That poor girl has lost every single ounce of sex appeal she ever possessed. She chose to marry K-Fed, though, and because of that I will never, ever feel sorry for her, no matter what. I know she's young and naive, but that guy just screams "douchebag".

I do think the paparazzi should lay off a bit. It's hard enough being a first time mom without cameras following you around everywhere. I'd hate for anyone to watch every move I made if I ever had a kid.

I dunno... it's still hard to take her seriously knowing she married K Fed. I could tell that it was really tough for her and I did feel a bit sorry for her, but did she not take any parenting classes? And if she did, did she pay attention?

I DO feel bad for her...If I had a camera on me 24/7 with my first kid....oh my!

But she looked like shit, doesnt she have a stylist? Come on now. She has the mask of pregnancy, which is hard to hide....but that CLUMP!! And apparently she forgot her skirt.
I couldnt handle it, I will try again tonight.

How about a little fire, Scarecrow? Good God. What's with the matted clumps of straw where most people have hair? Forget about a personal stylist, this is clearly someone's backstage attempt to make a bad thing worse. "We're country", keep telling yourself that Britney. Hey, I loved your banjo solo in Deliverance.

Tammy Faye Bakker of this generation.

That interview with Britney Spears was such a trainwreck. Where are her PR people and stylists telling her to sit up straight, not chew gum during an interview, wear nicer clothing, and have a better hairstyle than that raggedy fried mess she had going?

It is not that hard to be a first time parent if 1) you have as much money as Britney does and 2) you use common sense. The hardest part about adjusting to parenthood is how frickin exhausted you are - and Britney can easily hire a baby nurse and set of nannies to help her when the baby cries during the night. Since she's not breastfeeding there is no need for her to even get up with the baby in the middle of the night - and that doesn't make you a bad parent, it makes you smart because you need every ounce of energy during the day to keep the baby safe, healthy and happy. Also, what's this crap about having a maid who only comes once a week? If you can afford it, have someone there every day to do a little cooking, the cleaning and the laundry - because then you get all that extra time to spend with the baby. Trust me, one small baby can generate at least one load of laundry a day, sometimes more, and never mind the extra time it takes to soak and scrub the baby poop and spit up of out those little outfits!

As far as each one of Britney's well-publicized "oops", they have come as a direct lack of common sense, with the possible exception of the high chair incident. A) Holding him on the lap - all you have to do is read one parenting magazine or one parenting book and you will understand how crucial it is to buckle the baby in the seat every time, and how dangerous the airbag could be. Just because you are Britney Spears does not mean that it can't happen to you. B) Putting him in the car seat facing the wrong way - your baby is not "special" because you're famous - his neck is just as fragile as any other 8 month old's. You can see from the picture how his head is hanging forward, he can't even support it when the car is moving smoothly - what happens when you ram into another car? Ask Paris and Lindsay - the odds of you hitting someone are higher than the average person. The baby isn't missing any scenery if you face him backward, and if you are worried about being able to see him, then put a little mirror on the rear window. C) Sure, anyone can slip while they are holding the baby. But now that you are a mother, if you are going to be carrying the baby and walking somewhere with the possibility of crowds, do not wear long long pants and super high shoes! In fact, if there is any chance you will be carrying the baby, don't wear any kind of heel at all. Before having kids I swore I would never wear running shoes with jeans - how tacky! - but once baby arrived I gave that up pretty quick. You need to be in protective mother mode, and how can you move quickly and safely with 4 inch heels on?

Okay, okay, enough of my rant. I'm not a Britney hater, I've even been known to sing a song of hers at karaoke. But she needs to stop treating her baby like an accessory, and start putting his well being over all her concerns about her image or her fantasy of what it means to be a "cool" mom. She may be famous but the realities of safely raising a child still apply to her! He is just as fragile and just as prone to illness and accidents as any other kid off the street - perhaps a little bit more because everyone is so interested in him. If she doesn't get it together now it's going to be even worse for her when the new baby is born and she has an infant and a 1 year old.

