On Saturday night, Sam Armytage was in the safest haven of all and far from the paparazzi and media that seek to capture her every move — her own backyard.
However, the TV host and journalist took to Instagram last night to blast the paparazzi for what could arguably the greatest and grossest invasion of privacy of all, after she spotted a drone hovering over her house.
Alongside an image of the drone, Arymtage wrote, “Saturday night; Pervy, stalker, weirdo paps hovering ANOTHER drone in my backyard. Calling police in now. ANY women’s magazines or online gossip sites who buy these creepy pictures, had better be prepared for a fight. Fed up with this rubbish.”
In a warped reality, Armytage is certainly no stranger to having her privacy stolen from her. In December, The Daily Mail Australia received a onslaught of criticism for running a story that centred on Armytage’s “granny undies”.
Interestingly, Armytage’s post has been followed by a piece in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning by Amy Coffrey that suggests the tabloid is changing its policy when it comes to “fat-shaming”.
Listen to Mia Freedman interview Sam Armytage for No Filter. Post continues after audio.
A source told Fairfax there was a “panic” following the backlash to the Armytage piece and the team that runs the “sidebar of shame” were spoken to about aiming to “bring up the quality of the publication”.
Here’s hoping that means no one is interested in the drone’s images.
Top Comments
Drones should be illegal - especially any footage captured from them. Great technology but there's absolutely no reason for the every day person to have one - unless you are intending to breach another's privacy.
Exactly!
I actually can't believe they are legal. Hopefully it's just a case of the law not keeping up with technology and they are made illegal for retail sale soon.
So you have never used Google Maps or Google Earth on your smartphone and disagree with that as well while using your GPS. The technologies are somewhat similar though the result is the same.
No I don't use google earth as I don't have a need to look in the back yard of anyone's property. yes I use GPS, but we're talking about drones that are entering people private property taking unauthorised video of people and their things - yes that SHOULD be illegal. People should still have a right to privacy, even from their neighbour, or the pervy guy down the road with his dodgy drone.
I am TOTALLY unsurprised. My first thought when drones became the latest fad in technology was 'there goes any privacy celebs have left & safety for anyone in the world'.
The technology in this world has gotten way out of hand, robotic houses and machines that make people lazy, irrelevant and unemployable. Aside from using drones as tools for pervs & spies, what's stopping them from dropping weapons even as small as a firecracker from the person next door who was feeling naughty.
It was one of the biggest mistakes making this technology commercialised for the whole world, (even though they take pics & vids from amazing angles) and for parents giving them as gifts to children...get your kid a freaking kite or remote control car! less risk for mischief or accidents & hella cheaper to replace.