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Discussion: What caused Britney's Breakdown?
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Britney getting with KFed was her trying to have a taste of normal life and get away from everyone.. when it backfired she was devastated and heartbroken and alone while raising two infants.. she craved normalcy and something genuine after years of recording, performing and touring in the Hollywood machine. Britney is one of the most down to earth celebrities out there, she never lost touch of her roots and was just a girl trying to grow up and discover herself under such a media microscope.. she didnt live for the fame and headlines like other celebs do.. she needed complete privacy after her divorce and instead every ounce of it was violated by the media and herds of paparazzi waiting outside of her home every morning, waiting to follow her every mundance errand like getting coffee or going to the doctor.. that is not normal, we have never seen that with a celebrity.. just how sensationalized every little flaw and mistake of hers was... the smallest of human mistakes was seen as a scandal if done by Britney.. the media made her out to be this perfect girl and flipped when she showed her imperfections.
I know that most of us can probably say that we would do even worse than what Britney did if under that kind of pressure and stalking.. she is amazingly strong for putting up with what she went through.. you can tell that her and her boys have such a bond and special relationship because they both depended on each other in her worst times.. she survived because her young boys needed a mother and im so glad they have an awesome life together now.
"It doesn’t exactly take a hyperactive imagination to appreciate why, after a lifetime of controlled environments, rigorous and demanding schedules, and a frightening lack of privacy, a person might flip. It’s not “crazy” or “insane” for somebody in Britney’s position to eventually say “**** this, I can’t do it.” If anything, it’s kind of strange that it didn’t happen sooner, or more often. Perhaps because she was the first of her kind.”
Instead, Britney was the scathing, indignant fame *****, who took advantage of us for her own gain. We were the victim, and she had failed us.” (The World Really Wanted Britney Spears To Fail, She Didn’t)
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Poor Britney.
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Can someone explain to me her showing up to that random radio station dirty and barefoot and just randomly playing Mona Lisa? Like the station host didnt even know until it happened?
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Jay Fenty
Britney getting with KFed was her trying to have a taste of normal life and get away from everyone.. when it backfired she was devastated and heartbroken and alone while raising two infants.. she craved normalcy and something genuine after years of recording, performing and touring in the Hollywood machine. Britney is one of the most down to earth celebrities out there, she never lost touch of her roots and was just a girl trying to grow up and discover herself under such a media microscope.. she didnt live for the fame and headlines like other celebs do.. she needed complete privacy after her divorce and instead every ounce of it was violated by the media and herds of paparazzi waiting outside of her home every morning, waiting to follow her every mundance errand like getting coffee or going to the doctor.. that is not normal, we have never seen that with a celebrity.. just how sensationalized every little flaw and mistake of hers was... the smallest of human mistakes was seen as a scandal if done by Britney.. the media made her out to be this perfect girl and flipped when she showed her imperfections.
I know that most of us can probably say that we would do even worse than what Britney did if under that kind of pressure and stalking.. she is amazingly strong for putting up with what she went through.. you can tell that her and her boys have such a bond and special relationship because they both depended on each other in her worst times.. she survived because her young boys needed a mother and im so glad they have an awesome life together now.
"It doesn’t exactly take a hyperactive imagination to appreciate why, after a lifetime of controlled environments, rigorous and demanding schedules, and a frightening lack of privacy, a person might flip. It’s not “crazy” or “insane” for somebody in Britney’s position to eventually say “**** this, I can’t do it.” If anything, it’s kind of strange that it didn’t happen sooner, or more often. Perhaps because she was the first of her kind.”
Instead, Britney was the scathing, indignant fame *****, who took advantage of us for her own gain. We were the victim, and she had failed us.” (The World Really Wanted Britney Spears To Fail, She Didn’t)
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This.
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Originally posted by Jay Fenty
Britney getting with KFed was her trying to have a taste of normal life and get away from everyone.. when it backfired she was devastated and heartbroken and alone while raising two infants.. she craved normalcy and something genuine after years of recording, performing and touring in the Hollywood machine. Britney is one of the most down to earth celebrities out there, she never lost touch of her roots and was just a girl trying to grow up and discover herself under such a media microscope.. she didnt live for the fame and headlines like other celebs do.. she needed complete privacy after her divorce and instead every ounce of it was violated by the media and herds of paparazzi waiting outside of her home every morning, waiting to follow her every mundance errand like getting coffee or going to the doctor.. that is not normal, we have never seen that with a celebrity.. just how sensationalized every little flaw and mistake of hers was... the smallest of human mistakes was seen as a scandal if done by Britney.. the media made her out to be this perfect girl and flipped when she showed her imperfections.
I know that most of us can probably say that we would do even worse than what Britney did if under that kind of pressure and stalking.. she is amazingly strong for putting up with what she went through.. you can tell that her and her boys have such a bond and special relationship because they both depended on each other in her worst times.. she survived because her young boys needed a mother and im so glad they have an awesome life together now.
"It doesn’t exactly take a hyperactive imagination to appreciate why, after a lifetime of controlled environments, rigorous and demanding schedules, and a frightening lack of privacy, a person might flip. It’s not “crazy” or “insane” for somebody in Britney’s position to eventually say “**** this, I can’t do it.” If anything, it’s kind of strange that it didn’t happen sooner, or more often. Perhaps because she was the first of her kind.”
Instead, Britney was the scathing, indignant fame *****, who took advantage of us for her own gain. We were the victim, and she had failed us.” (The World Really Wanted Britney Spears To Fail, She Didn’t)
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I'm just glad she's alive and well (and lazy)
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Originally posted by 19SLAYty9
Can someone explain to me her showing up to that random radio station dirty and barefoot and just randomly playing Mona Lisa? Like the station host didnt even know until it happened?
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She had probably just gotten in to a fight with her record label where they scrapped Original Doll. So she went to a radio station to premiere the song and try and force her label in to releasing her album.
You have to remember that Jive was an independent label (Britney was an indie artist) until Sony acquired it for like $3,000,000,000. And right after they acquired it, *NSYNC broke up, Backstreet Boys bombed, R. Kelly's career died amidst controversy, Dre was on hiatus, P!nk's career died with Try This, etc. Britney was their only money-maker and they were down her throat for every move.
They forced her to use "Outrageous" as a single since R. Kelly (another RCA artists) wrote it. And I'm sure they weren't happy when she broke her knee and couldn't push it. Plus, her greatest hits, though a huge worldwide success, failed to make any impact on the U.S. singles charts. They wanted a hit and Original Doll was clearly not meant for top 40.
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Member Since: 3/15/2011
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During her breakdown, I was so sure I was going to see a headline saying, "Britney Spears dead at (whatever age she was during her breakdown)." It was so sad.
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Fame
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Member Since: 12/22/2009
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What's important is that she got through it!
We all go through hard times in life, we just don't have every single paparazzi in the world to make it 100x worse. The media kind of ruined her.
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If I was a celebrity I would go through a worse crisis than her. I feel for her
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I might have died if I were her tbh. The stress was too harsh and too much.
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We'll never truly know tbh, she'll never speak about it. Her explanation in FTR was "people shave their head all the time" which was probably her way to tell us **** y'all it's my business.
But yeah we can imagine it's a mix of : the divorce, the kids custody battle, family/entourage failing her, the realization that she'll never be able to get away from "being Britney Spears",...
She's the strongest celebrity out there.
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