Losing a Pop Legend to the Media | Britney Spears in 2007 | #FreeBritney (Part 2)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] it's britney [ __ ] [Music] what do you think it'll take to get the paparazzi to leave you alone i don't know is that one of your biggest wishes yeah they're so good i would like for them to leave me alone before we dive deep into 2007 we want to thank philo for sponsoring this video and allowing us to devote so much time and effort to this project this is by far our longest and most extensive episode of deep dive to date and it means the world to have a company like them backing us up for real filo is a live cable app that has all of your favorite channels on all of your favorite devices no more pesky three figure cable bills and with unlimited dvr you can watch what you want when you want it click the link below to try philo for seven days free then it's only fourteen dollars for your first month and still only twenty dollars after that you can watch all the investigative shows your heart can handle your favorite shows on the own network and yes you can watch rupaul's drag race so check it out and click the link below and seriously thank you all so much for all the support on part one of our series we are both super passionate about this channel and knowing that so many of you are enjoying our uploads means the world to us in the early 2000s paparazzi were much more prevalent than they are today with facebook barely getting its roots in the ground and instagram not being around at all celebrities weren't sharing their every waking moment with us so a celebrity's fans only glimpse that their lifestyle was if they signed to a reality tv show or through the lens of a paparazzi now in recent years we haven't seen as many paparazzi and that's partially due to a lot of paparazzi laws that were introduced in 2010 including the anti-paparazzi bill that prevented paparazzi from interfering with a celebrity's vehicle and personal life and that's partially because of the way britney spears was treated in 2007 and 2008. after her divorce with kevin she began drinking a lot more and started hanging out with the light crowd in beverly hills and the paparazzi were on the prowl wherever she went whether she was at starbucks or the club paparazzi were capturing her every move and britney's relationship with them was complicated to say the least why wouldn't they let you win britney what do you think he's telling me i don't really care i mean i could go to my house yeah you telling brenda you tell him i'm not saying anything i just want to turn around all right all right all right we should we love you too you're hiding to do can i get one beef up your appetite number three they hassled britney and harassed her no matter where she went and tried to catch her at her absolute worst moments there was even a period of time in the early 2000s after britney spears showed more than she wanted to in an incident with a paparazzi where paparazzi would intentionally try and take low shots while she was getting out of cars to try and take a photo up her skirt brittany was even in a brief relationship with the paparazzi in 2008 the intimate photos on a hotel balcony kissing holding hands shopping for a pregnancy test there's been speculation adam courted britney to get good shots and sell the pictures an accusation he denies no never it was already hard to live her life day-to-day being one of the biggest pop stars on earth but companies like x-17 and tmz made it even harder as their tactics became even more intense look at that that's hard right there you see it on the street yes [Music] it's not about me babies guys move up hey guys come on guys what's up shine is look i just don't like it when you get my way up my pictures oh okay sorry about that brandon i'm a person just like you why don't you take one right now can you take a picture of us brittany take care is everything good brittany grab your work looking for the restroom come on all right yeah is as if all of britney's privacy being removed wasn't enough tragedy struck in early 2007 when britney's aunt sandra who she was very close to passed away at the age of 59. and just a few weeks later britney's ex-boyfriend isaac cohen exploited britney spears by sharing extremely intimate details of brittany being insecure during intercourse britney had no privacy every square inch of her body and every second of her life was publicly broadcast and exploited for as much money as possible she'd go to get vitamins and 40 men would block her exit and blind her with flashes while asking her super invasive questions then those paparazzi would sell the photos and get extremely high prices for them from tabloids and news organizations like e and ok magazine one of the most notorious paparazzi melbourne's ad was quoted saying if i get a picture of britney and her baby i'll be able to buy a house in those hills at this point britney had no one she could trust after people she had been intimate and vulnerable with had betrayed her she was extremely paranoid and completely alone all during one of the hardest times of her life as brittany was currently dealing with paparazzi stalking her tabloids and her ex-boyfriend exploiting her allah missed a very public custody battle for her children and what happened next was unfortunately inevitable you look nice brittany where are you going do you need to talk to someone brittany why are you crying brittany for once and