Celebrities

7 Celebs Who Were Hounded by Their Own Fans

7 Celebs Who Were Hounded by Their Own Fans
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They used to crave the spotlight, but now they just want a restraining order.

Kim Kardashian

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The Kardashian-Jenner clan has many haters and weird fans, especially the most famous member of the family Kim Kardashian. Once she was stalked by a guy who constantly sent messages on social media and confessed his love.

It got to the point that he literally followed her every step and visited the places where Kim appeared. However, the young Dennis Shaun Bowman decided to put on a Joker mask, so he would not be recognized.

When Kardashian started to seriously worry about her safety and the safety of her family, she called the police.

Law enforcement put on a restraining order and prohibited the man from sending her messages on social media.

Jennifer Aniston

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A similar story happened with the Hollywood actress. Jennifer was pursued by a man named Jason Peyton, who decided that he should marry the star and become the father of her child.

Aniston also went to the authorities and got a restraining order against the guy.

Britney Spears

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In 2002, when Britney was at the height of her popularity, Japanese businessman Masahiko Shizawa began writing to her. The man sent her photos and confessed love in every letter. At first, Spears thought it was just another devoted fan.

But when Masahiko arrived in the US, started watching her outside the house and spying on her. The singer got scared and went to the police. The man was deported and banned from disturbing Britney again.

Emma Watson

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Filming in the Harry Potter series has brought Emma not only popularity and loyal fans, but also became a cause of her anxiety. The reason was that religious fanatics constantly sent the actress the Bible and urged to come to her senses and stop practicing witchcraft.

These lunatics demanded that Watson should repent, read the Bible and become as religious as they are. Fortunately, at some point fans left the actress alone.

Kirsten Dunst

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Kirsten at one time was worried about an obsessive fan from France, who constantly sent her love letters. And in one of them, he confessed that he sold his house, moved to the US and was going to follow every step of the actress.

Uma Thurman

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In 2007, Jack Jordan left the psychiatric hospital and began stalking the actress. He was watching her outside the house, came to the set, and once sneaked into Thurman's apartment and left a note with a message saying that he will kill himself if he sees Uma with another man.

Moreover, Jack sent the Hollywood star intimate photos along with the letters. Uma went to the police and the man was sentenced to three years probation. However, that was not enough and Jordan continued following the actress after his release. But this time he was put back into the psychiatric hospital.

Rihanna

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Rihanna got it even worse. Her deranged fan was not just stalking her, but promising to murder her. The man shared his plans on social media, and once he even took a photo near the performer's house and said he was ready to kill her. Fortunately, nothing bad happened to Rihanna, and the man was taken into custody.