Parker: 'Press Attention Makes Me Feel Dirty'.

11 May 2008

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Sarah Jessica Parker feels like New York's "town trollop" because of the chaos caused by the paparazzi photographers who follow her every day.The actress claims "thuggish" photographers have made a damaging and lasting impact on the lives of her family, and everyone they come into contact with.She insists snappers have descended on her five-year-old son James Wilkie's school, leaving her embarrassed to face other parents. She even claims James, her son with actor husband Matthew Broderick, now covers his face when posing for family photos.Parker tells New York magazine, "(It's a) culture of thuggery."I feel very ashamed. I feel like I'm, like, the town trollop. It makes me feel ashamed of my work. And I'm not. But I'm attached to this culture now in a way that it's kind of vulgar."And I feel cheapened. And I feel like I'm cheapening the school, like I'm bringing dirt; like I'm bad for the neighbourhood.".I seperate news Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker is sad to see New York lose its individuality - insisting many areas have been stripped of their everyday charm and replaced by swanky bars and restaurants.The actress - who first moved to the city in 1976 - is convinced that so many people are desperate to see the city as a glamorous and fashionable place, all the features that made New York unique are being lost.

And Parker's actor husband Matthew Broderick is convinced her hit TV show, which was set in New York, may be partly to blame for the changes.

She tells the New York Daily News, "I don't know if you do this with your husband. But say one of us is walking down the street, I'll call him and say, 'You know, the Laundromat is closed?' And he'll say, 'What?' I'll be like, 'The Laundromat at 11th and W. Fourth St. is closed!' 'That's your fault.' (He'll say).".

And Parker concedes that property prices in the city have now become so high, first-time buyers would have to look towards the nearby borough of Queens if they want to get on the property ladder.

She adds, "I guess there are places in Queens that are affordable.".

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