Things Britney Spears Fans Are Tired Of Hearing

By Haider Ali in Entertainment On 21st February 2017

Britney Spears became a pop icon in 1999 when she burst onto the music scene, and she has been at the forefront of tabloids and Hollywood gossip ever since. Eventually, it led her to have a mental breakdown and make several questionable life choices. She appears to be relatively stable and/or normal now, though. But even so, her past will likely be dredged up again and again for the rest of her life.

#1 Her Shaved Head

Britney shocked the world and shaved her head bald. The reasons behind this are still a bit unclear, but it came after a period of time in which she was clubbing with Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton in late 2006. They were no doubt bad influences, but there is also speculation it could have been a postpartum issue; she’d had two babies in one year, and at the time, her youngest was just five months old.

#2 Her Custody Battle

Another big thing in Britney’s life that overshadowed everything else is her very public divorce from Kevin Federline. Also very far in the past, Britney still cannot seem to get out from under it. In 2006, the couple filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. This of course, led to a bitter custody battle over their young sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James. There was a lot of back and forth, many rumors, and overall it was a sad story much too personal to be played out for the world to see. Nevertheless it was (and still is, to some extent). First Kevin, her backup dancer ex, got sole custody. Then Britney herself got custody back, and it was all a big mess, one that frankly fans and non-fans a like are sick of hearing about. All anyone cares about- or all anyone should care about- is that Britney and her boys are doing well.

#3 Her Choice of Husband

In 2008 she admitted that she married Federline for the wrong reasons, but people still harp on them both, him for being a gold-digger, and her for falling for the “white-trash” backup dancer-turned-rapper in the first place. The two were married only five months after they met, and exactly one year later, their first child was born. It was Kevin’s third child, and when he’d met Britney, his ex Shar Jackson was still pregnant with their second child together. All that baby mama drama probably should have steered Britney clear, but she did it for the “idea of everything”.

#4 Driving with Her Baby Not in a Car Seat

In November of that year, she was photographed driving with her three-month-old son on her lap, and she says the reason for it was a “horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi.” She was holding the baby with one hand, the wheel with the other, and there was someone sitting next to her in the front seat. While Britney alleges she was afraid for the safety of both herself and her child and felt the need to get away from the paparazzi as fast as possible, the photographer tells a different story. He says the photos were taken in a peaceful context, in which photographers exhibited no aggressive behavior. He said, she said.

#5 Her Bad Parenting

Now 35, Britney Spears was in her early twenties when she had both of her sons, which is by no means the youngest mother we have heard of. But she was more prone to being reckless and making bad choices than she would have been if she had been an older mother like she is now. Driving a car with a baby on her lap, for example, falls under bad parenting, but so do many of Britney’s other actions, according to a parenting coach that was ordered to evaluate Britney’s parenting skills during the custody battle. This coach, Lisa Hacker, then of course ran and blabbed to the press about it. Ms. Hacker said that Britney rarely engaged with her children at all. Britney would smoke in front of her kids, even leaving the butts where her toddlers could reach them, and one of her boys went to the hospital after falling from his high chair. The judge found her to be a habitual drug user, too, only further proving to the media and the world that Britney should forever be labeled a bad mother.

#6 Her Hard Partying

Out clubbing with the likes of notorious party girls like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, it is no wonder Britney got into trouble. Especially in the later part of 2006, when Britney had a newborn at home, she was hanging out with those girls and hitting up night clubs quite often. Paris and Lindsay were the closer of the three friends, and they made headlines frequently with their antics. But when Britney joined in on the fun, she made headlines of her own, and to this day people talk about those crazy days in 2006.

#7 Going Commando

. For some reason, she decided to do this while wearing dangerously short skirts and dresses, and it is not surprising then, that she got caught. More than once. The paparazzi were always hounding her anyway, but especially when she made it so easy to get the money shots. Even in 2012, well past her hard partying days, Britney flashed photographers without any panties! This happened at the Fox Upfront in New York City after announcing her $15 million deal with X Factor to be a judge. It was a reminder of days past for Britney.

#8 Rehab Queen

Britney is not surprisingly a repeat offender, but it was like forever ago. Or was it? As late as 2015, Britney checked into rehab for addiction to the drug Vyvanse, which she had been prescribed for ADHD. But in earlier years, she did several stints in various rehabs, too. She checked in for drug addiction, substance abuse, and behavioral issues. One of the rehabilitation centers she reportedly went to was called Promises Rehabilitation Clinic in Malibu. It has been speculated that she may suffer from some sort of mental disorder such as bipolar disorder, although a diagnosis is not confirmed.