I watched it tonight. The gum chewing REALLY irritated me. The thing that bothered me was that she was making a point of wanting her privacy and respect, but also talking about how she doesn't care what people think of her and she's not gonna change for anyone and it all sounds like she wants to have her cake (or Cheetos) and eat it too. The fans and photgraphers are what made her famous in the first place. When she's out in public, she's open to be photographed. So-she's either going to have to hole up in her house forever and keep her wannabe husband out of the clubs, or deal with the shit she's facing now while she spends her millions.

Actions that irritated me:

"Quote" fingers
Gum chomping
Constantly rubbing her leg (presumably a patch of hair she missed when shaving)
Boobs about to fall out
Constant blinking, bringing attention to the mascara blob

Britney didnt sound that convincing when she aswered questions regarding her marriage and how happy her and KFed are. There's no way in hell that he can afford the toys, clothes, and going to clubs probably 5 nights out of the week with the money he "makes" on his own. He's such a greasy, douchbag, loser. I cant believe he has created 4 spawns.

I couldn't believe my eyes watching that interview!! All I could think was - don't you have people just off camera that should have #1 never let you go on camera looking that way and #2 stopped the interview at anytime to FIX you up?! I mean, seriously!! Brush your hair!! And that clump of mascara - I'm pretty sure that was actually the end of her fake eyelashes coming off. And by saying that she doesn't care what anyone thinks and she just wants to live her life, that only tells us that she really is that trashy that she'd walk around looking like that. Disgusting! I'm so OVER Britney!

Favorite quote: (with the context cut out) "I did it with my father. We're country!"

Be afraid if the second spawn is a girl.

Maybe she, k-fed and all the spawns can get in a short bus and do a partridge family type of deal down the road.

I am so tired of seeing Brandine and Cletus' latest public exploits it isn't even funny any more!

#7, I was appalled that she was wearing long pants and high-heeled shoes, **carrying a drink**, and carrying her baby, all the while being crowded in by bodyguards, photographers, etc. That was beyond stupid for her to do that. Also, sad to say, I don't think her drink was in danger of falling. I'd watch the video again to look, but it's too depressing.

Nothing will change my view of her.
She can try to kid herself into thinking she has a great marriage all she wants, but we all know the truth.
She can try to kid herself into thinking she's a good mother... but we all SEE and know the truth about that as well.
You know the only reason she even started carrying around her baby is b/c after he was born, she was constantly photo'd WITHOUT him & everyone was cracking jokes about her not even taking care of her own baby. And what happens all of a sudden after that? You betcha.. almost every picture is of her with her son.

Same thing is happening with K-fed.. everyone is talking about how he's an idiot, how he's never home, how he doesn't care about anyone but himself.
And what's all of a sudden popped up? You guessed it again!... Pics of him with their baby.

They're both freaking jokes. I hope the douchebag bleeds her bank dry b/c that's exactly what she deserves every second she stays with him.

Yikes, the show was a train wreck. She looked absolutely horrible. I couldn't stop staring at the end of her fake lashes. Man, those lashes looked like they came from the dollar store and they just stuck them on her face 10 seconds before taping. And her makeup!?!? She looked like a doll/raggedy ann with the hair and her pink cheeks, pink lips, and crazy lashes.
I also thought she seemed drugged up.
I could only watch for 5 minutes. I was 1) too embarrassed for her and 2) embarrassed for myself, I didn't want to be caught watching. Plus, I just felt like I went without brushing my teeth for a day or two (diiiiirrrty).

The whole thing just seemed kind of weird to me. My theory is that she's really still a 16 year old girl on the inside. She's had managers and publicists and everybody taking care of her since she debuted and now she doesn't know how to do anything on her own. The whole time it was like watching a child; she would giggle and pout, there were a lot of "umm's" and "well's" and, of course, the bubble gum. I think she literally isn't mature enough to know what's going on.

The only thing that really stuck with me was when she was in the diner after the "trip incident". First, seriously she just lost her footing. I really felt like people were blowing that out of proprtion, there's lots of reason why people trip and usually it doesn't happen through any fault of your own so that whole thing was just retarded. But the thing that really drove me crazy was that nobody helped when she was crying. I don't care if it's Britney Spears or the woman down the street, can't you at least offer her a tissue, a glass of water, something? It just disgusts me that people would rather ask her for a picture when she's clearly crying and upset than offer to help her.

