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Name: diedre
Subject: why?
-- Jul 19, 2008 at 4:29PM
I have been stalked before and Im not famous.. my entire family was actually affected by some nut that would come to our hosue almost every night and start banging on all the windows and doors.. over and over ..we called the cops and they came and never found anything this happened for over 6 years almost every night and we were all terrified they even tried to break in a few times.. How can you justify that from a crappy childhood... I had just about the worst childhood anykid can have and I am NOT a Freak... the abused childhood is not an excuse you can get help and you can get better GIVE ME A BREAK!! I have survived multiple molsetations, physical abuse mental abuse and financial abuse from childhood to early adult years and IM NOT A SICKO!! gte over yourself you give victoms of a buse a very bad name and it really ticks me off... im so tired of people blaming their past on their demented deluded actions and for all of you supposed normal people who are a fan club to this sicko GET BENT your more demented than he is... it may only be some teen boys delusion but its still wrong there is nooooo excuse big enough for obsessive behavior it causes real pain and real agony to people.. it was the most horrifying and helpless feeling inmy life and I managed to survive that too... some people may fall for that feel sorry for myself bullshit but I dotn I picked my self up from my horrid childhood and learned from it and grew from it .. you might not be able to control everything that happens to you BUT you can control how you let it affect you urghhhh while I ofund this article very well written you need to GROW Up!!!
Name: fatima
Subject: you're
-- Apr 24, 2008 at 8:05AM
siiicckkkk blllerrgghhhhhh!!!!!
Name: Alberta
Subject: Great writing!
-- Mar 21, 2008 at 3:32PM
Great writing and storytelling.
I don't think you could be classified as a hardcore stalker. You had a crush, you were curious. Hey, which one of us haven't done stupid things in our youth?
I found a few of the comments here somewhat disturbing, though (especially the one about the rusty knife and ice pick).
Keep up the good work in your writing.
Name: Elizabeth
Subject: I Stalked jomanda!
-- Dec 22, 2007 at 8:37PM
I Stalked Jomanda Right Away!
Name: Metz3962
Subject: About the article 'Celebrity Stalking'
-- Dec 11, 2007 at 4:44PM
Greetings. I think this was a very interesting story. To have the version of the stalker himself, to know his thoughts, to understand his motives and how he feels, that was good.
Still, I don't condone stalking. The last line of your text "but it's hardly worth obsessing about" is enlightening to those stalkers out there who are harassing other people.
In other words; "Live and let live"
Thanks for writing it.
Richard
Name: KaRi from TPSradio.org
Subject: Celebrity Stalking
-- Nov 29, 2007 at 2:15PM
I looked up "Celebrity Stalking" on the internet after looking at TMZ footage of peeps being followed on their family outings and errands.
YOUR post came up #1.
How can following people be legal? VIDEOtaping someone's kids without permission? There is something WRONG with this picture!
PS I tracked down a screenwriter I was in grade school with once,throgh his parents whose names were mentioned in a People Mag article.
I called, told them my rel first name and Grandma thought I was a friend of the family, about to give me his home phone number.
"Wait! NO - YOU don't know me! I went to GRADE SCHOOL with him 10 yrs ago - please take MY number and have HIM call ME!"
It worked and he came to my party in Huntington Beach. Without even remembering me from 2nd grade!
Turns out he had writer's block and was already advanced money for the first sequel.
He was the highlight of my California party that night along with 5 other friends from My Hometown on the eCoast.
Sure wish his movies weren't so violent though. I never saw the sequels or his other movies because of it!
Name: An LS.n Reader
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Oct 16, 2007 at 1:18PM
hpe u like itAlthough most of you are amusing. I must disagree with how light most of you take stalking. It is the most severe invasion on someones life and even if it isn't about love gone bad if it's about jelousy your life is taken away by that person. Everything you do and everyone you know is interupted. There is no peace no serenity. You can't read a book cause your only thingking of what's happening to you. You wake up 10 times to check windows doors and your car. Your evryday life is consumed with distraction. Anyone with a crush does know the difference and if you doubt thats it's a crush then you have stepped on the fine line to obsession. Teenagers are crazy and do crazy stuff that story was the best example of that but please don't joke about stalking statistics show that in your life you or someone you know will beforced to wake up everynight 10 times like I do.
Name: dont need to know
Subject: charmin
-- Oct 16, 2007 at 1:17PM
Although most of you are amusing. I must disagree with how light most of you take stalking. It is the most severe invasion on someones life and even if it isn't about love gone bad if it's about jelousy your life is taken away by that person. Everything you do and everyone you know is interupted. There is no peace no serenity. You can't read a book cause your only thingking of what's happening to you. You wake up 10 times to check windows doors and your car. Your evryday life is consumed with distraction. Anyone with a crush does know the difference and if you doubt thats it's a crush then you have stepped on the fine line to obsession. Teenagers are crazy and do crazy stuff that story was the best example of that but please don't joke about stalking statistics show that in your life you or someone you know will beforced to wake up everynight 10 times like I do.
Name: Celeb27
Subject: Charming Scratcher...
-- Sep 15, 2007 at 10:20AM
First off let me say the article is well written and entertaining. Secondly I don’t think the people commenting below have ever been stalked, I have. I’m a musician with a small but devout following of around 100,000 fans world wide, very small in comparison to big time artists. None the less I have real threats from bonifide wackos. The emails keep coming regardless if your ignore them or not. I think ignoring them completely isn’t always the smartest solution either. I ignored a fan/stalker for about 12 months leading up to a face to face incident.
