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Britney's Fat Tony: "I Feared for Her Life"

The big former bodyguard who last week in an L.A. court gave apparently damning testimony about Britney Spears' drinking and drug use has now let it all hang out about Brit to a Brit tab.

In an interview with the News of the World in both print and on video, Tony "Fat Tony" Barretto makes numerous and specific allegations about the popwreck, and details her bizarre behavior as a mom and employer. He claims that she allowed her boys to walk around the pool unsupervised, that she would often forget to feed them, and she "would scream and cry uncontrollably" in front of them. What's more, she would talk in gibberish -- Brit-ish? -- that would confuse and scare the kids.

Barretto also charges that Britney "burps and farts a lot," but insists to her staff that she "can't be disgusted by your breath." What's more, she tromped around in the nude all the time -- but staffers had to "act coy." Barretto will appear on the "Today Show" on Monday morning.

Mariah Rolls with Nine – Count 'Em – Assistants


Is she a balladeer princess or a walking film production? Everyone agrees that Mariah Carey looked diva-ine at last week's Save the Music Foundation gala attended by the Clintons, but boy did it take a village to keep her that way!

Gatecrasher reports that Carey required nine staffers to perform "a ballet of maintenance" on Mariah all night, including one whose only job it was to "dispense breast tape" and yet another who was wearing a belt with brushes and hair spray. And then there was the one who brought portable hot rollers, just in case.

Rosie Ditches Diane


Rosie O'Donnell has bailed on an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer for "Good Morning America" about her new book, after saying "no" to Oprah earlier in the week.

Ro had written on her blog that her diss of Oprah wasn't nothin' but a thang, and she wasn't doing any interviews at all, which was probably news to "GMA" producers. "We were looking forward to having Rosie as a guest on the program. Unfortunately, today we were informed she has decided to cancel all of her interviews."

O'Donnell has said that the book and the things it details are "too raw" to discuss.

Party Favors: Scotland's KT Tunstall Particular About Her Scotch ... Big Pussy and Playmates Collide for Best Buddies


Scotland's KT Tunstall showed up to Angels and Kings in Manhattan the other night, and Gatecrasher says one of her people called ahead to make sure they had single-malts Talisker and Macallan in house, because she's very particular. ... Vincent "Big Pussy" Pastore and Playmates old and new joined forces to support Best Buddies, a charity devoted to helping those with "intellectual disabilities," at the Manhattan's Prince George Ballroom.

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31. I bet Rosie turned lesbian cause no guy would wanna hit that fat tubba lard!!

Posted at 12:17PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by eGGhEAD

32. RE:post #32
Good point, but I think if you're a legal resident of a state for X number of months/years you're required to get a license in that state. That's her primary residence most of the year, I think. My son's a student in Cali, has an apartment there, and has a Cali license. I'm going to check this out with him. Good post!

Posted at 12:19PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Fiona

33. Britney walks around naked in her own home and burbs and farts. She should be arrested and put in jail! Why is Fat Tony still so concerned about Britney? He no longer works for her and is pissed that he was fired. I'm sure it was more than 'I didn't pick up a hat!' Disgruntled much! Social services checked the kids recently and said there was not problem. Why does everyone want to control a woman in her 20's who makes $700,000 per month and has a staff to watch over her kids? Better than dumping them in child care like most do! PARTY ON BRITNEY!

Posted at 12:26PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Mikey

34. "The media is cruel to Rosie".... PLEASE!!!! In fact, they were very nice and restrained when she lies about the 9/11 and the war and other things they let her slide. She NEVER backed up her statements with facts -- just spead untruths, and now here she is again saying things about others, and again doesn't have the balls to back those things up under questioning. And you idiots that keep calling her fat... can YOU please stick to the facts. You only look extremely stupid and uneducated when all you do is call people names.

Posted at 12:28PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by karri

35. #37 & #38

according to the NY Daily News

Late last week, the partied-out pop star was charged with driving without a license in Los Angeles, but a review of state records by the Daily News found that she may have been cruising around California illegally for years.

Spears' last valid driver's license appears to have come from her home state of Louisiana - and expired in 2001.

Posted at 12:32PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Ricky

36. who gives a crap about any of these 3? Their careers are more or less over anyways.

Posted at 12:56PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by larry

37. Re:post #41 by Ricky
Thanks for that info. If the NYDN is correct, then she's the luckiest chick on the planet. How has this not been noticed before, what with all her driving mishaps in the past? My butt would be in jail.

Posted at 12:59PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Fiona

38. I don't doubt that she did stupid things.. lots of them.. But I still have this feeling that people coming out of the woodwork just want their own personal 15 minutes. Its not like the fact that she's a nutjob is something new and different.

