Britney Video Suicide Outrage

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Britney Spears has been condemned for her next video, which reportedly shows the pop singer killing herself in the bath.

The star will be filmed playing dead with a bottle of pills by her side when the video for Everytime is shot at the weekend, according to The Sun.

But the stunt has been blasted as "stupid" and "irresponsible" by experts who fear the video could spark copycat suicide attempts by fans.

The script sees Britney and her lover fighting in a hotel bedroom, before the 22-year-old singer is filmed in an overflowing bath with the open bottle of pills on a ledge.

Marjorie Wallace, of the mental health charity SANE, told The Sun: "It's profoundly irresponsible to show anything that hints that you can take your own life. I know how influential pop videos can be."

A spokesman for Britney refused to comment, according to the paper.

And Michelle Elliot, director of anti-bullying and child abuse charity Kidscape, is quoted as saying: "This is absolutely outrageous, totally irresponsible, completely stupid."

Celebrity suicides have been found to be 14 times more likely to trigger copycats than those involving ordinary people.

 

[grinningghost]

Britney is just weird now. I think she's coming unglued.

 

[Lorix2]

You can bet there will be copycats, of course, especially young girls who are so easily influenced by her. She has all the money one could want - why should she care

 

[Beauty]

Thats sad and I actually like her music, but thats over the top. I honestly think she wants to be the next Madonna---thus all the shock drama going on.

How could ANYONE live with themselves if they caused a suicide.

 

[doxdogy]

I agree with you. Think the poor kid has come unhinged. Maybe she needs to seek some much needed help and guidance. I remember when Mariah Carey was on Oprah a couple of years ago. She stated that she was outraged over the reports that she had attempted suicide. Her concern was for the teenagers that looked up to her and listened to her music.

Originally posted by grinningghost
Britney is just weird now. I think she's coming unglued.

 

[Towncrier]

I heard on the news last night that BS is rethinking the end of her video and is going to remove the suicide scene. Maybe she'll opt for a wardrobe malfunction instead.

 

[holycow]

Towncrier! lol!!

This is so sad to me...I mean she knows her audience is little teen age girls...(whether she wants a more ADULT audience or not) you think she would act a bit more responsibly...I hope she does change it!


HC

 

[Carlen T]

We really need to pray for her- she used to have such virtues, and that kind of went out the window. Unfortunately, Hollywood does that to a person. But, there is always hope- look at Mel Gibson and what he has done! He made an awesome movie (in my opinion) and this movie is ministering to THOUSANDS of people!

 

[preshi]

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[The Mystery Machine]

I never believed Britney had such "virtues". That was just a bunch of media hype from her "media blitz" people. The real Britney lead a double life.

 

[chris1gill]

Unbelievable

The girl was never very virtuous, she just hid it well. So irresponsible, it's nearly unbelievable....

 

[faithinkarma]

I never believed Britney had such "virtues". That was just a bunch of media hype from her "media blitz" people. The real Britney lead a double life.

I completely agre with this statement. From the very beginning I have found this young woman to be a complete hypocrite.

She touted virginity while her videos worked deliberately at being blatantly sexually arousing.

 

[stormi65]

I totally agree that she has zero virtues. One Madonna is enough.