It took place at a public event that was being promoted broadcasted all over the web so this woman knew where I was going to be and exactly when. There are situations when you just can’t avoid coming into close proximity with potentially threatening people. They stand next to ropes; they can lean in and reach you. In this case the woman positioned herself between to guards and while I passed by reached and crawled the tender underside of left bicep. Her nails dug in about half an inch. –No joke! I was bleeding profusely and I will have that four fingered scar for life.
It later turned out she was a 35 year old business attorney, she was supposedly happily married with 3 kids, Lived in a lovely home with a new BMW… She had dropped off her kids and jumped on a 6 hour flight to be at my event... That surprised me and in the end I didn’t prosecute the woman because It’s jut the cost of doing business in the public eye… Judging the emails I get -One in every 1000 fans is totally insane, they are nuts! Scary, dangerous people! I didn’t get her thrown in jail -but I won’t soon forget that distant “glazed look” in her eyes while she was clawing me screaming “DON’T IGNORE ME!”…
Name: 321
Subject: wake up
-- Aug 23, 2007 at 2:48PM
Although most of you are amusing. I must disagree with how light most of you take stalking. It is the most severe invasion on someones life and even if it isn't about love gone bad if it's about jelousy your life is taken away by that person. Everything you do and everyone you know is interupted. There is no peace no serenity. You can't read a book cause your only thingking of what's happening to you. You wake up 10 times to check windows doors and your car. Your evryday life is consumed with distraction. Anyone with a crush does know the difference and if you doubt thats it's a crush then you have stepped on the fine line to obsession. Teenagers are crazy and do crazy stuff that story was the best example of that but please don't joke about stalking statistics show that in your life you or someone you know will beforced to wake up everynight 10 times like I do.
Name: DB
Subject: scary!
-- Aug 18, 2007 at 10:28AM
That hit so close to home!
I never had the nerve to call her (a different celeb) on the phone like you, but dreamed of doing it.
Thank you for letting me do it vicariosly. I'm sure my celeb would respond in the same angry way!
Name: Bill
Subject: Your Writing
-- Jul 22, 2007 at 1:44AM
Tom:
That was an awesome personal account, which I thoroughly enjoyed. You have a way with a phrase, and your honesty makes your storytelling that much more interesting.
Keep writing.
-Bill
Name: Enrico
Subject: Taking (Weird) Love Seriously
-- Jun 24, 2007 at 12:21PM
Hi,
I'm writing this letter because I have two stories.... I know, everybody has a couple of good stories to tell I suppose.... but nobody ever stops for a second and thinks: "Wait a minute, what does it mean, for God's sake?". I'm writing now because I need to tell you that what you were talking about was absolutely NOT "stalking" .... it was love, for how much absurd it could look from outside. You were 16.... and you had a gigantic crush for Bebe Neuwirth: you only sought for her! At that age you can fall in love simply seeing a face in the crowd.... nowadays we are all obsessed with psycho-legal babbling and we are all prisoners of the grand tradition of trashing love. Dante today would probably have been considered the king of stalkers, with his Beatrice and his screen-woman; Shakespeare's Rosalind would have been a subspecies of Zodiac with her camouflages and messages; for not speaking of the great romantics like Goethe's Werther and Foscolo's Ortis.... simple maniacs! Come on!!!! If it was true, I should have been a major victim of stalking many years ago (story number 1). When I was 17, a girl, a freshman at my school, started following me somewhat obsessively, wherever I went. A friend of mine suddenly started nicknaming her "the sheep".... I never considered her acting like that as "stalking" , I took it for what it was: she had a crush on a senior, she was in love with me, and I, simply, wasn't. After almost a year, I finally caught her a few feet from my doorstep and no, I didn't call the police.... she tried to hide behind a dumpster, but I called her and.... I talked to her. She finally confessed.... she was "insanely" in love with me. I made my best to persuade her that it was an impossible affaire: She was "too young", I was an arid, cerebral SOB and a nice, blondish liberal girl like her would, in time, have found me a pain in the neck. I even hugged her at the end of our miserable (and, yes, even pathetic) conversation. I made her understand and I'm still proud I was sweet to her, without acting like a meanie, yelling and "apeshitting&qu ot; on her. End of the first story. Why I acted like that (story number 2): because, a few years earlier, a friend of mine committed suicide for love. Her name was Valentine (eerily enough.... the patron of lovers: the Romans said "Nomina omina sunt", names are omens....), she drowned herself in a little creek: it was January 22, 1994. Her body was found five months later. I will remember that day forever. My hands are still trembling now, while I'm writing.... the guy for whom she killed herself had unfortunately the same name as me, those facts constitute a trauma for me and many of my friends. So.... be veeeery cool about using psycho-legal vernacular to deal with everything! You were in love my friend, in your strange way and with the strangest person.... you weren't a stalker, you were (and, probably, you are) a Dante and Ms. Neuwirth was (and, indeed she was born BEATRICE NEUWIRTH: names are omens....) your insensible, chewing Beatrice. Actually Dante in his "Vita Nuova" had a vision of Beatrice literally "chewing" his heart! Someone said Bebe was a sensitive person.... but sensitive people UNDERSTAND human beings, transcending psycho-bullshit. She was probably a little confused that day.
