Britney has gone to hospital... AGAIN
She's still depressed and doesn't know what to do from her life. I feel sorry for her. I don't like her music very much but I've grown up with her songs on the radio (Baby one more time, Crazy etc) and she has pretty much my age but she has already endured pregnancy, divorce, drug addiction and so on.
And the media are harassing her to no end.
What do you think? Are you sorry for her?
[question posted by RowenaTheWitch]
responses and comments:
I never was a big fan of her music but I am sorry for her. Mostly because she never had a childhood and it seems like she now is going through puberty.. Which I don't mean as mean thing or so. It's a wonder that there aren't sooooo many other people like her. I mean... there are a lot of famos girls/boys who are in the media almost since day 1 and many can't handle it. I really don't wanna know how it feels to be like her. All the money is nothing worth in such a life. The media is only bad talking about her instead of thinking about how everyone may be able to help her... I think the whole media issue makes everything more worse... I guess I wasn't able to say what I really wanted to say about this.. my english and.. well, I'm very tired LoL. I might come back and write again later.. [19ewf84]
I guess it's also because people WANT to know... You know? It's like "leave her alone" but somehow you want to know what's going on or what the person is doing. In general it's a pretty double-track topic.. [19ewf84]
Well said my friend about her music and live. We have to believe that she can break thru this difficult period and get back on her feet. Some few people in the tabloids want to explore her instead of support her. She is not an isolate case, many teenagers in poor, middle or rich classes live the same and we have to learn to deal with that and do not put an additional stigma on them. [lucgeta]
On the one hand, I don't feel sorry for her. She's made some poor choices, but I believe everybody is, or should be, held accountable for the choices they make in life. On the other hand, I think that she was pressured into making some (but not all) of these choices by people who did not have Britney's best interests at heart, but were smooth enough to convince her to think that they were. My 12-yr-old daughter used to love Britney's early stuff, but now she can't stand what Ms. Spears has become. [gantwick]
I agree. Britney Spears has made her own choices and should be held accountable, but she's only human. Everyone makes bad choices every now and then, but we aren't hounded by paparazzi every time we turn around. Hopefully she'll get past all this and be there for her kids. [butterflygrl76]
I don't want to be mean or anything but I'm kinda sick of hearing about her all the time. This may be the media's fault, but you know what, it's not their fault she is a failure as a human being. She has endured drug addiction? What, didn't she have a choice? It's not like she's one of the millions of people starving every day. She got what she bargained for. Ok, I must stop, I'm really getting aggressive here... The truth is I don't really care what happens to Britney Spears. I fell sorry for all that she's been as a human creature, not as Britney Spears. And one more thing, pregnancy is not something you necessarily "endure", most women describe it as a blessing. Nothing personal, just my honest opinion. [stvasile]
Maybe I've worded it wrong, pregnancy is not a negative thing but if you get into it at a young age and without knowing what you're doing it's a problematic thing I have compassion as a human being too, I'm not a big fan of her. It's true that if she wasn't britney but some random drug addict no one would care but it's a pity the same. [RowenaTheWitch]
I think she is a young lady with serious psychological issues. I hope that she gets some help this time. If she doesn't, I wouldn't be surprised if we hear that she has committed suicide. So, yes, I do feel sorry for her. Her family is a train wreck too, so, she has no support system either. Poor girl. [bonbon664]
Hi, I've never been a Britney fan, but now I can't help but feel for the poor girl and what she is going through. Being in the public eye constantly must be a very tough thing, let alone with all the paparazzi hanging out trying to take pitures of your privates. She is a just a young lost woman with small children and no sense of direction. The only difference between her and so many gals in a similar situation is that she has fame and money. I honestly hope that she gets the help she so desperately needs before it is too late. Anyone who has experienced a similar situation knows that it takes its toll on everyone in the family. Imagine having to deal with situation with a camera in your face. Hopefully she has hit rock bottom and now there is nowhere to go but up. [di1159]
i feel thats inutile was found a righy cure and want to way well...........but i'm sorry for all people that go in hospital.............are not a good place....myryam [miryam]
