Brit Dodges the 5,150 Pound Elephant

Posted Dec 1st 2008 12:42PM by TMZ Staff

There was no Britney Spears documentary last night, there was only propaganda.
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Funny that a feature film that was supposed to examine everything in her life conveniently glossed over the parts where she was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold, flashed the no-no bits, hung around scumbags like Sam Lutfi and Adnan, and was placed under a conservatorship after being strapped onto a gurney -- twice.

Bottom line -- Britney and MTV had an opportunity to help us understand the real Britney. Then again, when a Britney tell-all is sponsored by a Britney perfume line, how real could it possibly get?

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1. with her dad still controling the show she prob couldn't tell all that she wanted to. You could tell that she had a lot more to say but had to hold herslf back, cause of Daddy.You peep will never get enough no matter how much of her story she does or doesn't tell

Posted at 12:48PM on Dec 1st 2008 by intelgeek

2. Lashing out at your readers. Thats good for business

Posted at 12:49PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Prince Von A-Hole

3. Documentary?
That was just an MTV special...not only was her perfume line a sponsor, her manager was one of the producers...the screwed up on editing and adding dates as well...For example they showed the Madonna apperance as day 49 (I think) and then they showed her on Halloween as day 55...Madonna's LA concert was held AFTER Halloween on 11/6...
I'm sure there were many other descrepencies as well...

Posted at 12:49PM on Dec 1st 2008 by la diva latina

4. TMZ, you didn't let me down... I've been waiting all day to see what negitive garbage you were going to dish out on Britney. True to form, you prove yourselves to be asses of the highest regard. BRAVO LOSERS!

Posted at 12:49PM on Dec 1st 2008 by donbear

5. I thought the documentary was a good idea but the outcome was not what I expected but in some parts I did feel she was coming out of her shell.

Posted at 12:49PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Gia

6. What a bunch of bs. Brit really sucks.

Posted at 12:49PM on Dec 1st 2008 by :o)

7. whose lashing out at who.i dont work for tmz

Posted at 12:51PM on Dec 1st 2008 by intelgeek

8. I didn't bother to watch that worthless documentary. More spin from Brits PR people in an attempt to make her normal. SHe sucks! The whole thing is just to build up PR for her album Circus. I can't believe people actually bought into her cr@p.

Posted at 12:52PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Wand Waxer

9. Well after going to G-A-Y in London on Saturday night to see Britney I was sooo disappointed that she decided not to take to the stage because she was 'too shy'< or are you on soo much meds that your too high to do anything??

get well soon, then have a comeback

Posted at 12:53PM on Dec 1st 2008 by jclondon

10. damn tmz, do you want to know her bra size and social security #? I think she covered everything pretty well. We all heard as much as we should. i don't even think it's healthy for anyone to talk about a visit to the psychiatric ward; it's like reliving their worst nightmare. I was just glad to hear a story, albeit half, straight from the source. And I'm not even a big-time britney fan.

Posted at 12:59PM on Dec 1st 2008 by jane

11. Why don't people just leave her alone. What if she doesn't want to talk about it because it's too much for her or anyone to handle. Get over all the negative that was done, and look toward the future and that is clearly what she is doing.

Posted at 12:59PM on Dec 1st 2008 by FB

12. I pity her.

Posted at 1:00PM on Dec 1st 2008 by 5150

13. leave britney alone. the poor girl has obviously been through so much, to have her whole life fall apart in front of the entire world, and youre still trashing her past? leave it alone and leave HER alone. she answered what her life is like NOW, and even though she looked back she also said that moving on is important. and to let go of all the negativity, and focus on the positive. just let the poor girl lead her life the way she wants it to be. stop trashing her and just leave her alone.

Posted at 1:01PM on Dec 1st 2008 by unladylike1025

14. Everything on MTV is self promoting. The last time I tuned into the MTV movie awards, it was a giant cellphone company commercial. Taking that into account before I even turned to the channel, I thought it was a very intimate interview that portrayed her as a real, though not regular, person. She touched on all the topics of her past, though not always directly. I loved it and love her more for it.

Posted at 1:02PM on Dec 1st 2008 by JennyB

15. I really think that everyone is being unfair to her. Do you not feel bad at all? How mean can you all be?

Posted at 1:03PM on Dec 1st 2008 by coley

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