BRITNEY SPEARS CHECKS INTO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY... Distraught Over Dad's Illness

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Oh god, back in the hoo-hoo hotel. This isn't good. She had been doing pretty well for a while.

That's too bad. She does seem very fragile and he's really looked out for her.

Um, really? I'm sure everyone coming into this thread has had a parent or relative with serious illnesses. We do our best to take care of them while continuing our lives. She's in a mental facility because she has mental problems. Whether her father is sick or not.

When something happens to Britney's dad, she's toast. He's the only thing that's been holding her together for the past 10 years.

God, poor girl. She should quit show business.

R4, precisely. My parents are 88/90, both recently received cancer diagnosis". Life goes on.

That's sad. She is very close to her dad. I don't know how I would handle it if my dad were seriously ill.

Isn't she bipolar?

No one knows.

Take away shoe laces, belts, and umbrellas.

God bless that sweet little thing. Hasn't she been through enough? We need to start a prayer circle.

R4 you’re lucky, I think Britney’s father is just over 60.

Just over 60 in Louisiana = Just over 80 in Colorado.

Hide the clippers.

Even beyond show business, how is she prepared to take care of herself and her sons if her father isn't here. Where is her mother?

Isn’t she in her 40s now? lol. Amazing she lived this long.

R16 her mom sells pyramid scheme candles on Instagram.

Poor Britney! 🐾🐾

If Britney was a boy, Mrs. Spears would have whored him out to MJ without batting an eye, a la Mrs. Safechuck and Mrs. Robson.

The father keeps the whole show on the road, including Britney. For better or worse. Mixed results of his guardianship. I think Britney got BETTER, slowly, over the years, by going through the motions as the drugs slowly sorted her psychosis. In the last couple of years, she seemed alive again. Of course the question can be asked, if she had retired a decade ago, she might have gotten better without her "work" or "career" but maybe that's the only source of positive energy? Maybe she never wanted to be a wife and mother. And then we know to ask - why the whole family needs Britney working, as blood income. All sponges. Including the father.

What a mess. But, at least she seemed alive for a few years recently. There's that.

Were any cars injured prior to this latest hospitalization?

Wishing for the simplicity of childhood.

I know the feeling.

They're... pretty close, right? Like, really close? Super duper close?

Poor Britney. Some you beasts should be ashamed of yourselves.

r25 = Chris Crocker

Brit-Brit isn't mentally ill, she's "slow".

r27 the proper term is "special"

WAIT. The Dad’s ill, and SHE’S the one who needs to be hospitalized??!

Way to

a) take care of your dad, after all the times he took care of you

b) make it all about you and drawing focus

c) be a spoiled bitch

Britney Spears is currently receiving treatment for issues related to her anxiety, but sources close to the family stress she’s not at a hospital.

Spears’ emotional well-being took a turn for the worse after her father’s colon ruptured last year. The 37-year-old star has been extremely upset over the ongoing medical issues with her dad after revealing he almost died. She even postponed her Las Vegas residency to deal with her father’s illness.

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Quality LevelsFullscreen However, sources close to the situation tell us the situation was actually much worse and Spears recently began to spiral out of control emotionally. We’re told she recently checked into a facility, but our source stressed that it is not a hospital.

While she’s been away, we’re told Kevin Federline has taken “90% custody” of the former couple’s two children, Sean and Jayden. Federline and Spears were recently locked in a battle over child support and she was ordered to pay “thousands more” in support, plus $100,000 for lawyer fees.

We’re told Federline is now considering heading back to court to ask for more money from his baby mama to care for the kids while she is away.

Meanwhile, Spears broke her social media silence Wednesday before news broke of her treatment, telling fans, “We all need to take time for a little ‘me time.'”

I feeling badly for her and her father.

[QUOTE]WAY TO a) take care of your dad, after all the times he took care of you

Give me a break. Britney couldn’t take care of a pet turtle. Her dad is a multi-millionaire with a personal medical team giving him round the clock care in some mansion. He doesn’t need her.

Hoping for the best for Britney and her dad.

During her rise to fame and pop stardom days, she was close with her mother. And then she was close to a family friend, I believe it was a friend of her mother, who served as a mother-like figure when Britney was having babies. And then she was close to her father during the rough, shaved-head era.

