Britney: Screw the Apology

31. oprah, god bless you! thank you for looking ou for the children! we need more god children like you! joanne

Posted at 6:10PM on Jan 6th 2007 by joanne

32. big deal when celebrities donate millions of dollars to lily white schools in America and lots of moolah to open a school in Africa. Oprah just want to help the humanoids get a better life. Britney's partying "Don't stop tell you get enough." Brad and Angelina living in lap of luxury "Heaven doesn't want me hell is afraid we'll take over." Have a nice weekend.

Posted at 6:13PM on Jan 6th 2007 by George B Vieto

33. #34: Yeah, you're right. She's really slowed down. She made the apology, has continued to party, and will probably party tonight. After all, what good self-serving slut would possibly want to stay home with her boys on a Saturday night? Or a Friday night? Or...hmm...come to think of it...Thurs., Wed, Tues., Mon, or Sunday nights?

I sure am glad she made that apology. It means a lot.

Posted at 6:32PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Michele

34. Oprah makes so much freaking money on a DAILY basis
that she HAS to give it away or the IRS will pounce on her.
Just like all the other millionaire/billionaire so called celebrity "philanthropists"
like Sam Walton or Billy Gates have to give it away.
You can only buy so much real estate.
So it works to their advantage that they not only get the "you are so
wonderful press" and they also don't get killed on taxes.

Posted at 7:18PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Prnzez

35. The true history of Britney Spears, and to the Britney fans who have been posting on some websites lately that she is worth $300 million. She is NOT worth $300 million. The following is the true history of her career, money and downfall. The most she ever had was about $150 million which Forbes magazine and some other publications talked about, and they probably pushed it up a bit for PR reasons. She has not put out a new CD in years and has not toured in some time. She has been spending a lot of it for the last few years, K-Fed (cars, recording his CD, crating his record company, Federline Records, etc), limos, houses, lawsuits, lawyers, managers etc.

She also lost the lawsuit that she filed against the ten insurance companies that she was trying to get payment from. She wanted them to pay her when she canceled in the middle of her last tour to cover the major losses. She ended up having to pay major amounts of money for damages, canceled arenas, promoters, investors etc. (in the millions). She was also loosing a lot of money on her last tour since about half of the arenas were about half full, a quarter about a quarter full, and only about a quarter of the shows were full. This compared to her first few tours where every arena was full at the height of her fame. If you don't remember go back and take a look at the records (and not the PR her publicists put out). She was also, already becoming unstable at that time. She did not show for two of the shows when the fans were already in their seats for the onyx tour. No reason was given to the fans, and they were understandably upset. Then she came off stage crying at some of the European shows because they were less than half full. Then she cancelled in the middle of the tour because of her knee. She also had her knee operated on in 1999. So that is two times her knee has been a problem for her tours. Since her shows are based on dancing and putting on a big show while she lip-synchs, that makes her knee a big problem to the record companies, promoters, and investors. They are not willing to back her at this time since she is so erratic and unprofessional from her track history, and especially at present. She made one movie that she starred in, Crossroads, and has not been in one since as a lead. In fact she has been turned down many times by Hollywood and has not gotten a starring role in over five years now, and won’t.

She was already in decline by the third CD “Britney” which sold less then half of what “BOMT” did within the same amount of time from its release. Her first CD “BOMT” sold about 11.5 million US when it came out. OIDIA sold about 7.5 million within the same amount of time from its release. Her third CD “Britney” sold about 3.5 million in the same amount of time from its release. Her fourth CD “ITZ” sold slightly above 2 million in the same amount of time from its release. Her “Best Hits CD” although not a studio CD, sold about 1 million in the same amount of time from its release. Not once did her statistics go up, it was a straight downward trend. If you look at it, she did her best when she had a clean and sweet image, on stage, on her CD’s, The more she pushes the sex/slut image, and now the trailer trash image, instead of the sweet girl image of the beginning of her career, the less CD’s she sells. She does not seem to understand this. She has now gone down to crotch shots, and a real dirty image in order to get attention and try to revive her career. That is a real shame since all she had to do at the beginning of her career is show up and be sweet. She sold millions, and millions loved her back then, she had integrity, or at least it looked like it back then. From a business point of view she should have not gone the way she did. It does not work and has ruined her career. She now has only a few fans that are left that are interested in her for skanky reasons, tabloid fodder, and partying, and not for the beautiful Pop Star image that she had some years ago that so many loved. In actuality, the Britney we are now seeing IS the real Britney. The industry is not there to put her together like they used to since she does not sell like she used too (not even close). She is now falling apart at the seams, and has been for some time: 55 hour marriages, marriage to K-Fed, child accidents, erratic behavior, canceled tours, child neglect, law suits, constant bad decisions, crazy partying, crotch shots on purpose (three different times), disrespecting her fans and the industry she is supposed to work in, psychiatric drugs while drinking alcohol, and drinking and driving (which can kill someone, including her) etc.

