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Laughs End With Bizarre Britney in Rehab
February 20th, 2007 @ 9:08pm
By ERIN CARLSON
Associated Press Writer

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NEW YORK (AP) - Britney Spears has been ridiculed for everything from her 55-hour first marriage to backup-dancer second husband and her recent pantyless partying escapades. Now that she's entered rehab, though, the joke is over.

This is a new frontier _ even for Spears, whose well-documented gaffes and personal traumas have played out in excruciatingly public fashion, including photos published of Spears driving with her son Sean Preston on her lap and another time almost dropping him.

Spears' manager, Larry Rudolph, told People magazine's Web site on Tuesday that Spears had voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed treatment facility.

"We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time," Rudolph was quoted as saying. He didn't disclose why she entered rehab.

The 25-year-old pop star has been seen wearing skimpy outfits and partying heavily since filing for divorce from Kevin Federline in November, after two years of marriage.

On Friday night, Spears, the mother of two young sons, shaved her head bald. But that didn't send her into hiding as she was later seen wearing an inexpensive blond wig.

"You know, for these celebrities, it's really tough," New York-based psychiatrist Gail Saltz told The Associated Press. "They have no idea if anybody likes them for them. ... Everybody wants a piece. Everybody wants to make something off of her, get somewhere by her."

Spears' very public divorce isn't helping matters, said Saltz, who also suggested that Spears could be suffering from postpartum depression.

Federline's attorney had earlier confirmed that Spears and Federline would continue to share custody of 5-month-old Jayden James and 17-month-old Sean Preston this month, following terms of a January custody agreement.

"I'm a good father," Federline has said. "I love my kids and I'll always be here for (them)."

The Web site TMZ.com said Spears had entered an inpatient facility in Los Angeles after family members pressed her to check in.

Spears representatives didn't return calls from The Associated Press.

Entertainment TV shows and Web sites reported Friday that Spears had gone in and out of rehab that week.

"I think that she's finally listening to the people that are closest to her, and I think that she's probably going to stay in rehab for as long as it takes," Ruben Garay, who runs ThatOtherBlog, told the AP.

"You understand that this whole thing with shaving her head was kind of like the last straw, and that was really what led everyone (who) was already concerned about her (to) become, like, really concerned about her," said Garay, who recently closed his Spears' fan Web site, worldofbritney.com.

"She is a child star unraveling and is the perfect example of when a child star evolves into an adult and doesn't have someone telling them what to do, or giving them the right affirmative advice, and the right support," said Ian Drew, editor at large at Us Weekly magazine. "She basically started out very young in a competitive business."

Spears grabbed an electric shaver at a San Fernando Valley salon and shaved her head bald Friday night. Video on KABC-TV showed a newly shorn Spears with tiny tattoos on the back of her neck as she sat for a new tattoo _ a pair of red-and-pink lips on her wrist.

Esther's Haircutting Studio, where Spears shaved her head, set up a Web site to auction off her hair and other items for a minimum price of $1 million, said J.T. Tognozzi, who owns the salon with his wife.

"This is it, the opportunity of a lifetime," according to BuyBritneysHair.com. The winning bidder gets Spears' dark, knotty hair extensions, the clipper she used to cut them off, the Red Bull she drank at the salon and her cigarette lighter.

"This girl is out of control," Joy Behar, a co-host on ABC's "The View," said Monday. "And, she's in a lot of trouble. A lot of people feel this is self-mutilation."

Craig Ferguson, host of CBS' "The Late Late Show," said that after seeing photos of Spears' shaved head, he reconsidered making jokes at the expense of the "vulnerable."

"For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it," he told viewers Monday. "It should be about attacking the powerful _ the politicians, the Trumps, the blowhards _ going after them. We shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable."


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Now, why are we supposed to give a s**t about this? She shaved her head. So what. Hair grows back.

Discuss.

Amen, Janicka...Amen.

I do not care but at the same time she may be in pain and I'm not going to kick her while she is down either.

Man I hope my life is never held in the balance from a jury of aspies

haha...good point...lol. A jury of aspies...that'd make for one interesting experience.

Head Juror: "Mr. Johnson, what do you think about this piece of evidence?"
Johnson: *Stimming*

lol...

Agreed. I applaud the comedian who refused to make fun of her (Fergusen I think?) because she is down.

Still, my point is that her decision to shave her head should not be national news. It's not like she chopped off her arm - HAIR GROWS BACK

Mr Johnson: The hammer was invented by cavemen apparently for the purposes of hunting *continues to go on and on about the history of hammers and types of hammers for an hour*

Thanks Janicka, for posting this. I was going to, but caught enough flak with the Anna-Nicole thread ! !

Anyways, I get a hearty laugh when the talking heads on the boob tube cluck over some 'celebrities' problems. Honestly, when someone is worth umpteen millions, and can afford their own personal therapist, why should we feel sorry for them?? I feel sorry for people who have to rely on government aid for therapists, or programs. Brittany could buy her own clinic ! !! But the newspeople sit there and say 'oh, what a shame, poor girl' like she has no resources of her own. All in all, another celebrity train wreck in slow motion...

What little I know about women is when they cut off all their hair it can be a sign of Major emotion distress (she did just go into treatment center I read on google news).

I'm reminded of the 1994 movie "Legends of the Fall" were the character Susannah
cuts her hair off then shoots her self.

lol...

Sounds like the beginning of a very funny skit ! !

Do continue ! !!

I hope she burns.

(gasp ! !!)

Such cruelty ! !!

I like watching celebrity train wrecks, and I ain't neurotypical.

I impulsively got a "pixie" haircut once. Every hair on my head was literally 1/2" long. It was summer and I was soooooooo hot. So I guess I have a different view of the matter because of that.

that explains those ads with a bald britney spears... I thought they just used photoshop....