Being a celebrity means actresses have to accept that they live their life in the public eye. The papparazi can be ruthless when it comes to getting that million dollar shot of our favorite stars. The tabloids pay big bucks for images of these ladies living their everyday lives. For the most part, the actresses smile for the cameras and everyone is happy. That is, until photographers try to snap pics of their kiddos. These kids of celebrities did not ask to be born into a crazy world where screaming men and flash bulbs are the norm. Often times, the children are scared or even hate the photographers. If the media gets too close, mama bear can come out and it’s not pretty.

There are a handful of celeb moms who have earned themselves a reputation for being unfriendly to the paparazzi. Many of them lose their cool and end up screaming at the photographers who get too close for comfort. Other moms actually get physical and push or kick the media until they back off. Some of these mothers lecture the photographers and shame them for driving too fast to get their pic or for violating their child’s personal space.

Then there are the celeb moms that felt so threatened for their children that they actually spoke to a committee at the State Assembly and helped to make the laws for paps harassing children more tight in the state of California. Please enjoy this list of 15 celebrity moms who've been really nasty with the paparazzi.

15 Britney Spears Meltdown

The year was 2007 Britney Spears was having a rough time. She’d recently given birth to two boys and divorced Kevin Federline. She had the mother of all paparazzi freak outs when she pulled up to a random hair salon, walked inside, and shaved her head. Rumor has it that she was afraid that the courts were going to perform a drug test on a lock of her hair so she shaved it all off. Then, Spears marched outside to discover photographers snapping pics of her new bald do.

To say that she freaked out would be an understatement. The poor thing snatched an umbrella and started beating a photographer’s car with a crazed look in her eye. She pretty much looked like a deranged lunatic and the moment became tabloid gold. She’s since gone on meds that seem to keep her stable. She’s come a long way in 10 years.

14 Halle Berry Lashes Out

Halle Berry has been known for clashing with the paparazzi and had her first nasty incident in April of 2013. She had just landed at LAX after a trip to Hawaii with her fiancée, Oliver Martinez and her daughter. As they entered the airport, a swarm of photographers ambushed Berry as she held her little girl, Nahla .That's when all hell broke loose and she pretty much lashed at out and pushed people away.

She’s actually had several run ins with the paps and even went to court when a photographer accused Martinez of hitting him in the face with a booster seat as he walked by. The actress even spoke to a committee at the state assembly in Sacramento to argue that children of celebrities didn’t ask to be born in the public eye and should be protected from harassment by photographers. California tightened their laws to protect celeb’s kids.

13 Hillary Duff Loses It

Hillary Duff is another actress that gets fed up with the paparazzi trailing her and her son, Luca, all the time. There have been several instances where she’s shouted, pushed, and hit photographers who would not stop snapping pics. There was an incident when she was attempting to put money in the parking meter and pretty much screamed at the paps who wouldn’t give her a little bit of space.

It’s seems like no place is sacred as even a fun day out with her child can turn ugly. She’s even taken her rage to Twitter and called out the tabloid photographers. She posted: “Paparazzi at the park is WRONG! ALL kids should be able to play and not feel different than the others because weirdos r snapping pictures!” Duff also told the Huffington Post, “It’s tough because people take our picture every day; there’s paparazzi outside our house every day.”

12 Sienna Miller Cracks

Sienna Miller seems to have a lot of pent up rage toward paparazzi because she has quite a reputation for scuffling with them. One attack happened in 2008 as she rode an escalator at the Los Angeles airport. Apparently, she felt like a photographer was getting a little bit too close for comfort because she pretty much cussed him out and then lunged at him. Miller smacked him in the face with an over-sized handbag. The pap wasn’t hurt and just shrugged of the incident.

She even took the paparazzi to hight court, sued them for harassment, and won the case. The courts granted her £15,000 in damages from the Daily Star for photos published in the paper. The case was settled out of court and the paper made a public apology saying: "Ms Miller was extremely harassed and distressed by persistent pursuit and intimidating tactics adopted by numerous paparazzi".