Bye,
Enrico
Name: Mpca
Subject: Anyone
-- Jun 16, 2007 at 7:09PM
I fell for a woman last week after our eyes met repeatedly and she held my gaze. I was to much of an idiot to do anything about it but a few days later I sent her a message, she has yet to reply. Oh, I forgot, (cause I dont really care), she`s a celebrity, let`s just say, sci fi tv actress with her own action figurines. I realize she could get me into huge shit for that sms because Im in her film, but, the moment we had was real enough to take that risk and Im prepared to live with the possible fallout.
Name: 888
Subject: Obsessed and hating it
-- Jun 7, 2007 at 6:56PM
Hi Tom,
Thank you for writing this article-you are an excellent writer, and I can relate to a lot of what you're feeling. I have an obsession with a celebrity architect that began after checking out several books of his work. I have wanted to become an architect ever since I was a teenager, and for various reasons, I have not been able to pursuit my dream. I have also wanted to become a wife and mother, and that hasn't happened yet (I'm in my 30s) so I developed a fixation on this incredibly talented man, who is much older than I. Even though he lives 1000 miles away and operates in exclusive circles, I find myself dreaming about him at least twice a week, writing stories about him, and fantasising about him constantly. I have a photo of him on my pillow, and I have dedicated countless songs to him. I actually borrowed $600 to fly to his city to see him speak at a lecture-and I actually shook his hand and got an autograph. I was so nervous I was literally shaking-and I never have that reaction to anyone.
I had written to him a few months before, telling him how impressed I was by his work, and he actually did write back to me, but it was strictly business (on both parts). I think it was his responce that gave me a false hope that he could possibly fall in love with me (he is single), but I doubt I would be his type of woman.
I wish I could turn off my feelings for him-I am incredibly attracted to him, because he possesses many of the physical characteristics of my dream man, and has my dream job-but in the end, it makes no sense.
I would never do anything to hurt or annoy him-I actually did send him and his assistant cards for the holidays last year, but I got no responce. I made no effort to write again because I knew they were very busy, and I didn't want to send the wrong impression.
But I adore him still, and it is tearing me apart.
Tom, I really feel for you, and I hope you and others who are suffering with the pain of obsession can get help soon. I need some help with this obsession, and I just want to admire this man for his work, and not sit and dream about him sweeping me off my feet all the time.
Blessed Be,
888
Name: K L
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Apr 12, 2007 at 2:45PM
That was a great article, Tom - I appreciate you being so honest and writing it. Part of me was cringing when I read the part about the phone call, and thinking, 'SO not a good idea..!!!' Another part was nodding in sympathy, because there's an actor who I have an obsession with, and I can see that line of thinking in myself. I wouldn't go so far as to do that to the poor guy - I really don't want to do anything that might annoy or bother him - but I'm not exaggerating in describing it as an obsession. I did email him a fan letter via his website (which he happily invites people to do) and I had to re-read that several times and make sure I'd toned it down so that I didn't sound quite so much of an insane fan as I actually am! The two worst things about it are that a) he's a really, really unlikely person to be obsessed with (hardly Tom Cruise), and b) I'd need something a lot more than chewing to put me off, because I tend to get more obsessed the more I see of him and the more human he comes over.
Name: miriam g
Subject: bebe
-- Dec 5, 2006 at 1:43AM
bebe is my cousin... i see her every year at thanksgiving
Name: miriam g
Subject: bebe
-- Dec 5, 2006 at 1:43AM
bebe is my cousin... i see her every year at thanksgiving
Name: luigi cazzaniga photographer
Subject: Tv show about Tom Willock
-- Sep 27, 2006 at 5:19PM
My name is Luigi Cazzaniga, I'm a journalist based in NYC and I'm working for an Italian TV network. We would like to make a story about you for a prime time Tv show.
Please e-mail me at ZEBLW@aol.com
Name: Douglas D
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Sep 20, 2006 at 6:28PM
I am in the Security Business & have taken an interest in stalkers & protecting their victims. Thank you for your article. It gave me some insight into the mind of an actual stalker. Although I wouldn't describe you as hardcore because you seemed to put this in your past & moved on. That is rare for a stalker because until now I thought the only way that these people would stop on their own was if they somehow died.
You described some of the classic methods a stalker will use to get information on their obsession, as well as the deep state of fantasy that they dwell in.
I have no doubt that the experiences that you described in your article are real.
Name: Fuck U Stalkers
Subject: Confessions of a celebrity stalker
-- Sep 2, 2006 at 4:29PM
Ok i dont get it. stalkers want to kill the person they are obsessed with. well once they kill them thats it, theres no more you get to go in jail and rot for the rest of your life
Name: I.M. Impressed!
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Jul 27, 2006 at 7:37AM
Tom,
First off I don't think anyone has noticed what a well-rounded intelligent and compassionate human being you are (and even were back then). In fact the people calling you a sicko and other names obviously don't share you compassion or desire not to hurt anothers the way you do. Maybe they are just jealous that you are an author and can express yourself so much better than they obviously can. Obsessive behavior is fascinating. People should realize there's a difference between what you did and felt as a kid and someone who threatens to kill a celebrity if they don't love them back.
