Sunrazor, I see your point. But think about this for a moment:
Doesn’t her squandering suggest to you that she might be having some actual psychological or emotional problems? After a decade or two of working her ass off, her sudden “squandering” all that she’s tried to achieve (and has achieved, to a large degree) doesn’t look like mere stupidity; it looks like she’s encountering some real problems, of the kind that can’t be solved simply by throwing money at them.
Believe it or not, rich, famous, beautiful, and successful people can develop addictions. They commit suicide. They go through various mental and emotional disorders, and they get laughed at while they’re down. Think Winona Ryder, the astronaut-diaper woman, Christian Slater, and now Britney.
The fact that these people have piles of money and opportunity, yet do bizarre and dangerous and irrational things, doesn’t look like stupidity; it looks like they’re having no-shit breakdowns. It just ain’t funny, any more than it’s funny when my next-door neighbor does it. (Not that my neighbor has; that’s just an example.)
Don’t get me wrong; I’m as ready as the next guy to laugh and make fun when Big Shots do stupid, arrogant things. But when the behavior goes over into “not just stupid but actually in need of help,” the picture changes.
No, Madonna put them all in her book, via a shrewd marketing decision. Britney is making no such clear-eyed decision here.
Out of curiosity, did you watch the video I linked in my previous post?
Thank you for that and for describing so well what the link would contain, which made me click on it. Until I clicked on the link I didn’t know who Craig Ferguson was (I’d heard the name but that’s all) and now I think I’m a bit in love with him. What a great guy.
I don’t like Britney Spears’ music or persona, but I do feel sorry for her a bit (and even sorrier for her little sister). All I know is I’m really really glad there weren’t any cameras around when I went through some crazy, depressive times, though mine were mostly internal.
She’s an addict and alcoholic. That alone explains all her bizarre behavior and her fleeing from treatment after treatment as soon as she gets uncomfortable.
Perhaps one day she’ll get uncomfortable enough or desperate enough to stick it out thru a full detox and a treatment. Then her chances of getting well go up.
Not to diminish her suffering if she is indeed one of us, but god damn it, “rehab” has again become the refuge of every fucked up fuck up in Hollywood.
It’s embarrassing.
And her chances will never be great. I once knew a fucked up rock star who was trying to get sober- it was damn near impossible, as it seemed that she couldn’t make a single misstep without half the world watching. I felt bad for her.
ETA- It’s like the Mel Gibsons, Michael Richards, Lindsay Lohans and the rest are making drunks look bad! I want to shout “No, they aren’t with us! They’re just bigots-racists-idiots!”
From what little I’ve seen of Britney’s younger sister, she has even less talent and brains. Remember back when Britney suddenly sprouted ginormous boobs and her mother claimed that it wasn’t a boob job, just Britney “blossoming” and how some months later her boobs became somewhat smaller? I’m wondering if the cash cow that was Britney didn’t start drying up some time back and the family has decided to put her younger sister out there to keep the gravy train going, while abandoning Britney. That could certainly amplify her meltdown.
Another possible reason why she shaved her head is that she’s a “tweaker” and it was itching, so she shaved it off.
There’s the “official” story put out by Spears’ publicity people. They’re saying her hair had been badly damaged by extensive dying, styling, and extensions and she decided it would be better to cut it off and regrow it from scratch rather than try to restore the existing hair.
Apparently both of her parents have met with her recently and told her she needs to straighten up her life and start being more responsible. Spears had been arguing with her mother over this issue right before she went out to get her shave and tattoo.
I’m not saying they’re great parents and aren’t partly responsible for her problems. But they do at least realize she’s got problems and are telling her to get help.
That does make sense, but if the eyewitnesses are to be believed, she appeared very confused and “not all there”. That doesn’t sound like a person who is doing it for practical reasons. Besides, if she was willing to shave her own head after the stylist refused, why not stay home in the first place and have someone do it for her? Why risk the having the paparazzi swarming around her like locusts if she wants them to leave her alone, which she has repeatedly said.
Even if it was due to all the damage done to her hair, it was a typical media-whore thing to do to make a big display of it like she did.
That’s why I said “again” in the thread title. But thanks for playing. You can pick up your Turtle Wax on the way out.
Does K-Fed, or any ex for that matter, actually have the right to demand testing of her hair for drugs? If she’d been busted for drug use before I could understand the possibility but that’s not the case, is it? I can’t imagine in a divorce one member having that much sway over the rights of another.
IANAL, but they are reportedly in a custody battle over the children, so if she’s using drugs, he definitely has an interest in getting her hair tested. Could there be probable cause if there have been witnesses to her drug use?
As someone that struggled mightily with PTSD and depression I would just like to say THANK GOD no one was following me around with a camera - not that I would’ve cared.
It is hard to explain to someone that hasn’t been through it, I feel badly for her and hope for her (and her children’s) sake she gets some help.
I also hope someone is watching out for her kids, someone this unbalanced could do something very drastic “for love” of her kids.
I want to shout “No, they aren’t with us! They’re just bigots-racists-idiots!”