Anna Faris and her boobs Vs Kiwis (and their bad attitude)

I was staggered to read this article in the Herald this morning:

Anna Faris, who previously starred in the Scary Movie series, Lost in Translation and as herself in Entourage, spent time in Auckland last year filming Yogi Bear.

Appearing on American television to promote the movie, the 34-year-old said Kiwi men had shouted obscenities at her in public and demanded she show them her breasts.

But Tourism NZ spokesman Ian Long said no one would take Faris seriously.

"In the same segment, she accepts an award for being a pothead stoner of the year and she's quite clearly had a few. I don't think she has any credibility," he said.

Long's attack on Faris was echoed by New Zealanders approached in the street, some of whom appeared to blame Faris for the abuse.

One man said that if she was famous she must expect "attention"; a woman said she "gets her tits out" in movies so shouldn't be surprised at the public reaction.

Faris made her comments on television host George Lopez' talkshow, broadcast to 3.2 million viewers.

How on earth can this be justified just because she is famous? What rubbish that because she may have got her boobs out in a film, that she should be subjected to harrassment on the street.

A little fact checking on Anna Faris is well due:

a) She has a no nudity clause in her contracts. She "broke" it in the House Bunny where she showed her backside. So she has never had her "tits out". In that film she called the entire backside experience "humiliating".

b) Anna did not recieve an award for "pothead stoner of the year". In 2007 she played a stoner in the movie Smiley Face. She accepted the award in 2010. Ian Long from Tourism NZ is an idiot who cannot tell fact from fiction.

The comments in this story story beggars belief.


* Natasha Crosby, Female, 31
"She does the types of movies where she does get her tits out so I don't know why she's surprised. That's happened to me but not for a while. "

* Sam Aki, Male, 25

"She looks like the type of woman who would get that sort of attention. She's giving Kiwi blokes a bad reputation. If she's famous she must expect that everywhere she goes."

Now don't get me wrong. Anna Faris is a very good looking woman. I enjoy many of her films and apart from her excellent comedy timing, she oozes sexyness on screen which I enjoy a lot :)
However this does NOT give me the right to be yell at her on the street or subject her to abuse. What makes it worse is that women too are saying she deserves it - based on fiction that she has got her tits out on camera.

The comments from Tourism NZ are frankly diabolical. Is Ian Long really that stupid? Surely Tourism NZ should have a policy to not allow people to make stupid remarks when representing New Zealand internationally.

If a famous Kiwi woman like Rachel Hunter went to LA, would it be justified for them to yell comments at Rachel because she is famous and poses for magazines? What would you say if you saw on TV, men and women saying she deserved it? Sick isn't it?

Surely we are not that backwards? I enjoy boobs as much as the next guy, but the surest way you won't get any is by yelling at a girl to get her tits out. Subjecting attractive Hollywood stars to abuse because she has a nice pair of boobs isn't going to win Kiwi men acclaim or awards. Grow up.

See:

Are Kiwi men vulgar = NZ Herald