Celeb News: Charlie Ebersol: Difficult past prepared me to date Britney

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Charlie Ebersol opens up to People about the tragedy in his past and how it prepared him to date pop icon Britney Spears:

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Why is this project so personally meaningful to you?

I was bullied very badly in high school. ... I was a very successful kid. I sold my first company at a young age. There was a lot of misplaced rage in high school towards me. My brothers and sisters identified it as bullying, but I didn't at the time. What was amazing to me was I started feeling I wasn't worthy of being loved … I ended up blocking this from my memory. It wasn't until I was saying to my brother [Willie, who directed NFL Characters Unite], "I couldn't imagine ever being bullied," and he said, "You lived this!" It all came back in a flood.

This is also meaningful to me because this is the 10-year anniversary of the Nov. 28, 2004, plane crash that claimed the lives of everyone but me and my father, who I pulled from the wreckage … My little brother was 14 when he died in the crash, and I remember [NBA legend] Bill Walton coming up to me at the funeral and saying, "You now carry the responsibility of two lives. How do you want that responsibility to live through you?" It was profound. In the face of things like this, I still had to remember I was blessed. The mission of my company is to bring three things to the world through entertainment: joy, happiness, and change. We must believe our precious time is being used to make a product worth more than anything else we could be doing. I had everything, but I had to work hard to find love.

Which leads in to the obvious question: You have found love with Britney Spears. Can you share what you love most about her?

My personal life is my personal life, but I will say this: If I had not gone through what I've gone through, I would not have been prepared to be in a relationship of any kind, much less in one with someone like Britney, who has the enormous heart that she does. I can't imagine. Everybody deserves to be loved. My hope is that lesson shines forth in this documentary, and in life.

Genuinely moving. It seems like he really cares about Britney.

Full interview.

Grumpy Gills

Even if this doesn't work out I'm sure they'll both benefit from being with someone, who has been through a lot of traumatic **** so early on in life .

G Falconer

Yass please give all of that positive energy to the Queen!

phatty033

He seems really nice and genuine. Hopefully this works out for them

KillingYourCareer

Omg he kinda makes it sound like Britney is hard to stay with

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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

Omg he kinda makes it sound like Britney is hard to stay with

I love her to dead but

do you really think dating her is simple? dating anyone with a mental ill is hard but add on top of that all the traumatic **** she's been through, her family all up your ass, her notorious trust issues, 24/7 security because of the creepy ass ppl still trying to her at her, her job schedule, the media, the paps & her crazy ass stans. Not even to mention her wealth most guys can't handle a woman who makes more than them.

I'm sure Britney's easy to love but yeah all the **** that comes with her would send most ppl running in the next direction.