I'm not a big Britney Spears fan. But I have been following her tabloid documented life for the last couple of years with a growing feeling of concern.
I think she's losin it folks.
The second baby hasn't been seen, the Federline has been kicked out, the second or third boyfriend since then has been jettisoned, and then of course there's the whole Garish Spilton friendship problem. Sadly I don't think any of us can forget the pantsless disaster, much as I'd like to forget. (Seriously I grew up on a farm and I found the pictures hideous.) She complains that she's sick of the media jumping on her every move, but she isn't exactly hiding out and avoiding a scene. She's fueled on attention and the adoration of those hated flashbulbs and without it, hated or not, she will wither. Staying home with the babies is not conducive to attention seeking.
Becoming a mother is the most difficult and wonderful experience. Nothing can ever be the same after that. Children are a blessing and a total complete inconvenience. They will bring your social life to a screeching drooling pooping halt.
You know what kids? I'm sorry, but when you are a parent, you have to settle down a little. You have to. I'm not saying that parenthood has to turn you into a boring person but you can't keep up that pre-baby pace and still have anything left for the kid. And here's something else you may not want to hear: YOUR BABIES NEED YOU. They do not care about your personal time or your social life or your unfulfilled dreams. They need you to take care of them.
But WHO is taking care of Britney? She's not alright. She's drinking, barfing on herself, staying out all night, checking herself out of rehab after one day, and generally acting like she's intent on hitting that brick wall real hard and real fast.
So apparently Britney has shaved her head and gotten another tattoo...
...then spent the weekend wearing an assortment of wigs and hats while lounging by the pool and chain smoking.
Does she LOOK okay to you??Now I'll tell you what really worries me. (It's not the hair. Screw the hair. It means nothing.)
She's got that look in her eyes. I know that look. I had that look. She looks trapped, not even by the demands of two infants, but by the screaming battle in her head. Everyone's talking about rehab and I can't believe that nobody has looked at this young woman and said, "Hmm. I wonder if Britney's having some post partum depression problems." Does she look OKAY to you???? DO NONE OF HER LOVED ONES SEE THIS????
It's sad that the focus is on her hair, or lack of. So much is read into it. It's not about her darn prickly scalp though, not for for me: it's about the way her eyes are going in two different directions.
Does she look okay to you? I know nothing about smoking but doesn't it look like she's going to stick the wrong end of that thing into her mouth??
Allegedly, she went to a salon and asked to have her head shaved, but the stylist tried to talk her out of it. Determined to lose her hair, Britney grabbed the clippers and did it her darn self.
It just seems right frickin crazy, doesn't it? I've thought about it, which shocks me because I love my hair. I have great hair. But I had times when I just wanted the satisfaction of buzzing it right the f**k off my head. Luckily we don't have clippers. I dyed my hair pink instead. To this day I defend it because I loved it. I felt good when I looked at that happy colour in the mirror instead of at my grey face. My pshrink asked me about it, the ass hat. He questioned that if I lived in the big city, where lots of people look weird, instead of in my so-called small town, would I still feel the need to draw attention to myself. I wrinkled my nose and told him I did it because I friggin well wanted to. Maybe Britney just friggin well wanted to.
Besides, I only dyed the front half of my head and Britney's gone all Sinead on us. Maybe I was just halfway nuts and she's all the way there.
My father in law made some comment that obviously, I wasn't in my right mind a year and a half ago. I asked him how he knew. "Well. What you did to your hair. That made it quite clear." I threw my head back and laughed. He's also the one who pointed out years ago that I have a mean streak and that I'm stubborn. Who else has the guts to say these things? I love that man.
Why the hell am I going on and on about this? I don't even know this woman. I have a sick fascination with famous people, sure, but I can't help but watch the train wreck of her life and feel the silent screaming in my head.
Can we give her a f***ing break? Regardless of bad choices, she's had two babies in less than two years, both C-section births which is surgery and is going through a divorce. Yes she brought most of this trouble on herself. Yes, she's a bad mother. Yeah you heard me. I made a judgment on somebody I don't even know. Sorry. She's a bad mother. Maybe any of us would be too under those circumstances.
Somebody please help her.
Somebody please just put her in bed for a few days.
I don't know who the hell is keeping those kids alive while she's out making a mess of herself in public, but whoever it is needs to take care of them and bring them to her a few times a day when she's awake and lucid. The rest of the time she should be catching up on her sleep and being fed good food and taking her babies out for walks in the stroller.
And I think she should get to a doctor and get some meds! I'm not a big fan of the drugs, we all know that, but my god, she needs to be stabilized. And not with Jagermeister either.
Yeah, I'm evil enough to find something very funny in all of this. However I'm not the first one to crack a joke about the curtains finally matching the carpet.
She's making it so easy for us to laugh at her. Deep down she's probably just a girl from the south who's kinda purty and maybe not real smart, but a nice girl who can be talked into stuff and might not really know who she is or what she wants.
Gawd. I'm so frustrated. I want to go get some pink streaks dyed into my hair.
