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ACTIVIST: What do we want?
ALL: Free Britney!
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ACTIVIST: When do we want it?
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ALL: Now!
ACTIVIST: What do we want?
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ALL: Free Britney!
ACTIVIST: When do we want it?
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ALL: Now!
ACTIVIST: What do we want?
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‐ This is "Free Britney 102,"
where we explore issues
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related to the Free Britney
movement.
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The Free Britney movement
is advocating
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for the end of Britney Spears'
conservatorship.
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‐ I need everyone who is
scrolling right now
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to stop and watch this video.
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‐ Britney Spears
needs our help.
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Since 2008, she has been
under something called
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a legal conservatorship
by her father.
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ACTIVIST: Now,
a conservatorship literally
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gives someone else
the control of your life.
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They decide what you can
and can't do,
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and it's usually used
for elderly people
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who don't have
the necessary brain function.
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‐ But a functioning woman
that's been working nonstop,
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it just‐‐
it doesn't make any sense.
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‐ Dear Britney,
my name is Elizabeth Denon,
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and I'm 29 years old.
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‐ My name is James Miller,
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and I'm from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
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‐ My name is Jasmine.
I'm 28,
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and I am a Scorpio
from New Jersey.
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‐ Dear Britney.
‐ Dear Britney.
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‐ Dear Britney.
‐ I'm so nervous.
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I'm, like, sweating.
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‐ Your whole situation
is consuming me now.
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I can't believe that
it's just been this long
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and I didn't know.
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BRITNEY: When I first started,
I didn't know
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what I was doing,
but every day you learn more,
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and you gain
more wisdom from that.
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‐ Why is she still in this?
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Why is her dad making
all of her decisions?
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BRITNEY: I am
where I am today‐‐
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it's because
I do have control.
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You know, you have to.
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Otherwise you get
sucked in by people.
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‐ I have always viewed the
situation as something that
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I don't think would have ever
happened to a man in America.
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BRITNEY: Trust me,
there are days that I have‐‐
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I struggle with myself.
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‐ I am familiar with
the lawyers on the case.
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They care deeply for Britney.
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‐ I trust the system.
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I believe the law is aimed
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at actually protecting
the conservatee.
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BRITNEY: There are things
out there that have been said
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about me that aren't
completely true.
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‐ We stand up for you,
Britney Spears,
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and we won't stop
until you reach freedom.
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BRITNEY: There's a lot that
people don't know about me
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that I want them to know.
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ACTIVIST: Growing up,
I struggled with
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anxiety and depression,
and Britney Spears is the one
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who made it okay to struggle
with those things.
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ACTIVIST: She gave me
permission to be myself
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growing up as a gay boy
in suburban Virginia,
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and Britney gave me
the power to be who I am.
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ACTIVIST: She even shaved
her hair off.
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Hey, I shaved my hair off too
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because I didn't want nobody
touching me.
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And they still didn't get it.
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LIZ: Britney is in the midst
of a legal battle right now.
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She's been
in a conservatorship
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for the past 12 years.
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‐ Free Britney!
‐ Justice for Britney.
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‐ There's been a lot
of speculation as to whether
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this is in Britney's
best interests,
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and is this good for her?
Is this what she wants?
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‐ All right, so today
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we have a conservatorship
hearing for Britney Spears.
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Apparently, conservator
of the estate is Jamie Spears.
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ALL: Boo!
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Jamie out!
Jamie out!
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LIZ: Her dad has been in
charge of her money
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for the last 12 years,
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and a few months ago
Britney's lawyer said
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Britney wants someone else
to be in charge of her money
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and wants Jamie, her father,
to step down.
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Britney's father so far
has refused to step down.
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‐ But this time
it just feels different.
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I'm so excited.
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‐ I feel‐‐
I feel really hopeful.
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‐ Hey, guys, it's Megan.
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The judge has not made
any decisions yet,
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but we did wanna
give you a quick update.
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Britney has told Ingham
on multiple occasions
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that she's scared of her father
and that she refuses to work
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until he is no longer
in control of her career.
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LIZ: To understand
where Britney is now,
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we should understand
how she got here.
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[objects thumping faintly]
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‐ Okay.
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These are letters to me
from the fans.
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So if I got this many,
you can imagine‐‐
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oh, the ones that Britney got
would fill up the entire room,
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would fill up the entire room.
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[delicate music]
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Yeah.
Sorry.
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[laughs]
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That was pretty cool.
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You know, I don't know that I
ever really had any definition
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on what I was supposed
to do with Britney.
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For a long time
they called me her chaperone,
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and then at one point
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they wanted
to call me her partner,
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and we didn't think
that sounded right.
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I definitely was
not her mother,
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and I wasn't her big sister,
so we settled on assistant.
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♪ ♪
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I wanna give you a tour
of my tiny, little home.
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Britney's mother
helped decorate
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because she's so proud
of her sweet baby.
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50,000 in Austria.
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This is 5 million
at this point.
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These are more.
[laughs]
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This is the first one
I got, y'all.
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This is when
"...Baby One More Time"
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was a multi‐platinum album.
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You have to sell a million
copies in the United States
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for an album to be platinum.
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It can go platinum
many, many, many times.
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This is 11 million copies.
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[laughs]
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To be honest, I didn't then,
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nor do I now understand
what a conservatorship is,
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especially for somebody
Britney's age
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and somebody capable of so much
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that I know firsthand
she's capable of.
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She was a small‐town girl
from Kentwood, Louisiana.
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LIZ: Can you describe
Kentwood, Louisiana?
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FELICIA: Just a tiny,
sleepy little town,
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very hospitable and humble,
unpretentious.
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We are who we are.
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We're not wealthy,
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but we're wealthy
in many other ways.
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We are definitely in‐‐right in
the middle of the Bible Belt.
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Britney sang in the choir.
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She grew up going to church
every Sunday.
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So I've known her
since she was five.
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You know, by then
we all knew her talent
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was just extraordinary.
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I will say the one reason that
I agreed to do the interview
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is so we could remind people
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of why they fell in love
with her in the first place.
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‐ From Kentwood, Louisiana,
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here is ten‐year‐old
Britney Spears.
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[cheers and applause]
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[The Judds' "Love Can
Build a Bridge" playing]
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‐ ♪ Love can build a bridge ♪
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♪ Between your heart ♪
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‐ If you think about her
coming from such a small town,
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you know, she clawed her way
into the industry
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right from the beginning.
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‐ ♪ Oh, anything ♪
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♪ Keep believing in the power ♪
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‐ I noticed last week you have
the most adorable, pretty eyes.
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Do you have a boyfriend?
‐ No, sir.
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‐ Why not?
‐ They're mean.
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[laughter]
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‐ Boyfriends?
You mean all boys are mean?
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I'm not mean.
How about me?
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‐ Well, it depends.
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HAYLEY: Of all the things
that she could be asked about,
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because what else could
we possibly talk to a woman
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or a girl about?
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There's so much more to her
that everybody's missing.
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[light dramatic music]
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NANCY: Her parents reached out
to me by letter,
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and the letter said
something like,
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"We have no idea
what to do with this child.
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Help us.
What do we do?"
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I replied and said,
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"Well, I would love
to meet her in person."
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They took the train
from Louisiana to New York
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'cause I don't think
they could afford to fly.
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Her parents were
working people.
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Her mom was just so sweet,
so proud of her daughter,
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and her dad too was very
proud of‐‐proud of Britney,
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and he was more concerned with
the financial aspect of it.
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How was he gonna be able
to make this happen?
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Could he make it happen?
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But I know he wanted
to make it happen for her.
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And we came up with a plan.
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Lynne and Britney would come to
New York for a period of time.
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Britney could study voice
in New York,
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and study dance in New York,
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and do some acting
and audition.
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She was a funny, sweet,
wonderful little girl.
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I‐I loved her.
I love her still.
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‐ ♪ And I ain't had no loving
since God knows when ♪
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NANCY: Jamie visited
from time to time
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and was anxious to see
this time be worthwhile
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so that he could justify
the money
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that it was costing
to do this.
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‐ There was a time where
you were struggling to really
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make ends meet,
and you saved all the money
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you could to get
singing lessons for Britney.
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How did you manage
to do all of that?
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‐ It was really hard.
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A lot of times we would rob
from Peter to pay Paul.
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You know,
it was really hard.
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NANCY: All this led to
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"The Mickey Mouse Club"
audition,
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and she nailed it.
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‐ We've got a girl that enters
a strange dimension
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of sight and sound
as she crosses over
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into the Teenage Zone.
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♪ I know a place,
and nobody ♪
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‐ Britney just loved it,
and when it ended,
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it was devastating.
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BRITNEY: After
"The Mickey Mouse Club,"
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I went home for,
like, two years,
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and I was completely normal.
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I went to high school,
and I did‐‐I played basketball.
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I was just, you know, really
involved with my school.
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NANCY: And we started
looking for auditions,
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but it‐‐financially,
it would have been
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very difficult for them
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to come back and forth
to New York.
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It was a tough time.
It was a tough time,
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and it was really,
"What are we going to do now?"
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And I know that the idea of
singing was interesting to her.
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I remember her
making a demo tape.
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FELICIA: Before I worked
with Britney,
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I was a nanny in New York.
Lynne called.
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She said, "Well, Britney and I
are gonna be in the city,
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and we'd love for you
to have dinner with us,"
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and I said,
"Oh, that sounds great."
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And Lynne said, "Felicia,
I had an ulterior motive
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for inviting you to dinner,"
and I said, "What?"
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She said, "Britney got
a record deal today,
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"and I can't travel with her
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"'cause Jamie Lynn's
in the first grade,
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but‐‐can you travel with her?"
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And I said,
"Oh, my gosh, Lynne,
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"well, I quit my job yesterday.
I guess I can,
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but I'll do it
for three months,"
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and that was, mm,
about 23 years ago.
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[light music]
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KIM: She had plans
to come to New York
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to meet people at the label.
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She came into my office
with her chaperone.
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Her parents were in Louisiana.
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She had a younger sibling
that was still in school
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and had to be taken care of,
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so Felicia was really
sitting in for the parents.
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I remember Britney came in,
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and I was really impressed
with the fact
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that she was so serious
and so focused,
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and I thought,
"This is the style.
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"This is a girl
that's coming from strength,
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"your friend that you
kind of idolize a little bit,
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"but that at the end of the day
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has the same kind of hopes
and dreams that you do."
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‐ Mama, come here.
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Aww, y'all look so pretty.
This is my mom right here.
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And this is my brother's
girlfriend.
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This is my little sister.
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LIZ: Jamie, Britney's father,
wasn't around very much
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when Britney was growing up.
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We know that Jamie
was struggling with alcohol,
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and he later goes to rehab.
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He drifts in between
construction, being a cook,
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tries to open a gym business
that didn't work out,
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and later ends up
filing for bankruptcy.
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He doesn't seem to be
a big presence in her life.
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KIM: Her mother would do
whatever it took,
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personally
and for the family's sake,
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for Britney to be a star.
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Lynne supported Britney.
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I wanna say Lynne because
I never talked to her father.
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The only thing
Jamie ever said to me was,
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"My daughter's
gonna be so rich,
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she's gonna buy me a boat."
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That's all I'm gonna say
about Jamie.
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‐ Hi, I'm Britney Spears,
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and I'm so happy
to be here today
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in Langhorne,
so thanks for coming out.
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The name of this song is
"Thinkin' About You."
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KIM: There's a lot of work
that goes into the preparation
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for an album release.
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Kids go to school.
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Kids go to the mall,
so how do we reach those kids?
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‐ Hi, what's your name?
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And this next song
is my first single,
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and it's called
"...Baby One More Time."
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FELICIA: We'd be in
the middle of the mall,
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and people would slowly stop
and gather and watch,
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and then when it was over,
we would go shopping.
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[Britney Spears' "...Baby
One More Time" playing]
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‐ ♪ Oh, baby, baby ♪
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♪ ♪
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‐ But then as she became
a little more popular...
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‐ "...Baby One More Time."
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[crowd screaming]
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‐ People really started
coming to the malls
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to seek out where we were.
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‐ ♪ That something
wasn't right here ♪
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♪ Show me how you
want it to be ♪
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WESLEY: The video shows up.
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Quite famously,
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she is in
a schoolgirl's uniform.
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She owns the hallways
at this school,
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and the song is‐‐
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is obviously sexual in nature.
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‐ Teen singing sensation
Britney Spears.
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‐ ♪ 'Cause I need to know now,
oh, because ♪
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WESLEY: If you're
12 or 13 years old,
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you're seeing a person
who reminds you
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in some ways of you.
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It isn't the sex part
that seems cool.
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It's the control
and command over herself
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and her space that seems cool.
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‐ She's so cool.
I love her.
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I love the way she moves
and she grooves.
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KIM: She just captured
that dichotomy so well
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of what a teenage girl is.
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Teenage girls wanna be adult
women, but they also are kids.
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BOTH: We love Britney!
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REPORTER:
Well, congratulations.
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Your single is exploding.
‐ BRITNEY: Thank you.
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KIM: There's no bigger star in
pop music than Britney Spears.
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BRITNEY: It's so exciting.
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It's really exciting.
I'm very flattered.
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INTERVIEWER: Are you even
surprised at how fast
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this has happened to you?
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‐ Oh, my goodness, yeah.
335
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It's, like, all of a sudden,
you know?
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O‐‐it seems like overnight,
just boom,
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you're just‐‐you're famous.
It's weird.
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FAN: Britney! Britney!
