“Hey, man, do you want to see some Britney s—–?” my finals-weary friend Steve said in the middle of writing a term paper. In disbelief I stumbled (it was like 5 a.m.) to the computer to see what many a (lonely) man believed the pearly gates looked like. Well the pearly gates – were not so pearly – and this was just the first of many images the public would see of the post-K-Fed Britney that would shine a less than positive light on her and her 2,000 parts.
From that drunken night with Paris Hilton on, it has been one PR nightmare to another for the former teen queen. First she was turned down for an NFL promo that aired during the Super Bowl being told she “was too much of a train wreck” and that “we already have Paris Hilton.”
During the Super Bowl her former hubby K-Fed was even featured in an ad for Nationwide insurance.
Then things got quiet for a bit (well, as quiet as things go for a pop star), then this past week happened. Spears checked herself into and then out of rehab three times (for something, my belief is addiction to K-Fed), shaved her head, got numerous tattoos and then auditioned for the part of the Penguin in the upcoming “Batman Begins” sequel (the sequel will not feature the Penguin) by attacking a paparazzi SUV with an umbrella.
Is Spears’ behavior the result of repressed frustration of the past few months or even over the past two years she spent married to K-Fed?
Or is she just bored?
As Uncle Ben said “With great power comes great responsibility” and in America where capitalism reigns supreme money equals power – and all Spears has known from the pubescent age of 16 is fame and fortune. Because of this fame and fortune Spears has lived in a sort of “Bizarro” world of celebrity that most normal people do not have the pleasure of living in, where she can do, say and have what she wants when she wants to. In the near 10 years since Spears came into her money she has experienced most everything one could hope to.
From a messy break-up with the man who is single-handedly bringing sexy back (Justin Timberlake) to two failed marriages to two children to a slew of other things that cameras haven’t caught on film, Spears has fit a lifetime of experience into her 26 years.
When you have seen and done it all, what else is there to live for?
It seems to me like Spears’ recent acts are that of a sad feeble person trying to keep herself entertained by the reactions of the public that seemingly cannot get enough of her. She might be better suited to find something creative (and I use the term loosely) to do with her time like record her first album since 2003’s “In the Zone.”
Then again I could be wrong – maybe she was just sad that Justin Timberlake did not give her a dick in a box for Valentine’s Day.

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