Keira Knightley has opened up about the vicious paparazzi culture that shadowed her rise to fame, recalling how she was verbally abused and hounded by photographers at the height of her career. In an interview with The Times of London , the Oscar-nominated actor reflected on how fame after 'Pirates of the Caribbean' turned into a nightmare when she was just 18.

“I went mad,” Knightley said, describing the psychological toll of being relentlessly pursued. “It was mostly ‘whore’ they’d shout. ‘Slut’ sometimes. Particularly if I was with someone — a boyfriend, my brother or my dad. They were trying to get a reaction out of them — provoking people into punching them so they could sue," she added.

She went on to describe the lengths paparazzi would go to for sensational photographs. “They w

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