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KIM: You have to remember
one really important thing.
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This is boy band time.
This is not about girls.
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Girls don't sell.
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So it really was a phenomenon.
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FELICIA: We still were
those people
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from Mississippi, Louisiana.
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We were fresh,
and everything was new.
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She was so humbled
by everything.
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One of the first things
that she did
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when she just was
getting famous was she‐‐
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we were home for Christmas,
350
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and she wanted to go get
$10,000 in $100 bills,
351
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and she just drove
through Kentwood
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and gave out $100 bills,
353
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And it wasn't,
"Hi, I'm Britney Spears."
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It was, "Merry Christmas."
355
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‐ I'm joined now by the one
and only Britney Spears.
356
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Dave Holmes is outside with
just, uh‐‐just a boatload
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of some of your biggest fans,
I can imagine.
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‐ Oh, my God.
Everyone say hi to Britney.
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ALL: Hi, Britney!
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‐ Britney played MTV, 1999,
perfectly.
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She was in the studio
for "TRL" a lot.
362
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She produced excellent videos.
363
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‐ These are my best friends,
and they travel with me.
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DAVE: She seemed very
approachable to the audience,
365
00:16:00,124 --> 00:16:03,297
so they could
really connect with her
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in a way that has
never really been severed.
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‐ ♪ Ooh, baby, baby,
oops, I did it again ♪
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INTERVIEWER: You sold over
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20 million copies
of your last album.
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ANNOUNCER:
Pepsi has a new voice...
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ANNOUNCER:
Britney has Got Milk,
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Clairol, and Polaroid.
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BRITNEY: I know all the ins
and outs of what I'm doing.
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I know about all the contracts
375
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and all the deals
I'm about to do.
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I'm not just some girl
who's listening to my manager.
377
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♪ Oh ♪
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ALL: ♪ I'm not that innocent ♪
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MICHAEL: I mean,
I know she's aiming
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for the little kids market
or whatever.
381
00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:34,610
She needs to back off and put
a pair of blue jeans on,
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00:16:34,610 --> 00:16:36,448
no shoes, and just sing,
you know?
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INTERVIEWER: To many,
you are a contradiction.
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On the one hand,
you're a sweet,
385
00:16:40,789 --> 00:16:42,668
innocent, virginal type.
386
00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:47,511
On the other hand, you're
a sexy vamp in underwear.
387
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‐ I wouldn't say in underwear.
388
00:16:49,766 --> 00:16:51,478
WESLEY: I mean, the thing that
I find fascinating
389
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about Britney Spears' arrival
at this moment
390
00:16:54,442 --> 00:16:56,529
is that she comes
391
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in the midst of
the Clinton‐Lewinsky scandal.
392
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ANNOUNCER: President Clinton
had an affair with...
393
00:17:00,496 --> 00:17:01,998
ANNOUNCER:
A sexual relationship
394
00:17:01,998 --> 00:17:04,337
with a former White House
intern, Monica Lewinsky.
395
00:17:04,337 --> 00:17:07,843
WESLEY: And it's this really
charged moment in the country
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where we are
talking about sex in a way
397
00:17:10,349 --> 00:17:12,018
that we had never been
talking about sex,
398
00:17:12,018 --> 00:17:13,855
or hadn't been for a long time.
399
00:17:13,855 --> 00:17:15,818
‐ See, that brings up
the age‐old question for guys.
400
00:17:15,818 --> 00:17:17,613
Who do you want, the nice girl,
401
00:17:17,613 --> 00:17:19,617
the pretty girl
you can take home to Mom,
402
00:17:19,617 --> 00:17:21,286
or the cheap, slutty girl
you know puts out?
403
00:17:21,286 --> 00:17:23,417
Everybody goes for Monica!
404
00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:28,134
WESLEY: An exponent of that
interest in that relationship
405
00:17:28,134 --> 00:17:32,016
bled over into our interest
in Britney Spears in some way.
406
00:17:32,016 --> 00:17:33,854
HAYLEY: I think a lot
of people were, like,
407
00:17:33,854 --> 00:17:37,862
uncomfortable with,
you know, her sexuality.
408
00:17:37,862 --> 00:17:40,325
INTERVIEWER: A lot of talk
about your sexy Lolita look,
409
00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:42,746
especially after
the "Rolling Stones" story.
410
00:17:42,746 --> 00:17:44,333
BRITNEY: Well, I think
we're all girls,
411
00:17:44,333 --> 00:17:46,044
and, I mean,
it's a part of who we are.
412
00:17:46,044 --> 00:17:48,717
You'd be lying if you said
you didn't like to feel sexy.
413
00:17:48,717 --> 00:17:50,554
You know what I mean?
You're a girl.
414
00:17:50,554 --> 00:17:51,723
INTERVIEWER:
Everyone's talking about it.
415
00:17:51,723 --> 00:17:53,560
‐ What?
416
00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,693
‐ Well, your breasts.
‐ My breasts?
417
00:17:57,693 --> 00:18:00,532
INTERVIEWER: You seem to get
furious when a talk show host
418
00:18:00,532 --> 00:18:02,202
comes up with this subject.
419
00:18:02,202 --> 00:18:03,705
‐ I'll say this.
420
00:18:03,705 --> 00:18:07,045
You know, I worked with all
the boy bands, all of them,
421
00:18:07,045 --> 00:18:10,928
and not one of the boys
was ever under any scrutiny.
422
00:18:10,928 --> 00:18:14,226
‐ It certainly is a paradox,
isn't it, the way she works?
423
00:18:14,226 --> 00:18:15,479
HOST: And the way she dresses.
424
00:18:15,479 --> 00:18:17,232
‐ She doesn't seem
that innocent.
425
00:18:17,232 --> 00:18:19,194
HAYLEY: That's when
she just really started
426
00:18:19,194 --> 00:18:21,658
becoming more free
427
00:18:21,658 --> 00:18:24,539
and less concerned
with pleasing everybody,
428
00:18:24,539 --> 00:18:26,751
which is also, like,
a whole 'nother metaphor
429
00:18:26,751 --> 00:18:28,672
for what women do, right?
430
00:18:28,672 --> 00:18:30,174
At some point in our lives,
431
00:18:30,174 --> 00:18:31,594
we stop trying
to please everybody.
432
00:18:31,594 --> 00:18:35,184
‐ Turn the music up.
Up.
433
00:18:35,184 --> 00:18:36,604
MAN: You're such a diva,
Britney.
434
00:18:36,604 --> 00:18:37,731
‐ I'm not a diva.
MAN: You're such a diva.
435
00:18:37,731 --> 00:18:39,025
‐ I'm not a diva!
436
00:18:39,025 --> 00:18:40,696
I know what I like,
and I know what I want.
437
00:18:40,696 --> 00:18:44,870
KEVIN: She was definitely in
control of a lot of decisions.
438
00:18:44,870 --> 00:18:47,208
That idea that Britney
is a puppet
439
00:18:47,208 --> 00:18:50,214
who just gets moved around
and told what to do
440
00:18:50,214 --> 00:18:52,886
is incredibly inaccurate.
441
00:18:52,886 --> 00:18:56,059
When I was involved
in all of those years,
442
00:18:56,059 --> 00:18:58,272
we would present
a lot of ideas.
443
00:18:58,272 --> 00:18:59,609
She would have to like them,
444
00:18:59,609 --> 00:19:03,240
and she would have
to approve them.
445
00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:04,619
She was very creative.
446
00:19:04,619 --> 00:19:07,625
She was the one who knew
what she wanted to do,
447
00:19:07,625 --> 00:19:09,462
and she would
make that happen,
448
00:19:09,462 --> 00:19:11,674
or her people would make
that happen for her.
449
00:19:11,674 --> 00:19:13,093
That's how I got hired,
450
00:19:13,093 --> 00:19:14,930
is because
she just told somebody,
451
00:19:14,930 --> 00:19:16,434
"No, I want him to do it."
452
00:19:16,434 --> 00:19:18,312
And it happened
within an hour.
453
00:19:18,312 --> 00:19:19,774
Okay, that's a no.
454
00:19:19,774 --> 00:19:21,361
She was the boss.
455
00:19:21,361 --> 00:19:24,367
‐ [screaming]
456
00:19:25,284 --> 00:19:29,209
That is gonna be fucking cool
every night, man.
457
00:19:29,209 --> 00:19:31,589
That's gonna...
458
00:19:35,555 --> 00:19:37,308
‐ You just‐‐
459
00:19:38,102 --> 00:19:40,816
‐ Well, you just‐‐that's why
I am where I am today,
460
00:19:40,816 --> 00:19:43,070
is because I do have control,
you know?
461
00:19:43,070 --> 00:19:45,492
And you just‐‐you just control
what you do.
462
00:19:45,492 --> 00:19:47,078
You know, you have to.
463
00:19:47,078 --> 00:19:50,335
Otherwise, you get sucked in by
people that are not necessary.
464
00:19:50,335 --> 00:19:52,673
[crowd screaming]
465
00:19:52,673 --> 00:19:54,677
I'm just doing
my thing right now,
466
00:19:54,677 --> 00:19:56,012
just, you know, having fun.
467
00:19:56,012 --> 00:19:57,558
WESLEY: We don't have
royalty here.
468
00:19:57,558 --> 00:19:59,729
We've got‐‐we've got
famous people.
469
00:19:59,729 --> 00:20:01,189
What was interesting about
470
00:20:01,189 --> 00:20:02,526
the Britney Spears‐Justin
Timberlake relationship
471
00:20:02,526 --> 00:20:06,116
was that we hadn't
really had a kind of,
472
00:20:06,116 --> 00:20:09,498
you know,
American couple in a minute.
473
00:20:09,498 --> 00:20:11,502
‐ He said I love you to you
when you‐‐
474
00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:12,838
‐ He did.
I know, I saw.
475
00:20:12,838 --> 00:20:14,383
LIZ: And when they
got together,
476
00:20:14,383 --> 00:20:16,011
I think a lot
of people thought
477
00:20:16,011 --> 00:20:17,556
it was just totally perfect,
478
00:20:17,556 --> 00:20:19,017
and they wanted to know
everything
479
00:20:19,017 --> 00:20:20,854
about their relationship.
480
00:20:20,854 --> 00:20:23,025
‐ Am I a virgin?
481
00:20:23,025 --> 00:20:25,781
[laughter]
482
00:20:25,781 --> 00:20:28,035
[delicate music]
483
00:20:28,035 --> 00:20:29,830
Um, yes, I am a virgin,
484
00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:32,377
and I definitely wanna try
and have sex till I'm married.
485
00:20:32,377 --> 00:20:35,717
I just wanna wait for
that special someone, so...
486
00:20:35,717 --> 00:20:38,138
[quietly]
Thank you.
487
00:20:38,138 --> 00:20:40,852
DAVE: They break up.
488
00:20:40,852 --> 00:20:44,275
Justin sort of made it seem,
489
00:20:44,275 --> 00:20:46,864
rightly or wrongly,
like she had cheated on him.
490
00:20:46,864 --> 00:20:51,374
It really seemed like he took
control of the narrative.
491
00:20:51,374 --> 00:20:55,089
WESLEY: The way that people
treated her,
492
00:20:55,089 --> 00:20:56,676
to be very high school
about it,
493
00:20:56,676 --> 00:21:00,350
was, like,
she was the school slut,
494
00:21:00,350 --> 00:21:02,729
and he was, like,
495
00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:04,400
the school quarterback
or whatever,
496
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,948
and he essentially
weaponizes the video
497
00:21:07,948 --> 00:21:12,123
for one of his singles
to incriminate her
498
00:21:12,123 --> 00:21:13,877
in the demise
of the relationship.
499
00:21:13,877 --> 00:21:15,755
‐ ♪ Tell me you love me ♪
500
00:21:15,755 --> 00:21:18,761
♪ Why did you leave me
all alone? ♪
501
00:21:18,761 --> 00:21:20,765
[song slows, stops]
502
00:21:20,765 --> 00:21:24,440
‐ It was a revenge,
pure male revenge fantasy.
503
00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,067
STAR: Justin Timberlake
is in the house,
504
00:21:26,067 --> 00:21:27,821
and I just wanna ask you
one question.
505
00:21:27,821 --> 00:21:29,742
Did you [bleep]
Britney Spears?
506
00:21:29,742 --> 00:21:31,746
[laughter]
507
00:21:31,746 --> 00:21:33,081
Yes or no?
508
00:21:33,081 --> 00:21:34,250
JUSTIN: Oh, man.
STAR: Come on, man.
509
00:21:34,250 --> 00:21:36,505
JUSTIN: Okay, I did it.
STAR: Yeah!
510
00:21:36,505 --> 00:21:38,593
‐ Well, you know, misogyny.
I don't know.
511
00:21:38,593 --> 00:21:40,012
What can you say
about misogyny?
512
00:21:40,012 --> 00:21:43,060
There's a whole infrastructure
to support it,
513
00:21:43,060 --> 00:21:48,070
and when it's time
for people to come,
514
00:21:48,070 --> 00:21:51,034
in a misogynistic culture,
for a woman,
515
00:21:51,034 --> 00:21:53,998
there's a whole apparatus
ready to do it.
516
00:21:53,998 --> 00:21:57,004
[soft melancholy music]
517
00:21:57,004 --> 00:22:02,139
♪ ♪
518
00:22:02,139 --> 00:22:04,812
DIANE: I have to ask a
couple of things about Justin.
519
00:22:04,812 --> 00:22:06,816
‐ Okay, of course.
