Britney has lost it.

[Kevy Baby]

Her hair that is (her sanity left a long time ago!)

http://thebosh.com/archives/upload/2007/02/the-new-britney-spears.jpg

Bald new look for Britney Spears (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6372623.stm)

[RStar]

Is she preggy too? Or downing too many Peanut Butter and 'Nanna Sandies?

Is she bald for a reason? Like a part for a movie (though I'd sit in makeup for a couple extra hours rather than go bald......

[Cadaverous Pallor]

How about this for a reason - every single moment of her life is documented and reported to the world at large. I'd probably do similar "fvck off" style stunts if I were her.

[wendybeth]

Or, she could be wacky. Just a thought.

[Jughead P. Jones]

I guess we'll see this story plastered all over CNN too. :rolleyes:

[wendybeth]

I'm sure she just really hates all this attention. Shaving ones head in public to protest unwanted attention is a really effective way to deal with such things.

[Tref]

Clearly it is Britneys moment to shine!

[wendybeth]

On second thought, I (for the first time, ever) feel sorry for her. I think she's having a breakdown of some sort. She's surrounded by the unhealthiest of things- sycophants- and she's going to crash and burn if someone doesn't step in. I've never liked her, but I do feel badly for her- she's obviously in a bad place right now. If it's a publicity stunt then she deserves what she gets, but I have the feeling she's in the midst of a meltdown.


Lol, Tref!

[sleepyjeff]

I just thought she was going to start training for the 400 meter butterfly for next years Olympic Games.

:)

[tracilicious]

I think she looks really pretty bald. Almost like Natalie Portman in whatever movie she was bald for.

[libraryvixen]

Natalie Portman looked SO much better. Britney has totally lost her marbles.

[3894]

She just keeps handing ol' K-Fed more reasons he'll prevail in the custody suit.

[thecorndogwalker]

i have a feeling there will be alot more anna-nicoles running around..

[katiesue]

What about the poor kiddos? Hopefully the nanny is sane.

[€uroMeinke]

Now that's a Brazillian

[Kevy Baby]

On second thought, I (for the first time, ever) feel sorry for her. I think she's having a breakdown of some sort.That's kinda what I am thinking right now. Especially with the one day visit to rehab earlier in the week. I think she started getting as dose of reality and she freaked and it accelerated the emotional slide.

I am now worried about her (and her kids).

[MouseWife]

I can {and have} cracked jokes at her expense. But, this, well, to me, this is a sign of a big problem. {or, well, maybe not but all signs do point to it}.

So much has happened to her. Yes, she has chosen poorly. But, she is young. Too much too fast.

Also, she has had two kids. Post-partum come to mind? Thank God she has money for good nannies. I hope she chooses them better than she chose her husband.

But seriously. The trip to rehab the day prior makes me worry big time for her. When someone does something like that, it is more a cry for help. But, they don't know what kind to ask for. They only know things just aren't right.

And I am not a fan. But, I do have a daughter her age {pretty much} and I would protect my daughter from as much of the crap she has been through. Where is her family?

[Kevy Baby]

I read a follow-up story in the LA Times yesterday where they interviewed the salon owner. The owner didn't want to do it and tried to talk Britney out of the shave. Britney grabbed the trimmers and did it herself (the owner then finished it up once the damage was done). Apparently Britney cried the whole time and said something to the effect of "my mother is going to kill me."

[MouseWife]

On Regis & Kelly Regis said he thinks it will become a trend. :rolleyes:

A womans hair. I don't know. I might shove mine under a baseball cap {more frequently nowadays} but I wouldn't want to shave it off.

[Jughead P. Jones]

On Regis & Kelly Regis said he thinks it will become a trend. :rolleyes:

Yeah, because we all know how many women jumped on the head-shaving trend when Sinead O'Connor debuted her single "Nothing Compares 2 U". :D

[MouseWife]

Regis said it. It must be true. :D

But really, I think the shaved head crowd isn't the mainstream Spears fan base....

Is there still a group that shaves their heads? Well, for music...don't wanna know about the 'others'.

[Not Afraid]

She had a one day stint in rehab? I wonder if it helped. ;)

I'll wait until I have chemo to go bald.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Britney Shears?

Clip Me Baby One More Time?

[Mousey Girl]

The hair has made it to Ebay. Too bad the proceeds aren't going to Locks of Love.

[tracilicious]

I don't really see what the big deal is. She shaved her head. So what?

[BarTopDancer]

It's not just the head shaving.
It's the partying, the "exhaustion", the one day stint in rehab, the choices [albeit the ones we see in the media] that adds to the "breakdown" or "cry for help" theories.

