Anyone see the picture of Brittney Spears...

[damo]

Poor little baby. He should start therapy right now, just to stay ahead of the game.

 

[mommaU4]

Britney was wrong to not place her son back in the carseat but I can't believe some of these posts. It appears that many of you believe that Britney should not leave the house, should pose merrily for these vultures whenever they want her to and should definitely not stop for coffee when she's out and about. Many people here seem to be defending these paparazzi pigs and that's a shame.

I doubt that this is the case with Britney but many performers seem to have gotten into acting or performing of any type for love of the job and the fame is secondary. How does what someone does for a living give these press people the right to follow and harass them?

Again, Britney should have buckled both herself and the baby up, there's no question about that. But the vultures should also be required to leave these people alone. But I guess it's more fun for both the paparazzi and much of the public to smell the blood and circle on in.

I wondered that too. It's like how dare she want to go out for coffee. Why not just send one of her hired hands to fetch it for her. Well, maybe because like alot of other new stressed out moms she needed to get out of the house and see the light of day?

 

[Planogirl]

I wondered that too. It's like how dare she want to go out for coffee. Why not just send one of her hired hands to fetch it for her. Well, maybe because like alot of other new stressed out moms she needed to get out of the house and see the light of day?

I think it's the regularly scheduled Britney feeding frenzy which some of the posters here seem to delight in. Britney even provided the ammo herself this time.

Again, what Britney did was wrong but some of the comments here are way over the top IMO. Why not focus on the actual endangerment of the baby's life and not how she dresses or her lack of talent or the fact that she went to Starbuck's?

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Britney was wrong to not place her son back in the carseat but I can't believe some of these posts. It appears that many of you believe that Britney should not leave the house, should pose merrily for these vultures whenever they want her to and should definitely not stop for coffee when she's out and about. Many people here seem to be defending these paparazzi pigs and that's a shame.

I doubt that this is the case with Britney but many performers seem to have gotten into acting or performing of any type for love of the job and the fame is secondary. How does what someone does for a living give these press people the right to follow and harass them?

Again, Britney should have buckled both herself and the baby up, there's no question about that. But the vultures should also be required to leave these people alone. But I guess it's more fun for both the paparazzi and much of the public to smell the blood and circle on in.

I don't know.. there are plenty of famous women who have children in the public's eye and can do it with at least a bit of privacy. Women like Denise Richards, Gwyneth Paltrow, Courtney Cox.. they have had young children and are able to go out in public with their kids and while they do have their pictures taken by the paparazzi, they don't seem to be swarmed by them every time they move.

I think that is because they didn't consistantly FIND ways to attract this attention. Lets face it, Britney Spears is flambouant and over the top in just about everything she does. If she is not making headlines she seems to do something to insure that she will make headlines. And it's usually something rather stupid.

Unfortunately I think that she owes a good portion of the success she became to the press that hounded her and followed her every move. She's not an extremely talented person. Her singing is mediocre at best and she can't act. Its sad to say but I get the impression that she WANTS this type of publicity. Lets face it, with the exception of her making headlines for her or her husband's latest "momentary lapses of judgement" - would we even hear about her at all anymore? I think she knows this and purposely drives this type of publicity to keep herself in the limelight. Maybe I'm wrong but in some of those pictures on the blog that was linked to it even looked like she was slightly holding the baby up as if to get a better shot of him in the picture instead of holding him down and out of sight of the photographer.

 

[Geoff_M]

If you wonder why paparazzi like to follow Ms. Spears, all you have to do is look at this thread.... Nine pages on an minute episode in the life of a pop singer of mediocre talent!

I'm no fan of paparazzi, but in their defense, I'd like to point out:

1) The notion that there was a large mob of them appears to be a bit of a stretch. The photos appear to be from one agency. They aren't going to pay a large pack of shooters to go out and shoot the same photos, likewise a mob isn't going to waste the time shooting on speculation when they're shooting for the same media outlet and essentially taking the same photos as the guys standing next to them. A "few" to cover all the angles yes, a "mob"... no way.

2) Paparazzi don't have a track record of "attacking" people. Usually it's the paparazzi that get punched, shoved, spit on, etc. Perhaps some of them deserve it, but that's another debate. It unclear how Ms. Spears determined that she, and/or her child's, physical safety was in danger from the paparazzi.

3) From the persepectives shown in the photos, it appears that the paparazzi were "attacking" from 30 feet or more away. The shot were taken with telephotos, not wide angles.

 

[Planogirl]

I agree that Britney does appear to be a publicity hound at times. I can't really tell if she was seeking it here.

I just get so aggravated by these paparazzi people who climb security walls, peek in windows, follow people everywhere and just generally make nuisances of themselves. Then they print up trash and nonsense half the time and much of the public eats it up.

Harassment should be illegal even if it's done to a celebrity and that even includes ditzy Britney IMO.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Maybe I'm wrong but in some of those pictures on the blog that was linked to it even looked like she was slightly holding the baby up as if to get a better shot of him in the picture instead of holding him down and out of sight of the photographer.

That alone is disturbing (not that the whole thing wasn't before).

I have visions of the MJ dangling the baby over the balcony when I read this.



I do agree with Planogirls post though. First offense, stupid for her to do--still think it is too harsh.

Perhaps she will get cited--and then she'll really understand that she shouldn't do stuff like that.

The post about the photogs acquiring the photos peacefully--is disturbing as well.