520
00:22:06,816 --> 00:22:08,778
‐ He has gone on television
521
00:22:08,778 --> 00:22:12,995
and pretty much said
you broke his heart,
522
00:22:12,995 --> 00:22:18,130
you did something
that caused him so much pain,
523
00:22:18,130 --> 00:22:20,259
so much suffering.
524
00:22:20,259 --> 00:22:21,637
What did you do?
525
00:22:21,637 --> 00:22:23,766
KEVIN: Her image
was being painted as,
526
00:22:23,766 --> 00:22:27,607
"Oh, what did you do
to cause the breakup?
527
00:22:27,607 --> 00:22:30,989
You must have done something,
not him."
528
00:22:30,989 --> 00:22:32,492
‐ Britney Spears has upset
529
00:22:32,492 --> 00:22:34,329
a lot of mothers
in this country,
530
00:22:34,329 --> 00:22:36,834
starting with the wife
of the governor of Maryland.
531
00:22:41,677 --> 00:22:43,431
‐ Oh, that's horrible.
532
00:22:43,431 --> 00:22:45,351
DIANE: Well, she‐‐
‐ That's really bad.
533
00:22:45,351 --> 00:22:46,687
‐ Because of the example
for kids
534
00:22:46,687 --> 00:22:48,148
and how hard it is
to be a parent.
535
00:22:48,148 --> 00:22:50,779
‐ Well, that's really sad
that she said that.
536
00:22:50,779 --> 00:22:52,073
Ew.
537
00:22:52,073 --> 00:22:57,208
I'm not here to, you know,
babysit her kids.
538
00:22:57,208 --> 00:23:02,844
‐ There's just that invisible
line that seemed to exist then
539
00:23:02,844 --> 00:23:06,017
that nobody knew how to handle,
540
00:23:06,017 --> 00:23:08,689
and nobody knew how
to help her handle it.
541
00:23:08,689 --> 00:23:11,862
‐ You've had a year that would
test a lot of people.
542
00:23:11,862 --> 00:23:15,578
‐ It was pretty rough, yeah.
Um...
543
00:23:15,578 --> 00:23:18,208
Oh, my goodness, hello.
544
00:23:18,208 --> 00:23:21,340
Ew.
Strong Britney.
545
00:23:21,340 --> 00:23:25,890
Um, yeah, it was a weird time.
546
00:23:27,226 --> 00:23:29,063
Ew, I'm embarrassed.
547
00:23:29,063 --> 00:23:31,485
Can we stop this?
548
00:23:37,831 --> 00:23:38,958
‐ Don't you think
it's something
549
00:23:38,958 --> 00:23:40,085
you really want
to do all the time,
550
00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:42,047
to be onstage,
dancing and singing?
551
00:23:42,047 --> 00:23:45,513
‐ I do that for fun.
That's not my life, you know?
552
00:23:45,513 --> 00:23:48,811
I see myself in the future
with my kids and my husband,
553
00:23:48,811 --> 00:23:53,321
and maybe do this on the side.
554
00:23:53,321 --> 00:23:56,159
Okay, I wanna introduce
you guys to my friend, Kevin.
555
00:23:56,159 --> 00:23:58,246
He's so cute.
556
00:23:58,246 --> 00:24:00,919
Hi.
557
00:24:00,919 --> 00:24:02,714
I feel like
I've been missing out.
558
00:24:02,714 --> 00:24:04,091
‐ Okay.
559
00:24:04,091 --> 00:24:06,095
‐ I feel like I've been
missing out on life.
560
00:24:06,095 --> 00:24:08,434
‐ Like, what part of life?
‐ Life.
561
00:24:08,434 --> 00:24:10,939
‐ I don't think I was
at all surprised
562
00:24:10,939 --> 00:24:13,068
when she and Kevin got engaged.
563
00:24:13,068 --> 00:24:15,197
ANNOUNCER: The announcement of
Britney's sudden engagement
564
00:24:15,197 --> 00:24:16,867
had the whole country talking.
565
00:24:16,867 --> 00:24:20,040
‐ She told me,
and then I remember her saying,
566
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,585
"I gotta call my mama,"
567
00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:23,547
and I'm like,
"Absolutely you do."
568
00:24:23,547 --> 00:24:24,883
ANNOUNCER: But what do they
think about this guy,
569
00:24:24,883 --> 00:24:26,135
Kevin Federline, first of all?
570
00:24:26,135 --> 00:24:27,597
JESS: Well, Lynne Spears says
571
00:24:27,597 --> 00:24:29,768
that the two
have good karma together.
572
00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:31,104
LORA:
According to reports,
573
00:24:31,104 --> 00:24:32,941
the house you see behind me
here in Studio City
574
00:24:32,941 --> 00:24:35,613
is where Britney Spears
tied the knot Saturday night.
575
00:24:35,613 --> 00:24:39,036
[crowd screaming]
576
00:24:39,036 --> 00:24:41,458
[dramatic music]
577
00:24:41,458 --> 00:24:43,546
♪ ♪
578
00:24:43,546 --> 00:24:45,383
‐ My name is Brittain Stone,
and I was
579
00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:48,138
the photography director
of "Us Weekly"
580
00:24:48,138 --> 00:24:49,933
for about a decade.
581
00:24:49,933 --> 00:24:51,603
When I had
a really healthy budget,
582
00:24:51,603 --> 00:24:54,443
it'd be $140,000
a week on imagery.
583
00:24:54,443 --> 00:24:58,451
Extrapolate that over the year,
you know, $7 to 8 million,
584
00:24:58,451 --> 00:25:00,455
but, you know,
spending millions of dollars
585
00:25:00,455 --> 00:25:02,625
on pictures,
that just, you know,
586
00:25:02,625 --> 00:25:05,088
quintupled the amount of money
that was out there,
587
00:25:05,088 --> 00:25:07,301
which meant there were
a lot more photographers
588
00:25:07,301 --> 00:25:10,475
coming in and doing it.
589
00:25:10,475 --> 00:25:12,812
DANIEL: I never wanted to be
considered a paparazzi.
590
00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:15,318
I've always wanted
to be a filmmaker,
591
00:25:15,318 --> 00:25:17,781
but it sucks you right in,
and there's‐‐
592
00:25:17,781 --> 00:25:20,495
it's hard to get out of it
once you start making
593
00:25:20,495 --> 00:25:24,001
the kind of moneys
that these guys were making.
594
00:25:24,001 --> 00:25:25,630
ANNOUNCER: Photos of Britney
can sell
595
00:25:25,630 --> 00:25:27,509
for up to $1 million each.
596
00:25:27,509 --> 00:25:29,679
[ambient music]
597
00:25:29,679 --> 00:25:31,433
♪ ♪
598
00:25:31,433 --> 00:25:32,852
‐ Guys, be nice.
Guys, be nice.
599
00:25:32,852 --> 00:25:34,606
Everybody's gonna
get their shot.
600
00:25:34,606 --> 00:25:35,817
DANIEL: In the beginning,
601
00:25:35,817 --> 00:25:38,113
when paparazzis
were following Britney,
602
00:25:38,113 --> 00:25:39,950
you could tell she enjoyed it.
603
00:25:39,950 --> 00:25:42,455
[indistinct chatter]
604
00:25:42,455 --> 00:25:44,250
PAPARAZZO: Britney,
talk to me, baby girl.
605
00:25:44,250 --> 00:25:47,297
DANIEL: She would give it up,
the shots, waving.
606
00:25:47,297 --> 00:25:52,684
She was very friendly,
a sweetheart of a girl.
607
00:25:52,684 --> 00:25:54,479
It was like she needed us,
and we needed her.
608
00:25:54,479 --> 00:25:56,358
We both needed each other,
609
00:25:56,358 --> 00:25:58,612
and it was a great
kind of relationship.
610
00:25:58,612 --> 00:25:59,990
‐ There's a party at my house.
611
00:25:59,990 --> 00:26:01,493
PAPARAZZO: All right,
let's go, let's go!
612
00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:03,706
‐ Yeah, Britney, let's do it!
PAPARAZZO: Yeah!
613
00:26:03,706 --> 00:26:05,000
PAPARAZZO: Thank you,
Britney.
614
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,503
We love you, man, for sure.
615
00:26:06,503 --> 00:26:09,216
‐ Well, there was always
a little bit of a hunger
616
00:26:09,216 --> 00:26:12,682
for the unposed photographs.
617
00:26:12,682 --> 00:26:14,853
BRITNEY: Sometimes people's‐‐
their‐‐
618
00:26:14,853 --> 00:26:16,356
you know,
their personal life
619
00:26:16,356 --> 00:26:18,527
becomes bigger
than their work.
620
00:26:18,527 --> 00:26:22,535
‐ As we had more of that kind
of material in the magazine,
621
00:26:22,535 --> 00:26:24,915
you know,
the sales just went up.
622
00:26:24,915 --> 00:26:27,252
ELLEN: Britney Spears
and Kevin Federline!
623
00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:29,048
LIZ: Britney then makes
an announcement
624
00:26:29,048 --> 00:26:30,927
that attracts
even more paparazzi.
625
00:26:30,927 --> 00:26:33,223
‐ And now, the baby,
that's very exciting.
626
00:26:33,223 --> 00:26:35,310
Now, you have to be
really excited about that.
627
00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:37,815
‐ Yes, ma'am.
‐ The last‐‐yeah.
628
00:26:37,815 --> 00:26:40,237
[cheers and applause]
629
00:26:41,990 --> 00:26:43,410
You don't look pregnant.
630
00:26:43,410 --> 00:26:46,249
DANIEL: Once she started
having her kid
631
00:26:46,249 --> 00:26:48,712
with Kevin Federline,
632
00:26:48,712 --> 00:26:50,257
it exploded.
633
00:26:51,927 --> 00:26:54,766
‐ Keep him‐‐keep him in line.
Keep him back.
634
00:26:54,766 --> 00:26:56,853
DANIEL: Everyone wanted
a piece of Britney.
635
00:26:56,853 --> 00:26:58,399
The tabloids were paying
a lot of money.
636
00:26:58,399 --> 00:27:00,235
‐ Back away now.
637
00:27:00,235 --> 00:27:01,822
‐ We wanna know
what she's buying.
638
00:27:01,822 --> 00:27:04,911
‐ We're "People Magazine."
WOMAN: Oh, okay.
639
00:27:04,911 --> 00:27:07,917
‐ And almost immediately,
there's the perception
640
00:27:07,917 --> 00:27:10,798
from the tabloids that Britney
is an unfit mother.
641
00:27:10,798 --> 00:27:12,301
‐ Pop star Britney Spears
642
00:27:12,301 --> 00:27:13,929
is defending her actions
this morning
643
00:27:13,929 --> 00:27:16,267
after photos surfaced
of her driving
644
00:27:16,267 --> 00:27:18,605
with her infant son
in her lap on Monday.
645
00:27:18,605 --> 00:27:20,943
‐ The headline of
"The New York Post" yesterday,
646
00:27:20,943 --> 00:27:23,449
Britney tripping outside
a New York hotel Thursday
647
00:27:23,449 --> 00:27:25,995
while holding her
eight‐month‐old son in one hand
648
00:27:25,995 --> 00:27:28,166
and a glass of water
in the other.
649
00:27:28,166 --> 00:27:29,961
‐ Britney Spears
is on the hot seat.
650
00:27:29,961 --> 00:27:32,967
[soft dramatic music]
651
00:27:32,967 --> 00:27:39,229
♪ ♪
652
00:27:39,229 --> 00:27:40,608
MATT: You were photographed,
I guess,
653
00:27:40,608 --> 00:27:43,405
by the paparazzi again,
pursuing you.
654
00:27:43,405 --> 00:27:46,620
And there was Sean
on your lap in the car.
655
00:27:46,620 --> 00:27:47,872
‐ Yeah.
656
00:27:47,872 --> 00:27:49,709
‐ Take me through
what happened there.
657
00:27:49,709 --> 00:27:51,087
‐ I went to Starbucks,
658
00:27:51,087 --> 00:27:52,965
and I see a bunch of
photographers, and I'm scared,
659
00:27:52,965 --> 00:27:54,301
and I wanna get out
of the situation,
660
00:27:54,301 --> 00:27:55,930
and my baby's crying.
661
00:27:55,930 --> 00:27:59,479
They're coming up on the‐‐
you know, the sides of the car,
662
00:27:59,479 --> 00:28:01,942
which is a scary situation
for me, you know?
663
00:28:01,942 --> 00:28:03,779
And they're banging
on the windows,
664
00:28:03,779 --> 00:28:07,870
and that's not something
I want my baby to‐‐you know‐‐
665
00:28:07,870 --> 00:28:10,291
so I get my baby
out of the car, and I go home.
666
00:28:10,291 --> 00:28:13,674
So I mean‐‐and I just feel like
they're taking cheap shots.
667
00:28:13,674 --> 00:28:15,970
[soft ambient music]
668
00:28:15,970 --> 00:28:18,015
♪ ♪
669
00:28:18,015 --> 00:28:20,646
MATT: We've got all these
legitimate people weighing in,
670
00:28:20,646 --> 00:28:23,485
saying, "You know what?
That's dangerous,
671
00:28:23,485 --> 00:28:25,448
and she put her child at risk."
672
00:28:25,448 --> 00:28:28,035
You saw the questions
that were being asked:
673
00:28:28,035 --> 00:28:30,123
"Is Britney a bad mom?"
674
00:28:30,123 --> 00:28:33,004
‐ Mm‐hmm.