having a nice time with my dog so with nowhere to turn and the paparazzi becoming increasingly more invasive things took an extremely dark turn all eyes were on britney and she became much more lethargic in public as brittany gets closer to her breaking point felicia culatta britney's assistant of nearly a decade quit working for brittany and expressed her concern for her close friends saying i loved being with brittany for the past 10 years i cherish all the incredible opportunities that came my way through my job with brittany and i am crushed saddened heart sick by the way her life is unfolding we are doing everything in our power to get help for brittany and all of our power to not pad the bottom so when she does indeed hit rock bottom she'll stand up and walk away from this whole fiasco a new confident changed career-driven britney like we all loved there's just so much you can do to help a person i don't dare want to be an enabler and i cannot love her enough for the both of us i cannot convince her in any way to love herself all i can do is be a friend someone that loved her for many years unconditionally and to pray that what i have decided is the most and best i can do for my friend i cannot save her from herself nor can i commit her to any type of treatment program against her wishes and will i'm throwing my hands up and realizing that i am helpless and on february 15 2007 brittany checked herself into the rehab facility crossroads center in tigua but she checked out 24 hours later and was spotted flying back to los angeles and just two days later britney spears's public spiral began all the way up man come on guys back up back up please back up please back up please how about that he had is he's near his clothes it's true about that he has everything i love you britney all these guys are jackass oh yeah so now we're gonna beat your [ __ ] it started with britney being spotted at esther's hair cutting studio the studio was closed but they opened it just for brittany [Music] brittany told the owner she wanted to have her head shaved but the owner esther tignazzi refused and instead gave brittany the tools to do it herself according to access hollywood as britney held the tool up to her head she said mom's gonna kill me and began shortening her hair with scissors before buzzing it off with electric shears they asked why she wanted to shave her head and she said i don't want anyone touching me i'm tired of everybody touching me but you know she never said anything about being sick and tired of people touching her and that's why she was doing it i think maybe the braids were on too tight she had a lot of extensions in her hair so um she shaved off the whole thing all by herself and all i basically did was um go in there and even it out for her when we were done she just walked out the back door and of course the paparazzi were all over the place [Music] why she's gonna drive the paparazzi had already been following brittany when she escaped to the hair salon so there were tons of them stationed outside of the hair studio and they captured every second of it hollywood sweetheart britney spears had just shaven her head in front of hundreds of paparazzi and this was only the beginning sometimes it can get kind of lonely you're guarded you know you have to be that way otherwise you get to take advantage of and get in situations like i did the past year i had totally lost my way i lost focus i lost myself i had that type of nature within me that wanted to rebel out i never wanted to become one of those prisoner people i've always wanted to feel free and get in my car and go and not let people make me feel like i had to stay in that home when you look back at the whole shaving of the head thing and all the rest of it what provoked you to do that like i was going through so much artificial stuff with my kids and with kevin and all that stuff at the time and he just left me and i was devastated you know and um and people thought that it was me like uh going crazy and stuff like that but people shave their heads all the time you know but i mean i was going through a lot but it was just kind of like me just feeling a form of a little bit of rebellion or feeling free or you know shedding stuff that it happened you know what if you don't tell anyone that's what you're doing why did you not tell anyone that's what you were doing i didn't think it was anyone's business really brittany left the salon completely bald and led paparazzi to a sherman oaks tattoo parlor called body and soul it was a pretty slow night just like every other and i remember hearing this insane roaring sound outside that was coming from seeming far away um and it got closer and closer and it i didn't know what it was i wasn't sure what was happening if there was a riot outside and then the flashes came the door opened slowly and a hooded figure walked in the door i still didn't know who it was what was happening it was all happened so quickly and then i realized it was britney spears the first tattoo that she got was lips that someone else's girlfriend had done and the other one was a small cross now this started an even more intensive media frenzy nothing like we had seen before hi britney how you like your hair [Music] brittney [Music] [Applause] and the tabloids had a heyday dozens of headlines calling brittany crazy and making fun of her popped up everywhere as erratic as britney spears behavior has been lately this this really i think