- You, guys know me.
Obsessed with celebrities.
I mean, when I'm not making videos,
I'm spending 10, sometimes 11 hours a day
loitering around all the LA hotspots
on the small chance
I could capture like a low-light, grainy cell phone picture
of me and some useless D-list celebrity.
It's tough, honest work, but somebody's gotta do it.
Listen, if I'm not out there working 10, 11 hour days,
trying to force Carrot Top to take a picture of me
while he's trying to shop at Whole Foods, who the hell is?
- [Announcer] 25 Year old Vanessa Sky Ellis
spends every day on the hunt for celebrities.
- Are you from One Direction?
- [Pedestrian] No, everybody--
- No?
- I have good news.
I just found out there's a girl out there
as dedicated as I am
to forcing herself into every awkward photo opportunity
with any single celebrity she can find
spending 10, 11, 12 hours a day doing it.
And it feels good to finally not be alone in this endeavor.
- [Announcer] And over the past seven years,
she's managed to grab over
10,000 autographs and pictures with famous people.
(camera clicks)
- This is Vanessa Sky Ellis,
also known by the in-crowd
as Vanessa, the Real MVP.
She became a bit of a D-list celebrity herself
when years ago, when "Jersey Shore"
was at the height of its popularity
she became this defacto character
because she was constantly
just showing up on the show
because she was always where Pauly D was.
And she was effectively coined Pauly D's stalker.
- [J-WOWW] So I'm watching Pauly spin right now.
And I look behind him and I'm like,
(dramatic music)
"Oh my God.
"That's Pauly's stalker from the Seaside."
(camera clicks)
- So naturally, with her new found reality TV fame,
she jumped at the opportunity to be featured on Barcroft TV
for a couple million views.
And even was featured on an episode
of TLC's "My Crazy Obsession."
So I wanna take a peak
at Vanessa The Real MVPs humble beginnings,
and then see if today she still shares that same fire,
that tenacity for celeb hunting
as she did all those years ago.
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- I'll go after whoever, whenever.
That's Mario Cantone.
- Who?
- Can I get an autograph, sir please?
- If you wanna be the best at this game,
you have to be nondiscriminatory.
I don't give a shit if you're Brad Pitt
or some no-name scrub that had three lines of dialogue
on a season four episode of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer."
If I see your ass out in public,
I'm getting a fucking picture
and you don't have a say in it.
- Celebrity spotting
is the most important thing to me.
It's more important than having a boyfriend,
than going to work,
than doing anything.
- What do you do for work by the way?
If you're celeb spotting for 10 hours a day,
are you working the graveyard shift at 7-Eleven?
Like, how the hell are you putting money in those pockets
to afford film for those cameras?
(rhythmic music)
- [Announcer] Vanessa works nights as a bartender
so she can spend her days running around the city,
tracking down celebrities.
- Maybe I only sleep like two hours of sleep,
'cause then in the morning I have to wake up
and go right back out again and do celebrity spotting.
- It's a thankless job,
but you get nowhere if you're not persistent,
as Vanessa said.
- It's more important than having a boyfriend,
than going to work,
than doing anything.
- You think Jeff Bezos cared about girls or anything else
other than building the world's biggest online retailer?
You think that Steve Jobs was a joy to work for?
No, he was notoriously terrible to work for
'cause the only thing he gave a shit about
were results in his business.
And this is why I put someone like Vanessa
in the same class as those two.
(upbeat music)
- [Announcer] Vanessa dedicates nearly eight hours a day
to hunting down stars.
- Jesus!
- [Announcer] Her walls are plastered
with just a small portion of the 10,000 photos
she's taken over the years.
- This whole entire box is full
of a whole bunch of photos of celebrities.
And I have about 20, 30 different boxes.
- If you don't have an off-site storage unit
with 237 boxes full of Polaroids,
you forced celebrities to awkwardly be in with you,
are you actually living your life?
Wake up sheeple.
There's more to life than the rat race.
You can chase your dreams like Vanessa here.
- [Announcer] And she doesn't favor one star over another.
A photo with political figure Al Sharpton
is just as treasured as a photo
with Hollywood superstar, Angelina Jolie.
- Indiscriminate, like I said before,
if you wanna be the best,
look no further than The Real MVP here.
- [Announcer] A snapshot with Pat Sajak
is just as good as meeting the "Jersey Shore's" Pauly D.
- Is it though?
- To me, there's no such thing as
a celebrity being an A-Lister
or a B-Lister or a C-Lister.
They're all celebrities.
- See, now I'm curious if we've achieved full equal,
see, now I'm curious,
if she believes in full celebrity equality
where no one celeb is better or worse than the other,
what's the entry to being one?
