Parker: 'I feel like the town trollop'

Sarah Jessica Parker has accused New York paparazzi of making her feel like the "town trollop".

The Sex And The City star said she is ashamed of the effect photographers have had on the people around her.

She said snappers turn up at the gates of her five-year-old son James Wilkie's school, sometimes pushing other children out of the way to get a photo of him.

Parker told New York magazine: "[It's a] culture of thuggery. It's so base. I feel very ashamed. I feel like I'm 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."