caught everyone off guard kelly clarkson was at the daytona 500 this weekend this is her reaction as she learns the shocking news kelly britney spears has shaved her head okay are y'all kidding because somebody just told me that out there and i think that's a joke is that a style that you would ever consider for you not she did are you for real absolutely wow wow a stun and speechless kelly clarkson the owner of the salon even sold her hair and began offering the britney buzz cut brittany explained that this was simply an act of rebellion she had been under the control of her parents a record label and under the microscope of the tabloids for her entire life and she just wanted to be free however freedom was not what brittany obtained on february 17th following the night's events brittany was admitted to sinai medical center then for two days brittany went silent but the media didn't they continued to ruthlessly rip britney apart tabloids like the sun and the enquirer having some of the most tasteless headlines of them all and nearly two days after shaving her head britney is briefly seen in a short blonde wig partying at the roxy club but just 24 hours later britney has checked herself back into rehab at promises residential treatment center in malibu rehab is supposed to be a private time where people suffering from addiction can recover and be attended to properly it is more than just a medical recoup it is also heavily centered around mental health and privacy however brittany wasn't even allowed that basic human right as the paparazzi somehow obtained a photo of her on the private premises britney is past rock bottom at this point with nowhere to turn and no one she can trust she was allegedly upset at how far the paparazzi had gone yet again and she left the rehab facility only to head straight to the law office of tarlow and burke burke had previously represented reese witherspoon in a case against the paparazzi which may be why britney was there around this time we begin to see a narrative form amongst those who are supposedly looking after britney's best interests her father spoke to fox saying britney is a sick little girl who they're just trying to take care of the same day brittany went to the law office kevin federline scheduled an emergency custody hearing for february 22nd britney caught wind of this and allegedly wanted to talk it out with kevin she headed out to san fernando valley where kevin lived to discuss this with him however as she was heading towards kevin's house the paparazzi were tipped off on where she was and they immediately began following and harassing her brittany needed to speak to kevin in private as it was concerning her children but she couldn't even do that without the paparazzi targeting her selling the photos and exploiting her for millions brittany had had enough [Music] please guys don't do this after this incident britney allegedly spoke with kevin her mom and larry rudolph her manager where they told her she needed to complete an entire treatment at promises rehab facility if not kevin would take full custody of the kids brittany agreed to go back to rehab and the emergency custody hearing was then cancelled on february 27th just six days after britney had her meeting with kevin there was a leak from promise's rehab facility alleging that britney was struggling with postpartum depression and feeling like she's lost total control this made headlines across the globe britney's personal life was once again blasted for the public to see and they were not kind however on march 21st one month after her meeting with kevin brittany completed the rehab program at promises rehab facility no matter what britney did she couldn't trust the people around her in her darkest hour no one was there to help console her as she is battling for the right to be a mother all the public does is mock and degrade her no matter what britney did no matter what steps she took towards a healthier life the media exploited her and drained her name for every penny that it was worth and she had just had enough um no like i just really like want to talk and just say like how nice our world is like it is so nice like i'm gonna cry right now because like our world is so nice no it really is because like oh my god like the other day i saw like this magazine and i looked at it and it said like i was pregnant and like i went up to my mom and i was like oh my god like my mom knew like she was right like always believe everything you read everybody like because i am i really am pregnant and then like i went to um like um this person and they saw like on the usa today like that you know like i was drinking a lot and it was so true it was so true and then like it was just so weird because like then after that like everybody like you know just always believe what you read because like in all my management they totally knew what they were doing when they sent me to rehab like totally like they totally knew what they were doing like it's just so weird how great and nice our world is and like after this nobody's gonna talk about this because our world is so nice so that's all i wanted to say so okay bye in april of 2007 britney fired her longtime manager larry rudolph alleging that he forced her into rehab however britney's father jamie spears would come to larry rudolph's defense stating that if britney loses her children it is no fault but her own he went from saying she's a sick little girl who needs help