All I got to say is that being kind of fascinated as a whole with celebrities and fame most of the people narrsistic enough and sociopathic enough to become famous are creepier and have larger issues than a boyhood crush on Bebe that if anything shook you into the harsh reality that our dreams rarely ever live up to the disappointing reality of life.
Name: Wow
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Jul 25, 2006 at 2:08AM
You all are sick and you need MAJOR help. stalking isn't a joke. It's so sad and pathetic that you're obsessed over another human being, and their life. YOU ARE FUCKING CREEPY AND WEIRD, AND YOU HONESTLY NEED TO GET YOUR FUCKING HEAD CHECKED. I hope you get caught stalking, and get thrown in jail, you fucking weirdos. there must honestly be something mentally wrong with you!!
Name: S
Subject: Stalkers
-- May 4, 2006 at 2:03PM
Although your behaviour was slightly foolish (and something I would never have the guts to do myself, even if I do know the phone number and email address of the object of my desire) I can relate completely because I have been blown away, enthralled and obsessed with a celebrity for about 7 months. I would like to get over him, and I have tried so many times, but he just won't budge from my thoughts. I was beginning to think I was trapped and alone, and then I happened to come across this site, which made me realise I'm really not alone at all. Can I just point out that I have NEVER phoned or emailed him though, as I wouldn't have the guts to!
Name: Cindy
Subject: You go!
-- Mar 6, 2006 at 11:18PM
I've never ever read anything like this; it's great to hear the other side of the coin, I think most dangerous stalkers are really mentally ill. Obviously you weren't. Keep up the good work!
Name: anna
Subject: stalker story
-- Feb 22, 2006 at 2:41AM
you're a dork! LOL
Name: Cree
Subject: Hey, neat.
-- Feb 16, 2006 at 5:33AM
I absolutely love your writing, so well done. I think some one needed to write something like this.
Name: catherine
Subject: Celebrity stalkers
-- Feb 15, 2006 at 6:40AM
My name is catherine SOKOLSKY, working for a french TV network. We are making a 110 minutes documentary about fans, and celebrity stalkers.
If you are Ok to talk about our project, please e-mail me at cat@lasource.tv
Name: Monika
Subject: Obsessive Love
-- Feb 13, 2006 at 2:28PM
My name is Monika and I am writing from Firecracker Films, a TV production company in London, UK. We are making a documentary about obsessive love and celebrity stalking. We want to meet those who relentlessly pursue the object of their desires and come to understand their behaviour.
If you are interested in telling your story please e-mail me at monika@firecrackerfi lms.com.
Name: Nick Warren
Subject: The article
-- Feb 12, 2006 at 3:38PM
As I have said in a previous post, this makes for great novel research! My second book OPERATION ASTUTE is out now, you can get it at: http://www.lulu.com/ content/230226 and does even contain a celeb stalking subplot in amongst the action to be explored in the third book!
Name: serena
Subject: stalking!
-- Jan 20, 2006 at 12:53AM
Obsessive-compul sive disorder, it makes scence,i currently have a stalker.more or less in intreges me,but i still think stalker are sickos but i guess its a diease
Name: Jane
Subject: Your Idiocy
-- Jan 16, 2006 at 10:17AM
Look, I'm not about to berate you for being a stupid prick of a teenager. Lord know there are enough of them around. And, from a certain few comments, it seems that this article must have helped a couple of people to an extent but if you're going to practise some home therapy, keep it the hell away from everyone else. Stop defending your actions. What you did was wrong and you should just be sorry about it. If I were you, I'd be ashamed of doing something so moronic and disrespectful. The police should have tracked you down when you were 16 and beat the hell out of you because logic and reasoning don't seem to have much of a place in your world. If you could see past your own bullshit, maybe a good talking to back then would have cured your self centered little obsession. For God's sake, take these pictures off the article! They do nothing to help your "Misunderstood, perfectly normal teenager" shit. And a tip; captions like that give the general impression that you're not sorry, you're still a screwed up 16 year old inside your head and that you haven't dealt with any of the shit you had going through your mind back then. You deserved far worse than abuse over the phone because you are obviously so delusional as to be sectioned that even anger from your 'love' turned you on. You needed then and still need now, a hell of a lot of psychiatric help. And as to the point as this has been, despite my incredible anger at your blatant stupidity and disregard for other human beings, I can't stop myself saying that you deserve to be butchered with some very rusty blades and an ice pick. Learn something from your mistakes or one day, someone will do something worse to you.
Name: SN
Subject: Your Confession
-- Jan 7, 2006 at 5:21PM
OH MY GOD! Your nuts. You could have gone to jail or had other charges pressed against you. I am a huge fan of Bebe Neuwirths, but oh my God you give fans a bad name. You are truly a fan. What do I mean? The definition of a fan is Fanatical and boy oh boy if you don't live up to that. I did what most fans do and stand outside the stage door of the theater after the show and receive her autograph and photo( like a normal person).
You are sick. You need help and counsling. I feel sorry for Ms. Neuwirth and her family.
Name: Nikki
Subject: Your confession
-- Oct 30, 2005 at 7:47PM
I think it's great that you can just come out and tell people what it's like from your side of the story.. I actrually have a major crush on a guy celeb and i noe wat it's like... im studying celebrity stalkers at school at the moment and you article has really opened up my eyes and helped me... so thank you!
