Filed under: Britney Spears
Sadly, it was just a matter of time…
After Britney Spears had a three-hour custody stand-off (refusing to turn over the boys) last night with Kevin Federline’s bodyguard, the police and K-Fed’s lawyer, Britney — who was thought to be intoxicated, but has since tested negative for any drugs or alcohol — had a total psychotic breakdown and was wheeled out on a gurney to L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. One moment, she would be laughing, the next she would be in hysterics. She also flipped off the paparazzi — perhaps the only sane thing she did.
Brit was designated a “special needs” patient,” meaning “they have either overdosed or tried to commit suicide,” a hospital source told Us Weekly.
“So we go stay with these patients and monitor them constantly,” the source adds. “We watch them so they don’t hurt themselves and watch the people who come visit them to make sure they don’t pass anything to them.”
However, the source said when they got the call to monitor Spears, “none of us wanted to go sit with her.”
Brit will be on lockdown for 72 hours. The boys, thankfully, are now safe with their dad.
Looks like Britney’s New Year’s resolution was to trump her Head-Shaving Incident of ‘07 and Jamie Lynn’s teenage pregnancy — mission already accomplished. Yikes.
Oh, Britney. Growing up in the spotlight must have done a real number on you. Maybe it’s a good thing my parents didn’t let me pursue the lead in my cousin’s backyard production of Wizard of Oz, after all. (Actually, it was a Flying Monkey role, not Dorothy, but I’m sure the fame would have still gone to my head.)
Hope you get the help you need, Brit.
Posted by Candy ♦ January 4, 2008
At 8:58 am Aine said:
agh…that poor thing. i don’t even like her, but, my god, that is no way to go.
January 4, 2008
At 9:02 am midevil said:
I don’t like her either, but man, you gotta have a mind of steel to grow up in the spotlight.
January 4, 2008
At 9:10 am jenner said:
ditto on not liking the girl lol but ALSO ditto on the whole feeling bad for her. HOWEVER, I’m glad this happened, because now maybe someone will actually realized she’s SERIOUSLY mentally ill & needs help. Like, LOTS of help. Whole heaping piles of help.
It also might mean we won’t have to suffer the 60+ Britney stories we read everyday, whether we want to our not…LOL
For real though, I hope she gets help.
January 4, 2008
At 9:22 am midevil said:
Maybe if she didn’t have a pimp for a mother… I grew up with this chick who was also a redneck (like the rest of us from Hellbilly), and when she was a teen, her mother got her into stripping and sewed all her “costumes” for her.
January 4, 2008
At 9:51 am Wordfiend said:
I think her problems go beyond pathalogical stage-mom syndrome, or even substance abuse. Her behaviour has a lot of indications of serious mental disorder. Consider the similarities with Anne Heche’s breakdown and Margot Kidder’s. The substance abuse is likely an unfortunate attempt at self-medication.
As we all agree: I pray to god she accepts the help that is clearly being offered to her, for her sake and for her boys’.
January 4, 2008
At 9:56 am jenn said:
Poor Brit cannot go any lower than this - hope she gets help. As for the red-neck thing. I am a northener living in Georgia but the trashy stupid behaviour equated with living in the south goes on in those areas you think of as more cosmopolitan. - there were some pretty trashy folk in Boston and Toronto. Southern ‘hill billies’ and ‘red-necks’ are the last group that it seems okay to make fun of.
January 4, 2008
At 11:30 am Randi said:
So I guess her youngest son was taken to the Emergency room too? Any news on that?
January 4, 2008
At 11:59 am Sara said:
Does this mean that she tried to kill herself or hurt her baby? Why was he also taken to the hospital?
January 4, 2008
At 12:06 pm Jenn F. said:
Wow. I always thought that suicide was becoming likely for her. I still do, much as I hate to say it. She needs a hell of a lot of help, starting with yanking her out of the spotlight completely.
Mid, your story about the redneck teen who’s mom sewed her stripping costumes was horrifying and hilarious at the same time. Know what I mean? Not that it’s funny, it’s just… unbelievable. Amazing what some people equate with being a good parent.