to just three months later defending larry rudolph very publicly against his own daughter brittany replied saying that she was praying for her father as they have never had a good relationship around this time britney began isolating herself from friends and family not knowing who she could trust this is the time period that she met sam lutfey at a club and they were instantaneously best friends with brittany firing her management team and no longer trusting her family she had to create her own support bubble sam and ally who was her cousin and assistant would be just that for brittany and for the rest of the year the three of them would be [Music] inseparable do you want us to sing a birthday song for you happy birthday [Music] in may of 2007 britney surprised all of her fans by doing a set of live shows at the house of blues in a few major cities the media would rip these performances to shreds and would continue to speculate every detail about britney's mental health she could not catch a break from the media britney felt she needed to humanize herself in an open letter to her fans britney opened up in this letter like she hadn't done before about what was going on with her this year she started off talking about the tabloids saying i used to be angry at the tabloids for printing horrible things about me but now i try to just be numb to what i see she went on to discuss her experience at rehab and this paragraph's really important because she does mention her manager larry rudolph saying i had a manager from a long time ago come in and try to direct me and my life after i got my divorce i was so overwhelmed i think that i was in a little shock too in the next paragraph brittany talks about being financially taken advantage of saying this letter is not to place blame on anyone although i do see the world with a completely different set of eyes now being in that vulnerable state and taken to dinners and parties with friends and finding out later you paid for everything was a huge learning lesson for me brittany continued to open up saying i feel like some of the people in my life made more of some issues than was necessary i also feel like they knew i was beginning to use my brain for a change and cut some ties so they wanted to be in more control of my life than me now here's what's interesting about this letter if you look it up on major media sites such as people they cut out every part where britney talks about the media's portrayal of her people trying to control her and use her and you have to click to expand the article to actually see the unedited letter this is just another example of the narrative being manipulated and britney's obvious warnings about her situation being hidden and ignored exactly one month after the letter was published brittany was spotted delivering another letter to her mother allegedly this letter contained orders telling lin spears to stay away from britney's children man how you doing why is it that uh brittany served you a long letter a love letter what did the love letter say [Music] if you call this a serving you know yeah why are the why are the rumors in why are they saying you you know that she's going to serve you there's times there's always rumors huh and it's always rumors of breathing let's clear them up i mean she did not serve me she did not serve you she did not so how's your mom you think everything's gonna be okay with her i'm praying for her right now she gets all the help she needs do you think she needs to go to rehab i don't know are you gonna try and make up with her you know what in time who knows what'll happen really are you gonna go huh are you gonna go to kentwood what's oh or where i'm from yeah um i don't know i like it here freddie can i give you this i love you guys thank you i love you too britney thank you it's important to note that at this time lynn was allegedly shopping around a tell-all on brittany and was working with britney's fired manager larry rudolph someone who britney strongly felt like was untrustworthy there was a lot happening in july of 2007 more than the media and public knew at the time and something we're going to dive into later brittany was making headlines yet again when she sent a tongue-in-cheek handwritten apology to x-17 dear x-17 i want to apologize for the past incident with the umbrella i was preparing a character for a possible movie role where the husband doesn't play his part so they swap places unfortunately i didn't get the part i'm sorry i got all carried away with my role britney also this month her assistant set up a tell-all with ok magazine to dispel rumors and talk openly about reaching her breaking point however given everything britney was going through publicly and behind closed doors she just was not ready for this kind of interview and it was a total disaster she was blasted for eating fried chicken and wiping the grease on a loner designer dress and walking out before they could get any usable photos as july came to a close britney's divorce to kevin fetterline would become finalized they would however go on to have a very public custody battle in the months to follow during this time britney also hired jeff quantz as her new manager and things were looking much more positive for her life the next few months while they would be brutal would have several pop culture defining moments and would change britney's career forever although she had a parked car trying to escape paparazzi and got charged