[wendybeth]

If she were a punker, then it'd be no big deal. She's not- she's a Pop Tart, and they don't generally do this sort of thing without a very serious reason. She's either in the midst of a meltdown, or she's got cancer and is doing a pre-emptive strike on the hair.

[Not Afraid]

Poor poor girl.

Britney Spears entered rehab Tuesday after a bizarre weekend that included shaving her head and getting a new tattoo.

Spears' manager, Larry Rudolph, told People magazine's Web site that Spears, 25, had voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed treatment facility.

"We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time," Rudolph was quoted as saying.

The Associated Press was attempting to reach Rudolph and other representatives for Spears.

Since she announced her separation from Kevin Federline in November, Spears, the mother of two young sons, has been seen partying with Paris Hilton, and her appearance has been increasingly sloppy.

On Friday night, Spears grabbed an electrical shaver at a San Fernando Valley salon and shaved her head completely bald.

Video on KABC-TV showed a newly shorn Spears with tiny tattoos on the back of her neck as she sat for a new tattoo — a pair of red-and-pink lips on her wrist.

Entertainment TV shows and Web sites reported Friday that she had gone in and out of rehab that week. Some reports identified the facility as Eric Clapton's Crossroads center in Antigua, in the Caribbean, but the AP wasn't able to confirm those reports.

[katiesue]

Well hopefully she gets some help.

And hopefully unlike Lindsey's Mom who showed up with The Insiders cameras to visit her in rehab. Goodnes that's why the poor kid is there in the first place.

[Snowflake]

Hopefully a positive step in the right direction for her.

[Snowflake]

Well, Yahoo headlines are reporting Brittany has checked out, again.
Not checked out, dead, checked out of rehab.
I feel sorry for her and for her family.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I don't feel anything for her situation. Clearly she just wants attention and the wilder she gets the more press she'll get. All of this is leading up to a big album and tour that no one wants to see. She needs to clean up, get back to her kids and thier "father", buy a moble home somewhere in the midwest and just disappear.

Please Britney, go away!

[3894]

buy a moble home somewhere in the midwest and just disappear.

Why would she do that when she's so perfect for Sunset Strip? :confused:

[Stan4dSteph]

She needs to clean up, get back to her kids and thier "father", buy a moble home somewhere in the midwest and just disappear.

Please Britney, go away!She's more likely to go back to the South where she's from originally. I don't really get the Midwest crack.

[thecorndogwalker]

ooops she did it again!

[Kevy Baby]

I don't feel anything for her situation. Clearly she just wants attention and the wilder she gets the more press she'll get. All of this is leading up to a big album and tour that no one wants to see. She needs to clean up, get back to her kids and thier "father", buy a moble home somewhere in the midwest and just disappear.

Please Britney, go away!I strongly disagree with the jist of this post. It is obvious to me that she is in a world of emotional pain. While I am not a fan of hers at all, I usually do not wish emotional pain upon anyone.

I really don't give a rip about her music or her career. I do however, weep for her obvious pain and fear.

[Kevy Baby]

ooops she did it again!Now, see this I can laugh about :D

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

She's more likely to go back to the South where she's from originally. I don't really get the Midwest crack.

See how much I care about her? I don't even know where she's from. I thought it was Oklahoma.

I strongly disagree with the jist of this post. It is obvious to me that she is in a world of emotional pain. While I am not a fan of hers at all, I usually do not wish emotional pain upon anyone.

I understand where you're coming from and I agree that a "breakdown" is nothing to snark at. I strongly doubt she's in any kind of real "emotional pain." Its all just another ploy for the camera - no differenet that the guy from N'Sync coming out of the closet. Everything about her was manufactured and I wouldn't have any doubts that this is another product of that machine.

[Alex]

While I can be amused by her antics and breakdown as much as anyone (just as laughing at old people is fun, laughing at the emotionally crippled can have its amusements) I don't really blame her a whole lot for them.

The girl has never had a normal life. She was never taught how to grow up, allowed to make mistakes that go unnoticed, given reasonable limits with which to rebel. Yes, she has been immensely rewarded for being warped (and warping herself) to our collective entertainment but I would argue it takes a rare person to go through her life and come out the other side of it without problems.

So yeah, she amuses me in some ways, but it is the same way Frank Chu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu)amuses me. Yeah, he's all screwed up but I don't really blame him for it.

[Not Afraid]

I remember all to well the comined feelings of despair and denial that seems to go along with a decision that help is needed. I checked into rehab only to want nothing more than to go home. It's the scariest thing I've ever done in my life - along with the best.