Sweet Jesus!; when did Britany morph into Cortney Love?!

You can take the girl out of the trash, but you can't take the trash out of the girl.

And you definitely can't polish a turd.(Quick- what movie did that come from?)

The train wreck continues...

I felt so awkward watching this. I don't feel sorry for her. Poor babies (sean and baby #2, not brit and kevin). She need to wash her face, brush her hair and leave k-fed. And put on fitting clothes, pregnant woomen are supposed to be beautiful, not have themselves hanging out of their "cool" clothes.

I'll stop now.

You all are so right. She looked so bad. Like she hadn't slept or had a rational thought in a long time. I wonder if she'll just fade away? Who knows. She is so young, it could go in any direction from here.

The gum, ums, eyelashes, skirt - or lack thereof - and that horrible horrible weaved in matted hair was truly a sight. I was uncomfortable FOR her.

Am I the only one who noticed that when Brit talked about her baby and husband, she was all dull, and kept saying um and did that baby talk pouty shit, but when Matt asked about her career, she lit up and was all exited. Oh, well.

If she wants the media to leave her alone why did she create that stupid show Chaotic using her personal home videos and why is she encouraging KFed to go into a "career" that would attract the media. I like how late in the interview she refused to talk about her baby.

And it is one thing that she drove with the car seat facing front but what really bugged me about that is that she is driving with her son asleep roasting in the hot sun with the top down. And I don't recall seeing the kid with a hat on.

If you don't want the media chasing you, then let them take your picture. Then your picture will be worthless and they will stop. Duh.

I kind of hate myself for watching the interview, but I have to say it was at least entertaining. While I agree that we are all human & being a celebrity doesn't mean you aren't allowed to make mistakes, but where in her "country" upbringing did someone tell her it was appropriate to chomp on gum, not comb your hair, and have your bra & boobs popping out in a national TV interview?

Also, I noticed whenever she was asked about K-Fed she looked away and answered, never looked Matt in the eye at first. It's hard to look people in the eye when you're throwing bullshit at them.

I encouraged the HS kids I teach to "watch Dateline to see what happens if you drop out of high school." I swear, she has about 100 words in her vocabulary.

Um, I know she's "COUNTRY" and naive and blah blah blah, but the carseats come with pictograms. You don't have to read-- you just have to have eyes.

I'm totally fascinated about my response to her. Why am I so interested? Probably something I heard at church-- I think her transformation may be one of the signs of the Apocalypse.
Of course, Kfed's rap single seems to be its theme song...

I couldn't watch either night. Is it me or does she look like a younger version of Courtney Love? I think this just goes to show you how good the music industry is when it comes to creating an image that sells. Britney Spears and Whitney Houston are both showing us the real people "Behind the Music". Pretty sad if you ask me. Finally someone should line up the parents of all these "teen queens" and give them a collective smack in the face (I say the Spears , Simpsons and Hiltons should be at the front of the line).

Britney says she "country" and that her daddy let her sit in his lap and "drive" when she was little. Well, I'm country and my oldest child will be turning 30 at the end of this month and HE had a car seat and rode in it.

I'm not trying to defend Britney but as a newer Dad myself. Do you think Britney actually wresseled (installed) that car seat into the car facing forward herself?? Yeah right. K Fed or one her "people" did that. My wife didn't even think about attempting to install ours. Dads out there, am I right?

Jersey Girl, you got it right about her "losing her footing" I fell down the stairs while I was carrying my second baby. Luckily, only I got injured. But if I had cameras trained on me with both my babies, they'd be in protective custody. Don't get me wrong, she's a dope and should probably invest in a caring nanny that will function as the parental figure for all of them (including Britney herself).

tsharie - you took the words right out of my mouth. Britney and Kevin are this generations Whitney and Bobby. See what happens when you marry down?

Marry down? Which one are you talking about? I think both married in their same class. They seem to be meant for each other. He cheated on his pregnant wife and she married a friend for what was it, 50 minutes? I feel for the kids that come of this marriage. And you know, the only lucky one here is Shar Jackson because she got rid of K-Fed.