That's America for you.
675
00:28:33,004 --> 00:28:35,175
[laughs]
676
00:28:36,678 --> 00:28:39,016
LIZ: Britney has two kids
almost back‐to‐back.
677
00:28:39,016 --> 00:28:40,853
She has her second baby
678
00:28:40,853 --> 00:28:44,026
just about a year
after having her first baby.
679
00:28:44,026 --> 00:28:46,197
There's a lot of speculation
over whether
680
00:28:46,197 --> 00:28:48,494
Britney and Kevin
have marital problems,
681
00:28:48,494 --> 00:28:50,288
and then a few weeks
after giving birth
682
00:28:50,288 --> 00:28:54,672
to her second child,
she files for divorce.
683
00:28:54,672 --> 00:28:58,221
Britney files for sole custody
of their two kids.
684
00:28:58,221 --> 00:29:01,561
The very next day, Kevin files
for sole custody himself.
685
00:29:03,732 --> 00:29:06,613
And in her book,
Britney's mother, Lynne,
686
00:29:06,613 --> 00:29:08,032
writes that she thinks
Britney was suffering
687
00:29:08,032 --> 00:29:11,247
from postpartum depression.
688
00:29:11,247 --> 00:29:14,546
‐ You know, the main thing that
people became fascinated with
689
00:29:14,546 --> 00:29:15,881
was her sort of unraveling.
690
00:29:15,881 --> 00:29:18,219
Fascinating to not just,
you know,
691
00:29:18,219 --> 00:29:19,681
your typical
celebrity fan base,
692
00:29:19,681 --> 00:29:21,058
but just to anyone.
693
00:29:21,058 --> 00:29:23,271
MAN: Let him through.
694
00:29:23,271 --> 00:29:25,401
ANNOUNCER: Britney and Paris
hooked up
695
00:29:25,401 --> 00:29:27,446
with party girl Lindsay Lohan.
696
00:29:27,446 --> 00:29:29,032
PAPARAZZO: There we go.
PAPARAZZO: There we go.
697
00:29:29,032 --> 00:29:31,371
JOE: She's basically
starting to lose interest
698
00:29:31,371 --> 00:29:34,377
in the very
carefully‐managed image
699
00:29:34,377 --> 00:29:36,213
of Britney Spears
as a pop star,
700
00:29:36,213 --> 00:29:37,925
and at the same time...
701
00:29:37,925 --> 00:29:39,554
‐ Hey, we can't see, guys.
702
00:29:39,554 --> 00:29:41,015
JOE: That tabloid culture,
703
00:29:41,015 --> 00:29:42,602
they're reaching
the height of their power.
704
00:29:42,602 --> 00:29:44,271
ANNOUNCER: Britney Spears
must be paying
705
00:29:44,271 --> 00:29:46,568
the babysitter overtime.
706
00:29:46,568 --> 00:29:48,405
‐ The goal is not to sort of‐‐
707
00:29:48,405 --> 00:29:51,411
with these kinds of imagery,
be negative about people.
708
00:29:51,411 --> 00:29:54,917
It was to enjoy their lives
709
00:29:54,917 --> 00:29:58,257
in a somewhat
aspirational/relatable way.
710
00:30:01,096 --> 00:30:02,475
PAPARAZZO: Oh.
711
00:30:02,475 --> 00:30:03,935
GUARD: Watch out, watch out.
PAPARAZZO: Whoa, guys.
712
00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:05,856
GUARD: Let her out.
GUARD: Come on, go, back up.
713
00:30:05,856 --> 00:30:08,027
BOTH: Back up, back up,
back up.
714
00:30:08,027 --> 00:30:10,281
GUARD: Let her out,
let her out, let her out.
715
00:30:10,281 --> 00:30:13,330
GUARD: Let her walk.
716
00:30:13,330 --> 00:30:15,249
CLERK:
Watch your step, guys.
717
00:30:15,249 --> 00:30:17,087
Breaking everything!
718
00:30:17,087 --> 00:30:18,423
GUARD: Move back.
719
00:30:18,423 --> 00:30:19,842
PAPARAZZO:
Are you okay, Britney?
720
00:30:19,842 --> 00:30:21,513
PAPARAZZO:
Come this way, Britney.
721
00:30:21,513 --> 00:30:22,932
PAPARAZZO: Over here,
Britney, your car's here.
722
00:30:22,932 --> 00:30:24,352
PAPARAZZO:
You okay, Britney?
723
00:30:24,352 --> 00:30:26,146
GUARD: You need to move.
You need to move.
724
00:30:26,146 --> 00:30:27,983
PAPARAZZO: Careful.
FAN: Britney!
725
00:30:27,983 --> 00:30:29,445
FAN: I feel you!
726
00:30:29,445 --> 00:30:32,117
They shouldn't harass you
like that, Britney Spears.
727
00:30:32,117 --> 00:30:33,620
GUARD: Let her out,
let her out, let her out!
728
00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:35,624
PAPARAZZO: Hi, Britney,
how you doing today?
729
00:30:35,624 --> 00:30:36,918
You look gorgeous.
730
00:30:36,918 --> 00:30:38,170
GUARD: Come on, man.
731
00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:40,592
Hey, move it!
stop, stop, stop it!
732
00:30:40,592 --> 00:30:42,303
PAPARAZZO: Relax, relax.
733
00:30:42,303 --> 00:30:44,642
‐ Hey, hey, really‐‐
what the fuck, man?
734
00:30:44,642 --> 00:30:47,898
Stop it, stop it!
Fuck, stop!
735
00:30:47,898 --> 00:30:49,485
‐ Hey!
‐ Stop it!
736
00:30:49,485 --> 00:30:52,324
[shouting over each other]
737
00:30:53,075 --> 00:30:54,746
GUARD: Let her out.
Come on!
738
00:30:54,746 --> 00:30:55,831
Come on!
739
00:30:55,831 --> 00:30:58,670
[indistinct chatter]
740
00:30:58,670 --> 00:31:00,256
‐ Please don't fight.
I'm scared.
741
00:31:00,256 --> 00:31:01,676
I'm scared, I'm scared,
I'm scared.
742
00:31:01,676 --> 00:31:03,680
Where's the door?
743
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,099
GUARD: Back it up, back it up,
back it up.
744
00:31:05,099 --> 00:31:07,521
Let her in, let her in.
745
00:31:07,521 --> 00:31:10,652
GUARD: Go, move, move!
Guys, let's go, move out!
746
00:31:10,652 --> 00:31:14,327
[faint indistinct chatter]
747
00:31:19,504 --> 00:31:21,508
‐ Why are you so close
to my car?
748
00:31:21,508 --> 00:31:22,843
MATT: What do you think
it'll take
749
00:31:22,843 --> 00:31:24,847
to get the paparazzi
to leave you alone?
750
00:31:26,684 --> 00:31:30,149
‐ Um, I don't know.
751
00:31:30,149 --> 00:31:33,657
I don't know.
752
00:31:33,657 --> 00:31:36,663
[soft dramatic music]
753
00:31:36,663 --> 00:31:38,667
♪ ♪
754
00:31:43,175 --> 00:31:46,516
MATT: Is that one of
your biggest wishes?
755
00:31:51,317 --> 00:31:54,365
‐ [sobs]
Yeah.
756
00:31:54,365 --> 00:31:56,285
[engine turns]
757
00:31:56,285 --> 00:31:59,291
[light tense music]
758
00:31:59,291 --> 00:32:03,675
♪ ♪
759
00:32:03,675 --> 00:32:06,890
‐ Come on, guys.
‐ Hey, hey.
760
00:32:06,890 --> 00:32:09,227
DON: We will turn now
to a story
761
00:32:09,227 --> 00:32:10,981
that is burning up
the Internet.
762
00:32:10,981 --> 00:32:12,150
It's just burning
this morning.
763
00:32:12,150 --> 00:32:13,403
‐ Everybody's talking about it.
‐ Yes.
764
00:32:13,403 --> 00:32:14,864
Britney Spears, she's bald.
765
00:32:14,864 --> 00:32:17,870
[soft melancholy music]
766
00:32:17,870 --> 00:32:19,289
HAIRDRESSER: She came in,
and she said
767
00:32:19,289 --> 00:32:20,918
she wanted her head shaved.
768
00:32:20,918 --> 00:32:22,463
The hairdresser refused,
769
00:32:22,463 --> 00:32:25,385
so she literally
grabbed her‐‐
770
00:32:25,385 --> 00:32:28,934
the hair clipper
and started doing it herself.
771
00:32:28,934 --> 00:32:31,313
And she said, "I don't want
anyone touching me.
772
00:32:31,313 --> 00:32:34,110
I'm tired of
everybody touching me."
773
00:32:34,110 --> 00:32:37,033
♪ ♪
774
00:32:37,033 --> 00:32:38,745
KIM: It's so easy.
775
00:32:38,745 --> 00:32:42,586
It's so much fun
to take a celebrity
776
00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:45,299
who's a young, beautiful,
talented girl
777
00:32:45,299 --> 00:32:46,928
and rip her to shreds.
778
00:32:46,928 --> 00:32:50,059
DAVID: It was so cold, Britney
Spears had a chapped head.
779
00:32:50,059 --> 00:32:51,604
JAY: Friends say this is
the craziest thing
780
00:32:51,604 --> 00:32:53,400
Britney's ever done
that didn't involve marriage.
781
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:54,944
It's unbelievable.
782
00:32:54,944 --> 00:32:57,281
WESLEY: And so she's saying,
essentially,
783
00:32:57,281 --> 00:33:00,414
with no hair,
"I quit.
784
00:33:00,414 --> 00:33:03,962
"Whatever you guys are looking
for in terms of me coming back
785
00:33:03,962 --> 00:33:05,716
"and being that person again,
I'm not‐‐
786
00:33:05,716 --> 00:33:07,970
"that person is gone,
and you have‐‐
787
00:33:07,970 --> 00:33:09,473
you have destroyed her."
788
00:33:09,473 --> 00:33:12,103
[indistinct chatter]
789
00:33:12,103 --> 00:33:13,732
The idea that people
could look at that
790
00:33:13,732 --> 00:33:16,904
and only see a crazy person,
well, just‐‐
791
00:33:16,904 --> 00:33:19,410
that just tells me that‐‐
you know,
792
00:33:19,410 --> 00:33:23,793
what a‐‐
what a vulturous society
793
00:33:23,793 --> 00:33:26,089
she was working with
to begin with.
794
00:33:35,107 --> 00:33:36,861
FAN: Hi, Britney.
FAN: Hey, Britney.
795
00:33:36,861 --> 00:33:38,364
DANIEL: It definitely gives me
796
00:33:38,364 --> 00:33:40,660
a different perspective
of it now, you know,
797
00:33:40,660 --> 00:33:43,165
especially after
so many years.
798
00:33:43,165 --> 00:33:44,877
When you're caught up
into that whole thing,
799
00:33:44,877 --> 00:33:46,339
in that spider web,
800
00:33:46,339 --> 00:33:50,430
you don't really see what
the celebrity is going through.
801
00:33:50,430 --> 00:33:53,436
[dramatic music]
802
00:33:53,436 --> 00:33:57,778
♪ ♪
803
00:33:57,778 --> 00:33:59,949
Roberto calls me up,
and he goes,
804
00:33:59,949 --> 00:34:02,830
"Dano, don't call anyone.
805
00:34:02,830 --> 00:34:05,836
"Get your camera,
your video camera over here,
806
00:34:05,836 --> 00:34:07,923
"and maybe you can get this,
that I'm‐‐
807
00:34:07,923 --> 00:34:10,512
that I'm getting
Britney Spears by myself."
808
00:34:11,472 --> 00:34:13,852
I caught up eventually
with him,
809
00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:17,693
and she was going out visiting
Kevin Federline at his home.
810
00:34:17,693 --> 00:34:19,363
The kids meant
the world to Britney,
811
00:34:19,363 --> 00:34:23,036
and she wanted to see her kids,
and Kevin said no.
812
00:34:25,166 --> 00:34:27,211
They went to a gas station.
813
00:34:27,211 --> 00:34:31,429
She was with her cousin, Alli.
814
00:34:31,429 --> 00:34:33,892
I looked at Britney
from the windshield,
815
00:34:33,892 --> 00:34:35,770
and I was videotaping her,
and I said...
816
00:34:45,999 --> 00:34:48,045
♪ ♪
817
00:34:48,045 --> 00:34:51,134
We go back
to Kevin Federline's house.
818
00:34:51,134 --> 00:34:53,848
She buzzes the door again.
819
00:34:53,848 --> 00:34:57,523
He doesn't open the gate.
Well, now she's upset.
820
00:35:01,071 --> 00:35:05,330
So they pull up behind
a Jiffy Lube store.
821
00:35:07,041 --> 00:35:10,757
I tell Britney, "Hey, Britney,
all I'm gonna do
822
00:35:10,757 --> 00:35:13,680
"is I'm just gonna ask you
a couple of questions,
823
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,392
and then I'm gonna
leave you alone."
824
00:35:15,392 --> 00:35:16,602
And Alli's coming up to me,
825
00:35:16,602 --> 00:35:17,771
and she's like,
"Guys, please, please."
826
00:35:17,771 --> 00:35:19,274
ALLI: Please, guys, don't.
827
00:35:19,274 --> 00:35:20,777
Guys, please.
Please, guys, don't do this.
