Fed up Owner of Iconic 'Breaking Bad' Home Takes Extreme Measures
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Your home where Walter White came down into criminal infamy has a new antihero - however one armed 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 breaking point.
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Years of trespassers and photo-hungry superfans have turned her home into a zone of dispute between a private life and pop 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 lawn keeping watch.

When fans stick around too long or come too close 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 photo from that corner,' she can be heard telling one shocked visitor. 'Do not get close. And no tripods, no absolutely nothing. One picture, then you go!'

The ranch-style house on Piermont Drive was immortalized on screen as the home of Walter White, his other half Skylar, and their boy Walt Jr. in AMC's Emmy-winning work of art, Breaking Bad, which ranged from 2008 up until 2013.

For five seasons, your home stood in as the sign of White's descent as he went from struggling instructor to ruthless drug kingpin.

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

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

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

And while the program ended 12 years ago, your house and other recording locations around town continue to pull in crowds of fans hoping to capture a glance of where the show was set.

White and his on-screen home due to the fact that familiar to countless fans worldwide.

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

She grew up in your home along with her brother or sisters. She saw the program's production unfold from her front deck, and even befriended cast and crew in the early days.

It all began after Quintana's mother was approached in 2006 by a movie scout with want to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the filming had actually begun.

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

The family had the opportunity to enjoy behind the scenes and meet the cast and team. Quintana's mother likewise always had cookies for anybody working the set.

But in the years given that Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has actually seen the home changed into something of a pop culture pilgrimage website.

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

Whilst the program was finalized more than a years ago, the home and other recording locations around town continue to draw in crowds of fans intending to capture a look

The household didn't shy away at inviting fans in the beginning however when the doorbell called in the early hours of the early morning their attitude altered

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

On more than one event, die-hard fans have tossed whole pizzas onto her garage roof, mimicking the notorious scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and throws a pie after his character's wife, Skyler, shut the door in his face.

Since then, the house owners stated it was difficult to stop fans from attempting their own pizza tosses or sneaking into the renowned yard swimming pool.

Your home was just used for equipment and preparation. Any interior scenes were shot on a set at the studio lot.

The stunt ended up being such an issue that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan needed to personally step in on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.

'There is absolutely nothing initial, or funny, or cool, about tossing a pizza on this girl's roofing,' 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 mored than happy to take pictures with fans, but when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the early morning the household's mindset rapidly changed.

'Around 4:30 am the doorbell called, my mom got up and opened the door and it was a package,' Quintana stated. The bundle was addressed to Walter While, so they called the bomb squad.

Quintana can be heard barking instructions at fans excited to see the home

Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, threw a pizza onto his house in the 3rd season after a confrontation with his partner

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

She has actually because installed a boundary fence to keep people back however has now taken to hosing down undesirable visitors with her tube when her pleas go ignored.

'Back up, cowboy,' she informed one visitor attempting to inch closer for a much better shot.

When another gushed that he was a fan of the show, she snapped back: 'The entire world is a fan. Doesn't impress me.'

The viral clip has divided opinion online. Some viewers support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' her right to secure her residential or commercial property while others have actually mocked her behavior, suggesting she could instead have taken advantage of the attention.

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

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

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

In January, the tension seemed to boil over. Quintana silently noted the home for $4 million, a figure that reflects not just the residential or commercial property, but the problem that includes it.

In current months a fence has actually 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 described as one of Albuquerque's 'most well-known landmarks' that is acknowledged internationally by countless fans.

Some fans have actually even proposed that she lease the home out on Airbnb to cash in on its prestige.

The home's listing has actually approached its sale as accepting it as an antique of the program, calling it Walter White's House and providing it as a chance to own a 'piece of television history.'

'I hope they make it what the fans want. They want a BnB, they want a museum, they desire access to it. Go for it,' Quintana said.

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