Is Ricky Berwick just as much of a celebrity
as LeBron James?
- LeBron James.
- Makes you think.
- Alan Cumming, Zac Efron, Donny Osmond.
Me getting another photo with somebody,
that's me achieving.
That makes me feel good.
Jason Tam, Jason Tam,
Jason Tam, Jason Tam.
- Just sadness really
is what I feel when I watch stuff like this.
Weird that they're at the time,
glorifying it almost, it feels like
'cause stalking, celebrity stalking,
which they're calling it here,
is an incredibly horrendous and real problem
that some victims of have lost their life over.
I imagine she's able to kind of pull this persona off
'cause she lives within certain boundaries.
But stalking itself is not good,
and usually the product of some sort of mental instability.
Unless you're like 14,
in just a victim of stan culture,
and you're like obsessed with Minecraft YouTubers,
you have Ariana Grande as your Twitter profile picture
you get a pass for like a couple of years.
But if you hit like 18, 19, 20,
at the upper limit
and you're still on some shit like this,
you got, you need like a padded,
you need a padded room probably.
- Orlando, whoo!
- Let's see what Barcroft has to say about her.
- Yeah, take it my love as we go.
- Thank you, right here, please.
- Yeah, take it as we go my love.
- [Fan] You're amazing.
- Orlando, it didn't come out!
Orlando, please!
Orlando?
You promised me on your way in, Orlando!
- No more pictures.
- [Vanessa] Orlando, you promised me
on your way in, please! - Sweetheart, I said,
take it as we go, darling.
- [Vanessa] It didn't go off though, please!
- I'm so sorry.
- [Fans] Orlando!
- He literally turned to the fan next to her
and was like, "She's killing me."
Crazy.
Why you would ever wanna be that much of a nuisance
for like a picture, I'll never understand it.
But I also wanna make the caveat that I know nothing
about this girl, Vanessa Ellis,
her background, her family life, anything.
So there's maybe some sort of trauma
or some sort of void she's trying to fill
or some sad like, you know what I mean?
Everyone's got their own story.
This is clearly the thing for her that makes her happy.
And like, as long as it's not taken
to a level that's dangerous,
you know, just, it stops it
just being the nuisance then, whatever.
What are you gonna say about it?
I just have trouble wrapping my head around
this kind of a grind,
I guess we'll call it.
- [Announcer] Every day, Vanessa goes on a mission
to add her enormous collection of photos of famous people.
- Imagine if I just narrated my videos like that,
"Every day Vanessa goes on a mission
"to add to her enormous collection of celebrity photos."
(brooding music)
Fuck! - Outside her part-time job,
the dedicated fan isn't afraid
to put the hours into her unusual part-time (indistinct).
- I would say probably at least six hours a day.
when Cher was in town, I waited like a whole week.
- Please!
You only waited a week in town to see Cher.
Bitch, when 5 Seconds of Summer came to Boston,
I camped outside of the garden for two and a half months,
just in case they randomly decided to do
a two month early dress rehearsal.
Turns out, they didn't, and I never got a picture with them,
but it was probably the best two and a half months
of my life because I was doing what I love.
- [Announcer] Well, my Vanessa's obsession began
at the tender age of five
after a trip to Vegas with her mum.
Also an avid collector of celebrity photos.
Since the death of her mother,
Vanessa has made it her quest
to snap as many stars as possible.
- Okay, now we're starting to see the picture a little more,
might be tied to her keeping her mother's legacy alive
after having lost her at a young age.
Okay.
- I really personally feel
like I have to continue getting celebrities,
just the same way that she did.
- Makes a little more sense.
- Johnny Depp is definitely my favorite,
all time favorite.
He drop dead gorgeous.
- I mean, facts.
- Brad Pitt definitely hot, always hot.
- Tom cruise?
That's probably like, my second favorite guy.
- In case any of you were questioning her work ethic,
she just pulled out the anti-aircraft artillery of weapons
and dropped a Brad Pitt, Tom cruise, Johnny Depp
on your ass.
The trifecta of male sex appeal.
I mean at this rate, Vanessa is like
the Mr. Beast of celebrity stalking.
- One time I waited outside a hotel for like 12 hours
for Vanilla Ice.
- All right, stop!
Collaborate,
♪ And listen, Ice is back ♪
♪ With my brand new invention something ♪
- [Announcer] However, today's waiting
doesn't seem to be paying off.
- [Vanessa] Orlando, can I get a quick photo, please?
(upbeat music)
(camera clicks)
- Whoo, snuffed!
You don't hit them on the way in,
you gotta wait until they come out
and everyone's already gathered around,
it's common protocol.
And by the way, hold on a second.