Name: Nick Warren
Subject: Your confessions article
-- Aug 19, 2005 at 2:38PM
This is a great article and I would like to use it as research for my third novel. Details on my first - www.lulu.com/resurge nce
Name: swell
Subject: hi
-- Aug 11, 2005 at 4:29PM
Your behaviour was disturbing, yet I shamefully admit to understanding it. I too am rather obsessed with a certain actress - there`s no way I would go as far as you did but I empathise (sort of).
Name: The Editors Respond
Subject: Re: Hey
-- Aug 7, 2005 at 10:48PM
Plug "Willock" into the search box on the home page and you can find a couple more articles from Mr. Willock. And we believe there are some other ones hidden out there ...
Name: simon
Subject: Hey
-- Aug 6, 2005 at 10:50PM
Wow Tom i love your writing! Thought provoking, confessional, original...plus it really touches a nerve with me.
where can i read more?
Name: Erin
Subject: PSYCOLOGY PRO
-- May 13, 2005 at 12:26AM
hi im doing a psyc pro on celeb stalkers and i was wondering if you could mayby send me an email to help me. it would be realy helpfull!
i am also real interested in what hapened to you after all of that.
plz send me an email!!!
thankz erin.
Name: Tom Willock Responds
Subject: Re: im baaaack
-- Apr 28, 2005 at 3:24PM
I have cherished your sweet comments, read them and reread them, tacked them up on my wall, had them tattooed on my chest, and rearranged the words into an epic poem which will be published in next month's issue of "Granta". But, yeah, I didn't respond to them.
I appreciate the fan love, though, even if I'm hoping to one day be admired for something a little less creepy.
Till that day comes, congratulations on your A, Carly and Kelli, and keep being a couple of nutty, stalker-loving dolls.
Name: An LS.n Reader
Subject: "chocolate thunda"
-- Apr 28, 2005 at 3:01PM
keep on stalkin in the free world. tom, i would like to thank you for creating this site. we got to have a good laugh and got an A on our project. keep it real willy
Name: carly
Subject: im baaaack
-- Apr 28, 2005 at 2:59PM
tom, im ready to go apeshit on you. why havent you responded to our sweet comments. we think you're wicked cool. thanks for helping us ace our stalking project. it was clearly the best one in the class. keep on stalkin'
Name: Amy
Subject: hi
-- Apr 27, 2005 at 9:20PM
you are all totally fucked up to even be in this stupid fucked up site u stalkerpaths. u are all fucked up and desprate to get screwed!!!
Name: ron
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Apr 19, 2005 at 3:42AM
don't think that you are fooling anyone, your behavior speaks volumes my friend. keep this sick stuff over the internet before you give anyone else that is impressionable any ideas. you sick bastard.
Name: j
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Apr 19, 2005 at 3:37AM
this is absolutely disturbing. i actually felt sick reading this. i work in a psychiatric emergency room, ever consider an evaluation?
Name: ..not kelli
Subject: A child molester is a sicko, a stalker is weirdo-"
-- Mar 1, 2005 at 5:56PM
ive read that 4 times now, and im officially your biggest fan. so im doing a project on stalking in psychology, and i htink you should email me back so i can put your email on my poster. please help me get an A Tom willock. hopefully ill be hearing from you *wink wink* HAHA KIDDING! i scared ya there didnt i?
Name: kelli (friend of carly)
Subject: "she went apeshit on me."
-- Mar 1, 2005 at 5:40PM
wow tom, youre my hero! is that comin in loud and clear tom? HERO! not to mock your life but holy shit youre a gong show! im sure that your expeierence meant alot to you and it means alot to me. stalkings not cool and i feel bad for supporting it but weo! i i hope that bebe reads this one day and decides that youre a pretty cool guy adn calls you.
Name: carly ( friend of kelli )
Subject: the game is afoot
-- Mar 1, 2005 at 5:38PM
this is the funniest story ever. you should stalk more celebrities so that me and kelli can read about it. tom, you're the funniest guy ever. not that i think stalking is way cool or anything...but when youre stalking a celebrity and writing about it, how is it not funny. you rock. keep stalking
Name: Alice Burton
Subject: UK TV Show
-- Sep 21, 2004 at 12:19PM
We are doing a show about major stories of 2004. one of them included a woman who was found under George michael's floorboards having wanted to be close to him. We are looking for someone who's more sane, but can understand the obsession to talk about the story.
Would you be able to help?
let me know
Thanks
Alice Burton
Shine Limited
alice.burton@shi nelimited.com
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Name: Bebe Neuwirth
Subject: How dare you!
-- Aug 13, 2004 at 5:22AM
How dare you put this story on the internet! Yes I do remember you you little shit, and you scared the crap out of my father. I hope you never become an actor because if I ever see you at the tony's, I'll throw cranberry sauce on your tuxedo! And yes I did read a few of your letters and found them quite pitiful, you may actually reach me someday, and you are quite charming, but by then I may be stalking you!-happy thanksgiving and see you at the Olympic opening ceremonies-love Bebe
Name: Tom Willock Responds
Subject: Re: Mucho Gracioso
-- Jun 9, 2004 at 2:06AM
We aim to be educational. Glad you found the story useful, and thanks for the kind word.
