This week, the gossip blog world has been ablaze with the story of Maryland teenagers Alexandra King and Charlotte Armstrong, who showed up at the home of All Time Low singer Alex Gaskarth after allegedly purchasing the address, and interrupted what could best be described as a very private moment between Gaskarth and his girlfriend by banging on the door and demanding pictures.
Sick Little Games – Alex, Alexandra and a scary fan encounter
According to a Tumblr containing the pictures King obtained and her hyperactive account of the events, she and Armstrong [along with King’s two younger sisters Hope and Maddi] had arrived more than an hour earlier and waited outside the house when nobody answered the door upon their arrival. Gaskarth subsequently arrived, after being collected from the airport by girlfriend Lisa Ruocco. When their observations through the windows made it clear that Gaskarth and Ruocco planned to make up for lost time, the girls flipped their lids and – as you do in these situations – jumped into some bushes outside the house. Unfortunately, the hints at Gaskarth’s plans for the evening were lost on Hope and Maddi, who knocked on the door to be greeted by the house’s very frustrated occupants; as King ecstatically writes, ‘he had a boner. I’m assuming it was from Lisa, but heyy a girl can dream (:’
And how, you might ask, did they know he’d be home? Well, as King writes, ‘[all] his twitters and shit said that he was coming homee today but didn’t say whenn.’ And, when her idol failed to show, King checked Twitter [in between taking photographs of his house and dogs] and found that Ruocco ‘said somethingg like: goingg to pick up the boyy from the airport.’
A salvo of huffy 140-character-or-less outbursts from Gaskarth followed, all of which have since been deleted [the last one being ‘Brb, building a castle wall and moat outside my house. Archers will fire at anyone who doesn’t know the password. Goodnight.’], prompting a series of emotional responses from King, now also deleted [‘im sorry. i think i might go die now.’] And I know my opinion on how some musicians use Twitter may not be the most popular one, but if this isn’t a sign that they sometimes need to pause just for a second before pressing “update”, what is?
As I write this, Gaskarth’s status as the teen idol of choice for girls who find the Jonas Brothers a little too mainstream has earned him 140,124 followers. Ruocco’s Twitter is protected, but she has accumulated 10,526; as far as I know she’s not a celebrity in her own right, so I’d hazard a guess that this figure could be attributed to her relationship with Gaskarth. I’m sure most of these followers are perfectly sane, but with the advent of social networking sites and the unprecedented access they provide to celebrities comes a dramatically increased risk of their actions and whereabouts being monitored by people whose ability to distinguish between “devoted” and “crazy” might be ever so slightly lacking.
It must be said, I’m all for celebrities tweeting about their personal lives or experiences, providing they don’t do it ad nauseam [and, OK, I tweet about ridiculous things too, but as mine’s neither public nor affiliated with my full name I only have to worry about boring 40 people with my opinion of pad thai and Offspring videos, as opposed to 40,000]. But when they put personal information out there, does it make them in any way responsible for any situations such as this that may arise?
Of course, as far as I can gather Ruocco’s tweet only mentioned collecting Gaskarth from the airport, and I’m guessing Gaskarth himself wouldn’t have been so kind as to provide his address when he announced that he was returning home. But the King incident shows that with the right amount of research, the details can be filled in and these things can happen.
In this case, the blame can be pretty evenly distributed among King and her friends, the person who sold them Gaskarth’s address and King’s mother, who drove them to the house [seriously, what?], and in an ideal world people should be able to tweet whatever they damn well please without having to be concerned for their safety. I know celebrities won’t ever stop tweeting about their whereabouts, but hopefully this whole thing will inspire Gaskarth, and anyone else who’s ever been stalked, to remember that although the majority of their followers may be totally awesome people, there are always going to be some who use their access to someone’s life for a more sinister purpose.
Quite what the solution is, I don’t know – the moat sounds like a pretty good option. Or perhaps simply being a little less specific when sharing personal information, because even though no-one likes having to censor themselves, it’s a small price to pay to prevent incidents like this one.
Oh, and Alex? If you’re reading this, I saw the pictures, and I think it’s time to take your Christmas decorations down.
…wow what a stupid, self-centered person ha i don’t mean to be rude but seriously, if you saw what was going to happen between Alex and Lisa then get the f*ck out! i mean even if your little sisters already banged on the door, instead of begging him for autographs and pictures why don’t you apologize and leave, wouldn’t that be the human thing to do?…
I totally agree.
thats f_cking retarded. I don’t get what would go through peoples heads when they do this kind of shit, i like alex’s music and shit, but id never everr show up at his house….. people are _-creepers-_
‘Oh, and Alex? If you’re reading this, I saw the pictures, and I think it’s time to take your Christmas decorations down’ – That really amused me :’)
I really think they should unlink the tumblr.
