Everybody, sitting down? Britney was taken to the hospital again in the wee hours. TMZ was running exclusives all night long. You can hardly blame them though--their business model relies on this kind of gossip--for running the story, and proudly, with a nice shot of Britney looking either deranged or seriously pre-coffee in the ambulance.
But in the strange media maelstrom that governs stories like this these days, both the L.A. Times and The New York Times websites ran the story as front-page news, justifying their interest by reporting the presence of other professional onlookers. "The winding street on which Spears lives in Studio City," says the L.A. Times, "was jammed with the vehicles of journalists and photographers for several hours prior to the police operation."
Like the recent dustup over the revelation that the AP has Brit's, LiLo's and other young stars' obits pre-written, this is a story that confuses covering a story with a story. Major news outlets, which used to pride themselves on making news judgments, are increasingly driven by their websites' traffic minders to carry the story that's generating heat. Their attention, in turn, makes a story a legitimate one. We've always paid attention to stars' private lives (kids, lookup a lady named Liz Taylor), but the web's butterfly effect fans every leaked photo into a tsunami. But having an obit on file doesn't mean a star's death is imminent; having paparazzi and bloggers accompany a star to the hospital doesn't mean we need to pay attention.
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The reason Britney hasn't gotten the psychiatric help she so desperately needs, is that her handlers (managers, publicists, family, etc.) don't want her labeled "mentally ill." If she were, her fan base would leave her, and they would lose their "meal ticket."
As a bipolar myself, I recognize the symptoms in Britney's current behavior. She goes from one high extreme to another; I've read where she cries uncontrollably at times. I just wish the papaparrazi would just LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. They ARE low-life, and Adnan is the lowest of all, selling at a high price his experiences with Britney.
The poor girl has nowhere else to turn. I think NOW she has reached rock bottom, and needs to be evaluated by real doctors, with testing and enough time to manage a treatment plan, whether it means more than a f*** 72 hours! No one in her condition - with her abilities at acting, etc. - can properly be evaluated in less than at least three weeks. The "acting" covers a multitude of sins, and the doctors have to look behind her mask and uncover her demons.
My prayers go out to her and her family (get rid of Sam Lufti!). She needs to turn to God for His unconditional love and acceptance that she hasn't found yet in her life. Her children need her; who knows what trauma has affected them in just the two years since she had them. During the last hospitalization, she was "crazy" enough to threaten the life of her last-born instead of turning them over to their father, for Heaven's sake.
Leave the obits for later, guys. If Britney gets the proper treatment, she CAN lead a fairly "normal" life. Don't give up on her; she appears to me to be a very strong young woman who has had several hard trials in her 26 years: a public divorce, two children in two years, hanging with the wrong crowd, and no one telling her "No!"
Because I am a highly functioning bipolar, I KNOW she can make it and finally "get well," given time and love. She needs SUPPORT from her inner circle in order to heal. You go, Girl!!
What Brittany needs is a break from all the media. Instead of sending her for mental evaluation where they will probably worsen her situation with psychiatric drugs, Brittany's family should seek to cure the underlying problem that Brittany is having and in which she desperateley needs help. She needs to change her environment. All the paparazzi, custody battles, etc. are a hazard to her health right now. To fully recuperate and correct her mistakes she must be in a peaceful location where she can concentrate on curing herself before she can be fit to fight the custody battle for her kids and prove that she can be a good mother. With a party lifestyle full of drinking and late nigts, all those toxins in her body and her physical condition are taking a toll on her mental state. Through many alternatives such as natural medicine and a change not only in nutrition, but in lifestyle, she will find the light at the end of the tunnel. She needs positive support from everyone. The 5HTP all natural pills are great for fighting depression. Natural solutions like these are more likely to have a better result in her recovery. There's a place in Columbia where they host all the people that are in similar situations as Brittany where their facilities are dedicated to curing depression with a natural approach. I'm against psychiatric drugs and even though I'm not a scientologist, I believe that getting their advice in those matters would provide much help that is needed.
OK! Its all a bunch of bs to me, if anyones to blaim its the media.They took an average young american womans life and and hovered over it like an ESPN BLIMP.I mean come on everybody makes mistakes,but their not broute to the hole worlds attention.Wright?Her freinds, family and the media broute her down slowly but surely.She will be on top again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She's not crazy,what is the definition of crazy anyway. I see crazyiness in every last human being.Some more so than others. She needs to let God take over her life,she will be fine when that happens. Until then,she will continue to have evil tendencies.
Spears was not a drug addict. She has a recognize illness. I wondered why the judge in her custody case did not ask for a physcological and drug and alcohol screening before he ruled her a crack head.
This medical condition would have been seen by professionals immediately.
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