Rumor has it - K-Fed has been sneaking off to see Shar, so maybe she's not that lucky.

First of all, I'm embarrassed for the staff of Dateline, NBC News, and Matt Lauer for airing this train-wreck of a segment (for TWO nights). By the way...Mr. Lauer...your journalistic credibility was just found, it has it's head in a gas oven.

First of all...Britney's behavior is begging for tabloid coverage and paparazzi, so I have absolutely no sympathy. I see a parallel between her and Michael Jackson...there wasn't anyone to slap them up the side of the head and tell them that they were out of control, and they needed to get a reality check, and to seriously clean up their act.

Maybe someone in her camp thought this interview would be some kind of damage control image-wise. It failed miserably, for all the reasons in previous posts.

And it's sad, because under everything that she's said and done, she does have talent.

Ok - so Britney Spears is white trash, plain and simple. And clearly she has about a million times more money than she does sense - actually more, since a million times zero is still zero.

With the gum chomping and the overstressed southern accent - I could barely handle it. Add to it her uncombed hair, nasty looking, ill-fitting clothing, and her mascara/eyelash fiasco - I felt bad for her, almost.

I guess Justin Timberlake really dodged a bullet on this one. Money can't buy class.

As I understand it, her publicists and stylists begged her to allow them to dress her and sit in on the interview. She told them no, she would do it all herself, and she didn't want them there. The Dateline crew reportedly thought they'd gotten the date wrong when they showed up at the house, based upon her appearance, but she said no, she was ready and waiting for them.

I feel sorry for her. This girl has had no proper guidance or mothering - she's simply been indulged and groomed as a cash cow. I think she truly does want a normal life and is striving to create that for herself, only she doesn't know how.

Britney's future: I'm sure she's as clueless about her finances as everything else, so you can be sure within the next five years she will be broke. Either because she and K-Fed pissed the money away or some scumbag accountant or business manager that she trusted too much bled her dry. Within the next five years she will be doing Cinemax late-night soft core, and then will follow Anna Nicole in getting a spokesperson deal for some weight loss plan. She will then get a reality show documenting her "comeback" which will never really take hold. She will then make her living as a professional has-been, and become a staple on "Surreal Life 16" and as a regular on Howard Stern.

Re: #18

I'm with you, JerseyGirl. The hubbub over "the trip" was ridiculous, and people's reactions to her breakdown was kinda scary for me. I imagine that all of the people who tsk her every move and then make judgment calls about her parenting skills might all fail Parenting 101 under close scrutiny. Now we are telling women what the can and can't wear or carry in their hands after they've had children? No wonder a bunch of a-holes think they can tell women whether or not they can have babies.

I'm also not entirely comfortable with the glee people seem to get out of her making these mistakes with her child. The way some people act you'd think they want little Sean Preston to die just to prove their point about her being a bad mom.

Yes, she is young and dumb and naive and delusional. Yes, she brought some of this on herself with the Chaotic and hell, even this interview. However, there comes a point when it shouldn't be fun to watch the trainwreck anymore. I think we have passed that point.

As a country girl, I would like to tell Britney to please not claim herself as one of us. Please, I'm begging you. Not all us folks who grew up on a farm are that trashy (or rednecks, but that's another post)

My dear, departed Grandfather used to say; "I may be country, but I'm not ignorant."
So sad that Britney cannot say the same.
I may be from the South, but I know noone who would leave the house looking as she did, much less give an interview. And, I wanted to smack her as she popped on her gum. Breeding always shows and low class redneck is hard to hide without a stylist/handler.
Go back to the farm if you want the media to leave you alone.

this girl is Mall of America..not country.

OK- I am indeed embarrassed that I wasted not one, but two nights watching this slow motion train wreck. But I found it fascinating. I wonder if she came up with the excuses herself or if her publisict did. Her story that she tripped on the cobblestone street of NYC is an outright lie. I paused and rewound- the sidewalk was definitely NOT cobblestone.

I also wish Matt had pressed her more on the K-Fed leaving his pregnant girlfriend thing. Her response was laughable and also an insult to the two kids he has with Shar Jackson.