11 Charlize Theron Tantrum

Charlize Theron can’t seem to catch a break as the paparazzi caught a dreadful incident with her then 4-year-old son. Photographers snapped away while her little boy threw an epic temper tantrum in a parking lot. I mean, this kid was throwing down and Theron was not having it. The tabloid published pics of her struggling to get her kiddo in the car and they looked pretty bad. She can be seen dragging him by his wrists. She was labeled a “Monster Mom” from that moment on.

It seems that this incident soured her relationship with the paparazzi because she can be seen giving them the stink eye in many images. Not only that, but there have been several times when she’s actually flipped them the bird. They often lurk and take pictures as she leaves grocery stores and other everyday places. The constant barrage of photographers has pushed her to the edge.

10 Nicole Richie Makes A Splash

Nicole Richie is another celebrity mom that has beef with the paparazzi. She has long been a socialite in Hollywood and was once a constant fixture in tabloids. From driving the wrong way down the highway while intoxicated to throwing bottled water all over photographers, she has a long history with the paparazzi and most of it is not good. There have been several times when her personal safety was in danger.

There was even a 2009 incident when the 2 paparazzi were detained in Beverly Hills after a fender bender with Richie. They had been following her and accidentally smashed into her car. She also had to have security protection from the paps as she attempted to fly out of LAX for Paris Fashion Week. The photographers swarmed around her as she walked into the airport. She was flanked by security as flash bulbs went off all around her.

9 Kristen Bell Flips Out

Kristen Bell and her husband, Dax Shepard, were so fed up with the paparazzi stalking them and frightening their children that they decided to do something about. Bell has been known for being testy with photographers and even went so far as to shoot her middle finger their way while she was out on a bike ride. Shortly after, she dreamed up a campaign asking the tabloids to stop buying photos that featured photos of celebrity’s kids.

She and her husband were given the chance to confront the owner of a paparazzi agency, Kaboom. Access Hollywood arranged a sit down and things got heated. Bell said in the segment: "We believe that if the paparazzi were no longer getting paid, they would stop hunting children. The magazines are paying the paparazzi because they believe that the consumers want [the photos]." Many of the tabloids agreed to movement and quit publishing the snaps.

8 Reese Witherspoon Blows Up

Reese Witherspoon is another celeb mama who has had it the paparazzi hassling her children. She became irate and yelled at photographers to back off as she was shoe shopping with her kiddos in Beverly Hills. The paps didn’t miss a beat and just continued snapping away as she lashed out at them. There was another incident when she was attempting to get in her car in a parking deck when photographers swarmed her. As she sat in her car, she flashed the middle finger their way.

There is also footage of Witherspoon lecturing the paparazzi about their dangerous driving as they attempt to capture an image of her. She can be heard saying, "Excuse me, I want to talk to all y'all," she says waving an angry finger their way "I will pay your bills," but calls the cameraman's driving "inexcusable". She then demands that they slow down and quit putting people’s lives in danger.

7 Mila Kunis Screaming Match

A pregnant Mila Kunis got in a fight with the papparazi in front of her home and by the looks of the pics, things got ugly. She was returning after taking a walk when one of the photographers did something to set her off. Her then fiancée, Ashton Kutcher had to gently restrain her as she verbally assaulted one of the paps. Kutcher ushered her inside the house and then went back out to confront the photographer that had caused all the trouble.

She was also heard complaining about the tabloids and crazy fans at a press junket for the movie, “Oz: The Great and Powerful”. “It’s not the fans who occasionally approach, asking for a photo. I’ll be like, ‘Hey, nice to see you!’ I’ll shake your hand, I’ll even hug you. But don’t follow me into my garage. Don’t break into my house at 7 a.m.” she was overheard saying.

6 Jennifer Garner Gets Mad

Jennifer Garner loves her kiddos and can’t stand the way the paparazzi treats them sometimes. She has been known to stop and chastise photographers for getting too close to her children. Garner even turned the cameras around and filmed them as she walked to her car. She sat down on The Doctor Oz Show to discuss life for her kids in the public eye.

