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Fed up Owner of Iconic 'Breaking Bad' Home Takes Extreme Measures


The home where Walter White descended into criminal infamy has a new antihero - however one equipped not with blue meth or a barrel of cash, but a garden tube.

Joanne Quintana, the real-life owner of the renowned Breaking Bad home in Albuquerque, New Mexico has actually lastly had sufficient and reached her own breaking point.
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Years of intruders and photo-hungry superfans have actually 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 yard keeping watch.

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

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

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

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

Quintana tells 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 lastly had adequate and reached her own snapping point and is hosing down fans

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

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

White and his on-screen home because familiar to millions of fans all over the world.

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

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

Everything started after Quintana's mom was approached in 2006 by a movie scout with hopes to shoot the pilot episode at their home. Within months the shooting had begun.

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

The household had the chance to watch behind the scenes and satisfy the cast and team. Quintana's mother also constantly had cookies for anybody working the set.

But in the years considering that Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has seen the home transformed into something of a pop culture expedition site.

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

Whilst the show was settled more than a decade earlier, your home and other around town continue to attract crowds of fans intending to catch a look

The household didn't shy away at welcoming fans at very first but when the doorbell called in the early hours of the early morning their attitude changed

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

On more than one celebration, die-hard fans have tossed entire pizzas onto her garage roofing system, simulating the infamous scene where Bryan Cranston's character loses his cool and throws a pie after his character's partner, 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 iconic backyard pool.

The home 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 developer Vince Gilligan had to personally intervene on a 2022 episode of the Better Call Saul podcast.

'There is nothing initial, or amusing, or cool, about tossing a pizza on this girl's roofing,' Gilligan said, 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 photos with fans, however when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the early morning the household's mindset quickly altered.

'Around 4:30 am the doorbell sounded, my mother got up and opened the door and it was a plan,' Quintana stated. The plan was addressed to Walter While, so they called the bomb team.

Quintana can be heard barking instructions at fans eager to catch a glance of your house

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

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

She has actually given that installed a border fence to keep individuals back but has now required to hosing down undesirable visitors with her tube 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 show, 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' safeguarding her right to safeguard her residential or commercial property while others have buffooned her habits, suggesting she could instead have capitalized on the attention.

'She simply sits there all day and informs people how foolish 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 third, questioning her legal footing.

In January, the stress appeared to boil over. Quintana quietly noted the home for $4 million, a figure that reflects not just the residential or commercial property, but the problem that comes with it.

In current months a fence has now been erected 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 recorded at a studio and not at the New Mexico home

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home was described as among Albuquerque's 'most popular landmarks' that is recognized worldwide by countless fans.

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

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

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

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