Name: David M
Subject: Mucho Gracioso
-- Jun 8, 2004 at 9:07PM
This has helped me greatly with my research paper, and I have found it interesting and insightful, and just thought I should thank you for your work, and let you know it has been invaluable to getting me a good grade ,)
Name: Heather C
Subject: Celeb stalking
-- May 10, 2004 at 10:42PM
Thank you for your respone!It really helps to share your thoughts with people who have advice or have been in your shoes.I am thinking of therapy as an outlet for my increasing anger!A thing that really frustrates me is that my stupid,stupid,STUPID school will not keep my rantings confedential.I am un able to let out my deepest feelings without getting in trouble.And I will not be able to act in school because my grades are not good enough(I might even have to go to summer school,wasting percious acting time!)It just seems like such an inconvienience that I will have to look for help with my rage outside of school,which is my "life" right now,unfortunaltly!
Name: Jackal
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Apr 16, 2004 at 10:47AM
No but seriously
Stalkers deserve justice we are who we are
Not crazy not screwed up
Just different
everyone is different and the mind is a power- ful thing. Perception is Reality. Most of the people whos brians functions like this dont want to hurt anyone they want what they percieve as "completion&quo t;. This coming from a 17 yr old kid? F.Y.I
Name: jackal
Subject: stay in the shadows
-- Apr 16, 2004 at 10:41AM
Whoah man crazy stuff. I can relate to what you are saying but calling her at Thanksgiving dinner. bad call stick to the shadows and wait for a time when your call wont arouse that much trouble. Dont say that your a fan. Make it sound professional and talk so that you get the answers without asking a direct question.
Name: The Editors Respond
Subject: Re: Celeb Stalking
-- Apr 7, 2004 at 12:53PM
Hell, that's an easy one. High school, being a teenager, all that shit, is the worst. If you can get yourself to a state of mind where you realize that this is not *life*, that'll help a lot. Life starts when you're out of high school and you can start living on your own terms. When you've spent your entire freaking life in school confined to someone else's version of what they think your life should be, it's not easy to see that it won't always be that way.
But it won't (or it doesn't have to be, anyway). You want to act -- when you're out of high school, go to NY and act. And anyone who tells you you can't tell them to go to hell. It'll be hard as shit, but at least it's your life, not someone else's.
Meanwhile, stop with the death threats. That's not cool.
Name: Heather C
Subject: Celeb Stalking
-- Apr 6, 2004 at 9:51PM
I am so glad you had the guts to share that.I'm the exact same way.I have wanted to be an actress scince I was 2.Now I'm 15,I'm depressed and angry with school and being held back from living my dream.The anger seems to get worse and worse each day.I'm actually begining to hate my favorite actors because they're out there pursuing MY dream while I'm stuck failing every fucking class and being controled by the entire world.My mother actually caught me making death threats to certian celebs!I just want to kill so many people sometimes!I don't know what to do!
Name: Sarah Chaya
Subject: Stalking
-- Mar 31, 2004 at 11:43PM
As someone who has a keen interest in certain celebrities, I was both intrigued and appalled by what you did to your actress. I do understand the desire to be near them and follow them and hear them. I myself sometimes think I'd like to do the same to certain celebrities. In the age of the internet, getting their addresses and phone numbers is very, very easy. All you need is a credit card and boom, you're there. Still, something in me prevents me from doing that. Perhaps it is the fact that going into their lives destroys something in them, their security, and their trust, namely. Ironically, I myself was a victim of stalking (the man even moved across country), and know how godawful it is. I hope your article disuades more than encourages fans to contact their faves.
It was a nice article, nonetheless.
Name: The Editors Respond
Subject: Re: ahaha
-- Mar 25, 2004 at 7:21AM
Great. Send check to T. Willock, care of LeisureSuit Media ...
Name: Jen
Subject: ahaha
-- Mar 25, 2004 at 6:54AM
Dude your storys so good i'm useing it in my speech for english on celebrity stalkers. You're famous!!
Name: Livvy
Subject: Stalking
-- Feb 23, 2004 at 10:59PM
My friend and I tracked down a famous male celebrity she was crazy for. We got his home phone number and address (it's amazing what's on the web) and called him up. Well, one of his parents took the call (he was 16) and got really pissed. So did he. He made a big deal out of it on his website. Not to mention the yelling on the phone. So, yeah...I understand. I just wish we hadn't annoyed him.
Name: A target
Subject: you need to get out more
-- Feb 14, 2004 at 11:03PM
You really do. Your behavior is troubling. I say, get a hobby, save world peace and in the meantime, allow this woman a right to privacy. This is coming from someone who has and is being stalked now. Why no restraining order? No threats have been made so I just get harassing phone calls. My advice? Get some therapy and in the meantime, if at all possible, TRY and put yourself in her shoes. Being stalked is not fun!
Name: Sam
Subject: Similar thing
-- Nov 21, 2003 at 5:20PM
I know a girl who's very obsessive over a popstar. shes dragged me to meet him a dozen times and im pretty sure next time he might recognise us. Hopefully she'll go onto someone else soon- and its just a phase, cos thats whats happened with other people. But its scary sometimes that her only drive in ife- is to see this guy. She'll defend him no matter what and its like, she doesnt even know him. its weird. god article though. Reminded me partly of 'catcher in the rye'. dunno why x
Name: Kelly
Subject: in love with keanu
-- Nov 17, 2003 at 8:22PM
I will share an obsession I believe is starting to grow. I am starting to become very obsessed with Keanu Reeves. Does anyone have any tips to get me to stop?
