SuperSweetLife

Britney Spears is someone who is definitely NOT living a sweet life right now. Last night I read the entire article on Britney Spears in the latest Rolling Stone: The Tragedy of Britney Spears. I could not put it down. I have to admit that celebrity gossip has become my guilty pleasure. (That’s what a subscription to US Weekly will do to a girl). I never thought I would say this, but I feel really bad for her. Being just about the same age as her, I really sympathize. I couldn’t imagine going crazy with the whole world watching. There is one recent picture of her in particular that really disturbs me. The one where she is being taken out of her house strapped to a gurney. She is looking directly at the camera in this picture with a look of total despair and humiliation. The saddest part about this photo is that it captures the lowest moment in her life. Just like every other moment in her life, it was captured on film and sadly turned into a profit.

Britney was molded into someone that she never truly was. “She was created as a virgin to be deflowered before us,” the article put it. Like every other child star, she was trained to act a specific way to entice people and to build a larger fan base. No one really knows who they are at 16 or 17, when she was starting her solo career. Britney was surrounded by evil, greedy who just wanted to make a quick buck off of her. She never got to know herself, she just wasn’t allowed to. Imagine being one of the biggest stars in the world and not being comfortable with who you really are.

I was actually happy for Britney when she started to rebel a bit. I could sense the liberation that she was feeling, not giving into the pressure to be someone she was not. For a minute, I actually thought she seemed pretty cool. I think what really pushed her over the edge though was watching her career get flushed down the toilet and with that went her ENTIRE identity. She was left with nothing and nowhere to go.

I am not writing about Britney to gossip. I’ve got nothing but love for her. I’m writing about her because she has a valuable lesson to teach us: No matter what, Be Yourself. If you are being pulled in a direction that just doesn’t feel natural to you, or that doesn’t allow you to really be yourself, then it is the wrong path for you. If you don’t know what ‘yourself’ is yet, give it time–the answers will eventually come. Live your life the way you always imagined it, because everything else is bullshit. Trust your instincts, let yourself grow into who you want to be, and never ever trust anyone in Hollywood..

1. Adi Arifin Says:
   February 28th, 2008 at 1:03 am

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2. jackie Says:
   February 28th, 2008 at 4:52 am

   i agree with you completely. while i’m no fan of britney spears, i can’t even imagine what it would be like to live life in such a glare of publicity, where almost none of your moments can be considered “private” any more. combine that kind of stress with a tendency toward substance abuse, add a couple of children and a divorce and… perhaps the strongest and most balanced among us would have a hard time under those circumstances. there’s this element of glee in the media when rich/famous/powerful people experience very public lows, and it’s a sad and ugly habit that i hope america can get over.

   thanks for your post! come visit getangrywithme.com if you’ve got some free time.

   jackie

3. admin Says:
   February 29th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

   Jackie,

   Thanks for your message. I am no fan of her either, but I can’t help but feel for the woman. I think everyone has forgotten the fact that she is HUMAN! I would be crazy too if I had her life..

   Btw, I stopped by your blog and it rocks! I’ll definitely be back..

   Lindsay

4. Bev Says:
   March 12th, 2008 at 11:42 am

   I have thought the same thing. I watched on television as she was driving herself home from the hospital in a small coupe type vehicle. She was on a busy 4 lane major street and traffic had backed up. As soon as her car stopped about a dozen paparazzi photographers jumped out of their cars and ran into the street surrounding her car and sticking their cameras up to her window and her windshield. Traffic would move she would move up a little and the swarm of vultures would return. It was discusting and I wished I would have been there, I would have gotten out of my car and gave those parasite photographers good old fashoined tongue lashing. Since I wasn’t their I said a prayer for her instead. God Bless you Brittney the money isn’t worth it girl.