posted February 25, 2007 11:27 AM              

I can't imagine how many people are telling her how to live her life and giving her continuous 'advice' down to how to wear her hair. I'm more inclined (as a Sag too) to believe it was a moment of liberation. A moment of enough is enough.

These days celebrities like Britney Spears are so often in the media headlines and their lives continuously scrutinized, that everyone begins to believe that they have been given enough information to judge their characters. This isn't true.
You cannot see into someone's heart, nor know what private things they endure. You don't see their private battles with themselves, nor the ways they might have innocently hoped in people or tried. You don't see all the private tender moments with her children.

I've never been a fan of Britneys. She seemed to be only feeding the churning plastic machine of conformity/brainwashing (highly Disney influenced child-exploitation). I don't admire women who get famous for shaking their *ss, when their are so many true artists out there, more deserving of recognition.
Janis Joplin wouldn't be given a chance in the music industry today. She would have been kicked off the very first Idol audition for how she looks (not that Janis would have ever went on a show like that anyway).

Talent becomes secondary...like "Oh, and she can sing pretty good too."
Please tell me the difference between Playboy and American Idol, for instance---by the way, I have nothing against nude mags, they have their place and always will, just pointing out that it's the same basic premise of expectation, but Idol is unquestionally accepted because the contestants aren't nude. From movies, to red carpets...same premise. Just saying, how so many women would scream about Playboy, yet endorse a show like American Idol.

Ok, I'm digressing into a rant here
Shaving her head actually gave me more hope in her. Maybe she's breaking free and discovering her own identity.

posted February 26, 2007 09:22 AM              

The girl just needs some space and understanding.
Did you see the picture of her hurling an umbrella through a car windshield. The look on her face...
Man, I was feeling for her big time.

posted February 26, 2007 10:14 AM            

I admit that the loss of privacy would not be easy, but think of what they DO have. They signed up for it. Also, the paparazzi go after the stars that can give them the biggest story. The stars that bring attention to themselves by behaving badly, talking openly about their personal lives, and partying constantly. That draws the paparazzi in, and once you've got them hooked they're relentless.

I was actually thinking about this last night when I watched the Oscars. Many of the big name stars don't find themselves often plastered all over the tabloids. There are quite a few that do a very good job of keeping a low profile. Jodie Foster, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts...just to name a few. These people make a conscious choice about NOT revealing anything about their personal lives, or very little anyway. It is possible for stars to live their lives fairly quietly, but they usually don't grant many interviews, don't party in the clubs, and don't do things to draw attention to themselves.

Britney needs to clean up, shut up, and take care of business. Her priorities are seriously screwed up, and she's acting like an immature little brat. She has two babies to take care of! Somehow, I don't think late nights out with strippers and getting tattoos should be at the top of her "to do" list right now.

posted February 26, 2007 10:21 AM            

Kevin is wrong as well and I said he will get his too. just seems that women would empathize better with other women.I don't expect men to get certain things the way I feel us women should. Men are cut from different clothes and their thinking and feeling is not the same as women..As a women Britney never gave serious thought to dealing with a man who was already involved with another women who had a small child with him and one on the way. Bc has she thought about it and put herself in those shoes I am sure it would have been different..Thats all I am saying..Kevin gone get his too, in the worse way..

P.S.I still love everyone here, Mama Mia too

posted February 26, 2007 10:45 AM              

I think it takes a Sag to understand that some things are simply liberating.. not everything has to be the end of the world!

posted February 26, 2007 11:00 AM              

Fair enough people do sign up to be famous...and I understand in most cases they do choose to court the media....but nobody asks for anything bad.

I think the media, paparazzi and the people who read those inane glossy weeklies, should take some responsibilty for the way they choose to chew these guys up and spit them out.

posted February 26, 2007 11:08 AM              

if it weren't Britney, who else would it be, for people to focus their unmitigated attention on, to critisize, judge, and otherwise feel superior to, in order to justify their own unsatisfying lives?

posted February 26, 2007 11:24 AM            

If she calmed down a little, and tried to live quietly for a while...the press would eventually find someone else more interesting. But she doesn't want to calm down, and the biggest problem with that is her children. She wanted to be a young mother remember? But all of a sudden, she realizes that she's only 25...well, everyone else that's 25 is out partying and having fun! She feels that she should be able to do it too. Well, honey, once you have kids people see that as a priority and unless you act accordingly, not many people are going to sympathize with "I'm still young and deserve to have fun!."

Don't get me wrong, I have had my moments when I've felt sorry for her...especially when she nearly dropped Sean P. on the street in Manhattan, and was seen crying in a store afterword. But again, she's very "public." She does not want to lay low, and that is the ONLY way things can calm down for her and possibly get better. Her children need a stable mother and home life - that's so important, especially since they're going to be growing up in the public eye as well. I just see her as being incredibly selfish right now, and not thinking of anyone else...especially her family, whom her behavior is probably hurting deeply right now.

Who else would they go after if it weren't Britney? Anyone else that fu*ks up. Where ever the story is. You're right, it is sensationalizm, and it's not fair...but it's always been this way. People eat it up, and there's money in it. Money makes the world go round.

posted February 26, 2007 12:31 PM              

This was back in 99. Still trying to get attention I see

posted February 26, 2007 12:38 PM              

Errr....
In reply to #1
she wasnt running around doing coke in a public playground. She did it some in the privacy of the company of people she knew.
And if this comment turns into a rant about taking cocaine...then I say to you, 'Each to their own'.
And please lets not judge her parenting.
I work in a private members club and I see Kate Moss all the time with her daughter.
The daughter also comes in with her Daddy frequently too and she is happy and blessed ...and really cute.

In reply to comment #2,
Im sure the boyfriends isn't evil because he does drugs. And fair dos to her for sticking with a man she loves and nurturing him through his personal trials.
Maybe they aren't even dating...and she is just a loving Capricorn woman sticking with her fragile Pisces, to support him financially and emotionally while he recuperates.

I have to say, I am always flaggergasted that we are so quick to label people 'bad' or 'evil', when all they need is love, compassion and guidance.

posted February 26, 2007 01:15 PM              

I guess that's why these topics are so popular in society -- we can debate them for hours on end and get nowhere, because none of us know the answer. It's all speculation and obsession.

Personally, I wonder what she'll do next to get people's panties in a twist.