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April 22, 2007 - Tough love from Britney Spears' dad |
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Britney Spears has been to rehab. Now it looks like
she may be headed for family therapy.
The pop princess received a public tongue lashing
from her father, Jamie Spears, on Friday in the form
of an email sent to the New York Post calling her
out for bad behavior.
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The Spears patriarch spoke up in defense of Larry
Rudolph, his daughter's manager, whom, according to
the Post, she fired last week after relations
between the two grew increasingly strained.
(However, sources tell E! News and E! Online
columnist Bruce Bibby that Spears and Rudolph still
have a valid contract.) |
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Rudolph was allegedly the force behind ushering the
"Oops" singer into Malibu's Promises treatment center,
thereby incurring much of Spears' wrath over what she
considered to be an unnecessary step.
In a recent on-camera interview with x17online.com, Spears,
25, alluded to her irritation at Rudolph and her stint in
rehab.
"My management totally knew what they were doing when they
sent me to rehab," she said in a voice dripping with
sarcasm, while giving a double thumbs up. "They were so
right."
The sarcastic attitude was not appreciated by her father,
who countered with his belief that Rudolph's intervention
may have saved her life at a time when she was in a
hard-partying, non-panties-wearing downward spiral.
"When Larry Rudolph talked Britney into going into rehab, he
was doing what her mother, father and team of professionals
with over 100 years of experience knew needed to be done,"
Jamie Spears wrote in his email to the Post. "She was out of
control. Larry was the one chosen by the team to roll up his
sleeves and deliver the message, to help save her life.
"The Spears family would like to publicly apologize to Larry
for our daughter's statements about him over the past few
weeks. Unfortunately, she blames him and her family for
where she is at today with her kids and career. Larry has
always been there for Britney. For this, we will forever be
grateful to him."
The younger Spears was quick to talk back, dismissing her
father's words as the product of a shaky paternal bond.
"I am praying for my father. We have never had a good
relationship," she told the Post through her rep. "It's sad
that all the men that have been in my life do not know how
to accept a real woman's love. I am concentrating on my work
and my life right now."
Since exiting Promises last month, the singer has reportedly
been working hard to get her body back in shape by taking
frequent dance classes and watching what she eats.
Published reports have suggested that Spears' slimdown
efforts may have been aided by LipoDissolve
injections—fat-melting shots administered over a 24-week
period at $1,500 a pop. The singer was said to have visited
Las Vegas' Advanced Lipo Dissolve Center recently seeking
the nonsurgical procedure.
Meanwhile, according to Star magazine, Spears still plans to
do some serious nip-and-tucking in the coming months. The
tabloid reported that the mother-of-two will spend $8,000 on
a breast lift, $12,000 on a lower-body lift, $16,000 on
liposuction for her back, stomach, and love handles and
$6,000 on brachioplasty to tighten up her upper arms.
In all, Spears was said to be shelling out somewhere in the
neighborhood of $130,000 in the quest to get her body back
to pre-baby form.
No confirmation from the singer's publicist, but if true,
it's still less than it reportedly cost her to get rid of
Kevin Federline. |
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