Fed up Owner of Iconic 'Breaking Bad' Home Takes Extreme Measures
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Your house where Walter White descended 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 renowned Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has lastly had sufficient and reached her own snapping point.

Years of trespassers and photo-hungry superfans have actually turned her home into a zone of conflict 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 sitting on a lawn chair in her front yard keeping watch.

When fans remain too long or come too close to her residential or commercial property, she leaps into action and blasts them with an effective jet of water from her garden pipe before barking commands at them to keep away.

'You can take a picture from that corner,' she can be heard telling one stunned visitor. 'Do not get close. And no tripods, no nothing. One photo, then you go!'

The ranch-style home on Piermont Drive was commemorated on screen as the home of Walter White, his other half Skylar, and their kid Walt Jr. in AMC's Emmy-winning masterpiece, Breaking Bad, which ran from 2008 till 2013.

For five seasons, your house stood in as the sign of White's descent as he went from having a hard time teacher to ruthless drug kingpin.

Quintana informs fans to avoid her home and to stay across the street or get too close

Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the renowned Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has actually finally had adequate and reached her own snapping point and is hosing down fans

The ranch-style house on Piermont Drive was commemorated on screen as the house of Walter White, his partner Skylar, and their kid Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad from 2008 till 2013

And while the show ended 12 years earlier, your house and other filming places around town continue to draw in crowds of fans wishing to capture a look of where the program was set.

White and his on-screen home due to the fact that familiar to millions of fans around the world.

But for Quintana, it has actually constantly been her home after her moms and dads purchased the residential or commercial property in the 1970s.

She matured in the house in addition to her brother or sisters. She watched the show's production unfold from her front porch, and even befriended cast and team in the early days.

It all began after Quintana's mom was approached in 2006 by a film scout with intend to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the recording had started.

At the time, she told KOB-TV that it felt like 'the magic of Hollywood.'

The family had the opportunity to view behind the scenes and satisfy the cast and team. Quintana's mother also always had cookies for anyone working the set.

But in the years given that Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has actually seen your home transformed into something of a popular culture trip site.

The home's listing has approached its sale as a relic of the show, calling it Walter White's House and using it as a possibility to own a 'piece of television history'

Whilst the program was finalized more than a decade back, your house and other filming locations around town continue to attract crowds of fans intending to capture a glimpse

The household didn't hesitate at welcoming fans in the beginning but when the doorbell rang in the early hours of the morning their mindset changed

Tour buses come down her street while selfie stick-holding fans regularly appear at dawn. Fans have actually taken the 'reenactment' of well-known scenes from the program to absurd new heights.

On more than one event, die-hard fans have actually tossed entire pizzas onto her garage roofing system, imitating the notorious scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and throws a pie after his character's spouse, Skyler, shut the door in his face.

Ever since, the house owners said it was challenging to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or slipping into the renowned backyard swimming pool.

Your home was only utilized for gear and preparation. Any interior scenes were shot on a set at the studio lot.

The stunt became such a problem that Breaking Bad developer Vince Gilligan had to personally intervene on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.

'There is absolutely nothing original, or amusing, or cool, about throwing a pizza on this lady's roof,' Gilligan said, exasperated.

'She is the sweetest lady in the world, and if you are getting on her nerves you are doing something seriously f *** ing wrong.'

Initially, Quintana to take photos with fans, but when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the morning the family's mindset quickly altered.

'Around 4:30 am the doorbell rang, my mother got up and opened the door and it was a bundle,' Quintana stated. The package was dealt with to Walter While, so they called the bomb team.

Quintana can be heard barking guidelines at fans eager to capture a glimpse of the house

Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, threw a pizza onto his home in the third season after a fight with his other half

'My siblings said "That's it, we're done, fence is increasing. That's too close for convenience is the front door",' she included.

She has considering that set up a boundary fence to keep people back however has now required to hosing down unwanted guests with her pipe 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 split opinion online. Some viewers support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' protecting her right to secure her residential or commercial property while others have actually mocked her habits, suggesting she might rather have capitalized on the attention.

'She simply sits there throughout the day and informs people how dumb they are lol,' one commenter composed.

'If she was smart, she 'd begin charging,' another quipped.

'The street and sidewalk are public residential or commercial property,' added a 3rd, questioning her legal footing.

In January, the stress appeared to boil over. Quintana silently listed the home for $4 million, a figure that reflects not simply the residential or commercial property, but the concern that includes it.

In recent months a fence has now been erected to keep fans back from the home

Breaking Bad with Bryan Cranston as Walter White in a photo from 2012. The indoor scenes were all filmed at a studio and not at the New Mexico home

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was referred to as one of Albuquerque's 'most famous landmarks' that is acknowledged globally by countless fans.

Some fans have even proposed that she rent the home out on Airbnb to cash in on its notoriety.

The home's listing has actually approached its sale as welcoming it as a relic of the show, calling it Walter White's House and offering it as a chance to own a 'piece of tv history.'
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'I hope they make it what the fans want. They desire a BnB, they desire a museum, they want access to it. Go for it,' Quintana stated.

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