![]() ![]() Spears: It’s not just like how it used to be where they would just like take your picture, give you respect and then you’d walk by. But she says the scrutiny she’s living with now is a completely different ballgame. ![]() She was not just a pop star but a phenomenon, selling millions of records and attracting worldwide media attention. Clad in that now famous school girl uniform, a then 17-year-old Spears became a sensation with “Baby One More Time,” her first number one hit. We first got to know her as a pre-teen Mouseketeer along with future boyfriend Justin Timberlake and fellow singing sensation Christina Aguilerra on "The New Mickey Mouse Club."Īnd then, just six years later, she hit the big time. The 24-year-old has been in front of the cameras more than half of her young life. I have a family now and I just think it’s absurd to let other people influence the way you live.īritney is of course no stranger to being under the media microscope. I do not care what people think and I think that’s why they keep on talking is because I know they can’t touch me.Lauer: So you have a little bit of a “blank you” attitude about it now.Spears: Yeah, basically. I still walk out of my house in rollers when I take walks. ![]() Spears: I don’t allow anybody to change me. I love it.”Īlthough she seems to still be a sweet Southern girl, dressed down in casual clothes, chewing gum firmly planted in her mouth, it may surprise you that Britney Spears has become one tough cookie. My dad comes here and he’s like “Oh my god, I feel like I’m at a resort. Is it a sanctuary… or at times does this feel a little like a prison?Spears: No, it’s a sanctuary totally. Lauer: You’ve got this incredible place that you call home that you and Kevin built together. It’s just one of many things we discuss in a refreshingly honest no holds-barred interview.Ī pregnant Britney invited us to her California home to talk about it all: her career, her past loves, the state of her marriage, and those now infamous mommy mistakes. So Britney is drawing her own line in the sand- taking on what she sees as an overly intrusive and downright dangerous tabloid press. But you know, I think they’ve crossed the line a little bit. You try not to respond to trash because that’s what it is. But I think 90 percent of the world would agree that the tabloids have kind of gone a little far with me lately. You've got some things you’d like to address.Spears: I think because I was pregnant with my son, I didn’t want to do interviews. And yet it seem as if you’re anxious to talk at this particular state in you life. Matt Lauer, NBC News: Oftentimes in my end of the business, we have to beg people to do interviews. One of Britney Spears’ songs is called “Do Something,” and that’ s just what a defiant Britney Spears set out to do in a Dateline interview broadcast Thursday - and she’s taking on the tabloids.Īfter a year of screaming headlines scrutinizing her husband, their marriage, and most stinging of all, her abilities as a mother, she’s not just dealing with some bad press- but an image implosion. As a mother I have to speak up and say something. But my safety, my privacy, and my respect are three things that I feel like are trying to be taken away from me right now. The seven-time Grammy winner also spoke about collaborating with Britney, who-in addition to facing public scrutiny over the years- endured a years-long conservatorship battle.Britney Spears: I’m very, very blessed. "There's a thin line," will.i.am told CBS News a day before releasing the track, "and everyone deserves their version of privacy." On July 21, the "Lucky" singer and the Black Eyed Peas artist dropped " Mind Your Business," a song that calls out invasive paparazzi. Sam's family update comes just days after Britney marked a new chapter in her life- releasing new music with will.i.am. While the 29-year-old did not share any further details on his mom's accident, the private star noted that she's "resting it off." "With the amazing help of the medical staff and some friends she's doing okay." "Today my mother was involved in a major accident," he wrote on Instagram Story July 29. ![]() Over the weekend, Britney Spears' husband thanked staff at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai hospital after Fatima Asghari was taken to the emergency room. Sam Asghari's mom is on the mend after a scary incident. ![]()
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