I've seen Britney interact with her dad. He's sort of a tough-love Drill Sargent, making sure she eats enough, takes her vitamins, etc. I didn't see a whole lot of affection or at least not as much affection as she had at one time with her mother.

Maybe the mother is a monster and Daddy is the best of the rest? Where is the younger sister and the older brother? Is Britney Jean close to them? It'd be a shame if she thinks that the only person who truly cares about her is a sick old man who's at death's door.

How do you get a ruptured colon is my question. A lot of opiates?

For the gazillionth time...what exactly is her mental illness. And why has been allowed to keep it under wraps all these years? You’d think she would want to end the stigma. Cunt.

Anxiety

I actually hope she gets better. Somehow, despite her limited IQ, she never offends the fans or at least hasn’t in a decade. Gotta hand it to her for just doing her job and getting on with some resemblance of a life.

Her dad really is her anchor, so I hope he pulls through.

So what happened with the relationship with her mother. And her sister.

I wonder what happens when you "step awy" from a Vegas booking. There must be some serious contractual obligations to deal with. I feel for those boys - Kevin does not seem like a stable parent, just looking for more money. She must be surrounded by users. What a terrible situation.

Her mother sold her out talking to the press during the early stages of her meltdown. I also think Brittney was furious when she found out that her sister was getting fucked by a producer at Nick while her mother stood by and did nothing. Britney was a mother by then so it makes sense how her perception about that stuff might have changed.

Her mom was an idiot for turning against her cash cow. Brittney has a fine relationship with her sister they visit each other.

I don’t know why I kept adding the extra T to her name. Duh.

R43 in case anyone's wondering, the producer in question is Dan "I Beat my Meat to Teenage Feet" Schneider. He's also rumored to have fathered Jamie Lynn's kid and to have knocked up Miranda Cosgrove (who had an abortion).

Britney never should have had that second nose job.

R36 Schizophrenia. It's the last mental illness left with a fuckton of stigma, that's why you never hear anything. I remember there was some discussion of it when she first was hospitalized, but since then it isn't mentioned. Probably for the best, that is one hell of an albatross.

She actually looks better than she has been in a long time. The fillers must be wearing off

Brit is “fn awesome” is what her sister posted on her social media.

No mention in this article of why one sister is distraught over the sick dad and the other sister is not distraught over the sick dad.

After proving to be a draw, Brit probably has a much more advantageous contract for the subsequent Vegas run. Perhaps there’s a contract clause that ensures that she isn’t punished if she has to quit or postpone due to health issues. Just a guess.

She must be in really bad shape, its been years and dad still has guardianship. She seems to just be a robot right now, but just imagine how much worse it will be if she was on her own. She could have been Lohan or worse.

Parents don't live forever. Even parents like this one who are holding their spawn's lives together.

All hell is going to break loose when he kicks.

Where is her mother?

Maybe her sister would be next in line to take over? I don't know how together her sister is these days.

The sister is a no-talent cunt.

[QUOTE]Maybe her sister would be next in line to take over? I don't know how together her sister is these days.

Her mother is next. She’s only 63.

She's a robot. She seemed to get better but there have been no interviews with her. That speaks volumes. She clearly can't think for herself in any way shape or form. Learn the dance routine, lip synch this song, take a bow.

Britney is severely mentally ill , most severely mentally ill people are on SSI/SSDI Medicaid/Medicare, foodstamps, and live in government subsidized housing. Anyone with Britney's history would easily qualify for disability.

This severely disabled woman is sole financial support paying for the lavish lifestyles of the parasite Kevin Federline and his ex, Shar Jackson and their two kids together. She is also the sole financial support for her two kids with K-Fed. The parasite K-Fed has married a woman named Victoria Prince and has two new children with her. So thats K-Fed, his current and ex wife and 6 children. That's nine people. Add to that she has to financially support her father so that's 10 people. Who knows how many other family members are leeching off her. I feel sorry for that bitch.

I feel like she is genuinely a very sweet person, who does have emotional problems, so I don't get the meanness toward her?

I love my parents very much, so this isn't hard to believe.

R29 is too dumb to live.