That is a RE BLOG of the original post, and the girl whos tumblr it is has masses of insults on her page and on formspring.
The tumblr is not that of the person who did it.
yall should’ve gotten the [removed] out what the [removed], that so creppy what yall did , yall four girls are so stupid grow the [removed] up
okay wow these girls are freaks. I am a mass all time low fan but to be honest there is no way in hell that it is fair to ever show up at Alex’s house and demand things. Celebrities are still people to; and no normal person would put up with randoms showing up at their house to get things. They clearly can’t say anything or do anything because if they did then all the fans and haters would shit talk them. So these girls need to grow the f*ck up and just leave the stalking over the internet or at concerts when he’s willing to have his life followed!
HAHA! what a sad low life seriously! :’)
someone seriously needs to get a life
leave alex and his girlfriend to have sex! jeesh!
lol, i heard about this and now ali king is like famous for being some creepy stalker. i swear she is some retarted freak :L
i love alex and all, but who would ever go to that extremes? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
haha! i would have done the same thing! i would have been son jealous of his gf and i wouldnt banged on the door and when he opened it i would have made out wit him! ahaha i would have taken a pic of his boner to probably hahah! he is sooo sexy! u go alexandra<3 i admire u! ahahah!
ok your f-ing crazy. your as bad as those stalkers. people who are famous are still just people. if your a real fan you would respect their privacy. I am a Echelon streeteaming captain & I have NEVER sat there & done anything stupid like that to Jared, Shannon, or Tomo. Yall need to learn some respect. Period.
these people are so stupid stalking alex home. thats called being desperate to meet a famous person. i’m sorry but being able to meet someone famous does’nt make you famous. i would want to meet him to but i would’nt stalk him home. people like you really make me sick. KUDOS TO THE PEOPLE THAT AGREE.
I’m absolutely obsessed with Alex and All Time Low at all but this is just sick. -.-
I love All Time Low, but thats ridiculous. Who the hell does stuff like that? hahahaha! xD
I LOVE this band SO much, but no way would I ever think of doing something. If you know he is with her, leave them alone. Alex looks shocked and WTF. I like how he is too nice to say, “Go away.” Either way that is insane and I wouldn’t even know what to say. Poor guy.
What annoys me is, they don’t understand that Alex is a person too, if he wasn’t famous, she wouldn’t even care about him. She needs to think that he gets enough publicity.. and she’s a stalker.. that’s just taking it too far. There’s being a fan but that’s just desperate. It reallys annoys me aswell is that Alex can’t have a normal life, he just makes music.. it’s really stupid that someone would go THAT far to meet him.. just go to meet and greets, it’s easier.. and ATL would appreciate it more, anyway.
That’s ridiculous. Yes, i love All Time Low and Alex is VERY attractive, but that’s really weird and obsessive to go to his house. First of all they saw what was happening inside, and second of all they shouldn’t have been there. The farthest i would go would be getting a picture with him at a concert. He’s needs a break from fans just like every other celebrity. Poor Alex :/
Do you have nothing better to do with your sad life than follow people around? If you’re a fan you should know that saying you would kill yourself would probably upset him, and if she knew this and used it as a tactic, then that’s just sick. oh yer if i was Alex i wouldn’t have taken the picture, just told her to f**k off!
…wow. really? r u freaking retarded or something?
im a hardcore fan of all time low, no joke. i memorize all their songs, i love jack and alex and of course rian and zack i have so many posters and bracelets, ive gone to their concerts, and i mean, their music is amazing but when it comes to this, what the f*ck was going thru her right mind?
yea, sure i would go to see his house FROM A DISTANCE, and then leave. not WAIT THERE, UNTIL HE GETS HOME, THEN HIDE, THEN KNOCK ON HIS DOOR AND DEMAND PICTURES. someone like that needs help.
to that KASEY girl, is something wrong with u? no offence but those r the fans that make all time low cancel their tours, or concerts, or meet and greets. seriously, why do u have to be jealous of lisa? let them be. she likes him, he likes her, honestly its none of ur buisness because ur oo.oo1% chances of being HIS girlfriend will probably never happen. to ale, were all just fans.
