Avril Lavigne Deals With Fame’s Down Side

Avril Lavigne revealed to the Globe and Mail the downside of fame. The singer says people keep their distance in New York City and Los Angeles, but everywhere else, she’s constantly hounded. Avril moaned, “I’ll be sitting there eating, and they’ll say, ‘Can I take your picture?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m trying to eat here’.” She says even her home town of Napanee, interest in her is so high she prefers to stay home. “Because it’s too weird,” says the singer bluntly. “Because every single person I know will stop and say something… I knew what it would be like. I go out the odd time. [But] it’s too uncomfortable. When I go home the only reason I go home is to see my parents. So I just stay in.”