What a train wreck. It would be funny if there were not so many young girls who want to be like her. I don't want to even say she is white trash, because that is just insulting real white trash.
posted by roygbiv at 09:36 P.M. EST on Sat Feb 17, 2007 #
Is it just me, or don't you think it's kind of pathidic that we have become a nation of gossip watchers? I.E. " anna nicole smith" or who straped on a dipier to drive a cross country.
posted by hapidagger at 09:39 P.M. EST on Sat Feb 17, 2007 #
Maybe people watch these 'train wrecks' because 1) it's entertainment - after all, they are entertainers & put themselves out there to be watched. 2) makes people feel less like train wrecks themselves maybe 3) maybe people just feel a tiny bit of satisfaction seeing the 'in your face' rich & famous brought to their knees - humbled. Who knows? Most people give 'news' like this a passing glance & move on. I did kind of wonder if her binges & heavy partying were attempts to make up for lost time (spent with babies, a husband & a career put on the back burner)- to keep her face in the spotlight, lest we forget what a hot ticket she was. Maybe as a kind of anesthesia for what a cartoon her life has become. Maybe she just likes to party & drink hard. It's all speculation. But when she shaved her head, I couldn't help but wonder if it wasn't a sort of last ditch act out of desperation - a kind of shedding of the bad in her life, so to speak - symbolic? Probably reading too much into it - possibly just too binged out & went with a mood. Or, maybe in her drunk state she had the idea that if she copied Sinead O'Conner, she'd somehow come off as a type of rebel, or at least, grab the spotlight, snag some sympathy - hell it worked, didn't it? Got her in the spotlight again? (can't say about the sympathy - I find it kind of hard to feel any sympathy for anybody who's so wealthy & has it so easy & takes it all for granted, to hear how bad they got it). I'm no psychlogist - but I bet there's some out there who'd say it WAS a sort of psychological shedding, or cry for help. I think that's giving her too much credit - what she hopes people think maybe? I read an article years back that discussed how women tend to hide behind their hair - and to remove it all removes their protection. When Sinead O'Conner first came onto the scene it was outrageous that she had a shaved head. It was a kind of rebellious thumbing of the nose to society - this is who I am like it or not. Now, it's not a big deal when a woman shaves her head - unless you're somebody like B. Spears, then it's just out of character. I think she just wanted attention & would love it if people thought of her as a rebel. Sadly, I see her more as somebody very confused & bored about what they want to do with their hair. She dyed her hair dark not long ago,cut it short, etc. Like she ran out of ideas.
posted by starling02 at 12:16 A.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
At least Natalie Portman shaved her head for a role in a movie. Britney's just crazy!
posted by junta330 at 12:23 A.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
and NP got paid well for doing it for the movie. But people said how brave she was to do that, same adjective they used on Sinead O'Conner - brave. I'd think it would be a hard thing for a woman to do - you'd have to be pretty secure with yourself, or very drunk or high. Sadly, I think with B.Spears, it was more drunk than brave. But I think she hoped people would think "brave".
posted by starling02 at 12:30 A.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
She's nuttier than a squirrel turd.
posted by JeepMaker at 12:29 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
It would be funny if there were not so many young girls who want to be like her.
I think it would be better to use past tense there - girls wanted to be like her, at one time. But she has been far surpassed as the one little girls want to be like...unfortunately, there's a long like of undesireable "role models" who have swooped in to take her place (Paris Hilton, etc.). I wouldn't exactly call that an improvement. Yikes!
posted by mom2 at 03:14 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
I am literally sitting at my computer watching Britney's hair be auctioned off on Ebay. I started watching at around $50,000, but it just now passed $250,000! There are some crazy people in the world.
posted by HeyHey at 03:55 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
Up over $400,000 now. Here's the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lock-of-Britney-Spears-Hair-Shaving-Hair-Salon_W0QQitemZ320084010419QQihZ011QQcategoryZ53240QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
posted by HeyHey at 03:57 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
Seems to me, if she did this to bring attention to herself - and was hoping the public would attach words like 'brave', or 'rebel' to her actions (as opposed to pathetic, stupid, burnt out, bordering breakdown) - she'd have done better by donating her shorn hair to that organization that creates wigs for kids who have cancer. I realize it was more likely listed on Ebay by a stander by or salon employee who scooped it up after the fact. Just a thought.
posted by starling02 at 05:42 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
Here ya go starling!!
