Pip Edwards is caught staging her own ‘candid’ paparazzi photos
A Sydney photographer has accused Pip Edwards of staging paparazzi photos.
Leaked Instagram posts appear to show the 42-year-old PE Nation founder inviting paparazzi to photograph her outside her office in the eastern suburbs in July.
‘Go back to my office and take a better photo. No seriously, come on. I want to give you a better one,’ she wrote to the snapper.
A Sydney photographer has accused Pip Edwards (pictured) of staging paparazzi photos
‘If you want me to, I’ll come back. You’re the boss,” the paparazzo replied, to which Pip replied: “It’s a two-way street! It has to work for me too.
In another message, the Bondi fashion designer told the photographer she would be out for a walk soon, promising a “clean shot.”
Other screenshots show Pip complaining that she looks “wide” and “short and stubby” in paparazzi photos in a message sent to the same paparazzi on another occasion in October 2021.
The sportswear designer was referring to photos of her strolling on Bondi Beach with her then-boyfriend, Michael Clarke, which were actually taken by another photographer.
He then suggested that she take better ones from a “different angle.”
Leaked Instagram posts appear to show the 42-year-old PE Nation founder inviting paparazzi to photograph her outside her office in the eastern suburbs in July earlier this year.
In another message, the Bondi-based fashion designer told the photographer that she would be out for a walk soon, promising a ‘clean shot’.
‘Dude I like you but you gotta make me not look so big lol,’ Pip wrote.
‘How [in] In the other photographers’ photos I look normal and here I look short, chubby and wide hahaha. Let’s go. Maybe I’ll try a new angle please hahaha.’
When contacted by Daily Mail Australia, Pip insisted that she had never staged a paparazzi scenario and that the paparazzi are leaking text messages in retaliation after they trespassed on private property to take photos of her on Monday while she was at a photo session and they told him to do it. Leave.
Other screenshots show Pip complaining that she looks “wide” and “short and stubby” in paparazzi photos in a message sent to the same photographer in October 2021. The sportswear designer was referring to photos of her taking a walk on Bondi Beach with her. then on-off boyfriend, Michael Clarke
‘I want to make things clear. I am harassed every day, weekly with Pap smears outside my own home and office,” he told Daily Mail Australia.
‘Yesterday one of your paps trespassed on a private property, and the property manager kicked him out because it was illegal for him to be inside the perimeter. Because of this, (he) has posted a screenshot of a particular exchange, which is taken out of context.
‘(He) constantly harasses me to the point of being useless, harassing me by asking where I’m going to be, and I never answer. And the one time I know he took a horrible photo of me, I wrote back and said “at least he takes a good photo if you’re going to take one.”
‘I, like many others, get over the constant harassment of being followed and then those meaningless photos are used to create fake headlines for clickbait, at my expense. This kind of fake journalism has to stop. This bullying has to stop.’
She said that having her picture taken by the paparazzi has damaged her self-esteem and that she wished she would not be photographed anymore.
‘I really hope you take my truth into consideration because I no longer refuse to be informed or incorrect or false. I have never staged any photos and, in fact, I wish no photos were ever taken,” he said.
“The existence of Pap smears has actually damaged my self-esteem and they are an intrusion on our right to privacy. I understand the role they play, but in this particular case they have gone too far and it is an absolute lie.
The leaked texts seem to show that the couple reached an agreement and that Pip has the last word on which photos are sold to the press. (Pictured: A paparazzi photo of Pip taken on April 20, 2020)
The paparazzo, who asked to remain anonymous, told Daily Mail Australia that it is common practice for reality stars and celebrities to submit ‘candid’ photos to stay in the headlines.
‘Everybody does. Everyone on reality TV, from MAFS to The Bachelor, does it. I’ve done montages with a lot of people,” he said.
“You even have some A-list celebrities like Kim Kardashian doing it to try to control their narrative in the media.”
The photographer, who asked to remain anonymous, told Daily Mail Australia that it is common practice for reality stars and celebrities to submit “candid” photos to stay in the headlines. (Pictured: A paparazzi photo of Pip and his ex Michael Clarke on July 17, 2020)