Britney is in a LOT of pain and, no one who is hitting bottom, is thinking straight. It is almost impossible to make good decisions when you're crawling on the bottom of the barrel.

She's a sick girl who doesn't want to be a sick girl. She's probably addicted to a substance that she both craves and hates. She needs help but doesn't want to be "not normal". I remember it all very well.

[Babette]

I heard there was a huge birthday bash for Paris Hilton Sunday night. Maybe Brit wasn't invited and this was her tantrum. Trying to take the spotlight away from Paris.

[BarTopDancer]

Dr. Drew (yes, I listen to Love Line while driving home from games) was speaking a bit about this situation. His perspective was very interesting.

If you think about this entire situation, it started right after Anna Nicole died and Brittany was no longer in the media spotlight. Troubled, yes. But attention seeking (put her back in the spotlight) behaviors over a cry for help? Maybe.

[thecorndogwalker]

Britney: Well (gum smack) I wanted to just shock the world again and i was so high last night and me and the babies watched Aliens and I thought, I want to be just like Ripley!" Garsh (gum smack) i was running around the house screaming pretending the aliens were after me and sean preston and the other baby, ooops i keep forgettting what we called her. Maybe I will call her Newt?"

[Alex]

Most people have never seen the show but I've long thought that Craig Kilborn, is the best thing in late night TV, at least as far as the monologue is concerened.

A big part of this is because he does monologues, not a setup/punchline, setup/punchline like the other hosts. Another reason is that if he's not in a mood ot make jokes he'll just talk.

Anyway, the Britney Spears story recently put him out of the mood for jokes for one night and he did a wonderful monologue that covers much of the reason I'm uneasy with the flippancy we see towards her recent story.

Anyway, you all might want to check it out here (http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/comedy/monologue/video/20070219.shtml).

[MouseWife]

I didn't read your link but I had heard that somewhere else.

I agree. Her situation is real and it is scary. All of the things she has done, but especially the hair deal. I read how she did it and that wasn't a level headed decision, to say the least.

I don't think her problem is partying, I think she is suffering and may be having or is going to have a breakdown. I hope they address this in her 're-hab'. The drugs/alcohol are a second issue in her problem.

Her life has been everywhere and everyones business. Her successes and her failures. And I include K-Fed as one of those and I think their break up may have added to her state.

I don't think that K-Fed is a better parent than she is, I think she needs help and when she gets it straightened out, she will be okay. She needs counseling about her mental state and what drives her to do the things she does.

[Alex]

Of course, I meant Craig Ferguson, not Craig Kilborn.

[CrazyLegs]

I think she is crazy dealing with to much

[Isaac]

I'm surprised after reading all these replies that no one has posted the real reason for Britney shaving her head.

Ms. Spears shaved her head after her ex-husband (Kevin Federline) threatened that he was going to appear in court & tell the judge she was abusing drugs and demand she take a hair follicle drug test. If she failed the test Federline could have gained temporary custody of their children & Britney would have to pay him $$$. THAT'S why Britney Spears shaved her head. She's not crazy. She's just trying to protect her children & her money from Federline.

Of course, she wouldn't have to worry about a drug test if she kept off them.

[katiesue]

Post-partum has to come in to play as well I'd think.

[Kevy Baby]

Ms. Spears shaved her head after her ex-husband (Kevin Federline) threatened that he was going to appear in court & tell the judge she was abusing drugs and demand she take a hair follicle drug test.Please tell me that you are joking. There are PLENTY of ways to test for drugs besides the follicle test.

[katiesue]

I read that as well. I also read she thought she had lice in her extensions and just wanted them off - now.

[Kevy Baby]

I am not a Britney defender. But her actions leading up to and especially including the shaving incident are simply the actions of someone with serious emotional distress. It is a state of mind that I would not wish upon ANYONE. She is, quite obviously to me, in a major fit of pain and depression. There comes a point where the media and the public should just leave someone alone for a while (the public is just a culpable as the media in something like this - if it didn't sell, the media wouldn't chase it).

[MouseWife]

I am not a Britney fan either but I also believe there are other ways of drug testing.

Her eyes tell it; she is suffering from serious emotional distress, as Kevy stated.

I think postpartem is part as well as her whole life and who really has control over it.

Imbalance. Needs meds and counseling to set her life straight.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

There comes a point where the media and the public should just leave someone alone for a while (the public is just a culpable as the media in something like this - if it didn't sell, the media wouldn't chase it).

