I remember a time not too long ago when Britney Spears was not allowed to do interviews on her own. Maybe “allowed” is the wrong word to use – it’s possible that Britney didn’t want to speak to journalists and her publicist did a work-around where “Britney” always answered questions via email. My theory was always that Britney wasn’t allowed to do interviews though – her management and her father didn’t want to put her in a situation that they couldn’t control what she said, so there was never a one-on-one with a reporter or interviewer. For years it was like that. But this year, there’s an all-new Britney. She’s been doing Carpool Karaokes, walking red carpets by herself, talking openly to journalists and more. Britney covers the October issue of Marie Claire UK, and I actually believe that she spoke to this interviewer.
Britney feels more comfortable these days: “I moved to Los Angeles when I was very young. I was so under scrutiny. If a hair was out of place, I’d be so anxious. I would get very anxious about so many things.”
Becoming a mom helped her worry less: “Becoming a mother and being with my boys [Jayden, 9, Sean Preston, 10] has made me so much more accepting of myself. I’m their mom, whatever. That has been a really big thing for me over these last few years.”
She recently had a bad date: “I had a really bad date. I mean, it was really bad. I’ve been single for ages and had a date with a guy I liked. I was getting anxious, worrying he wouldn’t like me. In the evening I got on the scales and I had lost six pounds… We went to the movies, but I could tell right away it wasn’t working. It was sort of awkward. So after the movie I came home and that was it. It just didn’t work […] He just wasn’t that into me. I liked him. He knew that. But he definitely didn’t feel the same. It happens to everybody. Being famous doesn’t make you any different.”
Jamie Lynn wants her to eat more: “She’s always trying to get me to eat. I never ate sushi until a year or so ago. I thought the idea of raw fish was horrible. Then we had a day in a hotel in Vegas and she ordered up every single bit of sushi they had and we sat there just eating everything. Now I’m hooked.”
It’s sort of a miracle, isn’t it? Five years ago, I didn’t think that Britney would be this functional and independent. I find her “bad date” story very telling though – all of her boyfriends in the past seven years or so have been daddy-approved, if not daddy-selected. Jamie Spears had to sign off on the boyfriends and he often chose them for Brit. But she hasn’t had an official daddy-approved boyfriend in a while. So she’s going out on dates with guys she really likes now… and it’s awkward. That doesn’t surprise me. She’ll get the hang of it though. Especially since I’m pretty sure Jamie has to approve if things get serious.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Marie Claire UK.
What an awkward, horrible cover shot!
I wish my version of a bad date was just that he wasn’t that into me. Much better than the guy who forgot his wallet , guy who asked me for advice on how to get his ex back , guy who told me he usually only dates Asians because their submissive and the list goes on …
Best Styling she’s had in a while she should keep it… but wont
Re: Dates… This is probably going to keep happening to happen as long as her dad arranges the dates and who can come by, it’s too big of a setup and power imbalance
Agree with both you and Anon she look good here. This is also the most grownup she look in a magazine cover, most of the time they try to style her like some pop princess from 10 years ago.
I was just thinking how lovely and natural she looks in the photos. Quite cool photography & surprising for Marie Claire. This is a UK edition though…probably a bit edgy for US tastes
The worst date I’ve ever had was with this guy who I had dated in high school. He was the first boy that I had ever thought about constantly. We run into each other a few years later . We exchange information and he calls me a few days later . I’m so excited . I bought a new outfit, get me hair done, the whole thing. I’m thinking this is our second chance . He pulls up in my driveway, doesn’t come to my door. At the time that didn’t seem strange. I walk over to his car and noticed someone in the passenger side . As I’m getting closer , it clicks that there’s another girl in the car with him. He brought a girl on our date ! !!!!
Four months later I met my husband . The difference between the two is that my husband walked to my front door, brought me flowers and opened the car door for me.
my worst date … the guy tried to pick me Up Physically.. I’m a 5’8 type of bitch sooo NO… Then he told me he kinda wanted to lick my armpits.. I booked it
But second is the guy that after a BAD firs date immediately ( and I do mean as soon as we said Bye) started texting me about ” could i go get him at the Airport next week… I didnt answer, he kept texting daily ( including the day he got to the airport wanting his ride I didnt agree to) for 6 months different numbers and emails, d8ckshots, asking me ton these elaborate dates, me never answering
Lmao!!! That’s horrible . There’s some stone cold weirdos out there.
Oh Aims..that’s the Tip of the Iceberg here… SoFl might as well rename itself Scuzzbucket Capital of the world, dudes here be pressed/crazy/stalkery/crazy on the phone AF… I used to have a blog just with all the stories…. Shoot THIS week a rando I didn’t even go through porking sends a Group text to 20 numbers asking to have us save his new # but telling us NOT to reply to the group text: THE FIRST MESSAGE IS ” Hi Jay, Don’t Text My GF anymore” this unleashed THEE most amazing Roasting in everdom, I truly could do this all day.. FR FR Once a FRIEND of the dude (total FWB sitch ) who i Dropped for not doing what he needed to in the sack texted me to tell me I should take him back because he was so sad… this during a hurricane
There was the guy who found endless ways to work his height (6’4″) into the conversation. Between our 1 phone call and 1 date, he must have mentioned it 25 times, no kidding. All roads led back to him being OMG! 6’4″!! He had already told his parents about me. They were excited to meet me. He told them I didn’t talk much, and I was thinking, “That’s because you NEVER SHUT UP.” It was the only date where I stood up from the table mid-meal and said, “OK, I have to go now.”
He followed me out to the parking lot, asking if we could go for a drive later that day. As I drove quickly away, I checked my rearview mirror to make sure he wasn’t behind me, screaming, “BUT I’M 6’4″!!!!!”
LOLOL IF he was REALLY 6’4 i see how HE thought he was a Unicorn (*ahem* ya’ll know how Internet Men STAY lying about Height, ive become an expert in these matters: ProTip: Review the arms/Torso lengths ratios ladies!!)
Goodness gracious, where to start on the bad first (and only) dates. There were the guys (yes, plural, though obviously not at the same time) who would only stay for 1 hr tops on a date but would insist on escorting me home and inviting themselves over because they espected sex. There was the dude who dragged me to 3 different bars because the music was too loud or the service was too slow or the chair was wobbly. The stalkers, the gross fratboys, the cheaters who conveniently forget to mention (or outright lie about whether) they’re in a relationship until the actual date, the mysoginists posing as feminists, the outright scary, violent ones, and the list goes on and on. And they far outnumber the good ones.
She’s looking like Debbie Gibson
I feel like Britney is one of those rare celebrities who truly does want and enjoy a “normal” life. I like her vulnerability and that she shares the struggles she has.
I always wonder what she has been dealing with behind closed doors especially with her father and the conservatorship- is it not as bad as we think? Or is it worse?
She seems to be doing well and if not exactly thriving she seems happy and stable, and she has been for a while now it can’t all be an illusion? Her boys seem to be well taken care of and loved..
I am still trying to get used to her new face. Did she get the buccal fat removed from her lower face?
Why do her teeth look different on the cover?