 

[FSUGrad97]

Maybe the bodyguard could have gotten off his cell phone and been putting the baby in the car seat while she was driving. Still.. doesn't look like she was too stressed to me. If she's stressed about paparazzi swarming her, why would her windows be open? First thing you think anyone would do is secure the car.

Exactly!

 

[FSUGrad97]

For all we know, she had been hearing similar things from her family too.

And for goodness sakes, of course I know and I'm sure she knows it is a law that children must be restrained while in the car. And I am not saying that I think it is fine to go riding around with a baby in your lap. All I was saying was that given the circumstances, I don't think it was this was the most horrible, irresponsible, parent from hell thing she could have done. She is still a young girl, a new parent and one in a situation that I'm sure none of us have ever been in.

Being young, a new parent or in an unfamiliar situation is NO EXCUSE for not putting your child in a car seat. She, and other celebrities, get by with this bad behavior because people make excuses for them.

 

[Planogirl]

Being young, a new parent or in an unfamiliar situation is NO EXCUSE for not putting your child in a car seat. She, and other celebrities, get by with this bad behavior because people make excuses for them.

I personally think that this is too much whether it's a celebrity or just anyone. But then there wouldn't be several pages of discussion about this if it was just some unknown person. Nor would paparazzi be chasing just you or me if we made a mistake like this.

 

[jim and meesie]

aren't there pics of her smoking while clearly pregnant with the kid? she's nothing but white trash with money. celebrities spend their lives basically screaming 'look at me, look at me!". then when people do, they cry and scream. that poor kid.

Basically what I said back on page 1 of this post. When you have money you can buy your own morality!

 

[lauran cameron]

how ironic...I opened the article on the people magazine site and a Disney pop-up add came up of Dumbo and a green mickey cloud....

okay continue haha

 

[SPAM]

ok, she doesnt look very flustered or angry in these pics like her story. she looks like she is just casually driving.

There are the pics.

 

[Planogirl]

I don't know, she looks pretty serious IMO. But then these celebrities learn to mask their feelings and pretty much always have the same expression when out in public.

 

[poohandwendy]

I personally think that this is too much whether it's a celebrity or just anyone. But then there wouldn't be several pages of discussion about this if it was just some unknown person. Nor would paparazzi be chasing just you or me if we made a mistake like this.

LOL, I remember quite a few pages of debate when someone posted a rant about seeing kids not in their carseats. I think her celebrity status adds a twist, but I , for one, feel the same way regardless of who she is.

It makes me sick to see people drive down the road knowingly disregarding the safety of their children (anyone). It is the most convenient and easy safety measure you can use to prevent bodily harm in a vehicular accident. There is NO excuse for knowlingly keeping your children unrestrained in a car. She didn't just not have the baby in a car seat, she had him up front and right behind the wheel. She could have called the police, she could have pulled over to make sure he was restrained, she could have had the body guard take care of it. What she did was irresponsible. No, that does not make her a bad person, but that does not change the fact tha she put her child in danger. If things would have gone wrong and the baby been harmed, her actions would have been the reason.

 

[Planogirl]

I missed that debate or else completely forgot about it! OK, I must be wrong about that but why would anyone debate whether a child should be in a carseat or not? I definitely feel that Britney and any other caretaker is wrong not to have their children secured and can't imagine why people would say otherwise.

 

[poohandwendy]

I missed that debate or else completely forgot about it! OK, I must be wrong about that but why would anyone debate whether a child should be in a carseat or not? I definitely feel that Britney and any other caretaker is wrong not to have their children secured and can't imagine why people would say otherwise.

Lol, it was the same thing as here...people who felt there was no excuse and people who felt it wasn't a mortal sin. You know it works...we could debate paper vs plastic here for 80 pages.

 

[mommaU4]

Lol, it was the same thing as here...people who felt there was no excuse and people who felt it wasn't a mortal sin. You know it works...we could debate paper vs plastic here for 80 pages.

Ugh! HELLO!!!! Plastic. Always plastic. Nothing else will do and your just dense if you don't know that.

 

[MICKEY88]

Britney was wrong to not place her son back in the carseat but I can't believe some of these posts. It appears that many of you believe that Britney should not leave the house, should pose merrily for these vultures whenever they want her to and should definitely not stop for coffee when she's out and about. Many people here seem to be defending these paparazzi pigs and that's a shame.

I can't speak for others but I will explain my viewpoint, it's not that she shouldn't go out, nor that she shouldn't go for coffee,

the point is she's been a celebrity long enough to know what to expect when she does go out, so there was no need for panic....

as for posing, yes indeed she should, older wiser celebrities have figured this out, you are a public figure and people will pay for compromising pictures, I'm not saying it's right, just saying that's the way it is...so smart celebrities will take the time to brush their hair, and dress in such a way that they don't care if their pic is taken, that eliminates the possibility of the paparrazi getting sellable pictures, you see paparrazi you smile and wave they take a picture or 2 and they go looking for dirt on someone else, happy smiling photos don't bring them money, compromising pics or angry pics do..so by playing along, you eliminate their money shots, and there also is no need to try to escape, putting yourself and your child at risk..

just as she is not white trash as someone posted earlier, not all paparazzi are pigs, some are decent people just out taking photos of stars..

 

[minnie56]

I think the obssessive infatuation many folks have with celebrities was the catalyst for this situation and then we hound her for trying to get away from them???? Chances are many a Mother , even those that LOVE their child, would have high tailed it out of there without thinking just as she did!! The urge to run is pretty overwhelming when we feel cornered..

Too many people need a life out there!