# Britney Spears allegedly shaves own head; gets tattooed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619 "2007-02-17T15:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/81 "2007-02-19T22:34:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] Speaking of Ryan Gosling – our radio show prep today said Gosling is taking credit/blame for making Britney and Christina Aguilera the over-sexed little ho’s they apparently are. Claims he gave them “sex tips” backstage during their Mouseketeer days together. Man, I \*knew \* those TV pretty boys were gettin’ all the nookie! [/QUOTE] I have to ask, simply as an example of how much I do not pay attention to “pop culture”: _Who the hell is Ryan Gosling?_ Really, if the “Stars” want to shave their head and get tatoos, I’ll just point and laugh. I, like the rest of Real America will get up in the morning, go to work, and earn a real wage. Tripler If I shaved my head would anyone care? No. They’d call it par for the course. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/82 "2007-02-19T22:50:09Z")
She might have lost her mind, but there is a key fact here most places aren’t reporting: Last month her aunt, who she was very, very, VERY close with died of cancer. Since then, Britney has been pretty much sulking. Some are suggesting maybe she did this because of everything going on, plus in memory of her aunt (her aunt that lost her hair due to the intense chemo, obviously). ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/83 "2007-02-19T22:53:33Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] I have to ask, simply as an example of how much I do not pay attention to “pop culture”: _Who the hell is Ryan Gosling?_ [/QUOTE] He was in Murder By Numbers and dated his co-star Sandra Bullock. He also was the lead male in the younger version of the The Notebook couple. This past year he won raves and an Oscar nom for Half Nelson. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/84 "2007-02-19T23:02:03Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] She might have lost her mind, but there is a key fact here most places aren’t reporting: Last month her aunt, who she was very, very, VERY close with died of cancer. Since then, Britney has been pretty much sulking. Some are suggesting maybe she did this because of everything going on, plus in memory of her aunt (her aunt that lost her hair due to the intense chemo, obviously). [/QUOTE] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, that’s awesome. That’s even better than the post-partum depression theory I saw bandied about on another board. (If she was so very very close to her aunt, why was it she spend hardly ANY time away from the nightclubs and in Louisiana by her aunt’s deathbed?) It will never cease to amaze me how people will contort themselves to make excuses for this creature’s behavior. Her family staged an intervention and got her to agree to admit herself into rehab. She pitched a fit and checked herself out within 24 hours. Less than 24 hours after that, she was impulsively demanding someone cut her hair off in what truly sounds like a case of the itchies brought on by too much amphetamine. I don’t understand why people can’t just accept the obvious. She’s gone buckwild with “freedom” ever since she’s had the latest pup taken from her in a convenience c-section. She’s making the mistakes that most of us make at 18-22 when we get out on our own, but she’s doing it with megamillions and jets at her disposal. And god help her soul, she’s dragging an infant and a toddler through it all. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/85 "2007-02-19T23:40:15Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] \*That said, I agree with those who say that Spears’ hair has been ravaged by years of coloring, styling, extensions and so forth, and that a clean break and starting over might, in the long run, be a good idea. [/QUOTE] Yes, it’s interesting to see her natural color. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/86 "2007-02-19T23:52:31Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, that’s awesome. That’s even better than the post-partum depression theory I saw bandied about on another board. (If she was so very very close to her aunt, why was it she spend hardly ANY time away from the nightclubs and in Louisiana by her aunt’s deathbed?) [/QUOTE] So you were with her aunt and are close to her family? So close that you know she was never there? She has flown to Louisana almost every week (or every other week for a few days at a time) for the last 3 months. Pictures all over the internet of her leaving LAX and landing in Louisiana. But you were there, right? Hell, you probably are the dead aunt, that’s how you know. Seriously, as disgusted as you are with people defending her, I’m that disgusted with people trying to find every which way to attack her. She’s a friggin’ human too. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/87 "2007-02-20T00:05:03Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, that’s awesome. That’s even better than the post-partum depression theory I saw bandied about on another board. (If she was so very very close to her aunt, why was it she spend hardly ANY time away from the nightclubs and in Louisiana by her aunt’s deathbed?) [/QUOTE] Just because you see five skillion pictures of Britney at clubs, flashing various orifices, etc, doesn’t mean that she lives in the clubs. I’m sure she goes home, eats out, goes shopping, and probably (I’d say definitely with what **Diosa** posted) goes and visits her family, especially her aunt up till her death. Assuming that the drama-filled paparazzi photos are proof that that is _all_ she does honestly doesn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/88 "2007-02-20T00:17:54Z")
