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US magazine has done a wee little expose on the sad background of Britney Spears: let me tell you, this kind of explains a lot. Here’s the highlights:
The “virgin” image Spears portrayed was, in his words, a “PR blitz.” In fact, Us reports in its new issue that Spears lost her virginity at 14 to boyfriend Reg Jones, and that she and Justin Timberlake were intimate from the beginning.
More after the jump:
Spears’ paternal grandmother, Emma Jean Spears, in June 1966 committed suicide at age 31. Britney’s grandmother, who suffered from depression, shot herself in the chest with a shotgun at the grave of her infant son who had died eight years earlier just three days after being born.
A local newspaper article obtained by Us reported at the time: “The shotgun had been pressed against the woman’s chest and she apparently pulled the trigger with a toe of the right foot from which a shoe had been removed.” The newspaper reported that Emma Jean had attempted suicide three times before.
Emma Jean Spears left behind four other children, including Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, then an eighth grader. Two of Jamie Spears’ brothers ended up with criminal records and homeless.
GAWD. This is so sordid, isn’t it?
Y’know, clinical depression runs in families. This explains a lot.
It’s not “sordid”, not in my opinion.
It’s just SAD.
And, amazingly enough, yes, it does explain a lot.
The tendency to depression can be genetically transmitted; it also can, and often is, transmitted by means of example: non-verbal as well as verbal communication within the family.
But, while it’s true that money “doesn’t buy happiness”, this would be a good moment for Britney’s friends, if she has any, to remind her that she could be in much worse a position.
If you happen to be Britney’s friend, try and make her volunteer for a while in some orphanage or, perhaps even better, somewhere in the world where people are happy to have a lump of rice a day for their sustenance.
It WOULD help her, believe me.
Aye Foor Real YA’ll Need to Leave Brittini Alone … im tired of u guys Gettin on her aboout the life she lives…i mean Yea she Has Her Fuck Ups Here And There But for real Leave Her and Her Family Alone
Poor Britney. I feel real bad for her but just because she is famous you can’t expect her or her family to be perfect. I know we all have our deep dark family secrets and what she has been through does explain a lot of how she acts. She clearly didn’t get the love and affection growing up that she needed and has grown up in front of the camera. I still love her no matter what she has done.