This b**** is f****** retarded, you don’t just go up to Alex’s house and demand pictures and autographs. For real r u retarded cuz it looks like it in your picture gurl. Poor Alex i’m sorry. im a big fan of ATL myself, i have pictures from concerts, posters, t-shirts, the works!!!…. But i wouldn’t be that STUPID going to his house. B**** needs to get a real life and leave that poor man alone, he looked sooo scared in that picture…. I wouldn’t even go that far, waiting in the bushes, or even having ur mom drive you to his house!!!!!!!! Come on thats f***** up… Why would you have your mom drive you up to his house and then later demand picture’s & autographs…. If i was alex i’d be saying get the f*** out of here…. Alex is too nice not to say that, but i bet he would say it if he reallly wanted to ….. Alex im sorry that that gurl stalked you and demanded all that shit!! If she was a fan of ATL she would respect his privacy and she should f****** know that Alex is a human to and he needs his space… If Alex wasn’t even famous she wouldne even care about him…. Sorry to hear about this man…… If i went to the same school as her, i better not see her. Excuse my language but GET A LIFE, AND GROOOWWW THE F*****K UPPPPP
I love All Time Low, it’s my favorite band, but this is just…seriously creepy. Why would anyone do this? And he was too nice to tell her to get lost…
And the fact that she PURPOSELY interrupted whatever was happening between Alex and Lisa clearly shows that she was raised by wolves or something. Um, it’s called manners and tact, you moron–how weird!
Her mom is clearly nuts, too, driving her there. *Sigh* Some people are SO messed up…
Okay, so I’m in love with All Time Low.
I have all there CDS, know all there songs by heart, and there even my wallpaper on my phone.
But no way in hell i would go this far.
i mean seriously, give the two some privacy!
Sure, they both tweeted about it, but thats not a free invitation to show up on his DOOR STEP.
Okay, so I’m in love with All Time Low.
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I have all there CDS, know all there songs by heart, and there even my wallpaper on my phone.
But no way in hell i would go this far.
i mean seriously, give the two some privacy!
Sure, they both tweeted about it, but thats not a free invitation to show up on his DOOR STEP.
Haha, i just entered my comment with out finishing it. ugh.
Anyways, i love how Alex still took a picture with this deranged little girl…shows that he cares about his fans (alot, even the crazy stalker ones)
Haha poor Lisas probably like “WTF?!” Through all of this…
OH! And one last thing: The mom is one messed up chick. If i ever have kids and they wanted to do this? I would NEVER drive them to the house!
Okay, rant over.
(AlL TIME LOW FTW!
F-ING ALI KING.
haha shes hated by SO many people. and everyone makes jokes about her. its so funny.
STUPID STALKER!
yeah i get he needs privacy and sh*t but i have to adnmt i would go all crazy stalker to seee him as i AM like in love but i wouldnt of interupted a moment he was having thats just dam rude ohh and i love you alex fr putting up with her hen i would of just slapped her zxxx
I would’ve just sent him a letter. Not go to his house. I’ve sent him a letter before. You don’t need to stalk him.
lmao. Wow. Just WOW. I can just imagine Allex in his head going like ” Oh my f@#king god.. ” o-0
Creepy is an under-f@#king-statement..
Wtf? Who does that? Alex loves her. Deal with it. He deserves privacy and he deserves to have respect. If you really loved him as I do you’d never, EVER do that.
What a horrible, jealous person.
Thumbs up to all who said it was pathetic.:)
God that girl is fricken pathetic. Talk about no life. If u really loved this band u wouldn’t do crap like this. They have feelings too. It’s not like as soon as ur famous u don’t care how people treat you. U should’ve just been patient and signed up on the fricken hustler club (not that u deserve to be a member at this rate) and just paid for tickets and entered for meet and greets and the experience would’ve been a lot better. Especially for Alex. And u also wouldn’t be hated at this point by every REAL all time low fan. And as for u kasey, I’m surprised u read this where it states how uncomfortable Alex felt and still said what u said. U should take what I just said into consideration as well. Yah Alex is definitely a heart throb as well as the other boys not gonna lie but I WOULD NEVER say or do something along these lines that being said to both Alexandra and kasey. It just sickens me. I see ur guys’s jealousy of Lisa, but why would u take that as an excuse to ruin something special between her and Alex? A real fan wouldnt care as long as Alex is happy. I have nothing against them being together based on the fact that Alex is happy with her. Something about her bugs me, but I would NEVER try to ruin their relationship. I hope what I said just now means something. Ok. I’m done ranting now.
She looks like Rebecca Black.. but wow =/ a bit extreme..?
WOW. Seriously!? That is one fucked up thing to do!
Does the people that stalked him not have a life at all? :S
If you’re a fan, sure you want to see him whenever you can, but like, you have to take that chance when he’s out with the band on tour/playing a show near you, NOT when he’s at home and wanting to spend some quality time with someone he don’t see much because of what he does.
Why would someone even find out where he lives? It’s so f*cked up, it’s unreal!
All i have left to say is, respect that these guys actually have a life too, and when they get time off with the whole band thing, they’re going to want to spend time with family/close friends and stuff…WITHOUT being interrupted by OBSESSED fans of theirs.