with a hit and run august held a lot of positive news for brittany as well as rumors of a surprise vma performance were swirling this was major this would be the first televised award show performance since britney shaved her head and jeff quantonette's first major project managing britney spears there was a lot of writing on this one performance and with brittany in a very public custody battle she wasn't in the best headspace to be doing something this intensive at the time the media began labeling this as britney's big comeback and when the knight of the blonde hair who sang and did pop records and now it's the girl with blind hair singing to popper cause that's two kids you know what i mean like we all know her story and it's at times unfortunate but at the same time it's interesting when it came time for brittany to go on stage she performed give me more the first single off her new album and britney's fans were elated that she was back but she unsurprisingly drew a lot of criticism as well with people unfairly body shaming her and making fun of her for months after the performance britney was suddenly the laughingstock of the music industry that's not really bad at all but compared to the other girls she looks big she looks like the fat elvis walking around the stage doing things she used to do but doing it really poorly this performance was particularly painful for britney spears because she had really set herself up for it she wanted to open the mtv awards she wanted to make a splash she wanted to show everyone that she could do it and if this has just made things worse for brittany we actually did a flash poll on us magazine.com immediately afterward asking is britney back and 81 said no it was you know as everyone's talking about it was stiff it was flat she she needed about a hundred hours more practice before this thing was ready for prime time let alone to open the mtd video music awards right you know and forget you know appearance because people have made uh comments about her not being in peak shape she looked down right out of it i mean this is somebody who perhaps you may have questioned whether or not she had the best voice in the world she was known for being an entertainer and for being able to dance and she's literally being directed and shuffled around the stage britney seemed nervous the mtv music awards and at times so out of it that you wondered if she knew where she was or if she knew the words to her own song my take how did the people around her allow this to happen last night she has a manager a record label a lot to lose why didn't someone say hey you're not ready to perform what does she pay these people to do her eyes were open her lips were moving she remained conscious the entire time it was the greatest impression of an office worker embarrassing themselves at a holiday party i have ever seen five stars brittany bravo bravo in in chris angel's original piece uh it involved a lot of mirrors and when uh brittany was rehearsing it she kept stopping the song and saying who hired the factor extra claimed that she was seen texting somebody immediately after her performances any any guesses on the nature of the text joel and and the recipient of the text well i'm not sure but i think we can rule out dietitian personal trainer psychologist uh clothing stylist makeup artist nanny i can keep going uh actual musician uh songwriter stop me at any time laundry personal bleacher lingerie racks i think there was so much hype about her big comeback at the vmas that no one wanted to let her back out it's just so sad that no one said get in front of a mirror and practice or learn your lyrics and learn your dance moves i love her and i was devastated ap said she looked bleary and unprepared which you know is me most nights usa today called it truly forgettable you always unkind new york post jiggled like jello and good old tmz.com headlined with rip britney's career 1998-2007 perez hilton one of the most prominent gossip bloggers and a large critic of britney spears the time wrote a scalding open letter saying dear brittany you you we are insulted offended and disgusted by your performance the vmas are you [ __ ] serious what you did was disrespectful to your few remaining fans and it was disrespectful to mtv you didn't even try you should have just cancelled [ __ ] your performance was beyond pathetic the old britney spears who's at one point a long time ago truly great would be embarrassed by your lack of professionalism and utterly serious appearance of the vmas where was chris angel where was the magic and by magic we don't mean any tricks or illusions you seemed dead on stage you have lost that spark and shine that used to ooze out of you we all know you lip-sync but you couldn't even do that well at the vmas and you barely dance you couldn't even get good hair extensions you have no one to blame for your failure but you there was no way you were going to be good you were out partying every night before the vmas for three days in a row until almost sunrise you were probably still drunk or high during your performance you almost tripped a few times you [ __ ] mess noble excuse that you or your camp will come up with can make up for how pathetic your performance was a true professional will deliver no matter what let's repeat that it's worth repeating a true professional will deliver no matter what what you did was inexcusable this performance went down as one of the most iconic moments