A few years ago, she was a top-selling recording artists with millions of fans who loved her. Today, she has become the queen of tabloid headlines. Just look at how she has been in the news in the past 10 days:
- Her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards show, supposedly a big "come back" event, degenerated into a catastrophic exercise in lethargic dance moves and out-of-time lip syncing.
- Supposedly, the cause of this melt down was a combination of too much partying, too little practice, and too many margaritas in the hours before the show.
- Her former bodyguard has been quoted as fearing for the safety of her children because of her frequent drug and alcohol abuse.
- Because of this drug and alcohol abuse, today a judge ordered that she attend mandatory counseling as a condition for retaining custody of her children.
Now, I am not a big fan of Ms. Spears' music. In fact, it irritates the hell out of me. However, I am getting really tired of seeing her life blasted out as if it were legitimate news. It is sad, no doubt. I would even go so far as to say it has the makings of a real tragedy, a la Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, or Anna Nicole Smith. It is not the sort of thing that people need to see.
I know it will not happen, but I think it would be a great thing for Spears, and a demonstration of true charity, if the media would place a three-month moratorium on any future news stories about her. Let her have 90 days outside of the limelight. If she is serious about getting her act together, it would present a stress-free time to begin the process.
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