Poor (filthy rich) Britney!
I have to say, amidst all the hype revolving Britney Spears’ dissolution of marriage, I feel sorry for the gal. I feel sorry for everyone, actually - the whole Brit-Kevin clan. It really doesn’t matter to me who’s right or wrong. Britney is going to be a single mom, the kids are going to see even less of their father and the paparazzi won’t rest for a moment. Whichever way you want to look at it, it’s a sad situation.
I recently came across a photo in People Magazine of Kevin and Britney on a beach in Malibu. I know, so what’s the big deal, right? Tons of those pictures surface everyday. Only, this one was different. It was taken from the perspective of an onlooker, not from that of a stalking photographer. In other words, it showed not only the pop princess in her bikini, but the hoards of men hovering over her with big, black cameras.
It was eerie. It was scary. It was nauseating. It made me see Britney in a whole new light. Can you imagine going through life each and every day like that? They’re around when you want to laugh, when you want to cry, when you’re calling your mom or breaking down on the freeway.
No wonder all these high-profile Hollywood marriages fail! Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe, Jen and Brad, Jessica and Nick. It just goes on and on. Imagine your every move chronicled and illustrated on a day to day basis. You have a booger in your nose and you’re reaching for a Kleenex. Snap! You put the Kleenex up to your nostril. Snap! You slip your finger in to wipe it away. Snap! There’s 3 shots right there of you digging into your nose to remove snot, guaranteed to grace at least a few magazine covers the following week! The pressure would be too much for even the strongest couple to bear.
Britney may be filthy rich; she may have several nannies, a huge house (or three) and all the servants for which any star could hope. But would you trade shoes with the girl?
November 9th, 2006 18:42
Trade shoes? She takes mine; I take hers, auction them off for big bucks and finally buy myself multiple pairs of new heels. So literally, yes. Figuratively, no way!
November 9th, 2006 18:56
Oh, how I so agree with you! I wouldn’t want to live like that and I feel awful that other people have to. It is one of the reasons I don’t indulge in reading People or those other mags. I won’t support it. Just let them be! There should be a law. That photo is just frightening. Those people should be shot and not with a camera!
November 9th, 2006 20:00
i’d not want to change places with her, no way….i love how you said you feel sorry for everyone…
November 9th, 2006 20:54
Not a chance. If I somehow traded places with her I would spend my days in hiding and lever leave the house. I am too much of a loner to want that kind of attention.
November 9th, 2006 22:12
I don’t think I look particularly hot in photographs, and as evidenced by the way they capture her…well, we’d be doing no one any favors putting my hot mug across US Weekly.
November 10th, 2006 02:44
No f*cking way! I’ll take her money though ;)