Posted at 1:03PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Valerie

39. Rosie has clearly lost her mind all she does is bash people. get back on your meds Ro

Posted at 1:10PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by barbergrl

40. If you feel the need to write a book and not discuss it, then please, please, PLEASE do us all a favor - DON'T WRITE YOUR BOOK. I used to really think Rosie was a decent comic, but man, this woman is perhaps the most self-centered, self-loathing IDIOT walking around right now. And, what really cheeses me off, is that this lump of actual NO TALENT is taking my precious oxygen.

Posted at 1:23PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Anthony Tyler

41. To #27 Sam, you are right on the money. I don't even believe this guy's real name is
Tony "Fat Tony" Barretto -- he's a mafia, Sopranos, Godfather wannabe. Reminds me
of the Michael Jackson staff, nobody said anything while little boys were being whisked
in and out of his house, until....money was to be made. Gloria Allred should be ashamed
of herself.

Sam, you are correct about a Ro Ro diary. But NO, she wants us ALL to know about her craziness, thus the book which was written in a matter of hours, apparently. It's all about attention. And guess what? She wins, because here we are talking about it. Shame on us.

Enjoy your afternoon, friends.

Posted at 2:18PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Gypsy

42. I didn't pay much attention to Rosie when she was a " funny comedian ". I wasn't a fan but I also didn't dislike her. My dislike of Rosie came when she promoted adoption by a single parent as the WAY TO GO! Like Gloria Steinem before her.........children don't need a DAD.
Rosie was pro-active in securing newborn babies for her long in the tooth, single, hasbeen celebrity female pals. Over the hill, selfish women whose eggs dried up. The " Woe is me " crowd. THOSE babies were entitled to go to a loving, committed 2 parent family.
No doubt those babies are loved.....but where is DAD ???
Can gay couples adopt...............absolutely ! Hey Rosie..........what about the 3 - 12 year olds ?
Those old broads have money, they can provide necessary therapy for those little ones. Are they not as loveable Rosie ???
Rosie, you have become a loud-mouthed bigot..........you have an agenda. I loved Manilow and now I wouldn't pay a dime for his music. I watched that split screen Rosie. I have tunned into The View 3 or 4 times and happened to catch THAT.
I am sick of celebities " with a cause "........Tom Cruise is another Rosie pal that I wouldn't waste my time watching a free TV movie he was in..........
I am done with the whole celebrity scientology shtick. I have never admired Madonna, the 180 degree turn-around. The crotch-displaying, " like a virgin ", now trying to be " Mother Theresa ". The " matronally Madonna ", as she assails British aspirations!!!!
Wake up people..........we have afforded them their status and now they think they have the respectabilty to mentor the rest of society. Their money and STATUS with the public gives them abject arrogance.
I loved Oprah for many years.........I tunned out with her " favorite things " shows. Hey, just for " fun ".......it wasn't a suprise to me that her beloved Lab died, suffocating on a small ball.
I enjoyed Dr. Phil for quite some time. I don't tune in unless the topic is really something important.
I watched Oprah's " Beloved " movie..........I made it to the end...........it was painful. " The Colour Purple " was fabulous. What was she thinking??????????
The last time I tunned to Oprah..........she was so rude to the Goldman's. Would she have been this way to the Ramsey's. I loved Jeraldo's show............I never watched another show after he vilified Jon-Benet's parents. They didn't hurt their daughter, and Patsy died being pubically VILLIFIED by society.
There is one person that I absolutely admire on TV............Nancy Grace. I also admire Judge Judy. Neither one of those women would comprise themselves.
I've had my say !!!!!!!

Posted at 2:29PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Pat

43. So the bodyguard is a family man with official police training in drug abuse. Well, this blows the lid off everything. So if the mystery is solved, can we all stop paying attention now?!

Posted at 2:51PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by jbird

44. In the print interview Tony uses British words, such as
"knickers" for
panties, and "nappies" for diapers, etc. Those are British English
terms- not American English terms. Sounds to me like a fake story,
not in his words, but in the words of Britian's "News of the World".
Maybe he went to them with the bones of the story and gave them the
green light to embellish and/or put the story in their words. I've
never been a Britney fan, but I do feel great compassion for her and
her children. Although I'm pretty sure Britney is a
druggie/alkie/bad mother, etc., I don't 100% buy this Tony guy
-something's not legit.

Posted at 3:02PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Fiona

45. Yikes, Opps, my bad....Good post #31 by CB13 is what I meant to say!

Posted at 3:02PM on Sep 23rd 2007 by Fiona

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