Name: lessien
Subject: celebrity stalker
-- Oct 1, 2003 at 3:59AM
hey, are there anyone here who also experienced being a stalker because sharing your experience will make people understand your situations.
Name: aerandil
Subject: celebrity stalker
-- Oct 1, 2003 at 3:55AM
that was amazing..hehe..
actually, I have never experienced being a stalker, but I think I have some potentials..
if only eminem lives here
[australia] I will stalk him for the reason that I love him so much..
actually I look for this
topic because it is my project. I hope some of
the former stalker will
have the courage to reveal all their secrets,
and tell us the reasons why they do it.
Name: Tom Willock Responds
Subject: Re: Celebrity Stalker
-- Sep 30, 2003 at 10:12AM
Thanks, glad you dug the piece. If you want to read more of my stuff, try the LeisureSuit.net advanced search page: leisuresuit.net/sear ch.shtml
Select my name from the "author" list. I make no promises of quality, though ...
Name: Michael Adams
Subject: Celebrity Stalker
-- Sep 29, 2003 at 11:48PM
Hey man-- great article. I'm a writer myself, and thoroughly enjoyed your sense of narrative. I'm curious to what other stuff you may have written. What else is out there? I'd love to read it! I have a work in process that’s ostensibly related to celebrity-love, but the difference is that I never stalked her down! I’m too much of a gentleman in the end, and would understand that it is the last thing she would ever want in the end. It’s the crazy ones who ruin it for the rest of us…… though it can be said that the public is never meant to meet celebrities!
Later,
Michael Adams
“The Bard of Richmond Heights”
Name: tori
Subject: she chews?
-- Aug 30, 2003 at 4:43AM
when you mentioned 'she chews' what exactly did you mean? coz like everyone chews their food in order to swallow it.
Name: Celticpriestess
Subject: Hey KJ
-- Apr 7, 2003 at 7:41AM
I would really like a response to my comment if you wouldn't mind e-mailing me one.
Name: Celticpriestess
Subject: Hey KJ
-- Apr 7, 2003 at 7:36AM
What if someone really is in love with a celebrity.Not the actor or actress,but the real person.What do you do then?Especially if you know that celebrity is lonely and looking for someone to settle down with that can devote more time to them,because they don't have a fancy career to interfere?What do you do then?Another especially everything they are interested in or like to do you are already involved in are have always loved to do your whole life.
Name: K
Subject: Hey KJ
-- Apr 5, 2003 at 11:08AM
Hey KJ, I had a little trouble following that. Do you mean you somehow figured out what some celebrity's online name was and started talking to her, and then eventually admitted that you knew who she was?
Name: KJ
Subject: Just curious
-- Apr 3, 2003 at 10:46AM
Well, I had been 'in love' with someone... but I did not have a chance to get close to her. I had been observant enough to find that she participates in online forums; in this medium, I had learned much about her. But I could not take the guilt that had built up inside me, so I admitted this to her. She was definitely shocked! But she told me that we could still be friends, although deep in my heart I know that is going to be impossible.
With all due respect, to all the 'stalkers'... what made you decide to do so? I never knew that I would come to the point where I would also cross the line... I feel like such a low-life after this episode in my life...
If anyone needs a prayer, I would be willing to pray for you.
Name: Being Stalked!!
Subject: Annoyed!
-- Mar 3, 2003 at 6:20PM
I have a person who's been harassing me for years! It's very different than what you're writing about, you were very over the top fan obssessed. I keep waiting for my stakker to fins a new object to love/hate, but she got stuck on me (unfortunately). Luckily, my stalker is very VERY detached from reality and can't really operate well in the real world or I'd be more worried. Still, I wonder if I confronted "it" with the person of who I am vs who "it" thinks I am what would happen. It could either get rid of my stalker, or turn "it" violent fast.
Name: JA
Subject: Unrequired love
-- Feb 28, 2003 at 7:14AM
I understand what you went through, I have an obessive love thing for someone famous. I have no intention of searching out where he lives, but I do know if I can see him at a public event, I'll go. Even if I don't speak to him. I have no intention of hurting him. I just feel happy when I see him, even if it is from afar. I am studying psychology to find out why I have these feelings. It feels nice to know I am not alone.
Name: K
Subject: Thanks!
-- Feb 25, 2003 at 6:42PM
Thank you for this web site! I think it's time people who stalk and obsess talk to each other and - you know I thought I had stalker tendencies, not serious ones, but still, it bothered me. I tried to find help. There was nothing!
Everything I read was about how horrible stalkers are. I remember Dr. Orion saying something like, "There is very little treatment for stalkers. They almost always end up killing someone or transfering their obsession." I'm thinking, "Great. Thanks!"
I think there are a lot of obsessive people who are not horrible, crazy, or violent, and even who genuinely care about the object of their obsession (and feel guilty when they do something to freak them out), but no one ever talks about these people or what the hell is going on with them. Everyone assumes that, to be obsessive, you've got to be Mark David Chapman.
Anyway, thank you very much for this web site!
Name: E.M.
Subject: holy smokes
-- Jan 20, 2003 at 11:33PM
Hey,
I was looking all night for something like this. I too suffer from this but I have not taken it to stalking. I have had this ever since I can remember from my earliest memories as a child. To me, it is an addiction and something to get thru the day. I just like to have somewhat of a muse for when I am writing my poetry or short stories.
