Fed Up Owner Of Iconic Breaking Bad Home Takes Extreme Measures
Your home where Walter White came down into criminal infamy has a new antihero - but one equipped not with blue meth or a barrel of money, but a garden hose pipe.
Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the iconic Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has actually lastly had adequate and reached her own snapping point.
Years of trespassers and photo-hungry superfans have turned her home into a zone of dispute in between a private life and popular culture obsession. Now Quintana is taking matters into her own hands and striking back.
In a video published to Instagram, Quintana can be seen resting on a lawn chair in her front yard keeping watch.
When fans remain too long or come too near to her residential or commercial property, she delves into action and blasts them with an effective jet of water from her garden hose pipe before barking commands at them to keep away.
'You can take a picture from that corner,' she can be heard informing one stunned visitor. 'Do not get close. And no tripods, no nothing. One picture, then you go!'
The ranch-style house on Piermont Drive was immortalized on screen as the residence of Walter White, his partner Skylar, and their boy Walt Jr. in AMC's Emmy-winning work of art, Breaking Bad, which ranged from 2008 until 2013.
For 5 seasons, your home stood in as the symbol of White's descent as he went from having a hard time instructor to callous drug kingpin.
Quintana informs fans to avoid her home and to remain across the street or get too close
Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the iconic Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has finally had sufficient and reached her own snapping point and is hosing down fans
The ranch-style home on Piermont Drive was immortalized on screen as the house of Walter White, his wife Skylar, and their child Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad from 2008 up until 2013
And while the program ended 12 years ago, the house and other recording places around town continue to draw in crowds of fans wishing to catch a glimpse of where the show was set.
White and his on-screen home since familiar to countless fans worldwide.
But for Quintana, it has actually constantly been her home after her parents purchased the residential or commercial property in the 1970s.
She matured in the house along with her brother or sisters. She saw the show's production unfold from her front deck, and even befriended cast and team in the early days.
It all started after Quintana's mother was approached in 2006 by a film scout with want to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the recording had started.
At the time, she informed KOB-TV that it seemed like 'the magic of Hollywood.'
The family had the opportunity to see behind the scenes and satisfy the cast and team. Quintana's mother also constantly had cookies for anyone working the set.
But in the years considering that Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has actually seen your house transformed into something of a pop culture trip website.
The home's listing has approached its sale as an antique of the show, calling it Walter White's House and using it as a possibility to own a 'piece of tv history'
Whilst the show was finalized more than a years back, your home and other recording areas around town continue to attract crowds of fans hoping to capture a look
The household didn't shy away at inviting fans at very first however when the doorbell rang in the early hours of the morning their mindset changed
Tour buses boil down her street while selfie stick-holding fans regularly appear at dawn. Fans have taken the 'reenactment' of well-known scenes from the show to unreasonable new heights.
On more than one occasion, have hurled entire pizzas onto her garage roof, imitating the infamous scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and tosses a pie after his character's wife, Skyler, shut the door in his face.
Since then, the property owners said it was difficult to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or slipping into the renowned backyard pool.
Your house was only used for gear and prep. Any interior scenes were shot on a set at the studio lot.
The stunt ended up being such a problem that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan had to personally step in on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.
'There is absolutely nothing original, or amusing, or cool, about tossing a pizza on this woman's roofing system,' Gilligan stated, exasperated.
'She is the sweetest lady on the planet, and if you are getting on her nerves you are doing something seriously f *** ing incorrect.'
Initially, Quintana enjoyed to take pictures with fans, but when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the morning the family's attitude quickly changed.
'Around 4:30 am the doorbell rang, my mother got up and unlocked and it was a plan,' Quintana said. The plan was addressed to Walter While, so they called the bomb team.
Quintana can be heard barking directions at fans excited to capture a glimpse of your house
Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, threw a pizza onto his home in the 3rd season after a conflict with his wife
'My siblings stated "That's it, we're done, fence is going up. That's too close for comfort is the front door",' she added.
She has actually given that installed a boundary fence to keep people back but has now required to hosing down unwanted visitors with her hose when her pleas go disregarded.
'Back up, cowboy,' she told one visitor attempting to inch closer for a better shot.
When another gushed that he was a fan of the program, she snapped back: 'The entire world is a fan. Doesn't impress me.'
The viral clip has actually split viewpoint online. Some viewers support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' safeguarding her right to safeguard her residential or commercial property while others have buffooned her behavior, recommending she might rather have capitalized on the attention.
'She just sits there all the time and tells individuals how stupid they are lol,' one commenter composed.
'If she was smart, she 'd begin charging,' another quipped.
'The street and walkway are public residential or commercial property,' added a third, questioning her legal footing.
In January, the stress seemed to boil over. Quintana quietly listed the home for $4 million, a figure that reflects not just the residential or commercial property, but the problem that features it.
In recent months a fence has actually now been set up to keep fans back from the home
Breaking Bad with Bryan Cranston as Walter White in a picture from 2012. The indoor scenes were all shot at a studio and not at the New Mexico home
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was referred to as among Albuquerque's 'most popular landmarks' that is acknowledged internationally by countless fans.
Some fans have actually even proposed that she rent the home out on Airbnb to capitalize its prestige.
The home's listing has actually approached its sale as welcoming it as an antique of the show, calling it Walter White's House and offering it as an opportunity to own a 'piece of tv history.'
'I hope they make it what the fans desire. They desire a BnB, they want a museum, they desire access to it. Go all out,' Quintana said.
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