Whether you consider someone talentless is obviously subjective. There are plenty of celebrities who, I feel, lack talent. However, I usually don’t waste time attacking, listening to, hearing about, seeking information about, reading about, or writing about those celebrities. There are celebrities I do like. Britney Spears is one of them. She may not be considered the best singer or performer, but I like her and that’s all that matters to me. Why should anyone care if a celebrity they like can’t sing on key or sings about pointless, mindless, subjects? If you like them, great! It’s an opinion. There is no need to justify your liking them. Unfortunately, I feel that Britney has some stability problems. I think it’s sad and I am not going to go attacking her for her behavior. And as a side note, I don’t care if you are the “notorious” Paris Hilton, I would never attack anyone as being a “tramp,” “slut,” or “whore.” To me, those are pointless accusations that say more about the accuser. “Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” Lisacurl, if this were a friend of yours who were behaving in this manner, would you laugh at them or try to help them? One of my original points was that I don’t feel that there is anyone in her life or many other celebrities’ lives that they can trust or feel 100-percent secure in. I had a friend who is an alcoholic. I tried to get him to join AA and he argued with me about some of the problems he had with joining AA. Eventually, I learned more about AA and tended to agree with him about the problems. But you can’t just dismiss or give up on someone. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/89 "2007-02-20T02:54:56Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] But you were there, right? Hell, you probably are the dead aunt, that’s how you know. [/QUOTE] Yes, I am posting from beyond the grave. Sure, Britney’s human. I just don’t need to bend over backwards to make excuses for behavior that the simple word “tweaker” suffices to explain. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/90 "2007-02-20T03:11:10Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] “Oh, Britney! It was your one beauty!” [/QUOTE] Brava, **Lissa!** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/91 "2007-02-20T04:21:41Z")
[QUOTE=Shawn1767] Lisacurl, if this were a friend of yours who were behaving in this manner, would you laugh at them or try to help them? [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t have someone who was behaving like this in my life. My family and friends know that I’m not going to risk my own sobriety by trying to pull someone out of the muck who wants to wallow in it. When they want to straighten up, they know where I am. But darlin’… Britney _isn’t_ a friend of mine, nor of yours. She’s a ridiculously privileged celebrity who doesn’t know we exist. She’s cut out the majority of her family and friends who have confronted her on her behavior (according to her cousin and former long-time assistant who wrote a public letter to the man who used to run Britney’s largest fan site.) Anyway, the dumb little hick is going to overdose or be back in rehab within the month, and then we’ll see the triumphal return of Britney in about six months to a year. Such is the cycle of celebrity. I’ll stock up on Pepto now. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619/92 "2007-02-20T05:39:32Z")
Lisacurl, you are correct. She’s not your friend nor is she mine. But for someone you seem to not like, you sure do pay an awful lot of attention to her. That just seems contrary to what would be expected. How do you manage to maintain such good information on her and, not only that, but believe all that is put out there about her? First of all, I am only going by what I have seen in the general media. I may be entirely wrong about her being unstable. Perhaps she is the most well-balanced person out there. I am only going on my hypothesis. I would not dare presume that anything I read about her was absolutely true–whether or not it came from a cousin or former long-time assistant. Or are you good friends with them? And as for risking your own sobriety, I don’t know why being friends with someone like that would make you risk your sobriety. Why does trying to pull someone out of the muck mean you risk your sobriety? I don’t drink nor have I ever been drunk or intoxicated in any manner, but I do have friends who do drink and have been drunk. I have never felt as if I were risking my sobriety based on their choices. In fact, I try to set examples by providing more wholesome outlets for fun where drinking and intoxicants are not necessary. I am also aware that my friends may not be perfect 100 percent of the time and may require help at times. Hopefully, I will be there to provide them with help when they need it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-allegedly-shaves-own-head-gets-tattooed/392619.md?page=4)