in the video music awards history and it became infamous britney's fans also began to come out of the woodwork and defend britney from the ruthless attacks by the media and this is where we get one of the most viral videos of the early 2000s do we really want to see a 25 year old woman leave behind two children and die have we learned nothing from anna nicole smith not breathing and she's not responsive just 39 years old i know it's hard to see britney spears as a human being but trust me she is she's a person she's like you or i and i don't know about you but i know that i would be pretty shaken up right now whatever the case of her whatever the cause of her performance was i don't care all i care about is britney's well-being and brittany all i want is for you to get well that's all i want the world needs to know that britney still has her fans brittany needs to know that she still has her fans and how dare anyone out there make fun of pretty we're not gonna pass up a chance to work with ginger fox she's a huge star she was so she hopped on the psycho train and crashed into has been ninja's manager said that she's gotten some you know mental health and now she's ready to make a big comeback she looks okay from a distance just marching around the stage like an idiot did she shave into her arms i don't think she shaved under her arms has anybody seen my baby hi everybody i may have lost a foot to diabetes but i'm still sexy y'all now i'm gonna dance for you [Music] excuse me mrs spears but your kids are here and they've brought you a squirrel my boys really send them in it's okay my kids are here i feel better now we did it guys i told you that would work yeah all right all right you mean it was just a jug my kids ain't here all right then you just let you crash with nothing i've got a better idea you do yeah no get me a drink [ __ ] i sort of see you i think i took too many xanax [Music] me to be free after all she's been through she lost her hate and these are for you ain't sandra she went through a divorce she had two [ __ ] kids her husband turned out to be a user a cheater and now she's going through a custody battle perez hilton talked about professionalism and said if brittany was a professional she would have pulled it off no matter what speaking of professionalism when is it professional to publicly bash someone who's going through a hard time live pretty alone even chris crocker was ridiculed for defending britney spears and became a celebrity on their own it was so popular to dislike britney spears at the time that her supporters were being ridiculed as well for just standing up for her even though they were on the right side of history only 11 days after britney shocked the world with give me more her manager jeff dropped her saying the current circumstances prevented him from doing his job and merely a few weeks later the court ruled that britney could only have monitored visits with her kids but she appealed and was able to get one night a week when britney left custody court the paparazzi caused yet another car accident a sheriff was holding back the paparazzi when britney accidentally ran over her foot trying to get away and unfortunately just a few weeks later the court ruled that britney could no longer drive her kids around due to the dangers of the paparazzi they had taken everything from her her privacy her serenity and now the right to drive her children this was a really big deal to brittany as being a mother was a huge part of her identity she just wanted to raise her children in peace the entertainment industry had stripped her of everything and continued to ruthlessly manipulate and abuse britney every chance they got and this all came to a head in the fall when britney was gearing up to release the most influential and experimental album of her career [Music] how's your new album brittany i heard it's gonna be a hit i think it's funny what in july of 2006 britney began work on one of her most unique and successful projects it would be a new album with a completely different sound she began production of blackout by recording radar the day after she filed for divorce from kevin fetterline and recorded the rest of the album amongst some of her darkest moments you know it was also a dark period in her life but what was it like being in the studio with britney spears you know it was it was awesome in the beginning and she was the sweetest most happiest thing and um so it was just it was uh it was difficult to see her go through the transition because we were there through the transition and things got a little bit rushed bernie your singles doing incredibly well are you happy you know it's number one right number one [Music] after give me more hit number one they moved the release up two weeks but this album had one of the most non-traditional press runs ever because it'd be real funny if she were like just kidding well it'd be fun it'd be funny up until kid number two because i mean think about it she's done no press for her album which i love but yeah i do but she's in no brush she's getting so much press off of all this other stuff britney only did one interview about the album with ryan seacrest today the album's been out for a day or so what will you do for the rest of the week do you have to uh do appearances will you promote the album what are you going to be doing this is it this is it this is the promotion you promote it on on air with ryan secrets all right so well then