Britney is defensive and dumb in her Dateline interview


The vacation is still on, but we’re back posting sooner than expected because it’s just not work to us to talk trash about celebrities.

In Britney’s Dateline Interview she comes off defensive, rude, and dumb. She’s even chewing gum, just like when she was announcing her pregnancy on Letterman! At one point she breaks down and cries when Lauer asks her “what do you think it will take to get the paparrazi to leave you alone?” While I feel sorry for her and don’t blame her for crying, she didn’t handle the first part of the questioning well at all.

She says of the incident where Child Protective Services visited her for Sean Perston’s high chair fall that “they didn’t have to come, the doctor there made them come because I didn’t bring my doctor there with me.” The doctor there made them come because her child was injured and they’re required by law to contact Children and Family Services. That’s idiotic to suggest the reason was because she didn’t bring another doctor. She seems not to understand that is how CPS works.

When asked by Lauer if she tripped on her pants during the near baby-drop fiasco, she says, “I think, uh, actually, I didn’t trip on anything, there was, a NY street, it was cobblestone… I think it was mixture of so many paparrazi and just how the road was all messed up, me just trying to get in the car.” The road was perfecly flat and paved and not cobblestone at all. I live in Europe where there are real cobblestone streets and people manage to walk around holding all sorts of shit without stumbling and falling.

No mention of the highball glass she was carrying at the time, and no admission of even partial guilt or regret for the incident. She blows it off, saying “accidents happen” and using the ridiculous example of her brother’s multiple motorcycle accident at age 13 as a comparison. “Stuff happens with kids,” she explains. Britney, you idiot, you have total responsibility for your baby’s safety and he’s not the same as an adolescent boy.

She says she was crying afterwards because people were trying to take her picture, not because she almost hurt Sean. She also cals a woman ignorant for trying to take her picture at the time. “Ignorant” is not an adjective Britney should introduce into a conversation.

“There will be plenty more oopses, I’m human.” Yes you are, and you’re richer than 99.99% of the world. You can hire someone to help you talk to the press and act like you actually take responsibility for your actions and care about your infant son.

“You have to realize that we’re people, and we need privacy, and we need respect. Those are just things that you have to have as a human.” This is your job, Britney, figure it out. The paparrazi are terrible and all but you need to find a better way to cope.

She does seem to love Sean even though she won’t admit to any guilt or responsibility for his frequent safety mishaps.

Later in the interview she’s in her element when talking about her music and her work, and she explains her brief involvement with the Kabbalah cult well. She has a new clothing line for children coming out, called “Baby Soul Rock and Roll,” and she seems quite excited and happy about it.

While things seem to be looking up for her, she needs professional media coaching and she should never have done this interview.

Here is the relevant part of the interview:

This is part four in the series. Here are the earlier parts of Britney’s interview:

Britney’s Dateline Interview Part 1 of 4

Britney’s Dateline Interview Part 2 of 4
Britney’s Dateline Interview Part 3 of 4
Britney’s Dateline Interview Part 4 of 4 (shown above)

And here she is with a drink in one hand and Sean Preston on her lap on a golf cart in Hollywood on June 8th:
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  1. xiaoecho says:

    Where to start?
    It seems her problem is arrogance, plain and simple; she doesn’t seem to be able to tell the good advice from the bad. How can she be so talented and so dumb at the same time? She looked like a down and out street hooker in that interview, she talks about respect from the media but doesn’t seem to connect that with her appearance and actions…brrrr. Am I getting it all wrong? Is she smarter than all of us and lapping it up? She seem to have missed her calling, notice she took a few second to INDUCE her tears? I don’t feel sorry for her, she seems to equate being strong with ignoring good advice.