Why should i feel sorry over her? Lots of people have problemes,not only Britney [snawitz1]
I don´t link anything to my childhood. Lots of people today have problems with their life. Britney made her own choice with her life. Her problems doesn´t interest me. I only wrote yesterday,beacuse I had boring,and found your first line funny. [snawitz1]
I am like you i have pretty much grown up with some of her music....I do feel sorry for her because she is a normal person and she is going through alot of rough times right now(divorce,losing her kids,drugs)I think that anyone would have a hard time with that and now that she has people following her around all of the time that has to make it that much harder on her really...I mean she's a normal person after all and if it were me and I had all of that happening to me I would really have a hard time with my personal life being all over the news! [jhl930]
I can probably be a little more sympathetic and soft about the fact that she lost her kids. [zeloguy]
And who's fault was it that she has gone through drug addiction pregnancy divorce in and out of rehab... heck there are pictures of her private parts all over the internet. She has made her own bed and now she's going to have to sleep in it. I do feel there is something completely mentally wrong with her and that she needs... not help but intervention. And then to top it off her 16 year old sister gets pregnant and her mother comes off as being proud of it. The whole family is screwed up if you ask me. [zeloguy]
The more and more I hear about this family the more I blame the mother. Now the younger sister has a baby and the mother is happy she got knocked up.... A person is made from their surroundings and from their parents and piers.... which these girls just didn't have a good set of. For that I can feel sorry for them. Thanks Zelo [zeloguy]
I'm afraid I have to say no, she is richer than any of us and it is her own fault all the things that have happened to her have come about. The most shocking thing is that custody of her children has been given to the father, courts don't do that lightly and being as rich as she is she would have had the best lawyers money can buy so whatever she has done must be bad. And regarding the media "harassing" her, she obviously is media tart and encourages the media to watch her every move, it's how she built her career so I don't feel sorry for her regarding that either. There are lots of women who have endured pregnancy divorce and drug addiction who aren't famous and no one could care less about them so why should I feel sorry for her? I may sound harsh but it is all true, the only person who can make it all better for her is herself. for her children's sake she has to stand up and say "I've behaved badly I regret it and I want to change" until she does that she will get no sympathy from me. [nancyrowina]
Interesting point, so someone rich does not need to do charity as whatever happened to them is their own making. I see where we gonna get this way. And more interesting, when she down and dirty one should kick her and tell her things. And when she is clean and nice and still rich, my gasp is that she won't need anyone else's sympathy. Finally, there is a few human beings out there that think about all the other woman too. Have a nice day and watch out every slippery curve you might have ahead :) [lucgeta]
I don't know her. Means I only have part of the story from media. To judge anyone we have to know the person. Britney is product of Disney studio and TV. She start so young and didn't have smart manager to keep an eye on her. It is perfect example that fame and money are not going to make most people happy. She was pretty and cute. Now she looks old and trashy. Media and paparazzi are too close to her and I think they may kill her same way they kill Diana... [polachicago]
It is a very sad situation. That is why I am so hell bent on my children not doing anything in acting or singing at such a young age. They can't handle that type of maturity that has to come with it and a lot of celebraties and singers get very messed up the older they get. I do feel sorry for her, i think she has a lot of issues and i don't think that two days in a hospital is gonna fix that for her. i feel sorry more for her children though that they had to see how she acted and now not having a mother. It's so sad. God bless [asgtswife04]
Feel sorry for her? I"m not sure. I guess maybe in a very general way. After all most of the things she has gone trough were not exactly anyone else's choice. Still as a person, I guess yes I"m sorry that she is going trough all of it. [arkaf61]
