Britney Spears’ long-lost uncle Willie Spears has sold out his whackjob niece to the British tabloid, The Sun. That ought to make Thanksgiving dinner real interesting this year.

In his exclusive interview, in which he speaks from the comfort of his trailer in Kentwood, Louisiana, Uncle Willie, brother of Britney’s dad Jamie, says that Britney was an out of control teen who started boozing it up and experimenting with drugs at age 14. According to Willie, he says Brit was heading down the wrong path long before Adnan, Sam Lufti or even K-Fed came into the picture. He recalls a wrap party for the Mickey Mouse Club Show, which the Spears clan attended:

“The kids were definitely drinking that night. While the adults talked, they were somewhere else, up to no good. They had a bottle of gin and slipped away to the bathroom to drink it. I saw them going.”
But Willie is certain Britney was exposed to drink and drugs long before she hit the big time.

“Her brother Bryan was the star of the high school football team. They went to all the best parties where there were drugs and alcohol - a lot.”

He believes her drug-taking started at 14 with marijuana but adds: “It got worse when she got famous and she found out that people would do what she wanted them to. She wanted to drink, party and go where she wanted to go. She is a ruthless little thing, make no mistake. Nobody controls her. She bosses everyone around her.”

[From The Sun]

Uncle Willie also talks about Jamie and Lynn’s turbulent marriage and how it affected the kids, including a sensitive young Britney:

Her parents Jamie and Lynne divorced in 2002 but Brit was exposed to their hell-raising rows when she was growing up.

Willie breaks down in tears as he tells of one dramatic incident. “Jamie was drunk at a barbecue and he tried to drive off with Britney in the car. She was no more than five years old. I tried to stop him, so I reached in to grab the keys out of the ignition and he punched me. We got into it right there by the car, fighting in front of her. Britney was jumping up and down, crying. Lynne had to run out to get her inside.”

[From The Sun]

Yawn. I hope Willie got some nice cash for this, because he hasn’t really revealed anything that shocking, and will probably be cut off from the Spears family fortune for good now. While this may be the first time a Spears insider has gone public with this information, it is certainly not a surprise. There have been rumors for years that Britney’s parents were drunks who yelled and screamed, even on set while Britney was working. And while it’s a shame that Britney’s uncle is profiting from her downward spiral, he really isn’t much different than her own mom, who goes running to the tabloids whenever she has a story she wants to control. Other outlets have already broken the story of Britney’s family history of mental illness, and it’s been long suspected that Britney has long-standing problems with alcohol and drugs.

Really, the only thing surprising about this interview is that Uncle Willie does not have a mullet.

Note by Celebitchy: Britney Spears is shown going to a Hustler porn shop with Sam Lufti in Hollywood on 1/27/08, thanks to WENN.