[QUOTE]So thats K-Fed, his current and ex wife and 6 children. That's nine people. Add to that she has to financially support her father so that's 10 people. Who knows how many other family members are leeching off her.

Don’t forget her boyfriend.

[quote] We’re told Federline is now considering heading back to court to ask for more money from his baby mama to care for the kids while she is away.

Has-been Federline has plenty of money and is just leeching off her like everyone else.

But at least she gets hot dick. She gets nothing from that fat fuck trashy loser ex she married.

My friend's sister worked with Britney when she went to rehab for a brief time in 2012 (no you can't find anything about it). Apparently she is clinically depressed with psychotic tendencies brought out by drug abuse.

Justin Timberlake is still wildly successful with a huge world tour and vibrant recording career. He also has a happy family life.

[quote] My friend's sister worked with Britney

Mmmhmm

Justin Timberlake is such a weiner. When will that talent show runner up go away?

The dumb hillbilly bitch has it made: doesn't have to care for her kids, has others handle her entire life for her.

[quote]The sister is a no-talent cunt.

So she takes after Britney.

She's so ill and needs a conservator but can still work (touring, recording music, etc). Only in Hollywood, folks.

This may not end well.

[Quote] Justin Timberlake is still wildly successful with a huge world tour and vibrant recording career. He also has a happy family life.

LOL

R58 are there not ways to make sure that child support payments only go towards the care of Britney's two kids? Making someone pay child support, only for some of it to go towards whatever other brats were later spawned by the ex, seems unethical.

her family workin her too hard, geez, let her take a year off, how many people she gotta support????

Timberlake may not have mental health issues but his career is definitely over.

Puhleez people, she does not have to work again EVER to support an entire city! I live not far from the gated enclave she bought, razed two houses, then built three more (she did leave the main mansion mostly as-is). Bitch sunk millions into a property already worth millions. On the plus side, she gives out full-size candy bars on Halloween.

Why is Timberlake's career over? I haven't been reading magazines recently, sorry. I am curious. The Justified album was a big hit and very good. He is very talented, so what is the problem?

[Quote] The Justified album was a big hit and very good. He is very talented, so what is the problem?

You realize Justified came out back in 2003 right?

Ok but the important thing here is what's her hot bodybuilder/fitness trainer boyfriend doing nowadays and is he getting the support he needs in these times of crises?

Justin Timberlake is no longer relevant. His last album Mountain Man was a flop and I’m pretty sure he’s now retired.

R80 lol we all know you want to give him some support.

who is this timberlake?

He’s a mountain man r83

R84 he wishes.

I've worked with people with severe and chronic mental illness similar to what Britney has. She's doing remarkably well considering everything. Most people with her challenges struggle to even establish a basic functional life with stability, let alone working and touring the world.

R86 the money certainly helps.

Wait, I thought she was all pissed off at her dad for not allowing her marry that hot Instagram ho, the one who's supposed to be her "trainer."

I keep confusing Britney Spears' father with Jessica Simpson's...

Papa Spears has never been this hip R89

Dear god, R90.

He looks absurd.

R91 it's ok to be jealous.

i'm wondering how her dad's colon "spontaneously ruptured? could he have been getting fucked? ' '

R93 I asked that question earlier as well. My first thought was it was opiate related.

R93 I thought the same. Maybe not with a dick but an object?

Every time that pig Fedeline is asked to step up and be a father, he insists on asking for more money, and he is already living off Britney. As far as I know, Britney was a recreational drug user, nothing serious. Pot & pills from time to time. This is when she is in her teens. She was spoiled juvenile and unruly, but everyone thought her behavior issues were the results of early fame and being spoiled.

Then she injured her leg or her hip or something while making a video or while performing on tour. She was around 19-20 I think. Details are fuzzy for me. Anyway, she got addicted to painkillers, at the same time, she was suffering from undiagnosed mental illness. Could have been bi-polar, not sure. it was extreme. Maybe scitzophrenia? But she went off the deep end.

She had stopped performing because of her injury, because she couldn't dance or anything, and she was doing the pills and the addiction to WTF ever, and she went off the deep end. She was picking up strangers doing them in men's rooms, she was followed by a train of vicious, irresponsible sleeze masquerading as paparazzi, and she had that terrible guy representing that he was her manager.