Amen to all those posts. I feel bad for her but she brought this all upon herself by wanting to be famous in the first place and begging to be in the spotlight. Other celebrities have found ways to not be in the spotlight. Can't she call some of them and ask or are they sick of her crap too?

On another note, It could be 100% rumor but I did hear that this interview is part of a choreographed future break up with Kevin. She is supposedly trying to get the media and fans more on her side. I doubt if she is doing her own makeup and clothing that she could choreograph anything as smart as using the media to your advantage but I PRAY that the end result is a break up with the depleting waste form named Kevin.

Also - did anyone else notice her hair extensions off the side of her head facing the wall. You could see where they attached them, that's why they looked all stringy. Doesn't look like she washed her greasy head since she had them put in though. Sad but NO common sense or uncommon sense.. just no SENSE!

FYI if you go to http://www.bricksandstones.blogspot.com/

it talks about why she looked like she did....

Asked why Spears was on her own for the interview, Sloane Zelnick (Publicist) said, "Britney is a grown-up and makes her own decisions."

Ah- Sloane...Your fired!

hb
hey d~

Aren't pregnant women supposed to stop bleaching their hair b/c the chemicals are bad for the fetus?

Okay, I did feel kind of sorry for her because she is just really young and it's really obvious. That baby trip thing was unfair- it could have happened to anyone.

HOWEVER (and there is always a however)- your dad let you drive on his lap when you were an infant? I know country folks that let a toddler or older child sit on their lap and steer but even the most county of them don't drive with an infant on the lap. (sure, there may be a can of pabst in the hand....)

I kind of bristld when she cut Matt off from his questions of how she felt about the baby. He was being really nice to her and I just thought it was odd/rude to act like he'd just asked her about something really inappropriate or taboo.

But I still gotta say, that southern accent of hers gets me every time. she may look terrible but she sounds cute.

JasonR..awesome.

this girl is oblivious to karma..so i say keep it comin'..

hey hb

It doesn't surprise me that some people think it's okay to drive with a kid on their lap. Some people think it's okay to drive with a dog on their lap which seems just as reckless to me.

I don't know about bleaching the hair being bad for the fetus. I know that some stylists are apprehensive about it (and during menses) because hormonal changes can affect the resulting color. I am not a stylist (heard the former from my Mom's few months of beauty school) nor a mom nor someone who colors her hair so I can't say for sure.

the more I watched, the more I felt sorry for her....but I couldn't tell WHY I felt sorry for her. Is it the media/paparazzi, her showbizz crazy parents, crazy husband, or her own damn crazy fault for being made into such a media circus freak over the past few years???

First of all, her appearance was totally horrible. You would think that 8 years worth of interviews, apperances, concerts, TV shows, movies, and fame would teach this girl something about how to properly conduct herself, and how to dress and do makeup/hair. The poster above who said she looked like "The Scarecrow" hit the nail right on the head!!!! I mean, for a girl who is really trying to shape up her image she is doing a terrible job. I could have given a better interview about Britney's life than Britney herself!!!!

In the clip Matt showed her of an old interview from 2000, she seemed so bubbly, cheerful, cute and energetic...what happened??? After the "Britney Mania"
of the late 90's / early 00's dried up, it's like everyone who made her (parents, record execs, managers, etc) threw her to the wolves and watched her get her ass kicked without trying to help. She seems completly used up and put away wet. Ahhh such is stardom, I guess. But then as an adult you would think she would be able to do things on her own now....but I do agree that all this fame has totally stunted her marurity level. She IS a 16 year old trapped in a 25 year old body!

Did anyone else notice everytime Matt would ask her about her marriage, she would look away and not make ANY eye contact with him while answering "everything is fine, he's fine, he's not sleeping in the basement"....yeah Britney you toally convinced me...NOT!

it's possible that her 3 room shack doesn't have a basement..

weep not for Britney...learn from this sad cynical child..and move on.