“That is just something [the kids are] gonna have to grow up with, because if we move to Timbuktu, some fool in Timbuktu’s gonna buy a camera and follow us around, if they can make a living off of it,” Garner said. She stood alongside Halle Berry before a committee at the state assembly in Sacramento. The actresses pushed for tougher laws that would protect celeb kids from photographers. She was integral in pushing for new laws to be passed in that state of California.

5 Kim Kardashian Eggs On Kanye

Kim Kardashian is the reality star princess of the reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians. She has a love/hate relationship with the paparazzi. It’s clear that she is a total attention hog but there have been times when she’s gotten testy with photographers. On one episode of the show, she is seen having a huge meltdown because unflattering pics were published of her.

Her husband, Kanye West, has had quite a few run ins with the paps and has been known to fly off the handle as they follow a bit too closely. Kim often eggs him on as he verbally attacks them. Even their daughter North West has been known to get nasty and once yelled, “No pictures!” at them. It’s clear that this family doesn’t really enjoy having the cameras around all of the time. Even though they totally live the majority of their life in the public eye.

4 Sandra Bullock Turns The Tables

It’s no secret that Sandra Bullock can not stand the paparazzi and it has everything to do with her adoptive son, Louis. She chatted with Parade magazine and explained that her little boy hates the photographers and always looks pretty grumpy in published photos. Bullock goes to great lengths to protect him. “I instinctively throw things over Louis’ head….He doesn’t like [the paparazzi],” said Bullock. “He gives them the stink-eye, and they’re like, ‘That’s such an angry kid,’ but I look at them and say, ‘Only when you guys are around.” she told the mag.

Bullock has been known to shield herself from the prying camera lenses and even went so far as to turn the tables on the paps and snap pics of them. She even went into hiding after her split from Jesse James because she had just adopted Louis and wanted to keep him from becoming tabloid fodder.

3 Victoria Beckham Unhappy

When you are a huge superstar like Victoria Beckham, you learn to love your life in the public eye and that can mean a constant presence of photographers. Most of the time, she is friendly to the paparazzi but she has been known to have moments where it was clear that she wasn’t happy with the way that they stalk her family. This was the case as she attempted to walk through the airport with her kids in tow.

She also rarely flashes her pearly whites in published photos and addressed the reason when she was interviewed by T Magazine. "When you're in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you'd look a little daft if you were smiling all the time," she said, "[But] I smile in family photos." Her husband, soccer player, David Beckham, has been known to blow up at the paparazzi as well.

2 Julia Roberts Confrontation

Julia Roberts often gives the media love but she has also been known to go after the paparazzi if they get too close to her family. There have been several incidences where she’s yelled at photographers or shielded her family from them. She chased a pap with her car in 2007, honking her car horn, and screaming at them for taking pics of her kids in front of their school.

Access Hollywood asked her about the situation and she said: “If you want to take a picture of a person, then go to an adult place. Go to the coffee shop, go to the grocery store, go to the restaurant. Don’t stake out someone’s children’s church, school or playground environment.” She also went off on another photographer that had been following her all day. She pretty much let him have it and screamed all sorts of obscenities in his face.

1 Kate Moss Kicks Photographer

Supermodel Kate Moss doesn’t have much patience when it comes to the paparazzi. When a photographer attempted to sneak some pics of the beauty at a private party, she wasn’t having it all. She pretty much flipped out, dragged him out of the venue, and literally booted him out onto the street. The entire incident was caught on film and she looks like a crazed maniac going on a rampage.

She also posed in a T-shirt designed by British photographer Nick Knight that said a pretty racy message written just for the paps. The shirt looks like a plain black tee in the daylight but when a flashbulb hits it, a nasty message appears. The supermodel has no shame when it comes to putting the paparazzi in their place and isn’t afraid to get physical with them. Hopefully, the media takes note and gives her the space that she is demanding.

Sources: people.com, huffingtonpost.com, jezebel.com, justjared.com, hollywoodlife.com, today.com, youtube.com, bckonline.com, etonline.com, radaronline.com