ncsurveyor: I agree if he is endorsing a product it is his responsibility to assure the product is good, I know I would.
Actually I don't know the full story, not interested.
When I see this type of stuff on TV or in the papers I just go off. I grew up in that world. Did not ask for it, never wanted it, it was horrible. So glad I got out of it. Oh when I was a teenager it was fun to mess with the camera guys. Drive out in the Mercedes or Lincoln, and go to Shoney's. Park out front and go in. Walk through the kitchen, jump into the car with friends and leave the camera guys sitting out front waiting for us to come out. Then after a while they got smart and parked where they could see both doors. (Try sneaking Boots Randolph's daughter, or Tammy Wynett's son, out through Shoney's kitchen).
When I started dating was when it really got to be a pain. It scared most girls so bad they never wanted to go out with me again. Always calling the police to make photographers move from in front of the drive. I hated it. I was not a celebrity myself, nor were some of the girls I dated. Our parents were. Yet we lived under a microscope. Red Foley used to come into the drug store and sit and talk with us kids at the soda fountain. Red told me if I did not like it to run fast and far. I did.
Today when I hear of Poparattzi I ignore it, I can relate to how the victims feel. Yes I consider them victims of unscrupulous thugs. They can have no privacy with thugs around.
My Dad was a musician and played Mandoline with a big Blue Grass group, and at the Opry. I started playing at the clubs in Nashville, and for the music studios. Then joined a group traveling the country, lasted six months. Joined the Air Force and left, never looked back.