Her parents went through hell trying to intervene legally, and finally, after the baseball bat incident and a couple of other incidents, shaving her head, etc. they were able to go to court and get custody of her, and her kids and she was under court supervision for years with her Father acting as her legal guardian. In fact within the last two years she was re-evaluated and the arrangement was upheld.

I'm not sure if the drugs fried her brain and made things worse, or if this is just the progression of mental illness. But she needs good drugs to function normally, and even then she is only at 80% if that. If anything happens to Dad she will be institutionalized. She has had some " boyfriends," but eventually they leave, often encouraged by Dad. He has been looking for a good man to replace him in her life. He would love to turn over her custodial care to a loving husband if such a man exists. But too often these guys are attracted to her celebrity and her $$$. Her father was concerned about setting up a lifetime foundation or a trust to care for her if something happens to him.

Don't ask how I know. The fact isI remember following and reading about this years ago when it first started happening.

And we're supposed to hate her so much this makes us laugh? I don't hate her, she seems harmless enough. And she never bothered to project a false image, she's let it all hang out, warts and all, and that makes her relate-able.

R96 Pills and pot, how quaint. Try again. She smoked meth day and night.

Ever since she went off the rails, I've wondered if her mental illness is a by-product of her drug use or the drugs unleashed something that was there all along.

She's her family's piggy bank. I feel sorry for her and hope she finds someone who cares for her, not her brand.

Her sons will be 13 and 14 this year. I wonder what ol' K-Fed will do in 5 years, when the youngest boy reaches 18 and his gravy train officially comes to a halt?

Britney's father won't be around forever, but hopefully one or both of her sons is a decent person with half a brain and will look after her.

I always thought she was into meth as well, r98

I thought Sam Lufti looked hot and like he was into the homosex where the man go up into the other man

What’s the tea that Brit’s current bf is gay?

I remember when her cousin Alli was her "assistant". Brit Brit would go with her to different hotel rooms every night and would smoke meth. Allegedly. At one point, some hotels asked her to please never come back. She would be photographed in the middle of the night with crazy eyes and color contact lenses possibly to hide the blown pupils. I still remember the crazy meltdown she had when doing a photo shoot for OK Magazine where she kept going to the bathrooms and came back with her eyes rolling back in her head.

K-Fed has too many stories to tell and to keep those stories a secret, Brit's conservancy will have to pay him.

Don't cry for K-Fed, he is set for life.

Fine, maybe it was Meth. But she started out smoking pot and popping pills back when she was in her teens. I'm not surprised to hear she graduated to meth. I Remember when she was asked to leave hotels and not come back. She would make the rounds at night to party, usually followed by her caravan of paps.

R99 I think it's a combination of undiagnosed, severe mental illness and substance abuse. Her case is not that unusual, I have many patients like her unfortunately.

I wonder who Sam’s fucking while Britney is away?

There was a blind item several years back about a "pop princess" who had contracted HIV and unknowingly passed to her kids. I hope it's not true.

What is her actual diagnosis? Has that ever been shared? Bi-polar?

Did anyone watch her reality show?? I missed it.

Yeah the HIV rumor has been around for years. Honestly given her history I’ve always that it was plausible.

R111 If I had to make a guess on diagnosis based upon what's out there in public e.g. documented episodes and her own words, I'd say schizoaffective disorder.

So it looks like someone abused their prescription for vyvanse. You would NEVER give an amphetamine to someone with schizophrenia: it would worsen the psychosis. So based on this info we know that she neither have schizophrenia nor schizoaffective disorder. And is she was psychotic at one time that was more due to the sleep deprivation induced by her amphetamines abuse.

Has the current boyfriend been poisoning Britney's dad?

This is Datalounge! Let us take this opportunity to look back on the bad old days, and reminisce about when Britney was a wild child with an entourage and hung out at the Chateau Marmont, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. Lindsay Lohan was banned from the Chateau, Britney was banned from the other two. (You have to be really horrible to get banned from Chateau Marmont, it was such a shithole.)

I miss the bad old days when the Paris Hilton gang was wild in the streets, and the drugs and alcohol were flowing, and the photographers would swarm in LA. Back when Perez Hilton was,making his way up the ladder of celebrity, and Mischa Barton was fucking men in bushes.