Her perfume is not doing well now because of her image. Check the latest figures. Even Elizabeth Arden made comments in one of their recent bulletins. They have been cutting back on it and only releasing smaller amounts. There are also rumors that Elizabeth Arden are thinking of suing her because she has not been keeping up her part of the deal, and has not done the amount of advertising she was supposed to do for them. She also has not kept up the “far better image” of herself that she had years ago which DOES help sell the products she backs. Her trailer trash image has done major harm to her businesses (perfume, CD’s, tours, any possible movie career, etc.). She IS a business and needs to act like it with her image. Her image is her business. Major magazines are not putting her on their covers all the time anymore like they used to, which paid her big money. Now she is only on the covers of the tabloids, which do not pay her at all. It also damages her career a lot, and her image, to be in the tabs all the time, and not in major paying magazines (who make her look good).

She should have done Playboy if she wanted to show the world her privates. They would have made her look good and paid her a lot of money Instead she did it for free to get attention which did a lot more damage to her image then any kind of “help” for her comeback. With the C-section showing and rashes further down (check the large images on the net, not the small ones where you can’t see); it looked really gross and desperate, and IS a turn off. And being with Hilton only made it worse. She does not have any professionalism to her tactics and it hurts her image and business a lot. Everyone looks at a train wreck, but that does not mean anyone is going to pay cash to buy it.

She gets involved in a lot of lawsuits (which she creates), and has bad business dealings a lot also. Her restaurant NYLA went broke. She was sued by NIKE some years back and lost. She was sued by a t-shirt company (the only one she won). She sued US magazine and lost and others she has been in. Suing, lawyers, and court cases cost a huge amount of money. She does not have a large income at this time. She has been spending far more in the last three years then she has brought in. If you check all of her divorce papers, other filings, and documents, she only has about $32 million left. She has gone from $150 million about four years ago down to $32 million. That is a loss of $118 million in four years. She is not acting smart, and I am sure a lot of people are taking her money all the time, not just K-Fed, since she is always partying and going crazy. When a star falls, it is not uncommon for everyone to take a part of the pie (their money). Look at Michael jackson, Elvis, and many others.

She may even loose her kids, which is up to the judge and not her fans or their opinions. I work in the legal profession and see how the courts and judges rule all the time. She does not know how to manage her money or kids and be a good and stable mother. The children came out of her; they instinctively know she is their mommy. A Nanny is not the biological mother. The images that the tabloids constantly print of her and her actions can be, and will be, used in court. And it will damage her greatly. In fact, the tabloids are doing her far more harm than any of her “past fans”, or “haters”, can do all together. The courts will not care about the “past fans”, or “haters”, opinions. But they will care very much about the pictures and films the tabs have shown which can be used in court. If she keeps going like this, she will also loose the rest of her money in a few more years (around five years or so).

The current Britney fans seem to only care about image (hair color, makeup, clothes, and partying all the time, etc.), and not substance (such as facts, or Britney’s kids, or professionalism for Britney’s business). And for the fans that keep saying Britney’s life is nobody’s business, you are wrong. She became famous because of us. She puts herself out there all the time and shows off her “supposed” personal life on purpose. She wants the attention. We can judge her anytime we want. There is no law against it. If no one ever judged then no one could ever correct a wrong or point out something destructive, or see the difference between right and wrong, good or bad. It is everyone’s right to judge. She is acting such a fool lately that many should judge her, and they do. She is a celebrity shoving her personal life in everyone’s face on purpose and in a gross and desperate way. She makes her money by selling us all her products. If we do not want to buy her products anymore because we don't like her anymore, or what she or her products stand for, then that is our right and we do not have to accept her or her tactics. We can say what we want, and judge her all we want. Just like Britney’s fans can have their say and judge her as fit or not doing anything wrong by neglecting her kids, etc.

