quit LA photo agency Splash Pictures because of his concern regarding the paps' treatment of Britney was an influence on his policy change. Moly: "When one of the biggest names in paparazzi jacks it in due to ethics and morals and the world's biggest pop star gets her knickers photographed by 30 people an hour after being released from a mental institute, you know there's a problem on the shop floor".