Obsessed fans be warned, David Cook ain’t havin’ it anymore. Last year Cook became our latest American Idol and the fans that voted for him have gotten so possessive that he was moved to issue a notice to them on his MySpace Blog to back off. Rumors that fans were crazy enough to place GPS devices on his tour bus and follow him and his crew into their hotel to find out his room number caused him to write this:
First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who has been coming out to the shows since my last post. The vibe at these shows has been amazing.
Secondly, I have to address some behavior that has become disturbing. We pride ourselves on being accessible to you as fans, but in contrast, we do enjoy what little privacy we can muster. To that end, the efforts by some fans to find our hotel rooms, call our hotel rooms, attach things to our bus, etc., is something I have to condemn. This relationship only works when it remains healthy for both parties, and should this behavior continue, the only thing we can do is take more preventative measures to maintain our privacy, which in turn makes us less accessible to you.
I hope this doesn’t come off as harsh. I merely want to nip this in the bud so we can continue to have a great experience with all of you at the shows we have coming up. Take care and see you at the next show. — D
While it may seem like a reasonable enough request to some, some of Cook’s MySpace fans think this is an affront to their fan-dom, responding with comments like “Your (sic) an ass. really? maybe they are just huge fans and look up to you. before you became mr. bigshot i bet you had someone you really wanted to meet. you should be honored your fans come out of their way to try to meet you” and “What a tool.” Luckily most other commenters to his blog were more respectful, but it is creepy that certain fans would go to such lengths to follow the guy. Let’s hope they don’t get more drastic and actually try to attach themselves to the underside of the bus or something.