let's cover all of our bases this morning what about piece of me is uh it's kind of about your image in the media and the paparazzi swarming and everyone always on your case what was the message you wanted to convey with that song um just you know like wherever you go and stuff like that there's a lot of people who like you know and ask questions and like you know they just um you know sometimes you you know you don't know their intentions and stuff like that so it's just kind of a cute way of putting it out there you know like you want a piece of me and like in a you know cool cute clever way so but it's you know it's like it's a cute song i like it on the day blackout was released court commissioner scott gordon ruled that britney can visit her sons three times a week with a monitor and would need to submit to drug and alcohol testing as brittany's custody battle had been so public ryan seacrest saw the opportunity to get the exclusive but as he continued to press britney about her children the interview took well an awkward turn well you've obviously been aware of the conversation about your kids and obviously all of the things that you've been doing to um you know go to court you have the court dates you've had the reports of the parenting coaches and and everything that's been going on and covered how do you respond to those who criticize you as a mom um like i said you know people say what they want and you know do what they do and uh and you know it's sad you know how people how people how cruel our world can be but at the end of the day like i said you know you just gotta know in your heart that you know you're doing the best that you can and you know that's basically it and do you feel like you're doing everything you can for your kids do you feel like you're doing everything you can for your kids oh god yeah yeah and how often will you see them um oh we we aren't um that's like all in the court like stuff like that my lawyers know all that stuff let's talk about phone thoughts yeah okay sam what do you want to talk about all right so we're live it's 9 23 right now uh britney spears house is linked up live here this is uh ali her friend her friend sam and brittany hey allie ask brittany what she wants to say to her fans because a lot of them are listening right now that have bought this album you know what she just ran into the other room i know she just wanted to say thank thanks to them and you know hold on she really appreciates everything and then supporting her through everything does she want to say [Music] oh she's in the shower do you want to try do you want to try it back i'm in a little while yeah we'll call you back because everybody i think you should let her say something to her fans that'd be great absolutely okay cool thanks so much but even with no promotion and no press runs blackout received some of the best reviews from critics in her career it may have been one of her darkest years but she made an album that was ahead of its time changing pop music yet again and with entire songs dedicated to the media like piece of me the album is a time capsule for the year 2007. [Music] 2007 was britney's last year as a free woman and it was full of nothing but struggle heartache and abuse at the hands of the media britney spears had been so controlled for the first 25 years of her life that reaching her breaking point was inevitable and over a decade later this time period is still affecting almost every aspect of her life to quote perez hilton who ruthlessly ripped her to shreds looking back now it really does seem like britney is lucky to still be alive britney had thought she had hit rock bottom but little did she know the fears she expressed in may about people trying to take control of her life would come true in the past few years we've learned even more about why britney isolated herself and was so paranoid about the people she thought she could trust in an alleged leaked email from july of 2007 we see britney contacting her lawyer gary stifelman stating a woman named lou taylor had been stalking her brittany was concerned as lou taylor had alleged plans to visit her drunk father in kentwood louisiana brittany stated i don't care about him but she could easily find my mother and hurt her i had like is there people in my life that were that were just bad people you know you do something wrong when you learn from that you move on but it's like i'm having to pay for it for a really long time [Music] if i wasn't under her strengths that i'm under right now i feel so liberated and feel like myself [Music]

Channel: Deep Dive

Views: 729,676

Rating: 4.9360533 out of 5

Keywords: Britney Spears 2007, Britney Spears paparazzi, free britney, Britney Spears blackout, Britney Spears shaving head, Britney Spears umbrella, Britney Spears vmas 2007, jakeyonce, 2007 Britney Spears paparazzi, Britney Spears surviving 2007, Britney Spears dad, Britney Spears conservatorship, Britney Spears documentary, Britney Spears x17, Britney Spears tmz, Britney Spears for the record

Id: yHEg5X9-nys

Length: 45min 15sec (2715 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 16 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/michigan_gal]

That was so hard to watch. It’s so disgusting what the media did to her, they wanted her to fail. All she wanted was to live her life in peace. Her reaction to that harassment is mild compared to what I would’ve done. #FreeBritney

[u/PseudoIntellectual7]

*Losing