Hey Rowena, I've read several news reports about this today, and more than one of them stated her psychiatrist had her committed. She had nothing to gain from it, I don't think this is for attention, I think that there is something there, whether side effects from drugs she's taken, to side effects of any current psych. medications she may be on. As much as the medications are supposed to help, key word supposed to help, doctors admit the brain and how it works is as much guess as aanything else. I think everything she is going though is taking its toll on her, and I think she truly needs help, I don't see her parents there to really help her, and she doens't seem to really have any friends. I wish I could let her know that I understand what she is going through Mooch [oneandonemakesix]
I do feel sorry for her... But at the end of the day... she did it to herself and she need to fix it. She got trap in the success of the rich and famous and she is obviously another party girl who cannot help herself... but being drag into the wrong path by associating herself with the wrong people. She needs to quit the limelight and the drugs... and go into hiding for two years. Live a normal life and learn to become a normal person. But she won't do it... because she has no-one to help her and love her. None of the regular guys who could help her would want to have anything to do with such a person out of control. She keep reacting with anger for being punished each time she does something wrong. Which create more punishment. She is like a wild animal caught in a trap. She needs to stop acting like a teenager and start growing up. I can see it coming... Britney commit suicide... or Britney dies of a drug overdose... which is also suicide. [Aussies2007]
I did feel bad for her the first few times she messed up. Now it's the umpteenth time and I don't. I feel bad for her children. She's had so many opportunities to clean herself up. More opportunities than some people and she blew it. I'm just hoping her kids don't get screwed up over it. [starr4all]
I feel sorry for her in a way because all you have to do is take a look at what is going on with the rest of her family to know why she's as messed up as she is, because they all are. But then too she keeps making a lot of the same bad choices over and over so no I don't feel sorry for her doing that because it shows she's not learning from her mistakes. [valerie37]
wow,just when i get the sight or thought of that tart out of my mind someone put"s it back in.people who have everything and abuse it get no mercy from me,sorry. [max1950]
i do feel sorry for her though i am not a fan of her.i guess the stress she has is so heavy.she is yong but she must face a lot of burden which she could not pick off.and the condition is deteriorateed by the voice of entertainment media.that not the conduct we should have to go with a poor girl.i hope britney can calm down and solve the problem she is having now and i hope people have more commiserations to her.every one could do some mistakes and he or she may be in trouble sometime.we need love and understanding. [linyinsean]
I felt Sorry for her because she doesn't have the privacy in life that we have as a simple human being eventhough she is popular she can avoid it if she want not to be in tabloid...... [cherylal]
The media is hounding her to death. I'm kinda tired of hearing about her. I don't feel sorry for her. I do feel sorry for her children though. [sweetgirl_k1]
I do feel sorry for her but there is a but in this statement. If she didn't want to have people know what happens to her she should never have become a star. The news does not let people who are in the singing, acting or anyplace in high positions have privacy. When you get in the lime light you have to be prepared for this kind of thing happening. [sunshinelady]
Yeah but there is a line no one should cross IMHO [RowenaTheWitch]
...yes, I do feel sorry for her.. I'm not a fan or anything.. a bit too much older for that! I was never into 'pop' anyway.. But the paparazzi and news media has been pretty merciless when it comes to hounding and humiliating her.. I also feel sorry for her after seeing a clip from one of her earlier videos when she was just 16, she is dressed in a skimpy schoolgirl outfit and has braids and to me the image is only a half step removed from child pornography (where a person, an underage and young one at that, is depicted as a sort of sexual commodity) - I don't think this is normal and makes people (and society) a little nuts, hurt and exploited (whatever happened to that word anyway?) I don't like to be unmerciful or judging, but it does seem to me as though her mother sort of sold her.. and I don't think it's healthy for Britney.. or anyone else.. I hope things get better for Britney, I've said a prayer or two.. :) [flowerchilde]
I'm a bit sorry for her humanly but I'm not crying for her for sure. I don't know her so why I'm supposed to care a lot? But I think even if she's wealthy and she has wasted her fame and fortune with her own hands, she deserves to be helped the same at least by closer relatives [andrechan]
