Actress Courteney Cox hates the paparazzi taking pictures of her daughter Coco - because they terrify the tot.

The former Friends star tries keep the three-year-old with husband David Arquette away from the press, but hoards of photographers constantly hound the star and her family, much to Coco's confusion.

She says, "I try to shield her from all the photographers because she gets scared. I don't want her to be photographed - she's not in this business and she's not in the public eye. She says, 'Mummy why are they taking my picture?'"