A golden age R117.

Agree, R117!

Hmmm pawpaw spears can spear me

R117 Ah yes, the good old days!

[QUOTE]Has the current boyfriend been poisoning Britney's dad?

He’s not bright enough to slowly poison somebody while getting away with it. Plus I’m sure the dad doesn’t want Sam anywhere near him.

R123 that pic says it all--right in the middle of a nest of vipers.

R117, those were the days!

Distraught--or an excuse to stop working? I've wondered if this is the escape hatch she's been looking for to get out of her Vegas residency...

R125 one of them being a wonky eyed viper.

And dads not even dead yet. Hasn't her dad controled her affairs for the last 10 years? Who will get the job when he goes?

I look at Lindsay Lohan and feel sad. She had it once. She was a good little actress, she sang too, I think, and she was desperate to hang out with the cool kids. Paris Hilton had nothing to offer. She was a talentless bitch and totally spoiled and corrupt. They dabbled in drugs and turned Lindsay into the mess she became. Of course her dysfunctional family had a lot to do with it, but I see these pictures and remember when she might have had a chance if she had been able to get away from the crowd she craved acceptance from.

[Quote] I look at Lindsay Lohan and feel sad. She had it once. She was a good little actress, she sang too, I think, and she was desperate to hang out with the cool kids. Paris Hilton had nothing to offer.

Well apparently it was more than that. She was in love with Paris and of course she treated Lilo like a joke. I also (for some reason) remember Dina talking about how Hilary Duff got her friends to bully her back when they were both dating Aaron Carter.

Britney will be like a lot of other adults who are not capable of handling their own affairs because they are mentally incapacitated. If there is no competent family member, then the court will appoint someone. Once her father dies, she'll be over. She may coast for a year or two, but her career will end when he ends.

That will probably be a huge relief to Britney, R131.

I remember a few years ago her dad was still walking around in the middle of the day drinking booze out of an LSU cup and binging on fried Cajun food. Britney joked about him eating, drinking and watching football all day. He never got rid of his Louisiana ways, even though he had Hollywood money. I followed Brit on Instagram and she was always posting about her workouts, but she seemed a little too giddy. Amphetamines?

I don't know why you're all saying she has schizophrenia. I'm pretty sure it's been reported that she has bipolar disorder, which makes more sense.

She has Wendy Williams eyes at r135. Sad.

I love her and hope all is well.

The disconnection between her smile and the general sadness of the face and esp. the eyes is scary in R135's picture. She looks haunted.

I love Britney, but those teefs at r135 are TO’ UP!!!

You would never catch Dionne Warwick acting the fool like Miss Britney. Dionne needs to go to that hospital and whip Britney into shape.

I have a soft spot for Britney. I have bipolar disorder and was diagnosed in 2007, around the time Britney was spiraling out of control. Not sure if she is bipolar as well or has something even more serious . She’s always seemed sweet natured and harmless. I wish her well. I’ve never had as much sympathy for Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay always seemed mean.

[quote]Lindsay always seemed mean.

That was just good acting hon.

R135 There's often an overlap of bipolar and schizophrenia symptoms, where there's an intermediate mix of symptoms then we're likely to diagnose the person with schizoaffective disorder. I think the clue that points more to this diagnosis is fact that she's still under conservatorship, something not associated with majority of people with bipolar disorder. I read somewhere a while ago that she has/ had psychotic symptoms, which again fits more with schizoaffective disorder. Though that is not to say that people wit bipolar disorder sometimes have psychosis, but these are usually limited to episodic and related to breakthrough symptoms.

[quote]Of course the question can be asked, if she had retired a decade ago, she might have gotten better without her "work" or "career" but maybe that's the only source of positive energy?

Of course her work was a source of positive energy. Las Vegas and the occasional album provided structure. Otherwise all she would do is go clubbing or sit in her manse watching reality TV. People have to do something, for God’s sake.

I read somewhere that she is Bipolar with a rapid cycling mania. More highs than lows.

Mental illness definitely runs on Daddy Spears side of the family. His mother committed suicide.

She doesn't have a lot of talent but I find her endearing. However the only person with a faker smile is Donnie Spanky.

[Quote] She doesn't have a lot of talent but I find her endearing.

