Former Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson triggered scenes of chaos in France's parliament as journalists fought and shoved to hear her campaign for a ban on the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras.
A photographer and a cameraman came to blows as those in the media scrum struggled to get shots of Anderson at a news conference.
Some 25 other journalists were left stuck outside for want of sufficient space for them in the room.
The Canadian-born star was campaigning for a bill tabled by an environmentalist MP, undeterred that it has little hope of passing in the absence of support from virtually all other members of parliament.
"As a Canadian, I am ashamed by the brutal clubbing of baby seals and thus I have empathy for many of the French citizens who also experience both shame and sadness at the misery suffered by these very sociable birds," Anderson said.