In Touch Weekly To Reveal Behind The Scenes Look At New Britney Tell-All By Ian Halperin
As Glosslip reported a while back, NYT bestselling author Ian Halperin has a new book coming out in November on Britney Spears, Stalking Britney Spears: Britney Under Siege.
While doing work for his book, Hollywood Undercover (check here for Glosslip’s coverage on Halperin), Ian made a side-project of posing as a member of the paparazzi and followed the moves of the fallen pop-wreck Britney Spears. Ian, whose expertise is going undercover to expose the seedier elements of the entertainment industry, saw the media-swarm surrounding Britney during her legendary fall from grace and wisely took an opportunity to give the consumptive masses an inside look into one of the most sought-after and stalked celebrities.
He’s told Glosslip, rather than the book preying on the failures and missteps of the blonde bombshell (including 3 rehab stints, loss of custody of her two young children, a messy divorce, mental breakdown, and disastrous attempts at a comeback) his portrayal of Spears is sympathetic, as he saw her in her most vulnerable moments. The book is sure to be chockful of revealing details about the users in Britney’s life (ahem…Sam Lufti) and what role they had in her downward spiral into mental illness.
Here are some excerpts from In Touch’s latest piece hitting newsstands today:
On Britney’s death wish:
Britney’s representative denies she ever tried to take her own life and dismisses Halperin’s claims. After months of binge drinking and drug abuse, Halperin reports in his book that the despondent star ” took a large quantity of champagne and pills” at LA’s Penisula Hotel in January of 2007. “It was rumored Britney left a note. But a friend rushed the singer to the hospital in time and she later tore up her own note.”
On Britney’s troubled childhood:
He (Halperin) learned of much about the singer’s difficult childhood – and her tragic history of unchecked psychological issues. “She was suspected of being bipolar at 9, but her parents turned a blind eye to it and let it ride. They though they’d just encourage her artistic endeavors as a way to make her a normal child.
On her road to recovery:
Today, Britney is on medication, but Halperin believes she’s far from recovered. “There’s no doubt based on the last two years that she is a highly unstable person. She’s on a temporary high right now, but she’s never really dealt with all the problems she had. I don’t think it’s possible to turn over a new leaf just like that.”
Outlook on Britney:
As far a Halperin is concerned, Britney deserves to get better – and a lead a happy life. She’s a “good mother and a good person. In fact, she’s nicer than most of the stars I’ve met.”
The article is very comprehensive and give us a lot more than what we’ve heard in the way of mere rumors and conjecture. Glosslip tried to reach Halperin for a comment on this story, but the author has not gotten back to us.
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