Oh, I would like nothing better that have Britney vanish. :rolleyes:

[Not Afraid]

There was a pic on the news of her wailing on a reporters car with an umbrella. She loked awful, was wearing white shorts (in this weather?) and just seemed very crazed.

[MouseWife]

Sadly...I bet Britney even wishes she would disappear. :(

When in that state, you do not know what to think, feel, you really don't want to be in your own skin. That I think is part of the shaving the head.

They should take her away, leave her alone {the media} and help her. It probably will take more than 30 days. But, I think, in a week or two {if they give her the best attention/help} she can be presentable to visit with her kids. Remind her why she is here, what is real.

[Morrigoon]

Can't say where I heard it, but Britney is FVCKED UP. She *needs* to be (and stay) checked into a rehab.

[Ghoulish Delight]

C'mon people, is it really that crazy to want the curtains to match the rug?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

..was wearing white shorts (in this weather?) and just seemed very crazed.

and before Memorial day...

[Prudence]

I think what some of the young celebs need most is real friends. Normal friends. Not Paris Hilton friends, but regular people who don't and won't hero worship them, who can't afford to designer clothes to spill expensive booze on, who don't take limos everywhere they go, who wait in lines, who have responsibilities, and so forth and so on.

[Capt Jack]

but at that level, is that really even an option for them? they cant go pee without cameras snapping and crowds gathering. going ballistic...well that just brings on the notoriety even more albeit for some pretty sh!tty reasons.

sad to say, she needs to bottom out before starting a climb back up...and tragically, I think shes nearly there. however Im not sure her life will ever be at a place you and I could call 'normal'

Im by no means a fan of Brit, but I hate seeing anyones life being so thrashed that even they dont want to live it, especially where kids are involved.

[katiesue]

That and actual parents who parent and don't "manage". There is no way in heck my parents would have let me go out to clubs when I was underage. And why don't these clubs get busted for serving minors? It's plastered over every tabloid you'd think it would be an open/shut case.

Also it can't be easy having your every move photographed. But then stay home some. You know there are photographers camped out at the Ivy, go someplace else. Have your assistant run to Starbucks. I realize they want a normal life but they don't have one. It seems that the celebs who back off and lay low are eventually able to function semi normally. They can go to the mall or supermarket. But when it's in a frenzy you just can't do that without all the hooplah, which is sad. And especially when kids are inolved. Let someone drop their kid off at school without photos.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

This is how I view "fame".

Fame is a giant boulder at the top of a tall steep hill.

The celebrity in question is a tiny little ant.

The ant goes to the top of the hill and pushes the giant rock off the top.

As it begins screaming down the hill, crushing everything in its path, the ant decides to jump in front of it.

It could either run with it to stay one step ahead and try to escape being crushed.

It could stop running and try to stop the giant boulder (Ant vs. 2 ton piece of stone).

It could do the smart thing and jump out of its destructive path.

:)

[Kevy Baby]

That and actual parents who parent and don't "manage". There is no way in heck my parents would have let me go out to clubs when I was underage. And why don't these clubs get busted for serving minors? It's plastered over every tabloid you'd think it would be an open/shut case.Britney is 25

[katiesue]

I know, but she did go out when she wasn't. Lindsey isn't 21. Was making a generality - should have been more clear.

[MouseWife]

I have wondered about this, too. On Leno, Lindsay was talking about going out and I think Leno asked her if she was drinking and I thought she had mentioned she had been partying but then she turned around and said 'no, well, I wasn't drinking, I am not even old enough to be drinking'.

But, not just celebrities. A lot of more upscale restaurants don't really check. Not from my experience, anyways. When I was underage my sister took me out {in the Hollywood Hills/Beverly Hills areas}and it was the smaller places that carded and the bigger {more expensive} places didn't bat an eye. I didn't go dressed in bobby sox and poodle skirts but nicely dressed.

And, even if I did look older I was never carded.

I think, also, the likes of Paris Hilton is not a good friend to BS. She was raised with a silver spoon and BS wasn't. I would imagine Paris grew up around constant partying and it isn't a big deal. And, the backstabing is probably common as well.

I don't think BS is like a lot of the others. Who else has gotten married {seemingly she wants that married life} and then popped out two kids? A lot of big actresses don't get married and put off having kids for so many years. Putting all of that together is quite difficult. Heck, I am sitting here trying to juggle my life and it sucks. :0( But, I am not reaching for a bottle of anything.

Also, I wonder if it will sink in that her career just may be over? And that she is wealthy enough that it would be alright? I am older and I remember the likes of David Cassidy, a very big teen heart throb. Sometimes, it just ends. Is she accepting it or are her 'people' trying to keep it going and that is causing her problems?

