This is a surprise? Celebs and paparazzi play this game all the time, celebrities cry foul when it suits them and then leak their plans to make sure their in the papers while paparazzi are cockroaches who only care about money so the bad reputation doesn't bother them. Frankly if they could all princess D themselves during one of their self-congratulatory award shows it would honestly be the only time a horrific pileup was a net benefit for humanity