COLDPLAY - CHRIS MARTIN: WHAT'S THE FASCINATION WITH CELEBRITIES?

COLDPLAY singer CHRIS MARTIN hates the tabloid obsession with celebrities - because stars just normal people.

And YELLOW crooner CHRIS - who is engaged to SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE beauty GWYNETH PALTROW - fails to see the benefits of a picture showing a star out shopping.

Chris says, "When you have a high-profile girlfriend, people forget that, just like JACK NICHOLSON or the POPE, they're just people with parents and worries.

"We're a high profile band now, but we don't feel any different. What does a picture of JUDE LAW going into a supermarket actually mean? He's just a normal guy.

"In a parallel universe, accountants could be the people who get photographed.