- [Vanessa] You promised me on the way in, Orlando!
- I'm sorry, you promised me on the way in, Orlando?
Run it back.
- [Vanessa] Can I get a quick photo, please?
- I mean, did that sound like a promise to you?
I didn't, I (sniffing).
You smell that?
Smells like cap!
- If my boyfriend told me it was either him
or my celebrities,
I would have to tell him that it's my celebrities
because there's other guys around.
- Can't argue with that.
Listen, if my wife told me it was either her or my Xbox 360,
I would have to tell her my Xbox 360,
because at least that knows how to make a fucking sandwich.
(crowd chattering)
- [Announcer] After hours of waiting,
her dedication has finally paid off.
(Leon laughs)
- Look at his face.
Dude, he's bullshit right now.
He's just like, finally it paid off.
I got my picture of Orlando Bloom looking bullshit
and he didn't rip my head off for being an obnoxious prick.
- Can't be any more better than this, finally accomplished.
- You know the old adage about celebrity photos,
it doesn't get more better than that.
"So sad she spends her whole life stalking celebrities
"who are clearly irritated by her."
Ah, yeah, that pretty much sums up
the fucking whole thing, quite frankly.
So fast forward a bunch of years,
Vanessa is still hard at work, I'm sure.
Made a reappearance on the "Jersey Shore" Reunion
and traveled from Jersey down to Miami
to stalk Pauly D at a DJ set.
- Vanessa!
- [Man] Vanessa, the stalker!
- [Pauly] Oh my God!
Holly, what do I do?
- Straight up crept on them.
She was like shoulder to shoulder with a mid DJ set.
And he was just like, "No, fuck!"
- What do I do?
Thank her for coming.
Vanessa!
What's up?
- Hi honey, how are you doing?
- What are you doing in Miami?
- I'm here to see you.
- Ahh!
- You could've just been like,
"I'm visiting my aunt, thought I'd catch your DJ set."
She's like, "Nah, I traveled across the country
"to come stand behind you while you play your DJ set.
"Now spin the discs you disc jockey motherfucker."
(ghost screaming)
Okay, okay, fine (sobbing).
- When I have a moment I'm like,
is she a stalker or a super supporter?
She has on the I Heart Pauly D shirt
she got from the T-shirt shop,
full blown Pauly D tattoo.
Vanessa is The Real MVP.
- And there is a story, I guess,
of why she calls herself The Real MVP.
Credit to Pauly D for handling that with absolute class,
by the way.
- Shout out to Vanessa who's in the building!
- What?
- Now I don't wanna give anyone too much credit,
I imagine the producers probably had something to do
with getting Vanessa out there,
to make a reappearance on the show
since she was kind of a big part
in the original series on MTV.
But the point remains stalking is creepy
and weird as fuck, don't do it.
Well, I hope Vanessa is doing well
since the "Jersey Shore" Reunion wrapped up.
Fortunately for us, she has a TikTok
so we can kind of see what she's been up to recently.
- You don't even exist to me!
You don't even exist.
You are, are nothing.
You are shit.
You don't exist.
The only way you know how to treat women,
is by treating them like whores,
when you're the whore,
and that's gonna stop.
You understand?
You understand what I'm saying?
(haunting music)
- [voice-Over] I'm sorry.
- He's sorry?
Oh, he's sorry, he's sorry, he's sorry,
he's sorry, he's sorry, he's sorry,
sorry, sorry (screams).
- Okay, that was something.
They can't all be that fucking weird, can they?
- [Pauly] Pretty good, I like the hair.
Pretty good--
- From one week ago, she found Pauly D again!
She's in fucking business, baby!
Absolutely warms my heart
to see that Vanessa's still got it.
Fucking sucks for Pauly D, but you know what?
Life is a bit of a lottery sometimes, isn't it?
(Leon laughs)
There is a difference between being obsessed
with photos with celebrities
and being a super fan of someone
and actual dangerous stalking.
And I like to think Vanessa's the former,
but don't ever fucking lie to me again about Orlando Bloom
making a promise to you
because I'm gonna stop giving you
the benefit of the doubt, bitch.
Hey you, why don't you do yourself a favor
and pull down your pants
and wait two weeks outside of the like button
below this video and then hip thrust the fuck out of it
after you've successfully stalked it.
And if you haven't subscribed yet,
and you decided to do that, that would mean the world to me.
And if I'm being honest with you,
I cannot wait to see you in the next video.
Really looking forward to it.
I appreciate your time as always.
Be well, peace.
♪ Whoo ♪
♪ So gimme the views ♪
♪ Cuz i want the views ♪
♪ So gimme the views ♪
♪ I need some motherf-cking views ♪
♪ So gimme the views ♪