Ok, it's a spoof, but does show that you're definitely not the only person thinking that!!
It is kind of sad tho - I mean how long ago was it that she was just past her Mousketeer days, and on top of the world, touting how great it was to be a virgin?
Probably around Tom Cruise's pre-psycho years...
Ah how the great can tumble...
posted by billy at 07:00 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
I see her as a very sad soul, and I wonder if she might have some post partum depression going on. I remember what having two babies close together did to me, and even though she doesn't have to take care of them like I did (she has handlers for that) she certainly has a lot of pressure on her to be young, skinny, and to pick up in her career where she left off. Adding a failed marriage to the mix and the fact that she grew up in the public eye- she probably doesn't know how to handle the pressures of life very well.
When I saw that picture I said "what a trainwreck" myself. Very sad girl there.
posted by gotoledogo at 08:09 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
What a waste - the hair I mean.
Look what she should have done with it.
http://www.locksoflove.org/#item2
Just think what a lift this would have been for a sick struggling child.
posted by holland at 09:01 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
Holland, I agree with you. I grow my hair out and donate it about every two years - it is such a worthy cause. It is too bad that some good couldn't come of this situation.
posted by MaumeeMom at 10:23 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
MaumeeMom - What a wonderful gift that you give. Most women, and I am one of them, can't go six weeks without a visit to the hairdresser for a trim.
posted by holland at 11:14 P.M. EST on Sun Feb 18, 2007 #
You should let your husband cut it. :-)
posted by HeyHey at 12:49 A.M. EST on Mon Feb 19, 2007 #
A search for Britney Spears hair on Ebay brings up about 40+ auctions - most are not for her hair. Some are, but aren't doing well, because they are obviously not her hair. What I don't get, is the one auction that is going crazy high is for a locket of very pale, blond hair - an extention. There's also one or two other identical auctions - identical photos - identical locket of hair/same color - not getting bids at all. Go figure. She dyed her hair dark, it was dark in the photo of her shaving her head - so who'd want a fake, blond extention (that they said in one auction at least was a fake extention) - it's not hair off her head. At any rate - I dont see any of them doing well, except for that one. And I highly doubt she's selling it herself.
mom2 - I kind of agree with you that she seems very sad. But I disagree at the analogy that she's been forced into the public eye her whole life - not true. She forced it herself. Wrecked marriage, 2 kids, no excuse. Even if she is suffering a bit of post partum depression, which I doubt, it's hard to feel sorry for somebody who can burn through the cash she has - I don't believe she's hurting for money to where she's gotta sell her hair on Ebay. The reason I doubt she's dealing with post partum depression is simply that her behaviour is out of character for that, I think. A handy excuse. One of my closest friends daughters took dance lessons with Britney when they were little girls - my friend has videos of Britney at dance recitals. But she'd never sell them on Ebay, would just be a tacky thing to do.
posted by starling02 at 12:51 A.M. EST on Mon Feb 19, 2007 #
HeyHey, I'll let my husband cut my hair when he lets me trim his beard and mustache. :>p
posted by holland at 04:01 P.M. EST on Mon Feb 19, 2007 #
MY mistake - my friend does NOT have video of her daughter in dance recitals as a child of Britney Spears - it is of Katie Holmes. Ooops.
posted by starling02 at 04:40 P.M. EST on Mon Feb 19, 2007 #
The sad thing is...even though parents in America know this is usually how hollywood kids end up...they will still allow their kids and even push them into that life for the money and fame...
posted by Kooz at 06:43 P.M. EST on Mon Feb 19, 2007 #
Do we know for a fact that britney's parents pushed her into this life for the fame & money? Britney always struck me as somebody who was gonna do whatever the hell she wanted to do. I don't think you can blame her parents, even if you go back to the Mouseketeer days.
posted by starling02 at 11:36 P.M. EST on Mon Feb 19, 2007 #
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