828
00:35:20,777 --> 00:35:22,573
DANIEL: And Britney
just grabbed the umbrella,
829
00:35:22,573 --> 00:35:25,787
started coming after me,
and starts beating
830
00:35:25,787 --> 00:35:28,918
the passenger side
of my truck.
831
00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:31,214
BRITNEY: [indistinct shouting]
832
00:35:31,214 --> 00:35:35,890
Fuck you!
Fuck yourself.
833
00:35:35,890 --> 00:35:38,771
MAN: Hey, you gonna get
in trouble for that.
834
00:35:38,771 --> 00:35:42,236
DANIEL: That night was
not a good night for her.
835
00:35:42,236 --> 00:35:43,823
WOMAN: Oh, wow,
she did that too?
836
00:35:43,823 --> 00:35:45,619
DANIEL: And it was not
a good night for us.
837
00:35:45,619 --> 00:35:48,625
WOMAN: Oh, my God.
838
00:35:49,167 --> 00:35:50,462
‐ But it was
a good night for us
839
00:35:50,462 --> 00:35:52,298
'cause it was a money shot.
840
00:35:52,298 --> 00:35:55,304
[tense music]
841
00:35:55,304 --> 00:35:59,145
♪ ♪
842
00:35:59,145 --> 00:36:00,482
INTERVIEWER: Do you think
the paparazzi
843
00:36:00,482 --> 00:36:03,946
being around
affected her at all?
844
00:36:03,946 --> 00:36:06,952
‐ I don't really think
and I don't really believe
845
00:36:06,952 --> 00:36:10,877
because‐‐you know, working
on her for so many years,
846
00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:16,304
she never gave a clue
or information to us that,
847
00:36:16,304 --> 00:36:20,814
"I don't appreciate you guys.
Leave me the eff alone."
848
00:36:20,814 --> 00:36:23,653
INTERVIEWER: What about when
she said, "Leave me alone"?
849
00:36:23,653 --> 00:36:24,947
‐ There were times
where she's like,
850
00:36:24,947 --> 00:36:27,284
"Can you leave me alone
for the day?"
851
00:36:27,284 --> 00:36:29,038
But it wasn't like,
"Leave me alone forever,"
852
00:36:29,038 --> 00:36:31,669
you know what I mean?
853
00:36:31,669 --> 00:36:33,339
HOST: The shaving of the head,
854
00:36:33,339 --> 00:36:35,885
the umbrella scene
with the paparazzi,
855
00:36:35,885 --> 00:36:39,183
stints in rehab
where she blames you for that,
856
00:36:39,183 --> 00:36:42,189
and your relationship
with her begins to dissolve.
857
00:36:42,189 --> 00:36:44,695
What is happening
to your family at that point?
858
00:36:44,695 --> 00:36:47,032
LYNNE: It was so crazy
at that time.
859
00:36:47,032 --> 00:36:49,203
I don't think anybody
was even trying to sit
860
00:36:49,203 --> 00:36:50,707
and think of what was going on.
861
00:36:50,707 --> 00:36:52,878
We were just trying to do what
we could do at that moment,
862
00:36:52,878 --> 00:36:54,339
at that time,
863
00:36:54,339 --> 00:36:58,473
and we were praying very hard
because it seemed like
864
00:36:58,473 --> 00:37:01,311
we had no control over anything
that was happening.
865
00:37:01,311 --> 00:37:04,318
[dramatic music]
866
00:37:04,318 --> 00:37:07,532
♪ ♪
867
00:37:07,532 --> 00:37:09,285
WESLEY: She fired her
longtime manager.
868
00:37:09,285 --> 00:37:10,622
She's grown very estranged
869
00:37:10,622 --> 00:37:12,249
from various
members of her family.
870
00:37:12,249 --> 00:37:14,838
LIZ: More and more we've heard
how she's very alienated,
871
00:37:14,838 --> 00:37:16,967
that she will try to befriend
almost anyone.
872
00:37:16,967 --> 00:37:20,224
I mean, she's just desperately
seeking friendship.
873
00:37:20,224 --> 00:37:23,146
ANNOUNCER: If you're asking,
"Who is Sam Lutfi?"
874
00:37:23,146 --> 00:37:25,067
he is the latest
in a long line
875
00:37:25,067 --> 00:37:28,407
of the mysterious men
in Britney's life.
876
00:37:28,407 --> 00:37:31,539
JOE: Sam Lutfi just sort of
came out of nowhere.
877
00:37:31,539 --> 00:37:33,166
‐ You guys,
further apart please.
878
00:37:33,166 --> 00:37:38,719
‐ He's one of these
self‐invented guru types
879
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,394
who is constantly attaching
himself to celebrities,
880
00:37:42,394 --> 00:37:44,565
often at vulnerable moments
for them.
881
00:37:44,565 --> 00:37:46,360
HOST: We're on the air
at KIIS FM.
882
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,906
BRITNEY: Hi.
HOST: Good morning, Britney.
883
00:37:48,906 --> 00:37:50,535
Today, the album's been out
for a day or so.
884
00:37:50,535 --> 00:37:52,162
What will you do?
885
00:37:52,162 --> 00:37:53,583
Will you promote the album?
What are you gonna be doing?
886
00:37:53,583 --> 00:37:55,168
SAM: This is it.
HOST: This is it?
887
00:37:55,168 --> 00:37:57,424
SAM: Doing all these calls.
HOST: This is the promotion?
888
00:37:57,424 --> 00:38:02,893
‐ Sam was her sort of advisor,
trying to be her manager.
889
00:38:02,893 --> 00:38:05,857
HOST: You've obviously been
aware of the conversation
890
00:38:05,857 --> 00:38:08,236
about your kids.
How often will you see them?
891
00:38:08,236 --> 00:38:11,994
BRITNEY: Oh, we want, um, my
lawyers to do all that stuff.
892
00:38:11,994 --> 00:38:14,206
SAM: Talk about fun stuff.
BRITNEY: Yeah.
893
00:38:14,206 --> 00:38:15,752
HOST: Okay, Sam, what do you
wanna talk about?
894
00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:19,509
‐ So Sam Lutfi was basically,
you know, seen by her parents
895
00:38:19,509 --> 00:38:23,684
as the architect
of a lot of Britney's downfall.
896
00:38:23,684 --> 00:38:25,270
PAPARAZZO: Let's go.
Let's go.
897
00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:26,941
GUEST: Shaved her head,
attacked the paparazzi,
898
00:38:26,941 --> 00:38:28,611
more custody drama.
899
00:38:28,611 --> 00:38:30,113
Thank you, Britney Spears.
900
00:38:30,113 --> 00:38:31,575
Being bad is good
for my business.
901
00:38:31,575 --> 00:38:34,456
[laughs]
HOST: Oh, I know that.
902
00:38:34,456 --> 00:38:37,462
[dramatic music]
903
00:38:37,462 --> 00:38:38,965
‐ And nobody was talking
about mental health
904
00:38:38,965 --> 00:38:42,179
when Britney Spears
was going through
905
00:38:42,179 --> 00:38:43,975
all of that stuff in public.
906
00:38:43,975 --> 00:38:46,647
The conversation was about
what was wrong with her.
907
00:38:46,647 --> 00:38:48,651
There was too much money
to be made off her suffering.
908
00:38:56,417 --> 00:38:57,460
‐ Name something
Britney Spears has lost
909
00:38:57,460 --> 00:38:58,671
in the past year.
910
00:38:58,671 --> 00:39:00,132
[indistinct]?
911
00:39:00,132 --> 00:39:01,468
‐ Her husband.
‐ Her husband?
912
00:39:01,468 --> 00:39:04,558
Let's see how that stacks up,
her husband.
913
00:39:04,558 --> 00:39:06,310
It's something
but not number one‐‐Lindsey?
914
00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:10,570
‐ Hair.
‐ The hair, lost a lot of hair.
915
00:39:10,570 --> 00:39:12,657
There it is.
916
00:39:12,657 --> 00:39:16,582
[indistinct].
917
00:39:16,582 --> 00:39:18,168
What has she lost?
918
00:39:18,168 --> 00:39:21,174
‐ She has lost her sanity.
919
00:39:21,174 --> 00:39:23,804
‐ Has she lost her mind?
920
00:39:23,804 --> 00:39:25,808
[cheers and applause]
921
00:39:25,808 --> 00:39:28,188
[melancholy music]
922
00:39:28,188 --> 00:39:29,691
ANNOUNCER: A media frenzy
923
00:39:29,691 --> 00:39:31,277
around an ambulance
in Los Angeles.
924
00:39:31,277 --> 00:39:33,491
Police say they were called
to Spears' home Thursday night
925
00:39:33,491 --> 00:39:34,951
over a custody dispute.
926
00:39:34,951 --> 00:39:36,663
ANNOUNCER; She refused
a court order
927
00:39:36,663 --> 00:39:38,041
to turn her two children‐‐
928
00:39:38,041 --> 00:39:39,544
ANNOUNCER: She was supposed
to hand over
929
00:39:39,544 --> 00:39:41,632
her two sons last night
to Federline but refused.
930
00:39:41,632 --> 00:39:43,176
ANNOUNCER: She reportedly had
barricaded herself
931
00:39:43,176 --> 00:39:44,721
inside the room at one point.
932
00:39:44,721 --> 00:39:46,391
ANNOUNCER: She was rushed
to the hospital overnight.
933
00:39:46,391 --> 00:39:48,186
ANNOUNCER: Was wheeled out
and brought here
934
00:39:48,186 --> 00:39:49,856
to Cedars‐Sinai Hospital
in distress.
935
00:39:49,856 --> 00:39:51,360
ANNOUNCER:
Was it the pressure?
936
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:52,862
Anxiety disorder?
No one could say what it is.
937
00:39:52,862 --> 00:39:55,075
ANNOUNCER: Is under
psychiatric evaluation
938
00:39:55,075 --> 00:39:57,497
that is involuntary,
by the way...
939
00:39:57,497 --> 00:39:59,709
ANNOUNCER: In an emergency
session Friday,
940
00:39:59,709 --> 00:40:02,256
a family court judge
suspended Spears' right
941
00:40:02,256 --> 00:40:04,803
to even see her children.
942
00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:06,348
ANNOUNCER: Britney Spears made
943
00:40:06,348 --> 00:40:07,851
an ever so brief appearance
944
00:40:07,851 --> 00:40:09,729
outside a Los Angeles
courthouse Monday, met by...
945
00:40:09,729 --> 00:40:13,696
‐ Change in visitation
that removed
946
00:40:13,696 --> 00:40:16,952
Ms. Spears stays in force.
947
00:40:16,952 --> 00:40:18,789
REPORTER: Until when?
948
00:40:18,789 --> 00:40:22,045
‐ Indefinitely.
949
00:40:22,045 --> 00:40:23,841
ANNOUNCER: Earlier today,
Britney Spears was taken
950
00:40:23,841 --> 00:40:25,803
to the hospital for
the second time this month.
951
00:40:25,803 --> 00:40:27,139
ANNOUNCER: We are told that
she's been placed
952
00:40:27,139 --> 00:40:29,059
on a 5150 hold.
953
00:40:29,059 --> 00:40:33,360
That is essentially
a medical health hold...
954
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,282
PAPARAZZO: Mr. Spears, can you
tell us what's going on?
955
00:40:36,282 --> 00:40:37,911
How's Britney doing?
956
00:40:37,911 --> 00:40:40,625
‐ So around this time,
Jamie, Britney's father,
957
00:40:40,625 --> 00:40:44,131
files for temporary
conservatorship over Britney.
958
00:40:44,131 --> 00:40:46,219
‐ We hope the best
for your daughter, sir.
959
00:40:46,219 --> 00:40:48,641
LIZ: Conservatorships are
a unique legal arrangement,
960
00:40:48,641 --> 00:40:50,770
usually designed
for elderly people
961
00:40:50,770 --> 00:40:53,567
who are unable to take care
of themselves or their money.
962
00:40:53,567 --> 00:40:54,945
The court gives
someone else
963
00:40:54,945 --> 00:40:57,241
special powers
to make decisions for them.
964
00:40:57,241 --> 00:40:59,704
‐ Is she voluntarily going?
965
00:40:59,704 --> 00:41:01,249
Is this a voluntary thing,
or is it‐‐
966
00:41:01,249 --> 00:41:02,710
LIZ: It's unusual,
967
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:05,257
because Britney's
so young and productive,
968
00:41:05,257 --> 00:41:07,762
but there's speculation
that she may be dealing with
969
00:41:07,762 --> 00:41:11,770
mental illness issues
or drug abuse issues,
970
00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:15,861
or otherwise would benefit
from this layer of protection.
971
00:41:15,861 --> 00:41:17,782
And it's sort of surprising
in that
972
00:41:17,782 --> 00:41:20,245
Jamie wasn't a huge figure
in her life before this.
973
00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:21,581
‐ Get out. Get out.
‐ Get out.
974
00:41:21,581 --> 00:41:23,293
‐ All right,
now everybody out, get out.
975
00:41:25,631 --> 00:41:28,429
VIVIAN: My name is
Vivian Lee Thoreen.
976
00:41:28,429 --> 00:41:31,935
I was involved
as an attorney of record
977
00:41:31,935 --> 00:41:35,318
for the first few months of the
conservatorship proceedings.
978
00:41:35,318 --> 00:41:38,991
Our client was Jamie Spears,
Britney's father.
979
00:41:38,991 --> 00:41:41,455
I can't talk about
anything specific that I did,
980
00:41:41,455 --> 00:41:42,957
but I guess
I could talk about it
981
00:41:42,957 --> 00:41:45,921
in a more, like,
hypothetical situation.
