From In Touch:
Those closest to Britney worry The X-Factor opportunity will be just another rise before a fall – live, in front of millions of viewers. “Doing X Factor may lead her back into meltdown territory,” says a source. “She gets extremely nervous and anxious. She’s hard on herself and not very confident.”
Anything new, even positive developments like her engagement to Jason Trawick can rock the boat. “For her, it’s all input as stress,” explains the source. “This is a lot of change at once for Britney. She’s coming undone.”
Sources warn that Britney hasn’t healed 100 percent since her 2007/2008 breakdown. “She really is starting to seem loopy and not right,” admits a source close to Spears. “She is so happy one minute and sad and crying the next.” Adds a second source, “Her emotions are fragile. … She is very scared and overwhelmed by the thought of it. Now that she’s gotten financially stable again, she is starting to let loose and let old demons come out,” says a source.
At a friend’s crawfish-boil party in LA’s Brentwood neighborhood May 5, Spears showed up sporting cutoffs, a cropped top and no shoes – and proceeded to ignore the other guests while muttering obscenities to herself! Hanging out alone by the food, a source says, “she would sort of say to no one, ‘F–k it, I’m eating whatever I want. I don’t care.’ Everyone was wondering what was up.”
But yet “those closest” to Britney see this as just another paycheck for her, and by virtue, them, so they’re just going to let the chips fall where they may. That’s nice. And speaking of chips, this is Britney’s rider, which specifies that chicken, Doritos, soda, and masseurs are a necessity:
The ‘Toxic’ singer – who has signed a $15 million deal to join the panel of the US version of the show alongside Demi Lovato – has made a number of backstage demands, including six cases of Diet Coke containing 24 cans, which must be replenished every week.
She also wants 10 snack size bags of Doritos for her and her team a day, 12 vases of magnolia blossoms in her dressing room, 10 pieces of chicken and four pints of potato salad every week. According to LOOK magazine, Britney – who is engaged to Jason Trawick – also requires a beauty team which includes a personal manicurist, a facialist and a massage therapist.
I sure hope none of this is true (except for the food part. That all sounds good to me, especially the chicken part. YUM). I know you guys think that there’s this evil part of me that hopes for a(nother) very public breakdown for Britney, but I can honestly, 100% tell you that such part does not exist within me. We rag on Britney a lot here, just because she’s kind of been a staple in gossip for the past decade, but to hope that she melts down for ratings? That, my friends, is just pure ruthlessness incarnate. And it’s not very nice, either. No, when people fully realized that Britney was truly mentally unstable, all pushing her into doing things should have ceased immediately. It’s not like she was just another complete f-cking sociopath like Lindsay Lohan who’s never going to die or go to jail for real or ever be damaged in any way whatsoever.
Hope none of this is true, you guys, and that’s real talk right there.
I like britney. I hope she will be ok.
Hate to repeat myself….kind of….but, GIMME ONE OF THEM TURKEY LEGS!!!! Seriously, looking at Britney these days makes me hallucinate that I’m at the State Fair and all I want is some fried butter and TURKEY LEGS!!!!
She’s bipolar. I’m bipolar (but I have type 2 which is less severe). Part of the illness is that change, even good change, can set off anxiety and self doubt which sets into motion a horrible chain of events of self-critique, paranoia, and a general sense that one is not good enough. It’s unlikely it will completely derail her, but she needs to take care to monitor her moods and maintain a sleep and exercise schedule.
You are so right on. The first thing that popped into my head was that she is def bipolar. I think we’ve known that for a bit. For 15 million I think she can get thru the show without a complete meltdown but afterwards she needs to take a break and get a handle on her illness.
OHH , LISTEN TO YOU SAD DOPES .
WHEN A PUDGY PIANO-LEGGED MAN-FACED HILLBILLY SQUAW CAN CAN SPAS AROUND AND GET MONEY FROM DUMMIES ….. SHE’S DOIN’ GOOD ..
A HELL OF A LOT BETTER THAN YOU … NOT YOU , MR. TRUMP…
I hope she’s ok. She just needs support and she’ll get through it.
I smell jealousy in some of these comments. Goods Luck to Britney!! My wife is bipolar and I know what that is and what it does. None of you, except one, can know or even approach knowing what it is.