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NBC is Pissed: Britney Cancels Performance at Last Second

Karl Erikson — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:35:00 GMT

Just when you thought Britney was getting her stuff together, she goes and pulls another crazy rabbit out of her hat. Her appearance on Good Morning America was huge, her new album dropped yesterday, and she was all set to perform on tonight's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Rockefeller Center...but no. Instead she decided to piss off NBC by backing out at the last second. Way to stay classy, Britt.

"You have no idea how many times Britney has changed things on us," an NBC insider says. "At least 14 times since I got here on Thursday. It is Britney Spears and she can do that because they want her to boost ratings but no one is happy putting up with this. I probably shouldn’t say this but guys on the crew were making bets about whether she would show up at all."

"She was originally supposed to perform live and then she wanted to pre-tape her performance instead. Then she didn’t want to do that. She keeps changing her mind and now she’s not performing at all but she is still supposed to pre-tape at 7 p.m."

What did Britt opt to do? Tape a video greeting for the broadcast tonight. This is going to have major repurcussions, I can tell you already. Nobody is going to put up with this bullshit more than once, that's for sure. She may be on the comeback trail, but being so blatantly unprofessional is a sure way to derail that train.

And if Britney really thinks this kind of behavior is going to get her custody of her children again, then maybe she's just a couple of days shy of shaving her head again.

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Bite Marks And Bruises On Jayden James Spears

HerBadMother — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:58:00 GMT

I really, really, really hope that this amounts to nothing more than normal toddler wear and tear.

According to Usmagazine.com, bite marks and bruises were found on Jayden James when the police investigated the Spears household last week. A bodyguard reported that the bite mark came from Jayden's brother, Preston, but the bruises were unaccounted for.

The story:

Usmagazine.com has learned that when police arrived at Britney Spears' Beverly Hills home on Jan. 3 to investigate her custody dispute with Kevin Federline they discovered that her youngest son, Jayden James, had at least one bite and several bruises on his body.

According to a source, the LAPD report of the incident, which ended with Spears being transported to a nearby hospital for psychiatric evaluation, says that when officers arrived that evening Spears responded by yelling at them to get out of her house. Police outside the home peered through a window and saw Spears cradling Jayden in a bathroom and observed that he was not in any immediate danger.

The source says that, though at first police threatened to break down the bathroom door, they soon learned that the door was in fact not locked and the officers were able to open the door and enter the bathroom.

After observing the bite mark and bruises on the child, police were then told by Federline's bodyguard, who had been at the home to pick up the kids, that the injuries were on Jayden before the child had even arrived at Spears' home earlier in the day, and that his older brother, Sean Preston, had actually bitten him.

I so hope that's all that it is. Not that life is all cuddles and lollipops for those kids, but really: I hope that, at least, they're as physically safe as they can be.

Dr. Phil Cancels Britney Program

HerBadMother — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:10:00 GMT

Dr. ~~Evil~~ Phil has cancelled plans to dedicate an episode of Dr. Phil Now to the recent traumas undergone by Britney Spears.

Speaking in terms of profound understatment, he said that the situation was "too intense:"

"As was widely reported this weekend, at the request of concerned family members, I visited Britney Spears in the hospital. The details of that visit will, of course, remain private," he said in a message online.

"We had planned to tape a Dr. Phil Now show today, focusing not on the tabloid side of Britney's latest problems, but instead on the very serious issues surrounding this case. Clearly, it is not just Britney's family struggling to find a way to protect adult children who cannot be ordered or compelled to seek help.

"Because the Spears situation is too intense at this time, and out of consideration to the family, I have made the decision not to move forward with the taping at this particular time.

"Britney and her family are in our prayers, and we ask that they be in yours."

Right. For 'the Spears situation is too intense,' read, 'I took too much shit for imposing my evil self upon Britney and her family at a sensitive time.' At least he's backed off, for now. Small mercies.

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K-Fed Worried About Sons' Safety After Britney's Release From Hospital

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Britney Spears' surprising, and seemingly premature release from the psych ward of Cedars Sinai Medical Center has Kevin Federline understandably "freaked out." Federline, who was awarded sole custody of sons Sean Preston and Jayden James on Friday after Britney's meltdown, is reportedly beefing up security at his Tarzana, Calif. home amidst fears that Spears will attempt to kidnap the boys.

A source close to Federline says, “Kevin is so worried that Britney will rush his house and try to grab the boys, just like she tried to do last February...The boys are safe for now, but Kevin feels Britney is clearly deranged, and there’s no telling what she’ll do."

The February incident that the source is referring to is an encounter in February, 2007 when Spears "drove to Kevin’s house three times and tried to wrestle her way inside to get her sons." When Federline refused to let her in Spears took out her frustration on a photographer's car by attacking it with an umbrella.

[photo: OkMagazine.com]

Britney: Suicide Attempt Or Drug Overdose

HerBadMother — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:23:00 GMT

Was it just a mental breakdown, as some sources are saying, or did Britney try to commit suicide, or OD on drugs? According to an insider at Cedars-Sinai, it's one or the other, or both. The source told US magazine that Britney's been designated 'special needs', which is reserved for attempted suicides and persons who have overdosed on drugs and need constant supervision.

The source also told US Magazine that no one on staff wanted to be responsible for her during her first night at the hospital:

With “special needs” patients, the hospital source said, “we watch them so they don’t hurt themselves and watch the people who come visit them to make sure they don’t pass anything to them.

“So we got a call to go have someone sit with her,” the source added. “None of us wanted to go sit with her.”

This tragedy just keeps getting more tragic. One almost hates to keep watching the story as it unfolds. Not that one is going stop watching, of course, but one could certainly feel badly while watching. And commenting.

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Kevin Federline Gets Sole Custody of Kids; Britney Loses Visitation Rights

sweatpantsmom — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:10:00 GMT

In an emergency court hearing earlier this afternoon, Kevin Federline was awarded sole physical and legal custody of his sons Jayden James and Sean Preston. Britney Spears' visitation rights were suspended after her standoff with police last night that ended with her being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Jayden was also taken to the hospital but later released to Federline.

Commissioner Scott Gordon, who presided over today's hearing ordered another hearing to be held on Jan. 14. Spears is being held at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in the psychiatric unit in a 72-hour mental lockdown.

[photo: PageSix.com]