I was on the edge of my seat, intertwined with this story when u got on the phone with Bebe. I was feeling the knot in my stomach as well, wondering what it would be like to actually talk to one of my muses.
For me, I never would want to intrude on the people I think about (as in their personal space i.e, calling or following them), nor hurt them. Likewise, I don't think they even see their letters. I wouldn't take that route either. I may go to places they have shot movies just to be in the same place they had been or even towns they live. I think I might want to see their house if just for that one glimpse of them. I think that would be all I could handle because the rush would be so intense. I don't understand hurting them at all. I have read about this in many of the diagnostic definitions I have learned while earning my psychology degree. Why anyone would want to hurt the person is beyond me. I do understand what u meant about them being "real" suddenly and then the obsession kind of dwindles. For some reason though, I think I would actually enjoy their humble human traits. That is what keeps me smiling.
E.M.
Name: Taylor
Subject: hi
-- Sep 10, 2002 at 4:37PM
Hi. i love bebe and no im not gay but i think its more one of those movie star idolization things. but i have loved her and wanted to be jsut like her ever since the first time i saw her.one day i hope to be jsut like her but i was wondering, how'd you get he phone #? can you email me and tell me please?
Name: Sara
Subject: hi
-- Jul 26, 2002 at 7:36PM
Ok everything Jem said applies to me, big time. i'm female and i'm not gay, but i still think Bebe Neuwirth is basically the sexiest human in the world (even when she had bangs). i think they call it a "girly crush." it is really cool to find that there are other Bebe obsessives out there. my friend told me my eyes were exactly like hers the other day and i think i went into this ecstatic seizure. just wanted to brag. anyway, if you guys want to see when she's on tv, go to tvguide.com, then click on search listings. type in her name, and it'll give you a list of everything she's in for the next 2 weeks. and if anyone, i mean ANYONE knows ANYTHING about any onstage-type endeavors she might be in sometime in the future, lemme know or i'll send the stalker guy after you.(my e-mail is DramaMama279@aol.com ) and if anybody has a bootleg video of Tadpole, you rock.
<3, Sara
P.S. - TAMBOURINE!!!!
Name: Jem
Subject: Twat!
-- Jun 26, 2002 at 4:20PM
I love Bebe Neuwirth.
(I'm a woman, and I'm not gay, by the way.) I do understand how hot she is, and I would give anything to hear her voice on the phone. But I love her too much to do that to her! She always makes a point of how sensitive she is, so how could you do that. Fuck-up!
Name: John Brown
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Jan 28, 2002 at 2:05PM
Great article. Too bad you didn't find Bebe's house, I'm sure that would have been hilarious, you sputtering about the two of you being meant for each other while her father maces you.
Name: lord of the rings
Subject: Confessions of a Celebrity Stalker
-- Jan 22, 2002 at 11:33PM
that was prtty stupid. Thanks
Name: Boo-ya!
Subject: I know where she is.
-- Apr 25, 2001 at 12:24AM
She's in the Archive Building in lower Manhattan... go get her Tom!
Name: Caelie
Subject: Sick
-- Oct 29, 2000 at 9:00PM
It's sick that there are
people congradualting you
What you did was sick and
wrong! What the Hell is
wrong with people!
Name: ace
Subject: kudos
-- Oct 10, 2000 at 5:17AM
As a former stalker I have to congratulate you on comming public with your confessions. Stalkers deserve some justice even though it's a criminal-like activity.
Name: Argot
Subject: Weirrrd
-- Dec 11, 1999 at 1:08PM
At the risk of getting stalked to death, I must observe: you're one crazy mother.
Stay away from my daughters.
Name: Tom Willock Responds
Subject: Re: Duh
-- Aug 11, 1999 at 9:34PM
> Funny, I recall seeing
> a 1 hour show about
> THAT woman and her
> troubled life and it
> was VERY in depth
Hmm . . . maybe I should have more accurately written "but do *I* know anything about her childhood . . ?"
Okay, you caught me in a rhetorical goof. I tried to prove a point with a bad example. I still think my point is correct, and even if it isn't, fuck it--it was just a way to try to make the story like, socially significant. If I'm wrong, and it ain't socially significant . . . well, I can deal with that.
Just start reading at paragraph 4 and enjoy yourself.
Oh, and Johnny5Ace, my brother, I bet there are a lot of us out there. A hottie is a hottie is a hottie.
Name: Me
Subject: Duh
-- Aug 11, 1999 at 8:56PM
Sure you know that some lady stalked David Letterman for years, but do you know anything about her childhood or what she did for a living? Of course not. She was just a stalker, and not worthy of that kind of scrutiny.
Funny, I recall seeing a 1 hour show about THAT woman and her troubled life and it was VERY in depth... discussing her family & it's long-time battle with mental illness... it was 20/20 or one of those shows... didn't pay too much attention to it since I was busy downloading porn, but THERE IT WAS for ALL TO SCRUTINIZE... opinions?
Name: Johnny5Ace
Subject: Bebe
-- Aug 10, 1999 at 11:38PM
What a great article. But dear sweet God in heaven, I thought I was the only one in the world with a thing for Ms. Neuwirth. Although it seems you loved her a tad more. If she should ever have to choose between you and me, Tom, I think you deserve her.
But we wouldn't want to make Bebe have to choose, would we?
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