Whatever Happened to Britney Jean? (Spears Megathread pt2)

[no]

I think Britney and Kanye should go on a date and let us see what happens

[firebrat1229]

I just don't know how anyone with any sense can watch this play out and think there's not a serious problem. I realize her stans are problematic themselves, but jesus. This is just sad.

[trixie]

All this "I was told I was fat and ugly" is such bullshit. It soulds to me like any little remark (like her dad told her to lose weight and get in shape--presumably for her Vegas shows) she heard as "you're fat and ugly", like the backup dancers were hired to make Britney look fat. She is very obsessed with her looks. One look at her instagram tells you that. She's like this desperate little girl "please tell me I'm pretty"

Speaking of instagram, I was looking at hers this morning and there were a few twirl videos that were absolutely manic. They were in Maui, and she's inside posting twirl videos. And I tried to find one to post now, and it looks like her instagram went *pooF* again.

[lindsaywhit]

[shellee]

I don’t know if all of that rage she’s spewing is true, but I do believe the IUD story and agree with it.

[czb]

it's possibly true.

and i am not on board with dumb britney being slapped by her mom. IF that is true, it is appalling.

[lindsaywhit]

^^^ Yeah, that was pretty shocking, but that's the parenting Britney had and Britney learned. Very reactive. I certainly understand Lynn's anger and fear, but I don't know in what world or whose house that would ever lead to better behavior/choices, but it wouldn't have worked in mine... and my kids didn't pay for my house.

[charmedhour]

Maybe Lynne should have smacked the shit out of her before she had kids. Outside of her clear mental illness, Britney sounds like an entitled piece of work imo.

Re: her father: no doubt he’s never been father of the year. That’s always been obvious, long before she crashed and burned there was public discussion with press about his alcoholism (iirc he’s been in recovery for many years) and absentee parenting while she was growing up. On the other side of that, some of the absence was Lynne moving to NYC with Britney to pursue her career at one point. There were 2 others kids back home in LA that he was caring and providing for while Lynne and Britney pursued Britney’s career.

At frankly, when the shit hit the fan, it was Jamie that stepped up and stepped in. Do I 100% agree with some of things the proceedings verified as truthful? No but this is a man without medical or legal training being guided by the “professionals” to oversee his adult child that is legally incompetent.

I believe he was doing the best he could with what he had to work with, and it sounds like what he had to work with was a spoiled, willful, emotionally stunted mentally ill adult child.

Things such as not allowed to drive- perhaps the medication(s) she took prohibited it, legal, maybe she couldn’t be trusted to safely operate an MV even without possible medications interactions? I mean she was well documented driving recklessly and unsafely with and without her children in the car. Or it could even be something as simple as unfettered access to a vehicle was problematic in that she could easily “disappear” and she truly needed eyes on her at all times.


He’s had his own health troubles on top of it too. I feel for him because the mentally I’ll can be a real bitch and exhausting to deal with day in and day out.

The pictures on the beach… she truly lacks awareness. This is the exact type of behaviors her sons have noted they find problematic. She demanded their respect as their mother and her house blah blah. She needs to show the same kind of respect to her children. Her nakedness on social is uncomfortable for them, and most likely humiliating as well. She will not accept being asked or told to not do something and imo that goes back long before the conservatorship. You can’t live basically your whole life being yes’s to death and handed your every whim and not grow an entitled “how dare you?” Reaction to being told no or asked to not do something that’s in another’s best interest or basic request.

[sputnik]

She should be channeling her rage in therapy, not Instagram but that said, I think her anger is valid as is that of pretty much any other child star raised by parents more obsessed with their cash cow offspring’s careers than their well-being. And the medical abuse during the conservatorship probably killed any faith she might have had left in the mental health field so any chance of her getting help is slim, and I think she might be irretrievable at this point, sadly. 

Just look at the recent autobiography by Jennette McCurdy that chronicles the shit she lived through with her awful momager and how it led to an eating disorder, plus the sexual harassment her mother basically exposed her to. The book is called “I’m glad my mom died” and has gotten pretty rave reviews and gives insight into what these poor young women face. And it’s a hell of a read. The rage is more than understandable.

