Simply Britney Spears

Britney Spears Criticizes Beyonce's Performance

2008-02-18T18:41:00.000-08:00

One person closely watching the Grammys was Britney Spears. And, it seems the troubled pop star was quite a critic of the show. A friend, who watched with Spears, shared the pop tart’s comments with the Chicago Sun Times.

About Beyonce's widely acclaimed duet with Tina Turner, Britney reportedly quipped, "Too bad she can't dance as good as Tina -- who's old enough to be her grandmother!"

Even though Amy Winehouse looked sober and clean, the former princess of pop reportedly said of Winehouse's much-anticipated performance via satellite from London, "Look at her! Look how stoned she is! She is so obviously stoned!"

The criticism was surprisingly harsh considering Britney’s own embarrassing performance at the Video Music Awards just a few months ago.

Why is Britney behaving this way?

2007-11-24T10:33:00.001-08:00

Dr. Drew Pinksy spoke to US Magazine recently about Britney's bizarre behavior, drug addiction, and family history. Here's an excerpt.

US: What in Britney Spears’ childhood led her to where she is now?
DP: It's how her father treated her, it's the divorce and it’s the genetics.

US: How would her father’s substance abuse affect Britney?
DP: At least 60% of addiction is accounted for on the basis of genetics. I've never treated an addict that didn't have a family history of the disease. You have to inherit it from somewhere. We know that she is a drug addict because she's been admitted to a treatment center. You can't be admitted unless you’ve met criteria for addiction.

US: A person can’t be accepted for post-partum depression?
DP: If you go to a psychiatric hospital for post-partum depression, you go to the psychiatric hospital, you don't go to the chemical dependency program. She is a drug addict. It is an indisputable point. And she has a parent with an addiction. Just by having a parent with addiction puts you at about a 50% risk for having your own addiction problem. But, just because you have a genetic heritage doesn't mean you're going to get an addiction. A childhood trauma, physical abuse, sexual abuse, abandonment, will also propel a person towards full-blown addiction.

US: What about the fact that she became an international star at such a young age?
DP: Her mental health has almost nothing to do with her career. Fame hinders getting to her now. It is hard to get through the sycophants who are enabling her and be able to find people around Britney who are willing to potentially sacrifice either their salary or their access to her by bringing her into treatment. That's the core problem. That is what is putting her in danger. That is what killed Anna Nicole Smith. She had people around her who didn't step up and say you need to get treatment!

US: We found out that her paternal grandmother committed suicide at the age of 31 because she was depressed for years after the death of her baby. Could that mean anything?
DP: It means that there is a long history of serious mental illness in the family. Britney is behaving very bizarrely, she has been admitted to a chemical dependency program, she has a stressful career, she's divorced, she has childcare demands, and she is in denial and is paranoid. She has a mom with the proxy relationship and a dad with drug addiction and alcohol problems. When you add that up you get the recipe for where she is today.

US: Is it her parents who should help her?
DP: Generally you want to bring the family in. You want to treat the family too. You want the family to support the recovery. You'll be amazed how people in the family start out looking like villains until you realize all the different layers to the situation. How the addict treats the family members can make people act in strange ways. I would urge everyone to not point fingers, there are no evil people here; they're all just trying to live their lives.

US: What about the effects from Britney being sexually active from age 14, dressing provocatively, losing her virginity, and yet maintaining this image of purity and virginity?
DP: I have seen many cases of young girls who have been prematurely sexualized in one fashion or another who try to recapture their virginity. They claim that the abuse doesn't count, "I'm a virgin now." I see that quite a bit.

US: Would this change her identity? She pretty much had to make those claims, because her managers were telling her not to talk about her boyfriend, all the while dressing her up provocatively for the public.
DP: Her life was a media event. Her needs were subjugated for her career and that is part of the problem here.

US: Court documents indicate that her father cheated on her mother and Britney allegedly cheated on Justin, did she learn that from her parents?
DP: It would be hard to learn to value sacredness in marriage with that as an example. But, if you want the moment in her life when it started to unravel, it was when she got involved with Kevin Federline. The crazy thing about the human is that traumatic experiences in childhood get repeated as attractions in our adult life. We are attracted romantically to that very kind of person that was so terrorizing to us in childhood. It's a crazy mechanism. So Dad and Kevin are the same guy.

US: She has said that all she wanted was to be a mother and be married. What happened?
DP: Those kinds of drives you can't be taught, you have to have a deep motivational desire. The problem was that the attraction that she was following was distorted by her childhood.

US: She has also said she wants to be a waitress or a school teacher. Would you send your kids to school where Britney Spears was the teacher?
DP: If she had been treated successfully first absolutely. You'd see a brand new person; she'd be incredible. But she needs a lot of treatment. She needs time, time, time and a high degree of structure. She is just not interested, people are trying to get her into treatment and she won't go.

