Hollywood snappers consider ban on Charlize Theron

New York, Feb 25 (ANI): Red carpet photographers are considering a ban on snapping Charlize Theron, saying they are sick of the star's behaviour and could down their cameras en masse.

They say Theron simply ignores them and doesn't stop to pose for them.

"She doesn't like to stop for us or even smile," the New York Post quoted veteran Hollywood photographer James Smeal as telling FOX News.

"I even said congratulations when she was nominated for a Golden Globe, and she totally ignores you. That's the worst," he stated.

Other snappers agree that Theron is on a short leash.

"Charlize is the newest talk around the line because she is typically rushed if she even stops at all. But it really doesn't take that much to keep us happy," one snapper insisted.

"I don't know if it's just that major celebs are so pressed for time, if it's their publicists that instigate the line rushing, if they really don't like doing it, or if they don't understand we are not street paparazzi.

"We are photo journalists that cover entertainment. I know that if I ever became famous enough to warrant attention from press photographers, that it is just part of the job," the photographer added.

Theron is not the first to draw celeb snappers' ire.

After the death of Princess Diana in 1997, George Clooney-who already had beef with paparazzi over their relentless pursuits - scolded photographers and tabloids for their actions, and the red carpet snappers took it as a personal attack.

In response, they all agreed to not photograph Clooney at two premieres.

Finally the actor came up to the photographers and apologized that things were taken the wrong way.

"He set the record straight, and to this day he has been great," Smeal added.

Stallone, Sharon Stone and Jennifer Lopez have also been frozen out at times, Smeal added. (ANI)