And just because her kids are not your kids does not mean we can’t care about their well being when she is being such a flake about it. She parties almost every night from around 6 PM to 5 or 6 AM. She then has to sleep, probably 10 hours or so to get over the hangover. She also stated “herself” in a couple interviews that I saw of her some years back that she loves to sleep about 10 to 12 hours threw the day. Then we see her out in the afternoon shopping a lot without her kids. Then she goes back to partying all night. She is not spending much time at all with her kids. If you are a mother and truly love your babies then you instinctively want to be with them all the time because you love them. They are the most important of anything to a real mother. It is so funny how the current Britney fans always scream about how the rest of us should not judge, or don't have the right to judge, when they are far more judgmental then anyone else, and they judge everyone else that is not a Britney fan.

People that party all the time and do crazy things a lot are not professional and do not have their life in control. They are also not responsible and end up loosing a lot in life and loosing control of their lives eventually. These are the same people that don’t care about kids, such as Britney’s kids, and justify what Britney does so they can hope she will give them another CD. That is so sad that you would prefer a CD from her over her kids being raised properly by her, the actual biological mother, and her love. It seems that the current Britney fans are far more selfish then they are aware of. And by the way, she is looking more and more trailer trash everyday, she does not look beautiful. Check a bunch of her current pictures against the ones from years ago when she was doing great and still looked fresh and young. She really was happy back then and her smile showed it. Now her smile is hiding a lot of pain and misery. Just look deeper and you will see it there. The problem is that she has caused this all on her own, with her selfishness and stupid tactics. She has gone crazy and really needs psychiatric care. I used to be a really big fan of hers. But the Britney now is literally someone completely different. This is not even the same person. Just like Justin said, he does not even know who she is now, and all the fans that have left, which is the vast majority, don’t know who this woman is now. Britney left some time ago, Sad.

Posted at 7:35PM on Jan 6th 2007 by anonymous

36. @anonymous

No one is going to read all of that so u pretty much just wasted ur time. Though, it seems like u have plenty of time to waste since u bothered to write all that. Pathetic.

Posted at 8:01PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Brandon

37. Anonymous, that was long, but very interesting. I learned some things about Britney I didn't know and I already knew she was heading in the same direction as Janet Jackson. Doing anything to get attention is a sick idea and Britney, just like Janet Jackson are hasbeens, over-the-hill or no one cares anymore. There is too much music out there and with American Idol you get fresh talent every year that the people love.

Posted at 8:12PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Lenn K

38. Brandon, I agree with you 100% about " anonymous 7:35PM". If I wanted to read that much, I'd leave this blog and read a book.

Posted at 8:18PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Alaska Berg

39. Brangelina, how does one get 97 pieces of luggage to your vacation destination ?

Posted at 8:34PM on Jan 9th 2007 by KD

40. To anonymous: WOW, what an excellent post! You covered everything so
well and thorough.Thank you.

Posted at 8:37PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Jade

41. anonymous - great post. the posters insulting you here are obviously the current Britney fans you speak of. Either that or they have the attention span of my cat.
Either way, it certainly does look grim for Spears. I think a good comparison would be to Whitney Houston. (And no, I am NOT referring to their vocal abilities, Britney isn't in the same league with Houston. Britney screeches.) Houston, like Britney does not write the vast majority of her songs, therefore no royalties. The only way she makes money is thru CD sales, touring, etc.. We all know the numbers are way down and sinking farther each day. She will soon be in the same position as Houston - selling off her possessions to pay the mortgage. She was very lucky to have ever had fame. Her looks aren't exceptional, her voice mediocre at BEST, and not the classiest chick out there. Compare her to Christina, her former co-star. Amazing vocals, has matured into a beautiful, intelligent, happily married (to a record producer) and writes much of her material. She has staying power. Britney will be gone in a few years, if not sooner than that. Those without real talent or charm cannot sustain their fame. Personally I'll be glad to see her go.

Posted at 8:57PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Rachel

42. Anonimus F-you and Britney. Her money should be siezed and all given to Fed-ex and she should get a $40,000 a year allowance.What happened to true talent for instance Leanne Rimes.

Posted at 9:03PM on Jan 6th 2007 by SF roller

43. Anonimus I am not going to waste my time reading your long winded yap. I have already formed my own opinion on Britney, and if I don't get to bang her I would rather not look at her, muchless hear the next idiotoc statement come out of her mouth. I hope she' s not on the path to self-destruction like some of the other hollywood-whores.

Posted at 9:24PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Raging Bull

44. Tara Reid is an EXCELLENT example of someone who doesn't exercise and most likely takes pills to stay thin...YUCK!!!!!

Posted at 10:38PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Fiona

45. Oh, I see, white people don't need any help. Oprah should be giving ONLY to blacks. How racist is that????? If Bill Gates only gave money to whites, what would you say?? This site makes me sick.

Posted at 11:06PM on Jan 6th 2007 by Jeff