Definately not. I am disgusted with the way she acts. It started when she stepped out of the car with no underwear on and exposed herself to the world. Everything about that looks coriographed, she was with Paris Hilton at the time who is renowned for pulling stuns like that. They do it purely to get their face (or rather their other end) in the papers. I think they are both dirty little sl*tty liabilities because as young famous girls they automatically became role models for young girls, wheter they like it or not. Whetehr she is depressed or not, that is not an excuse to act the way she does, running around doing rediculous thigns and looking like a complete moron. Ofcourse it's unfair for her to be houdned by the press but she has brought this on herself. In hoensty I think she is enjoying all the attention and all the 'aww Britney, we love you hope you get better soon!' I just don't buy any of it, and I can't say that I would be too upset if she tops herself. But that's never goigng to happen, cause I don't believe she is depressed, I think she's playing games and milking it all. If the press suddenly stopped documenting her 'breakdown' she would be on the streets screaming 'look at me!!! why don't you care about me anymore!?!?' [4ftfingers]
I feel sorry that the media cannot leave her alone. I am afraid that they are going to drive her into suicide. She is already down, leave her alone and let her deal with it. None of us would want everything plastered everywhere. [Thoroughrob]
i think its utterly ridiculous and pathethic that the media is fixated on her and all this Celebrity drama. Men and women soldiers and insurgents are dying daily for no reason in Iraq, but the media fails to emphasize this. Leave this poor girl around. Let her family handle her, hopefully the treatment will help her get her life back together [thatcrazyqbanita]
I have absoluly no sypmathy for her. When she got caught driving with her baby in her lap it was the end. I didnt really care for her much before that. She shouldnt be doing drugs when she has kids in the first place. If she died I wouldnt even care. [myworkid1987]
The media has defintly pushed her over the edge. Even though i may not be a fan of her music i still think its unfair that people continue to find her mental condition entertaining. She has been through alot and while it may be a combination of pst pardom depression, her divorce, drugs maybe, a self catalyzed fall into darkness. I do really feels she gets some help. [Farside604]
I feel bad for her and her illness. I know what it's like to have emotional issues and to need to get treated for them. I know what 'crazy' feels like in a sense, so it kind of strikes home and hits a nerve whenever I see anyone in that kind of distress. I do not however feel bad for her because of the papparazzi because I've seen reports of which she actually calls them before she leaves her house and what not so they can be right there to get all the shots and what not they need. If she brings that on herself, then there's no point to feel sorry for her. And really, her hanging with that papparazzi 'friend' of hers? What kind of choice is that? Not a very smart one if you ask me. He can give the media a lot of information, and probably has because he has first hand information that people would love to pay for. [highflyingxangel]
I feel sorry for her too. I wasn't into her music until I saw and heard Toxic.I loved it. I hope that she can get all the care she needs. She is young enough to recover, and I mean really recover,and have a happy life. [sarahruthbeth22]
I have known it from someone's blog,I just feel deep sad to her.I love her songs,I cann't believe she become to .....I am so sorry... [fairyanny]
Hi, Rowena. I agree with you. Britney's music isn't my top choice, but it's something she always puts her heart into. If you listen closely when listening to her more recent songs, they reflect her feelings and what she's going through. She's had extremely tough circumstances lately and I think the media should stay out of it. It's not fair to her that just because her music is successful she still has to put up with all the exposure. She's just another normal person who made bad choices at times. We've all done similar things...maybe not to the extent of divorce or drug addiction, but no one is perfect. I think if people would leave her alone and allow her to do what she needs and wants to do, she would be much better off. It's hard living your life with the whole world watching! If I were her, I'd be so afraid of what people thought of me that I'd end up messing everything up. Maybe that's how she felt. Who knows. I think her situation is really sad. It's not really our business to know (thanks to the nosey media) even though she's a celebrity. I think people need to back off and worry about their own problems. The world would be a much better place if they did. Great discussion. [JJ4Ever]