982
00:41:45,921 --> 00:41:48,969
The courts take conservatorship
proceedings really seriously,
983
00:41:48,969 --> 00:41:50,514
and that's because, I think,
984
00:41:50,514 --> 00:41:52,602
every person's rights
are sacred.
985
00:41:52,602 --> 00:41:55,483
There are rules and procedures
in place
986
00:41:55,483 --> 00:41:58,029
to make sure
that there's accountability.
987
00:41:58,029 --> 00:42:02,455
And really,
the theme of conservatorships
988
00:42:02,455 --> 00:42:06,380
is to act in the conservatee's
best interests.
989
00:42:06,380 --> 00:42:09,301
Some people need a conservator
just of the person.
990
00:42:09,301 --> 00:42:11,515
"I need help figuring out
what I'm gonna eat,
991
00:42:11,515 --> 00:42:12,850
"where I'm gonna live,
992
00:42:12,850 --> 00:42:14,354
and help brushing my teeth,"
that sort of thing.
993
00:42:14,354 --> 00:42:17,527
Having a conservator of the
estate appointed for someone
994
00:42:17,527 --> 00:42:20,574
is that they are
substantially unable
995
00:42:20,574 --> 00:42:23,246
to manage
their financial affairs,
996
00:42:23,246 --> 00:42:27,338
or they are susceptible
to undue influence or fraud.
997
00:42:27,338 --> 00:42:30,009
It's more than just,
"I can't balance my checkbook."
998
00:42:30,009 --> 00:42:33,141
It's "I could be duped
into giving away my money."
999
00:42:33,141 --> 00:42:35,855
[camera shutter snapping]
1000
00:42:38,025 --> 00:42:39,529
‐ It seems like undue influence
1001
00:42:39,529 --> 00:42:41,408
was a real concern
for Britney's parents.
1002
00:42:41,408 --> 00:42:44,372
‐ Hey, get out of her face.
1003
00:42:44,372 --> 00:42:47,043
I mean now.
Let's go, Lynne.
1004
00:42:47,043 --> 00:42:49,006
‐ Are you gonna get a
restraining order against Sam?
1005
00:42:49,006 --> 00:42:50,384
Or you guys had been?
1006
00:42:50,384 --> 00:42:51,678
LIZ: They file
for a restraining order
1007
00:42:51,678 --> 00:42:53,432
against Sam Lutfi.
1008
00:42:53,432 --> 00:42:55,226
They allege in court documents
that Lutfi
1009
00:42:55,226 --> 00:42:56,897
had taken control
of Britney's life,
1010
00:42:56,897 --> 00:42:58,692
her house, and her finances,
1011
00:42:58,692 --> 00:43:01,238
and even had been
drugging her.
1012
00:43:01,238 --> 00:43:02,909
PAPARAZZO: Sam,
can you tell us something?
1013
00:43:02,909 --> 00:43:04,454
LIZ: Lutfi denies
the allegations.
1014
00:43:04,454 --> 00:43:05,915
PAPARAZZO: Can you
tell us anything?
1015
00:43:05,915 --> 00:43:08,169
LIZ: But the court grants
a restraining order.
1016
00:43:08,169 --> 00:43:09,714
GUARD: Let's go, keep going.
‐ Let's go, let's go.
1017
00:43:09,714 --> 00:43:11,343
‐ Keep going right now.
1018
00:43:11,343 --> 00:43:13,221
LIZ: But Lutfi never seems
to really exit the picture.
1019
00:43:13,221 --> 00:43:14,557
‐ Keep going.
‐ What's going on?
1020
00:43:14,557 --> 00:43:15,851
‐ No, keep going.
‐ All right.
1021
00:43:15,851 --> 00:43:17,355
LIZ: He later sues the family
1022
00:43:17,355 --> 00:43:19,567
and pops up in subsequent
restraining orders
1023
00:43:19,567 --> 00:43:21,070
as recently as 2019.
1024
00:43:21,070 --> 00:43:22,490
SAM: Hope you get better,
Britney.
1025
00:43:23,909 --> 00:43:25,829
LIZ: One day after Britney
was hospitalized,
1026
00:43:25,829 --> 00:43:29,169
the court grants
a temporary conservatorship.
1027
00:43:29,169 --> 00:43:33,094
Britney's dad gets appointed
the conservator of her person.
1028
00:43:33,094 --> 00:43:36,058
Then in terms
of Britney's money,
1029
00:43:36,058 --> 00:43:38,730
he also gets appointed
conservator of her estate,
1030
00:43:38,730 --> 00:43:42,613
alongside an attorney
named Andrew Wallet.
1031
00:43:42,613 --> 00:43:45,118
ANNOUNCER: Just six days after
being taken to the hospital
1032
00:43:45,118 --> 00:43:47,205
against her will
in an ambulance
1033
00:43:47,205 --> 00:43:49,544
under police guard,
the troubled pop star
1034
00:43:49,544 --> 00:43:51,255
was released
without fanfare Wednesday.
1035
00:43:51,255 --> 00:43:52,883
‐ Shocking new development
in the sad story
1036
00:43:52,883 --> 00:43:54,929
of Britney Spears.
She's now out of the hospital.
1037
00:43:54,929 --> 00:43:56,307
She went straight from there
1038
00:43:56,307 --> 00:43:57,977
to the Beverly Hills Hotel,
of all places.
1039
00:43:57,977 --> 00:43:59,814
All that and more later
at the top of the hour.
1040
00:43:59,814 --> 00:44:01,275
‐ That's Anderson Cooper
at 10:00‐‐
1041
00:44:01,275 --> 00:44:02,778
‐ you wanna say something?
MICHAEL: I was gonna say,
1042
00:44:02,778 --> 00:44:04,197
it'd be less sad
if we just left her alone.
1043
00:44:04,197 --> 00:44:06,328
I mean, why don't we just
leave her alone and let her‐‐
1044
00:44:06,328 --> 00:44:08,999
let her just go on
with her life?
1045
00:44:08,999 --> 00:44:12,381
♪ ♪
1046
00:44:12,381 --> 00:44:15,471
‐ I'm Adam Streisand.
I'm a trial lawyer.
1047
00:44:15,471 --> 00:44:19,729
And my practice is focused
on conservatorships
1048
00:44:19,729 --> 00:44:21,941
and battles over estates.
1049
00:44:21,941 --> 00:44:24,405
PAPARAZZO: Hi, Britney.
How you doing, sweetheart?
1050
00:44:24,405 --> 00:44:26,451
Good to see you.
1051
00:44:26,451 --> 00:44:29,957
ADAM: I got a call from
Britney's family law attorneys
1052
00:44:29,957 --> 00:44:32,380
and asked me if I would speak
to Britney because,
1053
00:44:32,380 --> 00:44:35,301
well, the whole world knew
that her father
1054
00:44:35,301 --> 00:44:37,556
was trying to establish
a conservatorship over her.
1055
00:44:37,556 --> 00:44:39,101
PAPARAZZO:
Hey, she's trying to get out!
1056
00:44:39,101 --> 00:44:40,562
[indistinct chatter]
1057
00:44:40,562 --> 00:44:41,690
PAPARAZZO: Come on, Britney.
1058
00:44:41,690 --> 00:44:43,025
GUARD: Let her go through,
please.
1059
00:44:43,025 --> 00:44:44,362
Give her some room to go
through, give her some room.
1060
00:44:44,362 --> 00:44:45,864
ADAM: I met with Britney.
1061
00:44:45,864 --> 00:44:48,160
‐ Hey, be careful!
You're hurting her.
1062
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:49,580
‐ Back up!
1063
00:44:49,580 --> 00:44:52,168
ADAM: We agreed to meet at
the Beverly Hills Hotel.
1064
00:44:52,168 --> 00:44:53,714
Well, that's pretty famous,
1065
00:44:53,714 --> 00:44:55,884
'cause there was
a lot of paparazzi.
1066
00:44:55,884 --> 00:44:58,974
And the first question
I had was,
1067
00:44:58,974 --> 00:45:02,481
"Does Britney have the capacity
to be able to hire me?
1068
00:45:02,481 --> 00:45:06,823
Does she have the ability
to take my advice?"
1069
00:45:06,823 --> 00:45:09,787
The first thing is Britney
was able to make the judgment,
1070
00:45:09,787 --> 00:45:11,332
"Hey, I get what's going on.
1071
00:45:11,332 --> 00:45:13,294
"I get that
I'm not gonna be able to
1072
00:45:13,294 --> 00:45:14,797
"resist this conservatorship
1073
00:45:14,797 --> 00:45:16,509
or avoid this conservatorship,"
right?
1074
00:45:16,509 --> 00:45:18,680
So that's a pretty
sound judgment.
1075
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,185
The second thing was she said,
1076
00:45:21,185 --> 00:45:23,815
"I don't want my father
to be the conservator."
1077
00:45:23,815 --> 00:45:25,444
That was her one request.
1078
00:45:25,444 --> 00:45:28,492
She wanted a professional,
somebody independent.
1079
00:45:28,492 --> 00:45:30,036
INTERVIEWER: And was she
opposed to her dad
1080
00:45:30,036 --> 00:45:33,710
as the conservator of the
estate, the person, or both?
1081
00:45:33,710 --> 00:45:35,213
‐ Both.
1082
00:45:35,213 --> 00:45:36,966
Britney did not want her father
1083
00:45:36,966 --> 00:45:39,221
to be the conservator
of her person, right?
1084
00:45:39,221 --> 00:45:42,853
The person who makes decisions
about her medical care
1085
00:45:42,853 --> 00:45:45,233
and treatment,
and so on and so forth.
1086
00:45:45,233 --> 00:45:48,657
She also didn't want him
controlling her finances.
1087
00:45:48,657 --> 00:45:50,828
[soft tense music]
1088
00:45:50,828 --> 00:45:55,879
The day that I went to court
for her, the judge said, um,
1089
00:45:55,879 --> 00:45:57,675
"I've got a medical report,
1090
00:45:57,675 --> 00:45:59,345
"and you haven't seen it,
Mr. Streisand,
1091
00:45:59,345 --> 00:46:01,223
"and I'm not gonna
show it to you,
1092
00:46:01,223 --> 00:46:06,066
"and it shows that she's not
capable of retaining counsel
1093
00:46:06,066 --> 00:46:08,070
and directing counsel
on her own."
1094
00:46:08,070 --> 00:46:09,574
When the judge told me,
1095
00:46:09,574 --> 00:46:12,371
"Mr. Streisand, I'm not gonna
let you represent her.
1096
00:46:12,371 --> 00:46:14,750
I'm going to appoint somebody,"
1097
00:46:14,750 --> 00:46:19,092
I felt that was not the right
decision by the judge.
1098
00:46:19,092 --> 00:46:22,433
I felt that, based on
my interactions with Britney,
1099
00:46:22,433 --> 00:46:26,941
that she was capable of
retaining me and directing me
1100
00:46:26,941 --> 00:46:28,987
and that the judge should have
allowed that to happen.
1101
00:46:28,987 --> 00:46:30,407
‐ Can you give us some kind of
a heads‐up
1102
00:46:30,407 --> 00:46:32,076
on what happened here today?
‐ No, I'm sorry.
1103
00:46:32,076 --> 00:46:34,707
I'm not gonna‐‐gonna be giving
any statements on her.
1104
00:46:34,707 --> 00:46:38,381
But I didn't know
what I didn't know, right?
1105
00:46:38,381 --> 00:46:43,350
I still don't know
what is in that report,
1106
00:46:43,350 --> 00:46:45,019
and so I had to respect that.
1107
00:46:45,019 --> 00:46:51,114
♪ ♪
1108
00:46:52,409 --> 00:46:53,828
LIZ: According to
court records,
1109
00:46:53,828 --> 00:46:55,832
Britney's conservators
are able to control
1110
00:46:55,832 --> 00:46:57,461
who can and cannot visit her,
1111
00:46:57,461 --> 00:47:00,634
and retain security guards
for her 24 hours a day.
1112
00:47:00,634 --> 00:47:02,429
They have the power
to access her medical records
1113
00:47:02,429 --> 00:47:04,475
and communicate
with her doctors.
1114
00:47:04,475 --> 00:47:06,019
They can take control
of her house
1115
00:47:06,019 --> 00:47:08,441
and even cancel
her credit cards.
1116
00:47:08,441 --> 00:47:11,279
They can make recording,
touring, and TV deals for her,
1117
00:47:11,279 --> 00:47:14,119
and are deeply involved
in her finances.
1118
00:47:14,119 --> 00:47:15,956
There's some speculation
that Britney
1119
00:47:15,956 --> 00:47:18,293
may have basically accepted
the conservatorship
1120
00:47:18,293 --> 00:47:20,882
because she was worried
about seeing her kids.
1121
00:47:20,882 --> 00:47:22,260
And a few weeks later,
1122
00:47:22,260 --> 00:47:24,432
she starts to get some
visitation rights restored.
1123
00:47:24,432 --> 00:47:26,644
[dramatic music]
1124
00:47:26,644 --> 00:47:29,984
VIVIAN: If there is
a conservatorship proceeding,
1125
00:47:29,984 --> 00:47:33,491
and the proposed conservatee
at some point consents,
1126
00:47:33,491 --> 00:47:35,787
the conservatee can't wake up
one morning and say,
1127
00:47:35,787 --> 00:47:37,499
"I don't need this.
I don't want it.