They give up the choice to spend time with their family to go on tour and make their fans happy, and i bet not one second passes where they don’t miss everyone they know from back home. So when they are home, they just want to hang out with the people they love/miss.
Take that in mind, they’re normal people too.
Rant over.
I am OBSESSED with All Time Low, but honestly, that’s just going too far. If I happened to get his address (I wouldn’t go out of my way to pay for it), I would maybe just write him a letter or send him a picture I drew of him. I wouldn’t go to extremes like this Ali did. Come on, have common sense.
Kasey I agree haha xD I wouldn’t kiss him but i’d just be frickin excited lol I’m not with Alexandra tho, I get that she had no right to disturb Alex and Lisa in their “personal love” moment, but guys lay off the freaking rude comments I think she gets it. It’s sad seeing you guys saying she has nothing better to do with her life, when you guys keep insulting her on here aloooot. I think what she did was very very very wrong! But cool off guys I don’t think she deserves hate from every single fan of All Time Low
) again I don’t agree with Ali(:
probaby ask for an autograph and possibly a picture with him if it wasn’t too much trouble. I’ll say I’m in love with him and his music, practically have over 3,000 pics of him in my phone xD haha don’t judge me! I wouldnt go this extreme though, I would want his adress tho!! 
I honestly wish I could meet him, he’s my idol and my life would be complete if I could meet him 
just guys cool down on the ranting and rude comments like abunch of you said, Alex is a human who deserves to have a normal life, so does Ali. K <3 
my opinion on what I would do if I had Alex’s adress, write him a fan letter
ps: why would her mom drive her to his house if she kind of knew what her daughter would do? I thought the mother should have been a bit smarter…
Also I'm not saying there's something wrong with Ali, as everyone is saying she's like crazy. She's not, she's just crazed for Alex. Ha and (like I said 
) she wants to meet her idol. She should have respected him more instead of demanding things. Treat others with respect man c:
Woah, I’m a big Alex Gaskarth fan myself, but going to his house? How damn creepy. Some people need to learn the definition of ‘privacy’ and stick by that definition. Poor Alex but Lucky Lisa.
oh my god. i mean, i love alex gaskarth, i think he is an amazing musician and from the videos i’ve seen a decent, funny person. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY I WOULDN’T PUT HIM THROUGH THIS CR@P.
Sure, i can see where this girl was coming from, when i was a young teenager, i thought it’d be cool just to see where a celelbrity lived and all that. but why hang around, WATCH that kind of thing, and then tweet about it? i mean is she for real:
“he had a boner – im assuming from Lisa, but a girl can dream?!
that is beyond sad. being the decent person he is he probably forgave you, but WHY GO AND WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!???!!
all I have 2 say is… Alex had a bo.ner;)
& secondly. b**ches need 2 leave Alex & his private life alone. legit.
Um…ok bit weird (possible understatement there) that you went to his house though. I love Alex as well as Rian, Jack and Zack and am in love with their music but it was wayy too extreme to go to his house. I don’t even live in the same country so I’m probably never going to meet them and yeah, I’ve got over that. Not having a go but just sayin that you could have had the decency not to have barged in and disturbing Alex and Lisa when it was fairly obvious what they were doing…if you want to see them – go to a frickin concert like the rest of us – nothing personal
Okay, i love All Time Low so much that i respect them to much to ever do ANNYTHING like that. This is just sick, and this stalker chick needs to get a f****** life. It’s ridiculous!
omg me n my mate are crazy about all time low but most of all alex we talk bout them loads but even were not that f-ck-ng crazy stupid b-thch-s need to get a life thats not being a fan thanks being a spaz
That’s why front doors have a lock. And many houses these days have more than one room, who answers the door? Bad on his part… And she looks like a gremlin, even more reason to lock the top lock as well. She’s like what 14? hahaha i hope she jumped off a bridge
I am a huge fan of all time low and alex especially. as much as i would want to witness alex in regular life, this is beyond insane. it crosses all boundaries and they could have been reported as stalkers. i think everyone wishes they could meet bands they admire but its rediculous for this girl to think this is okay by any means
Why do that its just plain stupid i love Alex soo much but i wouldent turn up at his house and harass him thats just mental and i know i cant be really mental sometimes but that is just way to mental if Alex did actually see this then everyone does love you but some people are just stupid b*tch*s and need to get a life other than stalking you and please dont stop posting because us regular people really love you and i promise i would never stalk you i just love you not anything mental or worse
BEING MENTAL IS FUN JUST DO NOT TAKE IT TOO FAR
BEING OBSESSED IS FUN JUST DO NOT END UP AT ALEX’S HOUSE EVERYONE NEEDS THEIR PRIVACY INCLUDING CELEBS AND ONE MORE THING::
ALL TIME LOW RULE AND I <3 ALEX JACK ZACK AND RIAN