Justin Bieber likened himself to Princess Diana after being rear-ended by a paparazzo in West Hollywood on Tuesday.

Justin Bieber In Car Accident With Paparazzo

Bieber was driving in his red Ferrari Tuesday afternoon when a photographer began to follow him, apparently driving erratically. When Bieber hit the breaks, the photographer crashed into him.

Justin Bieber Compares Himself To Princess Diana

Luckily, no one was hurt, but Bieber was clearly upset by the incident, taking to Twitter to vent his frustration. Bieber wrote, “There should be laws against what I just experienced. We should have learned from the death of Princess Diana.”

Princess Diana died in a car accident in 1997 when the car she was riding in crashed in a Paris tunnel. The crash is believed to have been caused, in part, by relentless paparazzi who were chasing her car at the time of her death.

While the comparison may not have been wise, Bieber is not the first celebrity to speak up about the unsafe conditions paparazzi cultivate. In 2011, Tori Spelling and her children, Liam and Stella, were involved in a car accident, which the actress claimed occurred due to frenzied paparazzi. Recently, stars including Kristen Bell and her husband Dax Shepard have been lobbying for more regulations regarding paparazzi, specifically the publication of images of children.

This isn’t Bieber’s first altercation with the paparazzi. In 2013, a paparazzo was killed crossing the street as he tried to get a photo of Bieber, and in June a paparazzo filed a law suit against Bieber, alleging he was the victim of a hit-and-run.

Article by Olivia Truffaut-Wong

Olivia Truffaut-Wong was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where she developed her love of all things entertainment. After moving to New York City to earn her degree in Film Studies, she stayed on the East Coast to follow her passion and become an entertainment writer. She lives on a diet of television, movies and food.