Crow blasts paparazzi over treatment

Sheryl Crow has slammed the media and celebrity-obsessed fans for their treatment of people in the public eye when they are going through difficult times.

The singer experienced much invasion when she split from fiancé Lance Armstrong and again when she was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after.

Crow branded the public's desire to read about the hard times of celebrities as "sad" and insisted that the harassment she received slowed down her cancer recovery.

She said: "Having 100 paparazzi outside my gate at all times because of the terrible things that were happening, it really spoke to me about who we are.

"If this is what makes people want to buy magazines - someone at their absolute lowest - that is a very sad message. I found the whole experience was very difficult. I went from being linked with one of the most famous cancer survivors to then begin diagnosed with cancer."