Do You Feel Sorry/Bad For Britney Spears?

United States
October 16, 2007 10:16am CST
I know this is a button topic for quite a few people and they get upset about all of the possiblities and resources she has had (maybe still has) at her disposal and throws it all away. I can understand where that point of view is coming from, but I still feel for her. I cannot imagine my entire life being the main thing people talk about. Just think about it: everything she does is news! Oh, she does drugs! Oh, she got pregnant! Oh, she flashed the world! Oh, she shaved her head! SO WHAT! There are many other people who do the same thing, or WORSE, around the world every flippin day. Just because she is a celeb she is everywhere. What, since she is famous she has to change how she acts to be a model citizen for all of the little girl who idolize her? How messed up is that? Any thoughts?
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@gol613 (33)
• Philippines
17 Oct 07
I guess. I mean, I don't think she enjoyed her childhood since she became famous while she was growing up anyway.
• Australia
17 Oct 07
NOPE! Not at all!!! She chosed to walk down the road that will destroy her. No one forces her to walk down that road. She is an idiot. No sorry for her at all. She deserves it.
• United States
17 Oct 07
What about her lack of guidance from others? Is that her fault as well?
• India
17 Oct 07
I feel sorry but not for her but for what the world has come to. These celebrities are role models for millions round the world. if I remember correctly, she was the talented teenage singing senstation who famously declared that her virginity was for her husband only and that she gave supreme importance to love and family life.she had such an impact on young girls her age that one hoped that she would be able to have a positive influence on the promiscous lives of our young ladies. but just she where she is headed for! same goes for the Beckhams.If product endorsment as a family was not worth millions of buck,they would have separated long ago, right after David's philandering ways in Spain. So as I said, i dont feel sorry for these individuals. They can mess up their lives for all I care, its for the common people who look up to these stars, that i feel sorry for.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
17 Oct 07
Yes, I do feel sorry for britany as I do any other young, confused person that makes choices that mess up thier lives. I feel very sorry for the fact that she has lost her children thru her poor choices which hurts both the kids and her. I am sure she feels bad enough on her own and I would like to think that she is learning from her mistakes. Yes...I mostly feel sorry for her that all her mistakes are publicly aired on a daily basis. we are all human and we all make mistakes. some of us make a lifestyle of our mistakes. Being constantly berated and belittled for those mistakes does nothing to help and in fact only aids in lowering the persons esteem. Being a celeb, there is alot of pressure and it is really ridiculous. I have raised 4 girls and none of them have tried to emulate the likes of madonna or britany spears or anybody for that matter. I raised them to be responsible for their own actions so I really don't pay attention to what the celebs are doing or even their peers. Its all about them. so yes...in the sense that you are speaking of, I do feel sorry for her.
• United States
17 Oct 07
I agree with you (except for the whole raisng 4 girls) and I am happy someone could better expand upon my thoughts.
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
17 Oct 07
I do not feel sorry for Britney Spears.
• Australia
17 Oct 07
i would say i feel sorry for her.....she has had to cope with alot of pressure in her life. You get those people who say 'what pressure, shes rich and has an easy life'. yeah as if.....the worst pressure alot of us have to do with is a bad relationship or a bad day at work....try being a role model for thousands of girls....or try having the camera in ur face everytime you go out with a guy or am intimate with one......i know i wouldnt want that kind of life
16 Oct 07
Frankly I find it very hard to feel sorry for her now, she seems to have behaved in a typical *spoilt brat* manner and has little genuine regard for her children so far as I can see. However, there are millions of others who behave in the same cavalier manner and they are not splashed all over the pages of every cheap photo magazine. Unfortunately with our celebrity culture comes a degree of responsibility and she obviously hasn't thought of the millions of kids who hold her up as a role model. Sorry if this sounds harsh but you would think she would realise that she has entered the world of celebrity and should at least attempt to behave with a little more regard for her fans.
• India
16 Oct 07
well....i donot fell sorry ...what she had done for her.....but all can telll is that she shouldn't have done all those insane stuff too her ....she should have accepted that she screwed up things and realy need a break from glamour world.........sometimes i think that she is living like "lucky" in one of her own song.....
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
17 Oct 07
It is sad that her population dropped down. In the past she was so famous and had lots of fans. She was adorable and pretty and energetic. Now she has done many things to spoil her life. It is unwise at all. I think she has to cherish herself. She is still very young and she has a long way to go.
• United States
17 Oct 07
Yes, I do feel sorry for her. She has no one to guide her in the right direction. She has no one to tell her "NO, don't do that." Her Mom is, from a magazine cover I saw tonight, finally coming to see her and take care of her I hope. These starlets just need to chill out, relax and take some time off. She is in a total mess and I feel very, very sorry for her two babies.
@meanangel (167)
• United States
17 Oct 07
She got herself into this mess so why should I feel sorry for her? Alot of us had messed up childhoods but are grown up enough to know our own kids come before everything else. There is no excuse for bad behavior when it concerns your children. You can not be a good parent when you are to drunk or high to take care of yourself. She knew what type on man K-Fed was when she married him. He left a pregnant girl for her what could she have been thinking? It is time for her to take responseability for her actions and really change her life for the better.
16 Oct 07
i think britney spears is going through something anybody can imagine! just because she is a celebrity and on the lime light all the time, she has became the new story for everyone to talk about! no matter what everyone think or say my opinion she is stronger than everyone think and I do hope she pulls through this. she has lost her children and i believe she is still searching herself.
16 Oct 07
i think britney spears is going through something anybody can imagine! just because she is a celebrity and on the lime light all the time, she has became the new story for everyone to talk about! no matter what everyone think or say my opinion she is stronger than everyone think and I do hope she pulls through this. she has lost her children and i believe she is still searching herself.
@ashlena (62)
• Canada
16 Oct 07
one thing you have to understand is that she is a role model for tons of people out there and to see her destruct like this makes news. I know more people in the world do worse things but then again they arent as big as a deal as she is when it comes to status. I do really feel for her and i still love her as an artist and performer. I hope she gets better
@heartonfire (4119)
• Denmark
16 Oct 07
i think that once you become a star,you realise that you won't have intimacy anymore and u take that risk...and i can't understand why ,knowing that your social and family life is constantly followed,you would still do foolish things like that..it's about taking care of your image..we all do this,even if we are not stars,but we still care what impression we make to the people we know.. so to answer your question,i dont feel bad for her,im just amazed how a person can fall so low
@lifeis2good (1183)
• United States
16 Oct 07
Well in my opinion things for her wouldn't be considered so bad if she wasn't a parent but now that she has 2 children to consider - she really needs to realize that her career as a pop star isn't going to be the way it used to be when she was free to do as she pleased without getting into trouble!!! Once you become a parent - everything changes and unless you are truly ready to realize that your children have to come first - then you are going to have problems!!! Although I do have to say that I find it totally disgusting how the picture people just won't give this girl a break!!!
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
16 Oct 07
I feel sorry for her. She's been a star since childhood, and for some that's a hard thing in the long run; while others handle it OK. I hope she gets her life back on track soon.
@Margajoe (4709)
• Germany
16 Oct 07
It is the life she choose. No one said being famous was going to be easy. Personally I believe that what is happening right know is all big publisity. Even here in Europe every one is talking about it. In the end she can profit big from all this. Just like the Stars befor her did. Publicity is publicity whether good or bad. I don´t pitty her, I have alot of bill´s to pay. Who pitty´s me? She does not have problems like that. She is at least financially free, and can do anything she wants, when she wants.