If anything in hindsight this should serve as a wakeup call for all the parents out there pushing their kiddies into pagents and show business. Oh hell who am I kidding. The parents and agents only see the potential $ and not what they'll do with the rest of their lives if they are complete flops or burn out. The business found her, molded her, profited from her, and dumped her now that she's used up. Her appeal was for the lil 12yr old bastids getting their first wetdream off of her and now that she's bloated and popped a spawn out with another on the way what good is she?

Just slap a label on her, damaged used merchandise.

I did sit on my Dad's lap when I was little and he would let me pretend I was driving, as I would hold the steering wheel with him. This was many years before air bags. I don't want to tell you how long ago that was, but it was quite a while, and we were on a little-traveled small town road going about 20 mph, not doing 75 on the LA freeway.

I personally think that Brittney is not well. She used to be so pretty, she always looked well put together and frankly, she now looks like a hooker you would see on "Cops". Don't girls stop chewing gum when they hit about 16?

Depression can cause one to care little about their appearance. If you saw the pics showing her near accident, her extensions were showing and she looked like crap. Her jeans were too long, and her blouse looked terrible and you would never have mistaken her for a billion dollar pop star.

I couldn't believe the car seat pic where poor Sean was slumped all the way over sideways in his seat. I thought that maybe Matt would point out that country or not, an airbag would snap that baby's neck like a chicken bone. And she was super rude when he asked politely about her baby.

She needs some help, she says she has none, besides a bodyguard, she needs a competent full time nanny, some parenting classes, and sorry to Tom Cruise, but quite possibly some prozac or other appropriate treatment. It's a matter of time before something happens to that child or her upcoming one if things don't shape up for her. She needs to dump Kevin and move in with Mom and get back to her life.

Dizzy- I agree. Also note that she seems to have a bit of a superwoman need or something, going on and on about how she does all the cleaning herself and her maid is lazy, the house is just too big to have one person do it and if you were a person of means why would you stretch yourself out like that? (of course she could be lying). yeah, but she needs some help.

"Riding The Bus With My Spring Break Locust Attack"

Oh man...the memories of The Spring Break Shark Attack live blog...I remember seeing a clip of some wind surfer vaulting into some rubber shark's mouth and after laughing hysterically, scouring the Internet for everything Spring Break Shark Attack.

That also marked the day I, and many of my co-workers had our first TVGasm...been coming back ever since!

Oh and do expect there will be some clipgasms of this for tomorrow? That chunk of mascara almost put my eye out looking at it!

A thought--maybe the reason she was chewing gum was to help her quit smoking. It's well-known she used to be a puffer. HOPEFULLY she stopped smoking while she was preggers with Sean.

I have four words for Britney that will solve all her problems with the papparazzi and what people think of her:

Move
Back
To
Louisiana.

Think about it -- Sure, the papparazzi would follow her there for a little while, but they wouldn't leave LA for long just for her. She'd be right at home. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban spend plenty of time in Nashville and no one bothers them (granted, they are a little more pulled-together than Brit, but that's not my point). I'm sure it would be a big deal for a little while right after she moved, but eventually she'd be left alone, just as she wants.

Oh and Britney? When you sat on your Dad's lap and "drove" the car, I'm sure you were much older than 9 months. And your brother getting in 4 motorcycle accidents when he was 13... also older than 9 months. Put your baby in a stroller or some form of carrying device, for his sake and yours.

Lisa I totally agree. These idiots that choose to remain in Beverly Hills and other paparazzi crazed places do NOT get my sympathy. There are PLENTY of entertainers who stay out of the spotlight and still maintain careers. It's very simple... MOVE AWAY BRITNEY!

i saw the interview on the web yesterday and i gotta say..that's 45 minutes of my life i will never get back. No wonder i never give this adle brained child or the plastic man Matt Lauer any of my attention. he's the kind of person who feeds someone drugs and ask why they are addicted.

Lisa, you are right on. Plenty of celebs choose to live in rural out of the way america to live quiet lives outside the spotlight.

Oh and i like how Brittney was about to blow a big bubble and stopped herself..

This is so good I had to post it twice --

Did you guys see this hilarious spoof?

http://hotmommadrama.blogspot.com/2006/06/spoof-of-britney-matt-lauer-dateline.html