US: One thing we’ve seen Britney is that she has arrested social development. Do you agree?
DP: She's sort of our next Michael Jackson. It's understandable that developmentally they don't have the usual skills. She doesn't have the usual responsibility; she doesn't understand the coping strategies of an adult.

US: And how is she going to teach her children? Or say no to them?
DP: She won't. It's grandiose thinking: “That's how I was raised and that is how my kids are going to be raised.” It's not a good thing.

US: What can be done for Britney? Is she permanently damaged?
DP: She can be treated. She is not an untreatable situation, but she needs to go away and drop out of sight and focus on her sobriety for at least nine months.

US: Can she leave her kids?
DP: The kids can be brought into the process. But, for at least 30 days she is going to be mostly away from the kids. Then, for another six months or so, she can be in an intensive environment. It's going to take a long time.

US: How much of this dysfunction did Britney create herself and how much of it is a product of her life and upbringing?
DP: Yes, the circumstances in her life and her genetics have contributed to where she is today. There was no sinister plot to make her this way. Now she needs to change and that is where you have to hold her accountable, particularly because she has children. An adult shouldn’t be blaming anyone other than themselves. She can get better, she just doesn’t want to.

Britney To Spend Time With Sean Preston and Jayden James

2007-10-22T07:17:00.000-07:00

Via TMZ:

Britney Spears has regained visitation rights with her children.

Her lawyer Anne Kiley says the pop tart is allowed to visit her two sons, but she would not elaborate on exactly what that visitation would entail.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon issued the order, stating "Petitioner's [Britney's] visitation with the minor children is suspended pending Petitioner's compliance with the court orders." Britney was seen driving with her kids over the weekend.

Another custody hearing is scheduled for Friday.

Britney Spears Hides Her New Lips From The Paparazzi

2007-10-22T07:13:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears was hesitant to unveil her new plumper pucker to paparazzi as she went out for her daily coffee.

Britney Spears Goes To Starbucks

2007-10-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears Leaves A Tanning Salon

2007-10-13T18:56:00.000-07:00

New Music From Britney Spears

2007-10-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

Here's a new track from Britney's new album titled "Blackout" called "Stupid Things." It sounds like she's really venting about her failed relationship with Kevin Federline.

listen/download here: Stupid Things

This was allegedly supposed to be the 1st single from Britney's forthcoming album Blackout.

"Get Back" (listen/download)

Britney Spears News

2007-08-31T09:00:00.000-07:00

The New York Daily News is reporting that Britney will infact take the stage at MTV's Video Music Awards on September 9. Magician Criss Angel is set to take part in the elaborate performance; ushering her through a series of mirrors and pretending to make her disappear.

Two tracks from Britney Spears' forthcoming album have leaked. The first called 'Gimme More', was produced by Nate 'Danjahandz' Hills who also produced smash hits for Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado. The 2nd leaked track is called 'Cold As Fire'.

Listen: Cold As Fire

Britney Spears wears a very short dress

2007-08-30T07:58:00.001-07:00

Britney Spears Leaving A Recording Studio

2007-08-29T08:03:00.001-07:00

Britney Spears Goes Shopping In A White Mini Dress

2007-08-29T07:01:00.001-07:00

Britney Spears Leaving A Recording Session

2007-08-29T06:44:00.001-07:00

Britney Spears Goes Shopping In Black

2007-08-26T06:48:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears Allure Photo Shoot

2007-08-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Britney Goes Out Shopping

2007-08-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

Britney Out With Video Hunk

2007-08-09T09:19:00.001-07:00

KFed Files For Custody Of Sean Preston and Jayden James

2007-08-09T09:10:00.001-07:00

Kevin Federline has filed an order to show cause for primary physical custody of his two sons with ex-wife, Britney Spears, according to a source.

The documents were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday by Federline’s lawyer, according to the source.

Spears and Federline’s divorce was finalized less than two weeks ago. At the time, the couple agreed to split custody 50-50 of Sean Preston, 22 months, and Jayden James, 10 months.

But a source close to Federline told PEOPLE that the would-be-rapper was worried Spears was exposing the boys to “unnecessary risk” and that his lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, “hopes to get Kevin primary custody.”

In June, when the couple were wrangling over their divorce settlement, Federline was still resisting signing the papers over growing concerns about Spears’ erratic behavior.

Spears, who spent a stint at Promises rehab center, has been a fixture on the nightclub and party scene. The news of Federline’s request for primary custody comes as photos have surfaced of his ex-wife reportedly topless in a hotel pool.