January 4, 2008
At 12:33 pm midevil said:
Jenn,
Yeah, real redneck is surreal and hilarious at the same time–kinda like a Rob Zombie movie. I just want to clarify–I am not American–I live in Southern Ontario, Canada, just a few minutes from Detroit. When I talk of “redneck,” I’m not making fun or singling out–it really is my background. Real rednecks place absolutely no value on women or girl children other than sexual value. I’m not making this shit up–I lived it. Being treated as a sex object really fucks up your mind as well, so don’t down play the role of a parent in sexing a minor, please. Yes, there are other variables in the equation, but that issue is at the core of the problem.
p.s. I will continue to refer to myself as a redneck from Hellbilly because it’s true.
January 4, 2008
At 12:35 pm jenner said:
midevil - I’m assuming you’re in Windsor then?
*waves from Toronto* LOL
Yeah we have our share of rednecks in Canada, too. but they’re…different. More beer & plaid, less marrying your cousins…
January 4, 2008
At 12:41 pm midevil said:
Jenner,
Yeah, Wind-sore!!! Hahaha! Wow, we should hook up next time I’m in T.O.!
I love my plaid, man. It’s all I ever wear–except, lately, I’ve taken to non-plaid out in public sometimes. WTF?!?
January 4, 2008
At 12:57 pm jenn said:
Midevil - I knew where you were coming from - I have family in Calgary - city full of red-neck’s. I get my back up when they make derisive remarks about friends southern drawl and how the way they talk is directly related to thier intelligence. Just a little sensitive after some Christmas visitors.
January 4, 2008
At 1:05 pm midevil said:
Jenn,
Yeah, I figured you did, but the post turned into a “let’s make it clear I’m not a bigot here” for people who might have misinterpreted what I was trying to say, eh.
One of my best friends wass from Northern Alberta and she spent the last ten years or so in Calgary (she died in the summer) and she can attest to what you are talking about.
January 4, 2008
At 1:06 pm midevil said:
..er, she did attest to it…
January 4, 2008
At 1:12 pm Vern said:
Mid,
But it’s true redneck is universal.
love the “real redneck is surreal and hilarious” line!
nails it.
I’m minutes from Canada on the east coast. I don’t believe either of you are Canadian as no one mentioned HOCKEY!
January 4, 2008
At 1:14 pm Vern said:
Mid,
sorry about your friend.
January 4, 2008
At 1:18 pm Mr. Peepers said:
We don’t need to hear the long back and forth essays people. Trade numbers and don’t bother the rest of us.
January 4, 2008
At 1:20 pm midevil said:
Aye. Redneck does not discriminate against any geographic region or ethnic group. It’s a global phenomenon.
Bahaha, hockey! Sorry, this is an American site, so I don’t sign off with, “Keep yer stick on the ice!” *memories of standing at a fire barrel in the north, watching hockey in 50 below temps*
Aye, chick was pretty cool. She actually got to interview one of the guys from the trailer park show.
January 4, 2008
At 2:04 pm Jenn F. said:
Mid, hope you didn’t misunderstand ~ when I said “Amazing what people equate with being a good parent”, my point was that parenting makes all the difference in how the minor turns out. I’m the furthest from playing down the role of parent sexing a minor.
I’m in Toronto as well, and play hockey regularly. Ha!
Mr. Peepers, I think we should leave it to Candy to make that call. You can always skip reading the posts. No need to be rude when others are being friendly.
January 4, 2008
At 2:19 pm midevil said:
Jenn F., Nope, I didn’t misunderstand…
Sweet! We gotta get the gang together!
Mr. Peepers, I think our back and forth banter is valid in this blog at the moment because we are trying to break down the public ideal that horrific redneck parenting is exclusive to the American South. We’re also discussing the dire consequences of raising girl children to be sex objects–which is how Titney was raised.
By the by, I’ve revered to her as “Titney Lears” since long before she became of age. I always found her over-sexed videos and pics disturbing.