1128
00:47:37,499 --> 00:47:38,752
Make it go away."
1129
00:47:38,752 --> 00:47:40,296
A petition would have
to be filed,
1130
00:47:40,296 --> 00:47:42,593
a petition to terminate
the conservatorship,
1131
00:47:42,593 --> 00:47:45,348
and then there's
gotta be evidence
1132
00:47:45,348 --> 00:47:48,312
or some demonstration
that a conservatorship
1133
00:47:48,312 --> 00:47:50,734
is not necessary
at that point in time.
1134
00:47:50,734 --> 00:47:53,990
It's the conservatee
who has the burden of saying,
1135
00:47:53,990 --> 00:47:56,829
"I don't need a conservatorship
anymore, and here's why."
1136
00:47:56,829 --> 00:47:58,666
INTERVIEWER: Have you ever
known anyone
1137
00:47:58,666 --> 00:48:01,672
who has terminated
a conservatorship?
1138
00:48:01,672 --> 00:48:04,678
‐ Of the cases that
I've been involved in, um,
1139
00:48:04,678 --> 00:48:07,183
I have not seen a conservatee
1140
00:48:07,183 --> 00:48:09,980
who has successfully terminated
a conservatorship.
1141
00:48:09,980 --> 00:48:14,907
♪ ♪
1142
00:48:20,919 --> 00:48:22,213
JAMIE: Give my baby
some cheese grits.
1143
00:48:22,213 --> 00:48:23,550
She's been eating them
since she was born.
1144
00:48:23,550 --> 00:48:24,885
For Southern girls,
1145
00:48:24,885 --> 00:48:28,518
the breakfast of champions
is cheese grits.
1146
00:48:28,518 --> 00:48:31,189
[soft tense music]
1147
00:48:31,189 --> 00:48:33,403
LIZ: In the first year
of the conservatorship,
1148
00:48:33,403 --> 00:48:35,323
Britney's team grants
MTV access
1149
00:48:35,323 --> 00:48:38,454
to do a documentary called
"Britney: For the Record."
1150
00:48:38,454 --> 00:48:41,961
‐ Hope I got enough
cheese and butter in it.
1151
00:48:41,961 --> 00:48:43,715
‐ I'm good.
‐ Good‐‐all right.
1152
00:48:43,715 --> 00:48:45,552
LIZ: For the first time,
we get a real peek
1153
00:48:45,552 --> 00:48:48,349
of the dynamic
between Britney and Jamie,
1154
00:48:48,349 --> 00:48:50,812
who had just come along
as her conservator.
1155
00:48:50,812 --> 00:48:52,691
‐ This is my dad.
1156
00:48:52,691 --> 00:48:54,612
"Britney Jean, sit down there,
right there.
1157
00:48:54,612 --> 00:48:56,908
"She don't listen to me.
I scream at her,
1158
00:48:56,908 --> 00:48:58,369
"and she gets on me
about screaming at her,
1159
00:48:58,369 --> 00:48:59,747
"but I can't do it‐‐
now, you're just gonna
1160
00:48:59,747 --> 00:49:02,419
have to talk
some [bleep] sense into her."
1161
00:49:02,419 --> 00:49:04,590
‐ Give me that phone, I'll hold
that damn phone for you.
1162
00:49:04,590 --> 00:49:06,886
‐ No, Daddy.
1163
00:49:06,886 --> 00:49:08,723
‐ Oh, [bleep].
1164
00:49:08,723 --> 00:49:10,977
LIZ: And the topic of
the conservatorship comes up
1165
00:49:10,977 --> 00:49:12,606
while they're
filming the documentary,
1166
00:49:12,606 --> 00:49:14,150
and it's one of
the only glimpses
1167
00:49:14,150 --> 00:49:16,948
that anyone has of how
she really feels about it.
1168
00:49:16,948 --> 00:49:18,283
‐ If I wasn't under
the restraints
1169
00:49:18,283 --> 00:49:19,870
that I'm under right now,
you know,
1170
00:49:19,870 --> 00:49:23,126
with all the lawyers
and doctors and people
1171
00:49:23,126 --> 00:49:26,174
analyzing me every day
and all that kind of stuff,
1172
00:49:26,174 --> 00:49:28,095
like, if that wasn't there,
1173
00:49:28,095 --> 00:49:32,228
I'd feel so liberated
and feel like myself.
1174
00:49:32,228 --> 00:49:34,900
When I tell them the way
I feel, it's like they hear me,
1175
00:49:34,900 --> 00:49:37,698
but they're really
not listening.
1176
00:49:37,698 --> 00:49:39,284
They're hearing
what they wanna hear.
1177
00:49:39,284 --> 00:49:41,539
They're not really listening
to what I'm telling them.
1178
00:49:41,539 --> 00:49:45,588
It's like‐‐it's bad.
1179
00:49:45,588 --> 00:49:48,594
[plaintive music]
1180
00:49:48,594 --> 00:49:53,730
♪ ♪
1181
00:49:53,730 --> 00:49:56,819
[quietly]
And I'm sad.
1182
00:49:56,819 --> 00:50:00,785
LIZ: Almost immediately,
Britney goes back to work.
1183
00:50:00,785 --> 00:50:03,499
Within two months, she's
guest‐starring on network TV.
1184
00:50:03,499 --> 00:50:06,422
‐ "The personal library
of Ted Mosby," that's you.
1185
00:50:06,422 --> 00:50:07,966
‐ And by the end of 2008,
1186
00:50:07,966 --> 00:50:10,012
she has recorded
and released an album,
1187
00:50:10,012 --> 00:50:11,932
and is preparing
to go on a tour.
1188
00:50:11,932 --> 00:50:14,312
ALL: ♪ In the center of
the ring, just like a circus ♪
1189
00:50:14,312 --> 00:50:16,484
♪ When I crack that whip,
everybody gonna trip ♪
1190
00:50:16,484 --> 00:50:17,986
♪ Just like a circus ♪
1191
00:50:17,986 --> 00:50:19,948
ANNOUNCER: She seems to be
on this terrific path.
1192
00:50:19,948 --> 00:50:21,952
I think a lot of it has
to do with the conservatorship
1193
00:50:21,952 --> 00:50:23,498
that her father
took control of.
1194
00:50:23,498 --> 00:50:27,004
ANNOUNCER: Finally got
a wholesome, good brand again.
1195
00:50:27,004 --> 00:50:28,966
‐ Yeah, Britney!
ALL: Whoo!
1196
00:50:28,966 --> 00:50:33,518
‐ Once the conservatorship
started, my role changed.
1197
00:50:33,518 --> 00:50:35,814
We're gonna walk around
this way toward the stage,
1198
00:50:35,814 --> 00:50:38,820
so if you see your section,
just show them your ticket.
1199
00:50:38,820 --> 00:50:42,118
My new job,
I gave backstage tours.
1200
00:50:42,118 --> 00:50:44,832
When I went back, it was a
different business management,
1201
00:50:44,832 --> 00:50:50,008
and her dad was involved,
and so they did not hire me.
1202
00:50:50,008 --> 00:50:51,637
The touring company hired me.
1203
00:50:51,637 --> 00:50:56,146
I don't know why the Britney
company did not hire me.
1204
00:50:56,146 --> 00:50:59,193
All I know is that maybe
they just didn't know
1205
00:50:59,193 --> 00:51:01,030
the role I had played earlier.
1206
00:51:01,030 --> 00:51:02,909
PAPARAZZO: Felicia, just so
people will believe me,
1207
00:51:02,909 --> 00:51:05,164
what is your relationship
with Britney?
1208
00:51:05,164 --> 00:51:08,170
‐ I'm a business assistant.
1209
00:51:08,170 --> 00:51:10,925
So I took a back seat
and simply did
1210
00:51:10,925 --> 00:51:12,345
what I was hired to do.
1211
00:51:12,345 --> 00:51:14,558
PAPARAZZO: Bye, Felicia.
1212
00:51:14,558 --> 00:51:16,060
FELICIA: I don't really know
what went on.
1213
00:51:16,060 --> 00:51:19,233
I just don't know
that they knew her well enough
1214
00:51:19,233 --> 00:51:24,076
to realize her capabilities
in making the decisions.
1215
00:51:24,076 --> 00:51:26,999
Just me looking in,
that's what I saw.
1216
00:51:26,999 --> 00:51:30,548
‐ Britney Spears
has made her comeback 100%.
1217
00:51:30,548 --> 00:51:32,176
‐ It's Britney, bitch.
1218
00:51:32,176 --> 00:51:34,180
‐ Go and see the concert!
It's amazing.
1219
00:51:34,180 --> 00:51:36,977
LIZ: Over the next few years,
Britney's really busy.
1220
00:51:36,977 --> 00:51:38,397
‐ And the People's Choice
1221
00:51:38,397 --> 00:51:41,320
for favorite pop artist
goes to‐‐
1222
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:44,075
‐ It's Britney Spears!
‐ Britney Spears!
1223
00:51:44,075 --> 00:51:46,705
‐ Thank you so much.
I wasn't expecting this.
1224
00:51:46,705 --> 00:51:48,083
‐ She's doing a lot.
1225
00:51:48,083 --> 00:51:52,425
BOTH: ♪ Oops, I did it again
with my heart ♪
1226
00:51:52,425 --> 00:51:54,262
‐ Ladies and gentlemen,
Britney Spears.
1227
00:51:54,262 --> 00:51:55,848
ANNOUNCER: Britney Spears'
comeback
1228
00:51:55,848 --> 00:51:57,894
is translating
to her checkbook.
1229
00:51:57,894 --> 00:51:59,272
‐ Hey, it's my show!
1230
00:51:59,272 --> 00:52:00,817
ANNOUNCER: Estimated earnings
1231
00:52:00,817 --> 00:52:02,737
over $58 million
in the past 12 months.
1232
00:52:02,737 --> 00:52:05,410
‐ I think that your performance
was incredibly special.
1233
00:52:05,410 --> 00:52:07,121
It was beautiful,
and your tone‐‐
1234
00:52:07,121 --> 00:52:08,583
I agree with Demi‐‐
1235
00:52:08,583 --> 00:52:10,753
you have such a soulful tone
for such a young age.
1236
00:52:10,753 --> 00:52:11,964
It was amazing.
1237
00:52:11,964 --> 00:52:13,426
‐ And then she does
a really big deal,
1238
00:52:13,426 --> 00:52:15,388
which is a residency
in Las Vegas.
1239
00:52:15,388 --> 00:52:17,308
[upbeat music playing]
1240
00:52:17,308 --> 00:52:19,228
♪ ♪
1241
00:52:19,228 --> 00:52:21,065
MAN: Who is it?
1242
00:52:21,065 --> 00:52:23,236
[laughter,
cheers, and applause]
1243
00:52:23,236 --> 00:52:24,948
‐ It's Britney, bitch.
1244
00:52:24,948 --> 00:52:27,954
What's up, Vegas?
1245
00:52:27,954 --> 00:52:30,167
We should bring
someone up here.
1246
00:52:30,167 --> 00:52:33,131
Can you be my Prince Charming
tonight, please?
1247
00:52:33,131 --> 00:52:35,928
Thank you.
[both scream]
1248
00:52:35,928 --> 00:52:37,974
FELICIA: I'm telling you,
when she walked on that stage,
1249
00:52:37,974 --> 00:52:40,605
she never felt judged
on the stage.
1250
00:52:40,605 --> 00:52:42,484
People ate her up.
1251
00:52:42,484 --> 00:52:44,946
They were mouthing every word
that she sang.
1252
00:52:44,946 --> 00:52:47,034
Um, most people knew
every dance move.
1253
00:52:47,034 --> 00:52:51,042
It was one of the‐‐one of
the high points in my life, um,
1254
00:52:51,042 --> 00:52:54,048
is seeing how much
she was loved.
1255
00:52:54,048 --> 00:52:57,806
ANNOUNCER: Originally raking
in around $310,000 per show,
1256
00:52:57,806 --> 00:52:59,643
they deposit close
to $1 million
1257
00:52:59,643 --> 00:53:03,651
in Brit's bank account
every week.
1258
00:53:03,651 --> 00:53:05,446
‐ Jamie Spears gets approved
by the court
1259
00:53:05,446 --> 00:53:08,327
to receive 1.5%
of the gross revenues
1260
00:53:08,327 --> 00:53:10,498
related to performances
and merchandise
1261
00:53:10,498 --> 00:53:12,335
related to the residency,
1262
00:53:12,335 --> 00:53:14,339
which was one of the most
popular Vegas shows
1263
00:53:14,339 --> 00:53:15,800
of all time.
1264
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:19,975
JOE: She's living the life
of a busy pop singer,
1265
00:53:19,975 --> 00:53:25,695
and yet we're also being told
that she's at risk constantly.
1266
00:53:25,695 --> 00:53:27,991
The business of Britney Spears
have become
1267
00:53:27,991 --> 00:53:31,205
this very guarded universe,
1268
00:53:31,205 --> 00:53:34,170
and there was, you know, a very
small inner circle of people
1269
00:53:34,170 --> 00:53:36,633
who were able to interact
with her daily,
1270
00:53:36,633 --> 00:53:38,971
you know,
because of the conservatorship.
1271
00:53:38,971 --> 00:53:40,683
DAVE: And any time
there's that amount of money
1272
00:53:40,683 --> 00:53:43,188
to be made,
you have to question
1273
00:53:43,188 --> 00:53:46,528
the motives of everyone
close to that person,
1274
00:53:46,528 --> 00:53:50,202
especially if they are
putting her in a position
1275
00:53:50,202 --> 00:53:52,624
where she cannot
make decisions
1276
00:53:52,624 --> 00:53:54,293
without checking
with somebody.
