Britney Spears has a documentary coming out on MTV called “For The Record.” The 90 minute special will air November 30, just before the release of her much anticipated album, Circus. Billed as “a glimpse into the next chapter of her life,” the show is meant to help Britney close the book on a troubled past and move forward into the next level of fame. A clip of the documentary on MTV.com features Britney talking briefly about what she went through and how she gets lonely at the top.
“I sit there and I’ll look back and I’m like: I’m a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?” the pop star says in the 90-minute film, tentatively titled For the Record, produced in partnership with MTV.
In a video clip from the film, the 26-year-old Spears alludes to her tumultuous past: her divorce from Kevin Federline, forced psychiatric hospitalizations and loss of custody of her two sons.
“I’ve been through a lot in the past two or three years, and there’s a lot that people don’t know,” she says.
“Sometimes I think I get kind of lonely because you don’t open the gate up that much, you know I mean?” she adds. “You’re guarded. You have to be that way, so I’m kind of stuck in this place and it’s like: How do you deal? And you just cope, and that’s what I do. I just cope with it, every day.”
[From People]
When you just read Britney’s comments they seem very insightful, emotionally raw and a little revealing, but it comes across as much more casual on the video, like she’s come to peace with it already and just needs to tell her fans in order to move on. She seems a lot like the old Britney she was before all her public problems, which was probably the goal for her all along. I was never a real fan, but there’s something admirable in the way she moved past it all and clawed her way back. Some of the lessons seem to have sunk in and we’ll have to see where she goes from here.
Here’s the video, and there’s a clearer one on MTV.com
Britney is shown out getting ice cream yesterday, 10/9, and out shopping the day before. Credit: Fame Pictures
I’m happy to see that Spears looks to have emerged from her sustained isolation and difficulties with depression. Maybe she’ll put out some good music for a change, but hey, baby steps.
I hope to see this same kind of article about Amy Winehouse!
Evan…you’re funny! I wasn’t into her before the downfall, but became interested when I started to read snide comments about her parenting skills on another, which shall remain nameless site, (okay, starts with a P ends w/ z) and I felt like people were ripping her to shreads for nothing about her mothering skills and as a mother myself, I became defensive for her, thus making me team Spears. Now, I am so happy for this woman and hope she does nothing but kick ass. I know I’ve said it before, but she should look into recording that song from Grace of my Heart. I think it may be called, God give me strength, not sure.
This is so cool! We all want to see her kick ass! And she really is an inspiration to alot of young people out there now, because it’s like, hey, no matter how far down you may fall, you can get back up and start again! There is hope! Britney has done an amazing turn around! Best wishes to Britney Spears!!!
@girly girl
Not to be pessimistic, but don’t let this get your hopes up about Amy Whinehouse. Amy is going to have to work a helluva lot harder because she’s being held hostage by someone who can’t be removed from the situation, herself.
nice to see britney getting it together. but i don;t think we’re ever going to see the same with winehouse – she’s too far gone.
if it’s lonely at the top, why then doesn’t she take a step down and really focus on herself and family rather than going out on world tour?
her music sounds the same (makes my ears bleed personally) so it doesn’t seem that time away would change her “music” much. perhaps she would evolve as a musician.
i’m not trying to sip on the haterade, but this complete 180 in her behavior has so much to do with her father being in control of her life. regulated meds, therapy, and limited contact with people is not a good judge of how stable she is up till now. yes, she is in a much better place than a year ago, i just worry about what happens when these safety nets are gone. brit has grown up much, but she still has a long way to go.
I would go crazy if the poppos photographed my every move but glad to see Brit back on track.
This is so much better than reading about her death, which is what I thought we might be doing. Not a fan but always glad to see someone climb back up out of a deep hole.
A cage she built herself and keeps adding bars and barbwire to every day.
@Orangejulius: You hit the nail in the head with that one! I TOTALLY thought we’d see her end up like Anna Nicole Smith. I’m not a huge Britney fan, but am glad she “seems” to be turning it around. Go Britney!!
true dat vdantev!! does she even know what gilded means?