  2. millie says:

    Exactly.. I don’t know where to start either. She will never learn. She’s too dumb and too stubborn for her own good. My guess is that the falling out with Madonna (and she pretty much admitted they’re no longer buddies) was over the marital and career issues. I think that Brit is so tired of doing what she is told, she’s determined to do her own thing even if that means shooting herself in the foot. If you think she’s stupid, read comments people left on msnbc page, how great she is, how everyone makes mistakes, how the press has gone “too far” (air quotes used liberally ;), how “down home” she feels etc. etc. I guess we’ll just have to witness Kfed blowing though her money, her giving birth to a string of babies, none of which are going to be taken care of properly. Did you notice on this gold cart picture that SPF has red face and red arms? Dumb Brit will wear a hat and sunglasses but won’t put the same on her kid. It was 103F in Florida at the time the photos were taken, notice that everyone except SPF had a drink in hand. He looks hot and possibly dehydrated–you just don’t take a baby this small out for a long time when it’s so hot! This kid is going to be seriously hurt at some point, esp. after Brit has her next baby. I stopped feeling sorry for her since the only time she feels bad is when it’s about her, not about the baby. Dumb b*tch.

  3. xiaoecho says:

    millie…like you I never believed the Madonna fallout was entirely over Kaballah. Whatever one thinks of Madonna’s art, her self belief is utterly blinding – she doesn’t put up with mediocrity in anyone! SPF is the most beautiful being and I dont believe Child Services were there unless serious allegations were made (drug use in the home?) Britney is getting into Michael Jackson territory, in that, she is becoming a freakshow. God help her when she has 2 toddlers!

  4. millie says:

    I honestly think Madonna told her to get her s*it together, starting with getting rid of Federjerk and that’s why Brit and Madonna are no longer friends. Brit dropping Kaballah was secondary to that. Wasn’t it something when she said that she didn’t know how far along she was in her pregnancy? My jaw just dropped. It reminds me of those girls who go into labor claiming that they didn’t know they were pregnant in the first place. And she was so offended that the doctors asked her questions after Sean’s fall from high chair! She is putting her child in danger and, worse yet, she’s not even trying to learn from her mistakes. It’s always someone else’s fault. And the constant paparazzis are a stupid excuse: Angelina or Gwyneth are followed too and yet you don’t see them nearly dropping their kids or driving with them on their laps. The worst thing, however, is that she doesn’t get how bad Federjerk is for her.. he must really have a magic d** for her to fall under his spell so completely.

  5. Britnney is right about why CPS came to see her. I am rather reknowned for being a crappy mom myself. but so be it. Anyway when I left my 3 year old unsupervised and he pulled a tv down on himself and broke his arm, i took him to the emergency room. The doctors were immediately suspicious because I didn’t call me pediatrican. They told me later that if something like that happens, always call your pediatrican for his advice (I know this sounds stupid) or get this- have your pediatrician meet you at the hospital. It doesn’t make sense except that people who intentionally abuse their kids DO not take the kids to the same doctor ever.

  6. Hells Bells- Do you not notice how sunburned that baby is?????????
    DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER

  7. millie says:

    I was saying that his arms and face are red–possible sunburn or overheating. Either way, he should be indoors or with a shirt on. I was a young mom too and you make mistakes but your focus has to be on the baby and learning how to avoid problems. Marge–I had no idea about the way it works with a pediatrician. I had my daughter fall down a set of stairs because my husband turned away for a second–we were freaking out, of course, but she was fine and nobody gave us a hard time at the hospital. Of course I had gates set up everywhere after that. You NEVER know what your kid can get into until it’s too late. Taking precautions is key.

  8. Jude says:

    Whiny, white trash, stupid, brainless skank…she and Federlame should never have been allowed to have the first kid, let alone spawn a second one.

  9. Katie says:

    i have to admit it, i used to like Brittany but now she has turned into white ass trash….i have to say that she is putting her baby in soo much danger!!!!

  10. yazz says:

    u noe wat all u guyz r wrong,, shez not stupid or dumb shez just in a loot of stress !! i mean wat do u expect her whole lifestyle changed fast,, everything ,, with marrin kevin (that jerk THE BIGGEST GOLD DIGGER) and having a baby early from pop sexy princess to working mommy thats too much i think ppl. everywhere r expecting too much from her shez just human!!