Keira Knightley is finding her social life slipping because the Paparazzi chasing her intimidate her friends.

Wherever she goes they are there flashing away, irritating her company with their presence.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star is well known for her distaste of snappers who try and secure photos of her personal life. The actress has admitted that her pals fail to invite her to social events if they are harassed by eager photographers.

“One of them (friends) asked me if I would mind not going out with them to a restaurant one evening as they find the whole paparazzi thing alarming,” Contactmusic quoted Keira Knightley as telling Britain’s Tatler magazine. “I don’t blame them. It can be very intimidating,” she added.