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stacie9229 · May 21st, 2006, 06:01 AM

I saw the pics of Britney crying after she almost fell with her baby in front of the ENTIRE WORLD, and something came over me.

(Shoulda known better than to get started...we all know how these soapbox lunatic rants of mine end up...)

I can't believe I even CARE, but I think I may be the first member of the "BRITNEY BASHING BACKLASH".

I'm usually the meanest snarker around, and the girl is dumb as a box of rocks, but...is it really her own fault? She has NO common sense, for starters - I charge THAT to her mother who was too busy pimping her out to give her home training, womanly sense and maternal wisdom.

She's grown up under a magnifying glass as an uneducated dancing puppet, and we've crucified her for every dumb thing she's ever said, laughed at her every zit and picked her every action apart for her entire adult life...before that even. We covered her first broken heart like a cure for cancer.

When she grew up and out of her perfect teenage-girl body, we laughed at her and threw it in her face every single day, as if nobody on here has gained 10 lbs since high school.

And yeah. There's no disputing it, she married a LOSER. (Nooobodyyy here has ever married a loser???? The divorce stats beg to differ...seems like EVERY THIRD person in this country married a LOSER...) Granted, he's hard to defend, but she obviously DOES love him. For an international superstar, she seems deeply insecure, she was obviously looking for someone to love her long before she met him - and somehow it became HIM. He must have SOME redeeming quality, despite her lacking self-confidence, she really COULD have had anyone on the planet, and she chose HIM, and continues to choose him. As far as how long their marriage will last, probably as long as most other young marriages do. Obvious perks notwithstanding, I can't imagine it's exactly a CAKEWALK to be married to MISS BRITNEY SPEARS, INC. either. Not many guys have enough backbone and/or finances to hold their own against THAT. My theory is that she'd have to marry someone of equal status...Brad Pitt, maybe? Wait, he dropped HIS wife like a hot potato for the next hot broad, too, so I guess THAT theory is flawed.

Back to Kevin...Dumping pregnant girlfriends to run off with Britney Spears doesn't make you look like the "good guy" in any arena, but I HARDLY think he's the only guy in the world that would "pick up and go" from a high-pressure situation if Britney Spears (esp. the Britney that she WAS back THEN) summoned you to join her in leading a lifestyle of fame, riches and excess that most of us cannot even imagine. It doesn't make it RIGHT, but realistically...how many young, broke, wannabe rapper/dancers WOULDN'T do it??

Hell, I've seen guys leave a wife and two kids for a LOT LESS, like Broke-Tramp Betty down in the trailer court...or NO "other woman" and just their mama's couch...or they fell in love with, say, crack instead.

Now....onto Britney As Mother.

Again, Britney's not too bright and lacks any shred of common sense, but I don't think she's BADhearted. I'm sure she loves her baby as much as any other mother does. We've seen her make some poor decisions and do some bonehead things, but as I said before, I really think her mother glossed over teaching her daughter about class, judgement and good decision-making - after all, Britney was busy being trotted out like a trained seal all those years, not learning how to become a quality woman/mother, so she's winging it, like a LOT of women out there. She's still young AND young-MINDED for her age, and she seems to be having a hard time with the responsible-parent thing. Baby lap-driving, Sean Preston taking a very bad fall...these are NOT GOOD things.

BUT.
The way she is relentlessly stalked by paparazzi, which I'm sure is even more awful than we could even imagine - SHE'S used to it, but I'm sure it would be a whole different ballgame between just her and then her and her newborn baby. Maybe she really DID just panic and try to GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. She SHOULD have buckled him in under any circumstances, esp. knowing that the world is poised like vultures to rip apart her every action, and everyone on the planet would see that picture. Still, you can almost see her rationalization to flee with him. Almost...

And the fall? Is she the ONLY one whose baby ever fell? If you are honest, most mothers have a "worst moment" that all the caution in the world didn't prevent. (Personally, despite hats & tshirts, I once got a horrific sunburn as a baby, my mother cried for days, questioned her skills as a mother and never forgave herself, but I lived to tell about it). Fortunately, my mother's incident didn't make the World Press...

The frontfacing car seat issue - I don't know about the Mini, but in my old Mercedes SLK coupe, if you wanted to install a baby seat, you had to buy their special one made especially for that car, and have them change to a special airbag setting to protect a baby in the seat. But it WAS front-facing. There was no other option on it. I don't HAVE a baby, but I remember thinking it odd.

Last but not least...the TRIPPING incident. The stumble heard round the world. Unless she was in stilettos, smoking, talking on the cell and slugging Jack Daniels, her "tripping" makes her a bad mother, why? Trying to do ANYTHING as Britney Spears, being mobbed and jumped in front of can't be easy, but damn, the girl TRIPPED. If she fell, the baby could have gotten hurt, yes. But he DIDN'T, and even if she HAD fallen, it's not like she did it on purpose. I'm sure it's the LAST thing she wants to have happen, and her scared and humiliated face in those pics tells a story. This girl KNOWS her ability as a parent is the topic of tabloid/web gossip worldwide, and it must be a little overwhelming to know that a STUMBLE is about to make world headlines, and every tear is being photographed for your humiliation.

Really, the whole thing is a little much. It's a wonder the girl hasn't thrown herself off a cliff yet.

I'm not even really a fan, and have rolled my eyes plenty at Britney lately.

/rant over.

Carry on.

