JENNIFER ANISTON - ANISTON BEGS PAPARAZZI TO RESPECT HER PRIVACY

Actress JENNIFER ANISTON has urged the paparazzi to stop following her in her private time - because she's never sure if she's being stalked by a photographer or a crazy, armed fan.

The former FRIENDS star is horrified by the amount of publicity her shock separation from BRAD PITT attracted this year (05) and has begged the snappers to respect her privacy before she becomes a nervous wreck.

She complains, "It's reached an awful level. They really need boundaries and it's a really tricky thing because there are so many people saying, 'You're a public figure, you deserve it, you ask for it.'

"But nobody asks for that kind of intrusion. I didn't sign any kind of paper saying that is going to come with the job. You don't know how far they will go. When we show up for a public appearance, we know that that's expected.

"But when somebody's following you in a car and you don't know if they're a crazy fan with a gun in their hand or they're a paparazzo, that same fear goes through you."