So yeah, I have no trouble believing her parents made her feel fat and ugly. And I can’t believe none of the women here didn’t experience similar crap growing up because that shit is rampant and has only started to improve recently and with child stars it’s probably multiplied by a million. Why do you think eating disorders are so prevalent?

My sister and I had body image issues because of comments by my mom, who meant well but had her own fucked up body image baggage handed down through generations of her family and the idea that women and girls are only as valuable as their appearance. So many of my friends lived through the same thing. My sister is raising two little girls and she’s determined to break the cycle and doesn’t emphasize looks when complimenting her daughters but rather their intelligence, bravery, empathy, etc. She’s hyper vigilant about the media they’re exposed to, or about making comments about anyone’s appearance around them. And she gives my mom shit when she starts going on about how the girls are dressed or if their hair is nicely done or if she’s making comments about people’s appearance and attractiveness in general around the girls. And she would cut a bitch if anyone even dared tell her daughters to “get in shape” or compared their bodies to anyone else’s because she knows the damage that shit did to her own self-image growing up.

I get taking issue with the fact that Britney isn’t getting the help she needs for her obvious issues and the fact that she’s taking to social media for catharsis and exhibitionism and it’s annoying but all I see is a woman emotionally broken and stunted as a result of a lifetime of parental abuse.

Lynne and Jamie are garbage. If they actually gave a shit, when the conservatorship started they also would have basically ended her career because there’s no way you can be well enough to perform while being so mentally incompetent you need to be under conservatorship. It would have been something more akin to Amanda Bynes situation and instead of Vegas residencies Britney would have been in beautician school or something low key and low stress aimed more at giving her something to do but with none of the pressure to make money.

[no1novice]

I think that both of you have very valid points, but coming from an abusive family environment I just want to say that at some point you have to take responsibility for your own healing.
Yes families are shit but you get therapy, take your meds, cut them out of your life if/when needed and make your own happy.

Britney has enough financial security to do this but she is blaming everyone else - even KFed for her divorce when she dumped him - for everything that happened to her.



Sput - your sister sounds brilliant

[o0amber0o]

I agree that both Sput and CH have valid points and also Nov's point that at some point you have to adult up and take responsibility. Remember, all it took was for her to ask to end the conservatorship and it ended. In 13 years, it was never brought up, so what was supposed to happen? Let's even say over the 13 years she asked her previous attorney and was denied by the attorney, she could have done what she DID and got a different attorney, but for whatever reason that didn't happen.

I struggle to believe a lot of what she says. I agree that her parents were shit for exploiting their kids but there are a lot of former child stars who had shit relationships with their parents who aren't twirling around naked on IG and getting into public throwdowns with their family members.

I've always had a soft spot for Britney, I want her to be well but I find myself more rolling my eyes at her these days than being worried about her.

I can't say anything about the beach photos that hasn't already been said but, can you imagine??? You're on the beach enjoying your vacation and you see a naked woman voluntarily getting sand up her crotch while her man toy is taking pics for IG?? And you know she's not the only one to do it! wtf is this world???

[notoriousmkg]

She is a hot mess who is in some kind of weird feedback loop with her stans, who are probably mostly Instagram and Twitter AI bots. Do I blame her parents? Somewhat, but they are literally as dumb, poorly educated, and lacking in self awareness as she is so where does that leave us? We have entire 10,000-square-mile sections of this country where dumb people are raising each other like this multi generationally. At this point, I think of her as basically a mini Anna Nicole Smith.

[sputnik]

I mean, a disproportionate number of former child stars with awful parents are dead so I think it’s pretty common that a lot of them aren’t able to overcome that… it’s almost like the ones that aren’t dead or hot messes are the exception, not the rule.

[notoriousmkg]

Agreed. There were supposed to be programs in place to protect them - like the Coogan Law. But I guess there are a lot of ways of doing an end around the rules regarding proper education, financial management, and general welfare for children who are performers.

[firebrat1229]

Breaking news, ya'll!

She's deleted her Instagram. Again.