Calls to Spears’s lawyer were not immediately returned. -people

Britney Out in LA

2007-08-08T09:14:00.000-07:00

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US Weekly: Brit Picks Up College Student

2007-08-08T08:56:00.000-07:00

Britney picked up 21-year-old Matt Encinias on the set of her latest video where Encinias had been an extra. The night quickly got racy as Britney stripped off her clothes.

“Britney was the first one to undress, and then everyone else followed,” Encinias tells Us. “I turned around and saw that she was topless and she had fake tattoos of flowers on her nipples from the shoot.”

“I was told all she wanted to do that night was kiss a boy,” the 5’10” California native continues. "And that’s what she did. Mission accomplished.”

It was when the alcohol started running low that an inebriated Spears, 25, suggested a game of Truth or Dare. “I was dared to get naked and get out of the pool and walk as though I was on a catwalk in a fashion show,” says Encinias. “Britney was laughing really hard.”

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Brit Eat At Italian Restaraunt With Jayden James

2007-08-05T20:38:00.000-07:00

Brit Hangs Out With Cousin Alli

2007-08-03T09:44:00.001-07:00

The Battle of The Brits

2007-08-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday Britney Spears arrived at Chateau Marmont and was not happy to learn that the only table available was next to Posh Beckham. A witness said that Brit didn't want to sit with Posh. "But Britney didn't want to sit next to her, so she and her friend stormed off to Il Sole instead."

Britney isn't the only one sick of Posh. Sources say that the Chateau Marmont is also sick of her, because she keeps calling the paparazzi to tell them that she's going there. They apparently love David, but hate her. Isn't that always the case?

Photographer To Sue Britney Over Threats

2007-08-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

via US Weekly:

In a statement released Tuesday by their lawyer, celebrity photographers Kyle Henderson and Andrew Deetz allege that at the Wynn Las Vegas on July 27, Spears bodyguard Julio Camera punched and kicked Deetz without provocation while Spears ran after Henderson.

Though a security guard allegedly prevented her from reaching him, the photographers claim that the pop star threw a baby bottle at Henderson while screaming, "I am going to kill you! I am going to f-ing kill you!" According to the photographers, Spears then told them to get a restraining order against her if they wanted to stay safe, though even then, she would hire someone to kill them for her.

US Weekly Cover Story: Brit Tries To Get Children's Teeth Whitened

2007-08-01T07:48:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears has publicly battled with her mother and ex-husband Kevin Federline (their divorce became final on July 30), but the latest crisis in the singer’s life involves her children, Sean Preston, 22 months, and Jayden, 11 months.

Sources tell Us Weekly that Spears’ friends and family have become concerned about the pop star’s mothering skills.

Case in point: The tooth fairy may be making early visits to 22-month-old Sean. “He’s having dental problems because Britney just shoves a bottle of juice in his mouth all the time to stop him from crying,” a family insider tells Us.

Another source says that, in April, Spears “asked an L.A. dentist if he would whiten her kid’s teeth!” The dentist refused.

The bizarre behavior doesn’t stop there. Spears and her kids became high-end squatters July 22, when they toured – then took over for several hours – a Pacific Palisades home, on the market for $6.5 million.

Upon arrival, her bodyguard removed the FOR SALE sign, then went to her Beverly Hills home to fetch some of their belongings. The result was a home seller’s nightmare, with Spears and her kids trashing the house before money exchanged hands.

“She ate tacos on the bedroom floor!” a source says of the home. “She got crumbs and grease everywhere. She let her babies and her dog roam the floor. She left the bed a mess – I don’t know what’s wrong with her.”

Brit and KFED's Divorce is Final

2007-07-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

TMZ has learned that KFed is currently getting $15,000 a month for child support and $20,000 a month for spousal support which will end in November.

Child custody is said to be split 50/50. There were rumors that KFed was going to ask for full custody, but that doesn't seem likely now since he has signed off on this 50/50 agreement. TMZ has reason to believe that even though they agreed to a custody split, neither of them are happy with the arrangement and may go back into court to change it.

Britney Goes Antique Shopping

2007-07-29T20:55:00.000-07:00

Britney's Vegas Getaway May Get Her In Trouble

2007-07-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

Britney Spears has taken the kids to Las Vegas. Though she may have broken her custody agreement with Kevin. Their agreement states that she is not allowed to take the kids out of Los Angeles unless she gets permission from him. KFed's lawyers have ordered Britney back to L.A.

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Britney Exits Millenium Dance Complex

2007-05-16T11:12:00.000-07:00

Britney at Carl's Jr.

2007-05-16T10:58:00.000-07:00

Britney Back To Blonde

2007-05-16T09:48:00.000-07:00