January 4, 2008
At 2:20 pm midevil said:
revered = referred
January 4, 2008
At 3:29 pm jenner said:
Vern says:
I don’t believe either of you are Canadian as no one mentioned HOCKEY!
January 4, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
How ’bout this - we just KICKED YER ASS in the World Juniors Championship! 4-1 baby!
Sorry, couldn’t resist…besides, you started it…..LOLOLOL
January 4, 2008
At 4:25 pm Mr. Peepers said:
“Titney” yeah, real funny. The girl has breast, yes! To attack her because she’s beautiful is such a cop out. She wasn’t doing porn as a teen. Young girls back in the day saw teen Britney and they wanted to be confident, physically attractive and talented like Brit.
I have a pretty dog and ugly women come up to me and say, “Her beauty doesn’t matter, is she a good dog?” I look at those fugly , let themselves go, type women and just say to myself, they’re in their own little world.
January 4, 2008
At 4:49 pm midevil said:
I call her Titney Lears because her act was for old men. Try scratching below the surface. Attacking her? Please. She has been from the start a sex object for old creepy men.
January 4, 2008
At 4:52 pm midevil said:
…and where did the comment about “fugly, let themselves go, type women and just say to myself, they’re in their own little world” come from? I don’t recall we were talking about out of shape women.
January 4, 2008
At 5:12 pm Mr. Peepers said:
midevil…It came from us talking about what provokes your comments. Think about it.
January 4, 2008
At 5:21 pm Happy Go Lucky said:
People attack her cuz she’s an idiot. And cuz
she puts herself out there. I can’t help but
wonder why u sign ‘Mr Peepers’…care to share?
If not, it’s coo, as i know that is unrelated to
the blog (kind of, i think)
January 4, 2008
At 5:24 pm Mr. Peepers said:
She’s not an idiot. It’s easy to say that when you are not placed under a microscope like she is. These “Peepers” see all!!!
January 4, 2008
At 5:51 pm midevil said:
I am not old, fat, or ugly, Mr. Peepers. To assume such is extremely sexist and ignorant. Like Titney, I was raised and used as a sex object. Ignore my posts if I bother you that much.
January 4, 2008
At 5:52 pm Paige said:
Britney’s not an idiot?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Feiw_etAra0
January 4, 2008
At 6:48 pm Aine said:
Guys! Whoa!
IF you want to think britney is pretty then go right ahead.
If you want to think she’s a psycho whore then go right ahead.
Lets not bicker and argue about who whored out who.
January 4, 2008
At 6:58 pm Jenn F. said:
Mid ~ just to clarify my comment, “Amazing what people equate with being a good parent” was in reference to the woman who sewed the stripping costumes. She thought she was doing a good thing for her daughter.
January 4, 2008
At 7:01 pm midevil said:
Jenn F –ah, duh, ok, I get what you’re saying now. Yes, she thought she was doing a good thing for her daughter! *slaps forehead* Online communication can cause a lot of misunderstandings!
January 4, 2008
At 8:01 pm Vern said:
Mr. Poopers!
You are laboring under the impression people are jealous of Brit’s look as a child! Wrong! We don’t want young girls to limit themselves to being similar sex objects with no brain. Also the look was targeted to older men. Like the one who might have impregnated Brit’s sister!
A Sexy look is great, just not on little girls when the purpose is to make money-that’s where the whore part comes in!
January 4, 2008
At 8:44 pm The Joker said:
For a long time, I thought Britney had sunk as low as she could, and every time she managed to sink even lower. Maybe this, finally, is the bottom. I hope it is — no one deserves such a thing.
This isn’t funny any more. I truly hope that she can find the help that she needs to get her life sorted out.
January 4, 2008
At 9:37 pm Jenny said:
So many Jenn’s on here…
I’m in Calgary and I can also attest to it being redneck-ville. Everyone drives pick-up trucks or SUVs and think they own the road. No signals, speeding, cutting off. Total lack of decent etiquette. And they all vote conservative.
January 4, 2008