Britney, I Am So Sorry, Please Get Well…..P.S. Sam Lufti Sucks.
The story of Britney Spears is so complicated and loaded with meaning it’s almost palpable. Just when I think I have a handle on how I feel, something changes my perception.
Prior to the world discovering Britney wasn’t in fact a narcissistic sociopath, but rather a vulnerable, troubled, and confused young woman, I was not nice to her. I was petty and uncharacteristically mean. Sometimes I felt bad, but was convinced she needed tough, unrelenting love to snap out of her mindset. Clearly I was unable to see the obvious.
Fortunately k came along and she and many good-hearted readers here made me realize I was wrong.
Britney, I am so sorry I was mean. Deep down I was hoping I was wrong, and I should have been kinder. We hope you get better and go back to being a success. Most importantly, we hope you grow to find yourself and what matters to you the most: your sons.
k’s a mom, I am a mom and we know how difficult, wearisome, painful and frustrating parenting can be, but this means we also know that the love of your children can help you heal almost any wound. We are worried about you, and want you to know we care.
Lots of people at this site believed in you, not because they were blinded by fan worship, but because they saw you were in need of help, not ridicule.
We’re pulling for you. We hope anyone who hurt you or took advantage of you finds themselves in need of spleen repair. This especially refers to someone whose name rhymes with Man Poofti. If he accidentally runs into the fist of a large, rugged man with glasses and a twang, over and over again, it would clearly be an unavoidable accident.
Also, please try and trust your dad, he’s the only person who seems to have not profited from you, surely you know he loves you. Perhaps you can’t see it now, but your Dad really seems to be doing all the right things to help you.
Be Well,
Glosslip
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D, don’t be so hard on yourself. It appears Sam had us all fooled.
Comment by crazymom — February 6, 2008 @ 9:26 am
D I have followed your posts long before I started posting here and don’t be so hard on yourself. I think many of us thought is was being a spoiled Diva at first and it wasn’t until she started circling the drain at an accelerated pace that it became clear something else was in play other than “just” being mentally ill.
Even her mental illness I am looking at slightly differently since watching the E special on her yesterday and how really smart and vivaceius she was… that Britney had charisma…
I think it is true she started to show signs of cracking when she and Timberlake broke up, the 55-hour marriage was, IMHO, a cry for Justin’s attention and I suspect around that time some sort of alcohol or drug (prescription or illegal?) started around that time — how many talented people have destroyed their lives beause doctor feelgood comes in and starts prescribing uppers and downers???? too many is the answer… I digress…
I don’t know to what degree she loved Kevin vs wanted Kevin but the Blender Magazine article lays it out pretty well, Kevin may not have been a saint, but Britney was not easy to live with, either..as they say, it takes two….
I suspect at this point when Sean Preston was born followed so fast by Jayden James post-partum settled in along with other issues and it was a hormonal fit of pique that led to the text message to Kevin she was divorcing him.
The divorce along with hanging with Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan along with her “cousin” Ali introducing Sam into her life has been devestating to this young woman and I hope she can recover and somehow find here way to a normal life of some sort… her young boys need to grow up with a loving and stable mother and father….
Comment by Rappy — February 6, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
D, that was perhaps the most honest and thoughtful post ever written on an entertainment blog. This site provides an terrific venue to discuss topical issues from Scientology to Britney Spears. Thank you for making working on the web so much more entertaining.
Comment by ebayer — February 6, 2008 @ 2:15 pm
Thanks for the kind words. After I read the statement from Lynne Spears for the restraining order it hit me like a ton of bricks how dumped on this girl was and how truly sick she must be. I felt bad, I misjudged her and felt tremendous sympathy. All celeb writers who’ve dumped on her should realize what we did was wrong. There’s bad behavior and then there’s sickness.
Someone like Britney can’t be held completely accountable for their actions in a case like this.
I was wrong, and I feel better having admitted it. Good thing k and you all came along or I might have made an even bigger ass out of myself
Comment by D — February 6, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
That’s really noble of you. Sorry for the mean things I said about you too.
Comment by Sally — February 8, 2008 @ 5:37 pm