Eh, I've had too much coffee and my thoughts are all over.

I still think she needs a lot of help but I wonder if she will be properly diagnosed.

[Kevy Baby]

I still think she needs a lot of help but I wonder if she will be properly diagnosed.The diagnosis shouldn't be a problem - it is pretty obvious what is going on. The question is whether the patient is willing to do what is necessary to get better. Emotional challenges can be very difficult and painful to deal with.

[MouseWife]

True. I really just mean that, she is going to a drug rehab. She has a mental issue happening. I really believe the behaviour is secondary to her other issues. I have been reading more {okay, magazine covers only} about her being depressed and the like.

[Not Afraid]

The think about rehab is that they don't only keep you clean and soper for many days stright, they also teach you tools so you can deal with the mental anguish and continue to live clean and sober.

[Alex]

Out of curiosity did anybody watch the Craig Ferguson clip I linked to above? It is a very personal discussion of his own alcoholism and how it prevents him from jumping on the bandwagon of making fun of Spears and hoping she is able to find the spot and help he eventually did.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Out of curiosity did anybody watch the Craig Ferguson clip I linked to above? It is a very personal discussion of his own alcoholism and how it prevents him from jumping on the bandwagon of making fun of Spears and hoping she is able to find the spot and help he eventually did.

Yes, I did. It was really interesting to watch him open up like that, I've never seen someone do something like that on tv. It was a real eye opener, and brought a new perspective on the discussion.

[Not Afraid]

First of all, why didn't I know about Craig Ferguson before? He's adorable and has a Scottish accent. AND, he's sober! I think I've just developed a new crush!

Secondly, I applaud him for sharing his experience on public television like that. He never really mentions AA (except alluding that you can find other people to talk to very near the front of the phone book HA HA!) because it is a program of attraction, not promotion. I don't have a problem with him sharing his story on national television. It is a great story and a great pitch. (And sort of like having a Speakers Meeting appear on my computer in my living room.)

I've heard many stories like his - I have one of my own - but most people haven't. What a great example of the seriousness and the humor that is involved in sobriety.

[MouseWife]

The think about rehab is that they don't only keep you clean and soper for many days stright, they also teach you tools so you can deal with the mental anguish and continue to live clean and sober.

"Coping Skills". Yes, very important. Sometimes people don't realize why they do things.

Or, when it is time to ask for help. And, the people close to her need to be there and open for her when she needs them. {of course, some people look at someone like this as weak and helping them as enabling them...I think they need time to recover and re-learn to take care of themselves}.

I was such a person for someone and when they needed me I did drop what I was doing and helped them {instead of them doing destructive things}. {In AA is this called a sponsor?} Gradually they didn't need me that way but still they need a healthy environment and to keep practicing the coping skills.

I am glad that a lot of people have come out and admitted they have suffered/suffer from depression in one form or another. I can't name them but it helps the public to realize it can happen to anyone and isn't something to be ashamed of.

Unfortunately, in my own personal life I don't know a lot of enlightened people.

[MouseWife]

First of all, why didn't I know about Craig Ferguson before? He's adorable and has a Scottish accent. AND, he's sober! I think I've just developed a new crush!



Geesh, no kidding!! I think he is on too late at night for me but I just adore him!!

[Alex]

First of all, why didn't I know about Craig Ferguson before? He's adorable and has a Scottish accent. AND, he's sober! I think I've just developed a new crush!

If you search the internets you can find the monologue he did right after his father had died. Another one where he wasn't in the mood to tell jokes so he didn't. Very moving.

The really big difference between him and the other late night hosts is that he is willing to drop the ironic facade on occasion. He is very open about his feelings that America is a great country and how eager he is to finally get his citizenship (this may have happened already). I remember an interview he did with Brian Cox that was very interesting, about the differences between living here and in Scotland.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

So, speaking of Lindsey Lohan. I think I took the shaft with her a few weeks ago. Maybe???

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a377/bornieo/101_0352.jpg

[Betty]

In the blurriest photo ever!

[Not Afraid]

Next time, Borneio will be sitting next to the Loch Ness Monster. ;)

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Next time, Borneio will be sitting next to the Loch Ness Monster. ;)

Actually, to the right of me is Bigfoot. He was pretty scared on this ride... poor fella..

[€uroMeinke]

I can't see her hoohaw - how do you know it's her?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I can't see her hoohaw - how do you know it's her?

Bad camera angle! Dang...you had to be there I guess. :p