(I can't believe I gave this much of my life to defending Britney Spears, who I don't even **LIKE**)

May 21st, 2006, 06:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
stacie9229 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 35	The Britney Spears Bashing Backlash...let me be first (ok..I'm gonna go DEEP here) I saw the pics of Britney crying after she almost fell with her baby in front of the ENTIRE WORLD, and something came over me. (Shoulda known better than to get started...we all know how these soapbox lunatic rants of mine end up...) I can't believe I even CARE, but I think I may be the first member of the "BRITNEY BASHING BACKLASH". I'm usually the meanest snarker around, and the girl is dumb as a box of rocks, but...is it really her own fault? She has NO common sense, for starters - I charge THAT to her mother who was too busy pimping her out to give her home training, womanly sense and maternal wisdom. She's grown up under a magnifying glass as an uneducated dancing puppet, and we've crucified her for every dumb thing she's ever said, laughed at her every zit and picked her every action apart for her entire adult life...before that even. We covered her first broken heart like a cure for cancer. When she grew up and out of her perfect teenage-girl body, we laughed at her and threw it in her face every single day, as if nobody on here has gained 10 lbs since high school. And yeah. There's no disputing it, she married a LOSER. (Nooobodyyy here has ever married a loser???? The divorce stats beg to differ...seems like EVERY THIRD person in this country married a LOSER...) Granted, he's hard to defend, but she obviously DOES love him. For an international superstar, she seems deeply insecure, she was obviously looking for someone to love her long before she met him - and somehow it became HIM. He must have SOME redeeming quality, despite her lacking self-confidence, she really COULD have had anyone on the planet, and she chose HIM, and continues to choose him. As far as how long their marriage will last, probably as long as most other young marriages do. Obvious perks notwithstanding, I can't imagine it's exactly a CAKEWALK to be married to MISS BRITNEY SPEARS, INC. either. Not many guys have enough backbone and/or finances to hold their own against THAT. My theory is that she'd have to marry someone of equal status...Brad Pitt, maybe? Wait, he dropped HIS wife like a hot potato for the next hot broad, too, so I guess THAT theory is flawed. Back to Kevin...Dumping pregnant girlfriends to run off with Britney Spears doesn't make you look like the "good guy" in any arena, but I HARDLY think he's the only guy in the world that would "pick up and go" from a high-pressure situation if Britney Spears (esp. the Britney that she WAS back THEN) summoned you to join her in leading a lifestyle of fame, riches and excess that most of us cannot even imagine. It doesn't make it RIGHT, but realistically...how many young, broke, wannabe rapper/dancers WOULDN'T do it?? Hell, I've seen guys leave a wife and two kids for a LOT LESS, like Broke-Tramp Betty down in the trailer court...or NO "other woman" and just their mama's couch...or they fell in love with, say, crack instead. Now....onto Britney As Mother. Again, Britney's not too bright and lacks any shred of common sense, but I don't think she's BADhearted. I'm sure she loves her baby as much as any other mother does. We've seen her make some poor decisions and do some bonehead things, but as I said before, I really think her mother glossed over teaching her daughter about class, judgement and good decision-making - after all, Britney was busy being trotted out like a trained seal all those years, not learning how to become a quality woman/mother, so she's winging it, like a LOT of women out there. She's still young AND young-MINDED for her age, and she seems to be having a hard time with the responsible-parent thing. Baby lap-driving, Sean Preston taking a very bad fall...these are NOT GOOD things. BUT. The way she is relentlessly stalked by paparazzi, which I'm sure is even more awful than we could even imagine - SHE'S used to it, but I'm sure it would be a whole different ballgame between just her and then her and her newborn baby. Maybe she really DID just panic and try to GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. She SHOULD have buckled him in under any circumstances, esp. knowing that the world is poised like vultures to rip apart her every action, and everyone on the planet would see that picture. Still, you can almost see her rationalization to flee with him. Almost... And the fall? Is she the ONLY one whose baby ever fell? If you are honest, most mothers have a "worst moment" that all the caution in the world didn't prevent. (Personally, despite hats & tshirts, I once got a horrific sunburn as a baby, my mother cried for days, questioned her skills as a mother and never forgave herself, but I lived to tell about it). Fortunately, my mother's incident didn't make the World Press... The frontfacing car seat issue - I don't know about the Mini, but in my old Mercedes SLK coupe, if you wanted to install a baby seat, you had to buy their special one made especially for that car, and have them change to a special airbag setting to protect a baby in the seat. But it WAS front-facing. There was no other option on it. I don't HAVE a baby, but I remember thinking it odd. Last but not least...the TRIPPING incident. The stumble heard round the world. Unless she was in stilettos, smoking, talking on the cell and slugging Jack Daniels, her "tripping" makes her a bad mother, why? Trying to do ANYTHING as Britney Spears, being mobbed and jumped in front of can't be easy, but damn, the girl TRIPPED. If she fell, the baby could have gotten hurt, yes. But he DIDN'T, and even if she HAD fallen, it's not like she did it on purpose. I'm sure it's the LAST thing she wants to have happen, and her scared and humiliated face in those pics tells a story. This girl KNOWS her ability as a parent is the topic of tabloid/web gossip worldwide, and it must be a little overwhelming to know that a STUMBLE is about to make world headlines, and every tear is being photographed for your humiliation. Really, the whole thing is a little much. It's a wonder the girl hasn't thrown herself off a cliff yet. I'm not even really a fan, and have rolled my eyes plenty at Britney lately. /rant over. Carry on. (I can't believe I gave this much of my life to defending Britney Spears, who I don't even LIKE) __________________ Don't start with me, you *know* how I get.