“Don’t trust anything on the Internet!” is her anthem. “I would like to think that people in this industry have one another’s backs,” she says carefully, “but sometimes they don’t. I’ve become increasingly wary and protective of who I speak to honestly, of who my friends are.” Then there are those invasive photographers. “When a bunch of paparazzi [are] outside my apartment, [chasing] me down the street, it’s really embarrassing. I want to go to my coffee shop and talk to the guy who makes coffee ’cause he’s my friend. In a restaurant or on the subway, people sneakily take my picture. Just because I’m in the public eye, does that mean that my business is everyone’s business?"
