Britney's Ironic Message to Ed

Britney Spears -- who once placed second on "Star Search" -- just issued a sweet statement about Ed McMahon, saying "He is responsible for giving so many artists their first shot including myself."

Britney Spears Ed McMahon

Here's the ironic part. The insanity surrounding one Britney Spears may have contributed to the foreclosure of Ed's house.

Britney used to live around the corner from Ed in Bev Hills. Ed's house sat like a white elephant for several years, partly because of the mold problem but partly -- according to his realtor -- because of the paparazzi frenzy at Britney's pad. The realtor told us buyers were being scared away.

Eventually Ed's house went into foreclosure.

Britney called Ed "a wonderful man who will be greatly missed."



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31. that is truly and totally ironic... (unlike Alanis's definition in the 90s which still annoys the crap out of me. But... I guess if a song about irony isn't about irony...that's ironic?)

Posted at 11:32PM on Jun 23rd 2009 by edelight

32. I only have two thing to say about this.

(1) Britney Spears is NOT an artist!
She IS a side show, and not even a good one.

(2) She doesn't care about Ed. It's all PR. Daddy is trying to convince ppl she's not still CRAZY.
Cue the kids. We need the kids on set now.Lights, camera, action.........

Posted at 11:29PM on Jun 23rd 2009 by Not Buyin It

33. you guys are complete morons, its your guys fault, not hers, bunch of crazy ass panzys~

Posted at 12:23AM on Jun 24th 2009 by Amber ( and duh retards i know my name isnt unique )

34. It sucks to see Ed McMahon's passing! It also sucks that he had to suffer the Britney Spears curse where all around her are made to suffer one way or another!

Posted at 12:36AM on Jun 24th 2009 by Daaamn!!!!

35. PUH-LEEZE. That house was an albatross...who in their right mind would purchase a home filled with TOXIC MOLD? The Realtor is being disingenuous citing Brit as being the reason it went into foreclosure. True, the paps constant presense was annoying to many neighbors but Ed's claims of health related issues caused by the toxicity of his home were well documented. I 'm sure THAT affected the buyer pool and his ability to unload the place. I wonder if the 'loose lipped' Realtor was the same one who sold the McMahon's that infected piece of property in the first place?

Posted at 12:46AM on Jun 24th 2009 by I am

36. I heard that Ed McMahon had eating that tainted cookie dough and that caused his initial hospitalization. Poor guy - just wanted some cookie dough and now he's dead. RIP, Edi.

Posted at 6:36AM on Jun 24th 2009 by Ed was nicer than Johnny

37. Why do you guys always have to add your ugly, negative spin to everything? Britney posted her feelings on her Twitter early yesterday, shortly after the news of Mr. McMahon's demise. She seemed very sincere, and you ppl have to point fingers and bring up stuff that isn't even relevant. Let the man rest in peace. A lot of people (celebs) are saying that TMZ is just as bad as Perez Hilton. I hear that there's a lot of speculation about how long it will be before one of your group is punched. From the way it's looking, it won't be long. Check out Twitter, follow some of the celebs...you might be surprised by how many of them think that you guys suck big time. I was.

Posted at 10:58AM on Jun 24th 2009 by Jizzme

38. OMG, what a stretch of association. And hey, TMZ aren't YOU the paparazzi? So, in fact, wouldn't that make YOU directly associated w/ Ed McMahon's death - (stress by house foreclosure, I'm certain).

Posted at 1:20PM on Jun 24th 2009 by O Plz

39. It figures SLUTney would be a cause of someone else's financial woes. She's such a braindead dumbass, I guess she never figured that her selfish terminal attention whoring might cause someone damage. F*CK HER...

Posted at 1:26PM on Jun 24th 2009 by What a stupid dumbass

40. OK, everyone, it WAS partly twitney's fault. The only reason the papps were so rabid with her is because she played that idiotic "attention whoring" game she used to play. Remember when she would just go driving around aimlessly, with all the papps in tow? Her hotel jumping? Her stealing convenience store stuff? Her continual snatch flashing? Walking around half nakec? Her fake "I'm so scared" responses at her children's custody hearings? All the BS she put her family & kids through? Remember all that stuff? Well, it probably would not have been reported quite as much if it weren't for twitney CALLING THE PAPPARAZZI & TELLING THEM WHERE SHE WAS GOING BEFORE SHE WENT THERE, TO ENSURE THEY'D BE THERE TAKING HER PICTURE. She & she alone created the blizzard of papparazzi attention that they're talking about in this article; the same papparazzi attention that scared away potential buyers to Ed's place.

Twitney caused some of Ed McMahon's problems in selling his home? Oh yeah, she's definitely at least partly to blame...

Posted at 1:36PM on Jun 24th 2009 by What a stupid dumbass

41. well, its not britney's fault those nasty paparazzi were there...

it's nice that she internationally namedropped him as a tocken of gratitude

Posted at 3:21PM on Jun 24th 2009 by John

42. well, its not britney's fault those nasty paparazzi were there...

it's nice that she internationally namedropped him as a tocken of gratitude

Posted at 3:24PM on Jun 24th 2009 by John

43. Like it's BRITANY'S fault there where paparazzi everywhere! The woman has to live somewhere, and I'm sorry, but no matter WHO you are, a person's home is OFF LIMITS!

Posted at 9:04PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Jessica X

44. She appreciated him sooooo much for helping her become a hugh pop star, worth millions, yet she wouldn't help him in his time of need....you know...maybe help him pay is mortgage, etc....whatever....these people are nothing but hypocrits....

Posted at 11:20PM on Jun 25th 2009 by kknvegas

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