I love your comment. Just because she made some bad decisions in her life doesn't mean she should have to suffer at the mercy of critics. She deserves to live her life just as happily as anyone else. She isn't an alien. She's no different than any of us in that she's just a normal human being. We all make our mistakes. I think people in general are so ready to jump on someone like this because their lives aren't all they're cracked up to be. People are so judgmental sometimes when they don't even take their own habits into consideration. Thanks for a great discussion. [JJ4Ever]
I am not of the belief that we should feel sorry for famous people who've fallen on the wayside. These guys make a lot of money out of us the public, if they haven't got the common sense to use that money sensibly then it's their lookout. If they don't like being in the limelight, then stop behaving so stupidly which in turn gets you noticed even more in the press. I'm sure they'd have a lot more to moan about if they weren't in the press and weren't being paid for photoshoots and people stopped buying their albums, books, perfumes, whatever! Good luck to her but she doesn't have my sympathy. I reserve my sympathy for people who really need it like the poor or needy of the world :) [anonymili]
You know, I really do feel sorry for her. I've kind of come full circle with Britney - I felt sorry for her when she was still with Kevin and it seemed like she was trying to be a good mother and that he was the irresponsible one, then when her "melt-down" started I changed my mind and felt she was getting what she deserves. However, it's not obvious she's in trouble and needs help badly. I really wish the press would leave her alone for awhile and let her get her life back together. No way did I think she should have been let out of the hospital this soon. I hope her parents find a way to get her back into treatment where she belongs before something tragic happens to her. Annie [anniepa]
I wouldn't trust her parents too much. They are too obsessed in making their daughters famous (even the little daughter now wants to be a singer -__-') [RowenaTheWitch]
i feel so sorry for her... i love her talent, like most of the people whom had the chance to recover, i hope she'll be one of them as well... [mermaids_voice]
I also feel sorry for her and worst for her loosing her kids. I think she has made a mess of her life and needs some real friends to pull her through this ordeal. I have not heard any of her songs but I do think she deserves siome privacy and some better friends than what she has. [mansha]
Unfortunately my ex girlfriend after leaving me for another guy,suffered a nervious break down so i know something about what i speak here!britney is displaying the same symtoms as my ex,crying one minute,giggling the next,screaming the next!so my prognosis is she is going through a nervious breakdown,maybe a emotional breakdown,and this requires a lot of rest,with some anti-depresent,but not for long,then as she becomes better,structure such as a routine of eating 3 meals a day,some exercise,and no papparazzies,or she may lose her self altogether! [bond0077]
I feel very sorry for her, but I blame it on fame. It comes at a cost and unfortunatley may ruin her life. She done so well in the early years and I was a fan but now it has all gone downhill, i hope she can get herself back on track for her , her family and kids sake. [LauraT2008]
With her now in with a psychiatric problem it is very sad. I really feel for her family too. What heartache they must be going through. There but for the grace of God you know. [hholt01]
I feel sorry for her life.Inspite of all the money, she can have whatever material things that she wants but still her life is miserable.This only means that money can't buy everything.She is not happy with her life this is the only thing money can't buy.I think she has a problem that would be hard for her to speak it out. [giePortlandOR_08]
i like her music,but she indeed do too much things she should not do. something may me nausea. [freestar8088]
Well, I used to feel sorry for her, but everyone should learn from their own mistakes. She's a grown up, she should be responsible for all her life choices. Why does she keep making awful choices, especially when she already has 2 kids. She should become more responsible and grow up for the sake of those children and herself. [ucancallmedissy]
i feel sorry for her, a bit but it is her own decisions and doings. she's got her fame and money but she's got no guidance i guess from her parents or maybe she's too hard headed to even listen to her mom that is why she is suffering from all these. [chiyosan]
Yes and no, why do u use drogs...? [lcharly]
yes i do i hope she catch her self before its to late [ladypg]
I think it is time for her to bow out of public life forever. Take the money and run, while she has a chance to make a complete break. I can't stand the media and the lengths they will go to to get any sort of story, so yeah I feel some sympathy for her. [bradhart]