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

Your home where Walter White descended into criminal infamy has a new antihero - however one armed not with blue meth or a barrel of money, however a garden tube.

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.

Years of intruders and photo-hungry superfans have actually turned her home into a zone of conflict between a personal life and pop culture obsession. Now Quintana is taking matters into her own hands and striking back.

In a video posted to Instagram, Quintana can be seen sitting on a lawn chair in her front lawn 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 a powerful jet of water from her garden tube 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 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 better half 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, the home stood in as the symbol of White's descent as he went from having a hard time teacher to ruthless drug kingpin.

Quintana informs fans to keep away from her home and to remain throughout the street or get too close

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

The ranch-style home on Piermont Drive was immortalized on screen as the home 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 filming areas around town continue to pull in crowds of fans hoping to see where the show was set.

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

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

She grew up in the home in addition to her siblings. She viewed the show's production unfold from her front patio, and even befriended cast and team in the early days.

All of it 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 filming had actually 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 fulfill the cast and team. Quintana's mom likewise always had cookies for anyone working the set.

But in the years considering that Breaking Bad ended, Quintana has seen your home changed into something of a pop culture trip website.

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

Whilst the program was finalized more than a years ago, your home and other shooting areas around town continue to attract crowds of fans hoping to catch a look

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

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

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

Since then, the homeowners stated it was difficult to stop fans from trying their own pizza tosses or slipping into the iconic yard pool.

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

The stunt ended up being such an issue 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 funny, or cool, about throwing a pizza on this woman's roof,' Gilligan stated, exasperated.

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

Initially, Quintana mored than happy to take pictures with fans, however when there was a knock at the door in the early hours of the early morning the family's mindset rapidly changed.

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

Quintana can be heard barking guidelines at fans eager to catch a glance of your home

Walter White, seen here played by Bryan Cranston, tossed a pizza onto his house in the third season after a conflict with his partner

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

She has because set up a border fence to keep people back however has actually now taken to hosing down unwanted visitors with her hose when her pleas go neglected.

'Back up, cowboy,' she informed one visitor trying to inch closer for a much 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 divided viewpoint online. Some viewers support Quintana, calling her 'a legend' safeguarding her right to protect her residential or commercial property while others have actually buffooned her behavior, suggesting she could instead have capitalized on the attention.

'She just sits there all day and tells individuals 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 third, 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, however the problem that comes with it.

In current months a fence has actually now been put 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 filmed at a studio and not at the New Mexico home

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

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

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