Both are fine qualities for a pop star.

She's a mind-controlled former Disney kid. Her dad is her handler. She's unraveling again.

Poor thing needs to retire from show biz and live a quieter life.

I think she could also be developmentally delayed along with being mentally ill (bipolar with psychotic features sounds about right).

She should go back to Louisiana and cook with simply Sara. I'm sure Sara has Cheetos-based recipes for Brit Brit's taste buds.

wonder what meds she is on....

poor dear cant keep a man. she must be on some terrible pills to be so....adrift

family has worked her far too hard. she needs long rest, mercy me.

[Quote] Poor thing needs to retire from show biz and live a quieter life.

Which is what she's said before.

[Quote] poor dear cant keep a man. she must be on some terrible pills to be so....adrift

I'm surprised she's lasted this long with Sam. But who wouldn't want to hold onto him for as long as possible lol

I'll step-in for her during her hiatus. No one will notice.

R153 too lazy.

Who ever she ends up with will have to be ehr conservator. So far she has hooked up with guys who are basically not equipped above the waist, to deal with her issues.

R148 joining the tin-hat brigade here: the recent pics (past few years) look enough like Brit until you compare them to those from 10 years ago. Unless she had a lot of plastic surgery, the current Brit and the old Brit are two different people

She's a chain-smoker and even though she lives in L.A. and gets more sun than a white person should ever get on a year basis, she keeps going weekly to the tanning salon. Of course her youthful glow would have a short shelf life.

The picture someone posted of her upthread, R30, a recent one she looks bad. Hard looking. R135 is not much better.

Her dad is her handler, and he can't handle her while being sick, so she has to go to the looney bin until the father is healthy again or a new handler is picked. That woman can't be left alone. She's basically a work horse that's being trotted out to earn money and then put back in the stables after the work is done. The Spears family is bottom barrel scum. Her daddy is no saint.

Britney was very likely molested and raped as a child (probably pimped out by her mother) and Britney was never able to deal with that and instead is now given some diagnose that keeps her under the control of the very family that abused and betrayed her to make them more money.

science has shown if u give up the cigs, ur depression goes away by 75% ….brit, do it for the kids. k? we know u love them tons, so don't pollute them with u and urs ciggy poison smoke.

Why would her fathers' colon rupture? Doesn't that happen with opioid abuse, or is there another reason?

Cancer.

Does anyone remember the interview she did with Matt Lauer when she was pregnant with her first kid? This was before the breakdown. He asked her when she was due and she said she didn't know

Yes, this was all summer 2006.

Britney flipping out, Lindsay in and out of jail, Star Jones and Babs death march on “The View.”

I was supposed to be studying for the bar that summer. Needless to say, I had distractions!

Actually, Winston, most people who smoke are addicted, not the the nicotine, but to the naturally occurring short-acting MAOIs in tobacco. MAOIs act as anti-depressants and painkillers. Schizophrenics smoke in higher quantities than any other population group.

Interesting, r166. I experienced a major depression immediately after quitting smoking.

I don't think you all understand that mental illness gets worse as you get older. And it's far more noticeable, because you can get away with lots more stuff when you're young and beautiful.

the extended mix of "Toxic" is genius.

R169 link?

She dead yet?

[quote] I don't think you all understand that mental illness gets worse as you get older.

Only if left untreated.

She was never the same after JT left her. However, he was using her to further his agenda as well.

Is she a benevolent kind of crazy or a scary crazy? Because I get the impression that despite being naturally dim and having no education or, for that matter, much experience with reality, as the rest of us know it, that she'd actually be fairly enjoyable company?

r174, I am sure her kids love that fairly enjoyable company she can provide unsupervised whiles she's off her meds.

Was Brit "Abused"?

R173 she admitted that. But there's no way those 2 were going to last forever. You'd have to be seriously naive to think that JT never cheated on her.

Chris Crocker is having a drunk meltdown and/or publicity stunt live on IG. He was kicked out of a restaurant in TN and appears incapacitated, depressed

I blame Streisand.

Does Chris Crocker have a job?

What's going on with the whole #FreeBritney thing? Is she really being institutionalized against her will?

R180 I thought he was doing porn.

R182 yes.

Leave Britney ALONE!