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if we could get close to her, we could do it...lordy, sounds like we were all there...and(gasp) there is not a colour made my hair has not been, and i have been bald a time or two...it's not so bad, it feels kind of brave. Cold. But brave. I remember kind of liking the look on her face at one time...she looked nice, friendly, once. I have an extra room, hell, two extra rooms, make a mean turkey noodle soup and I have never seen paparazzi here in Nanaimo. Who's with me?
I have to agree with you, too. She is headed down the same path as ANS... and someone, anyone, needs to help her. I don't know her, but lord am I worried about her and those boys!
I am not worried about her. I am concerned about you Heidi. Your labels are lacking a bit. :-)
JJ, l think it's time.
Dilling, I know. I feel like I want to go pick her and the kids up and take them under my wing. I can barely fit my own kids under my little wings though...
Marni, I didn't bust out the Anna word...but I was thinkin it.
Timmy, sweetie, I'm okay! It's just not a "supple ridges of his abdomen" kind of day today!
(But I'm going to change my subtitle every day from here on in.)
Oh and Dilling? Whenever I secretly considered shaving my head I thought the same thing- Brave. Free. It was the cold part that stopped me!
I think that because she is who she is, everyone assumes that someone else is "taking care of her... And no one is...
I don't know whether its PP Depression or simply Depression, but something is going on with that chick. Although, other people can't really help you if you aren't willing to help yourself.
Hopefully she has a nanny for the kids or someone who can mother the children, because I have to agree with you Heidi. She has PPD and/or something even more serious. In any event, she appears depressed. I hope that she is seeing someone about it. The longer she doesn't, the more she will be acting out until it turns completely inward which is likely when she may become suicidal. I hope it doesn't come to that for her sake and the children.
You look good with red hair :)
I hate to see it. Call me bubble gum but I don't care. I saw her in concert several years ago not too long after her and Justin broke up. She sang one of her slow songs and she seemed VERY sad. By the end of the tour, she had hooked up with K-fed and she obviously decided it was time for her to have babies or something. He's the most fertile thing lord.
Anyway,I hate to see it happen to her because she is young. She had a really good career and I bet she thought she would have unconditional love if she had children.
I hope she can get it together so she an take care of the kids. K-fed only wants the kids so he can have more money. She needs to get help and love those little boys.
Time will tell. If she'd stay away from the female "brat pack" she might be OK.
Amethyst, you could be right about that.
Housewife- Good point. I've seen people damn near destroy themselves even surrounded by people who wanted to help.
LeRoy, exactly.
Andi, you brought up a very good point- that a lot of women think that a baby will bring you unconditional love. We'd like to think so! BUT babies are by nature very selfish- that's how they survive!!! I know that my children love me, but sometimes I think they won't really understand how much I love them...until they are in their 20s.
Good points all! It's sad, and I hope she gets the help she needs.
I think that Dilling should invite Brit over for a few days. Seriously. I know that Brit doesn't know Dilling, but we can all vouch for her.
Britney needs TLC, and meds, ASAP. Trust me, I know about these things.
you've said it better than i ever could. you really CAN see it in her eyes.
do you remember that interview she did with matt lauer when she was talking about how great her marriage is, but broke down in tears when talking about the paparazzi hounding her? you could see it then. every time he asked her a "difficult" question, there'd be a flash of pain and terror in her eyes and then she'd bust out the obviously fake positive answer.
i'm just amazed there seems to be no one in her life who's willing/able to step up and help her.
One of the problems is that Britney never had a chance to grow up, so I can understand why she's spinning out of control. It took me a long time to grow up but then again I didn't have two kids at home who were depending on me. Hopefully she'll get it together real soon.
She must be putting out a new album.
...also, people from Tennessee aren't the brightest.
I rewrote a song for Celebritney drop by and have a look if you get the chance..
My schadenfreude got the best of me but I do feel sorry her..but I hate the fact that this story is bigger than anything else on the planet. It is such a testament to our Culture of Narcissism..poor Bratney had no idea that the public would turn on her like this..she miscalculated how offended the great unwashed tabloid readers would be that she married some piece of crap like Fed X instead of providing an A List fairy tale (like Brad & Angelina)by marrying Justin Timberlake back when she had her chance.
Obviously she is having a complete meltdown and Fed X is benefitting..which is equally troubling..yes the guy who left a girlfriend who was 6 months pregnant will make a great Daddy.
The whole exploitation of Her and Us by the media is what we should be angry about..but wait whatabout Anna's DNA...I see a trend forming..
If her head is that screwed up then I feel sorry for her. And to think that people actually crave celebrity these days. If that's where it gets you then no thanks!
I bet her folks are watching the kids. I remember they are a pretty tight family. And I predict that Madonna step in and help set Britney right again.
Right now, she's the lead engine on a money train, so she's got lots of folks out there riding her for as long as they can.
The problem with mental illness is that most people who have it get very upset when the subject of mental illness is raised.
I'm guessing that most of the people around her get paid by her in one way or another to be around her. So they aren't going to bring up the subject, or else they'll get thrown off the money train.
People destroy themselves all the time. Including people with kids. It's sad, but it happens all the time. The only thing different about this one is its entertainment value.
yeharr
My god, you just nailed it.
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