1277
00:53:54,293 --> 00:53:55,963
‐ Choose your own destiny.
1278
00:53:55,963 --> 00:53:57,717
JOE: I've never interviewed
Britney Spears.
1279
00:53:57,717 --> 00:53:59,554
I would go so far
as to say anyone
1280
00:53:59,554 --> 00:54:01,391
who has interviewed
Britney Spears,
1281
00:54:01,391 --> 00:54:03,854
at least in the last five,
ten years,
1282
00:54:03,854 --> 00:54:07,445
did so under very careful
watch from her handlers.
1283
00:54:14,041 --> 00:54:15,545
‐ Baby, what are you gonna be
when you grow up?
1284
00:54:15,545 --> 00:54:19,886
‐ I'm gonna be the president
of the dog states, yeah.
1285
00:54:19,886 --> 00:54:22,559
‐ This is my impression
of a Woody Woodpecker.
1286
00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:24,228
[breathy exhale]
1287
00:54:24,228 --> 00:54:27,234
[laughs as Woody Woodpecker]
1288
00:54:27,234 --> 00:54:28,737
[laughter]
1289
00:54:28,737 --> 00:54:30,366
[squeals]
1290
00:54:30,366 --> 00:54:31,743
LIZ: With the rise
of Instagram,
1291
00:54:31,743 --> 00:54:32,996
it's no longer the tabloids
1292
00:54:32,996 --> 00:54:34,916
who choose how
the world sees Britney.
1293
00:54:34,916 --> 00:54:38,882
ALL: ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
1294
00:54:38,882 --> 00:54:40,595
BRITNEY: ♪ And many more,
your pants are torn ♪
1295
00:54:40,595 --> 00:54:44,018
♪ They're down your back,
get up off the floor ♪
1296
00:54:45,605 --> 00:54:47,274
LIZ: Britney can show us
parts of her life
1297
00:54:47,274 --> 00:54:48,736
that she wants us to see.
1298
00:54:48,736 --> 00:54:51,700
‐ 360 in my room
all day long!
1299
00:54:51,700 --> 00:54:53,412
Ahh!
1300
00:54:54,664 --> 00:54:57,920
LIZ: But the conservatorship
is never really mentioned,
1301
00:54:57,920 --> 00:54:59,758
which makes some people wonder
if she's sending
1302
00:54:59,758 --> 00:55:02,095
coded messages
through her posts.
1303
00:55:03,056 --> 00:55:07,064
[pensive music]
1304
00:55:07,064 --> 00:55:08,817
‐ Britney's Instagram was
just something
1305
00:55:08,817 --> 00:55:10,446
that was
really fascinating to us.
1306
00:55:10,446 --> 00:55:11,948
You know, we would
share her posts
1307
00:55:11,948 --> 00:55:14,161
and just kind of wonder
what they were all about.
1308
00:55:14,161 --> 00:55:16,333
‐ And Babs was like,
1309
00:55:16,333 --> 00:55:18,337
"What if we did a podcast
where all we did
1310
00:55:18,337 --> 00:55:20,800
was over‐dissect
Britney's Instagram?"
1311
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,262
BABS: Hello, everyone, and
welcome to "Britney's Gram."
1312
00:55:23,262 --> 00:55:25,434
BOTH: The happiest place
on the Internet.
1313
00:55:25,434 --> 00:55:27,480
BABS: I am Babs Gray.
TESS: And I'm Tess Barker.
1314
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:29,149
BABS: That's kind of
where we started noticing
1315
00:55:29,149 --> 00:55:31,278
more and more
these very cryptic things
1316
00:55:31,278 --> 00:55:34,452
she would post,
like a hole cut out in a wall,
1317
00:55:34,452 --> 00:55:37,792
and the caption is,
"There's always a way out,"
1318
00:55:37,792 --> 00:55:39,629
and it was just like,
God, like, what is this?
1319
00:55:39,629 --> 00:55:41,090
It almost seems kinda dark.
1320
00:55:41,090 --> 00:55:43,929
‐ Um, I'm a Sagittarius.
I'm very keen on freedom.
1321
00:55:43,929 --> 00:55:45,808
I love freedom.
I love independence.
1322
00:55:45,808 --> 00:55:49,441
‐ If you think that Britney
is calling out for help...
1323
00:55:53,574 --> 00:55:55,953
You'll find a reason
in those videos
1324
00:55:55,953 --> 00:55:58,082
that's proof that
she's calling out for help.
1325
00:55:58,082 --> 00:56:00,295
‐ My favorite Disney movie
is probably "Frozen"
1326
00:56:00,295 --> 00:56:03,176
just because I really like
the fact that the two sisters,
1327
00:56:03,176 --> 00:56:04,512
um, their relationship,
1328
00:56:04,512 --> 00:56:05,973
and then one goes off
and lives in a castle
1329
00:56:05,973 --> 00:56:07,977
just because
she can't deal anymore.
1330
00:56:07,977 --> 00:56:09,731
DAVE:
Everyone's interpretation
1331
00:56:09,731 --> 00:56:11,318
of what Britney
is putting forth
1332
00:56:11,318 --> 00:56:12,570
is something
that they are bringing
1333
00:56:12,570 --> 00:56:15,116
to those Instagram videos.
1334
00:56:15,116 --> 00:56:19,501
It's impossible to know her
so we never knew her.
1335
00:56:19,501 --> 00:56:21,338
We know her even less now.
1336
00:56:21,338 --> 00:56:24,051
She is‐‐she is
kind of unknowable.
1337
00:56:27,015 --> 00:56:29,521
TESS: This is episode 50.
BABS: Oh, my God.
1338
00:56:29,521 --> 00:56:31,900
Naturally, since it was
a Britney Spears podcast,
1339
00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:34,154
we would look at any news
involving her,
1340
00:56:34,154 --> 00:56:37,077
and we saw that her
co‐conservator, Andrew Wallet,
1341
00:56:37,077 --> 00:56:40,835
was petitioning
for a raise from the court.
1342
00:56:40,835 --> 00:56:42,630
This is what it read.
1343
00:56:44,299 --> 00:56:45,928
"Conservatee's
business activities
1344
00:56:45,928 --> 00:56:49,309
"have greatly accelerated
due to her increased wellbeing
1345
00:56:49,309 --> 00:56:51,146
"and her capacity
to be more engaged
1346
00:56:51,146 --> 00:56:53,234
"in furthering
her career activities.
1347
00:56:53,234 --> 00:56:55,698
"The next several years
promise to be very lucrative
1348
00:56:55,698 --> 00:56:57,535
"for the conservatorship
estate.
1349
00:56:57,535 --> 00:56:59,288
"This conservatorship
should be viewed more
1350
00:56:59,288 --> 00:57:01,501
as a hybrid business model,"
1351
00:57:01,501 --> 00:57:04,047
which I think is probably
the first time
1352
00:57:04,047 --> 00:57:06,636
that's ever been said
about a conservatorship.
1353
00:57:06,636 --> 00:57:08,139
‐ And‐‐and that
the conservatorship,
1354
00:57:08,139 --> 00:57:10,978
which really is put in place
to take care of people‐‐
1355
00:57:10,978 --> 00:57:12,398
BABS: Naturally shouldn't
be a business
1356
00:57:12,398 --> 00:57:14,402
that is making exorbitant
amounts of money
1357
00:57:14,402 --> 00:57:16,740
from someone who is
so fit to work.
1358
00:57:16,740 --> 00:57:17,909
[dramatic musical sting]
1359
00:57:17,909 --> 00:57:19,370
KALEN: Hello, world.
1360
00:57:19,370 --> 00:57:22,042
We are live in Las Vegas
1361
00:57:22,042 --> 00:57:25,549
for an announcement that is
about to shake the table.
1362
00:57:25,549 --> 00:57:27,595
Y'all excited?
[all cheer]
1363
00:57:27,595 --> 00:57:29,474
DAVE:
So she was gonna announce
1364
00:57:29,474 --> 00:57:31,436
the Domination residency,
1365
00:57:31,436 --> 00:57:33,147
a brand‐new theater
on a brand‐new stage.
1366
00:57:33,147 --> 00:57:35,109
It was gonna be, like,
a year long, maybe more.
1367
00:57:35,109 --> 00:57:37,197
KALEN: She's coming.
It's about to happen.
1368
00:57:37,197 --> 00:57:38,742
‐ She was gonna, like,
do a performance
1369
00:57:38,742 --> 00:57:41,205
and then go down
and do an interview.
1370
00:57:41,205 --> 00:57:43,543
It's live streaming.
It's up on YouTube.
1371
00:57:43,543 --> 00:57:45,381
KALEN: I wish I knew
some of that Britney choreo,
1372
00:57:45,381 --> 00:57:47,718
but she‐‐she a lot
better dancer than me.
1373
00:57:47,718 --> 00:57:50,264
DAVE: Then it's like,
the lights go down.
1374
00:57:50,264 --> 00:57:51,726
MARIO: All right, everyone.
1375
00:57:51,726 --> 00:57:55,776
We are here to welcome
the new queen of Vegas.
1376
00:57:55,776 --> 00:57:58,782
["Till the World Ends" playing]
1377
00:57:58,782 --> 00:58:02,748
♪ ♪
1378
00:58:02,748 --> 00:58:05,421
Ladies and gentlemen,
Britney Spears!
1379
00:58:05,421 --> 00:58:06,798
[crowd cheering]
1380
00:58:06,798 --> 00:58:09,721
DAVE: And she walks down
1381
00:58:09,721 --> 00:58:11,223
and then passes the stage
1382
00:58:11,223 --> 00:58:12,893
where the performance
is gonna be,
1383
00:58:12,893 --> 00:58:16,025
keeps walking, keeps walking.
1384
00:58:16,025 --> 00:58:17,361
TESS: Doesn't say anything
on stage,
1385
00:58:17,361 --> 00:58:19,114
doesn't give any interviews
with reporters,
1386
00:58:19,114 --> 00:58:22,287
does not announce the residency
that she's there to announce.
1387
00:58:22,287 --> 00:58:23,623
DAVE: And it's like,
"Here she is.
1388
00:58:23,623 --> 00:58:27,130
Oh, there she goes.
Oh, she's not gonna‐‐and‐‐
1389
00:58:27,130 --> 00:58:28,633
and there
she goes in her limousine."
1390
00:58:28,633 --> 00:58:30,136
REPORTER: That's it?
This‐‐we've been waiting
1391
00:58:30,136 --> 00:58:32,015
for this live stream.
She just walked right by?
1392
00:58:32,015 --> 00:58:33,518
REPORTER:
And she's just walking by.
1393
00:58:43,497 --> 00:58:44,957
LIZ:
I think up until this point
1394
00:58:44,957 --> 00:58:47,338
Britney had seemed
like a good little soldier
1395
00:58:47,338 --> 00:58:49,759
where she was happy
to go out and perform,
1396
00:58:49,759 --> 00:58:52,097
but the abrupt cancelation
of the second Vegas show
1397
00:58:52,097 --> 00:58:53,600
felt like the beginning
1398
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:55,687
of the end
of the fairy tale gloss
1399
00:58:55,687 --> 00:58:57,483
over the conservatorship.
1400
00:58:59,194 --> 00:59:01,240
BABS: And then nothing,
disappears.
1401
00:59:01,240 --> 00:59:03,244
No‐‐no sign of her
on Instagram.
1402
00:59:03,244 --> 00:59:04,831
We're just like,
"Where the fuck is Britney?"
1403
00:59:04,831 --> 00:59:07,419
Welcome to "Britney's Gram."
1404
00:59:07,419 --> 00:59:09,674
BOTH: The happiest place
on the Internet!
1405
00:59:09,674 --> 00:59:11,093
BABS: Currently
when we're recording this
1406
00:59:11,093 --> 00:59:13,348
day 17
of the Britney shutdown.
1407
00:59:13,348 --> 00:59:15,184
TESS: I'm still not at peace.
I'm anxious.
1408
00:59:15,184 --> 00:59:18,232
BABS: No! There's a‐‐
And then, out of nowhere,
1409
00:59:18,232 --> 00:59:20,194
Andrew Wallet quits.
1410
00:59:20,194 --> 00:59:22,825
This guy just asked
for a raise‐‐why would he‐‐
1411
00:59:22,825 --> 00:59:24,495
‐ And had been the conservator
since the onset
1412
00:59:24,495 --> 00:59:26,039
of the conservatorship.
‐ Like, what?
1413
00:59:26,039 --> 00:59:27,751
Something is going on
behind the scenes here.
1414
00:59:35,266 --> 00:59:38,398
[tense music]
1415
00:59:38,398 --> 00:59:42,656
♪ ♪
1416
00:59:42,656 --> 00:59:44,368
BABS: Finally the Instagram,
1417
00:59:44,368 --> 00:59:46,915
which had been dark,
there's a meme.
1418
00:59:48,543 --> 00:59:50,046
The caption says,
1419
00:59:50,046 --> 00:59:52,843
"We all need to take time
for a little 'me time,'"
1420
00:59:52,843 --> 00:59:56,893
and there was a smiley face,
an emoticon, not an emoji,
1421
00:59:56,893 --> 00:59:58,062
which we noted
because we're like,
1422
00:59:58,062 --> 01:00:00,066
"Britney always uses emoji."
1423
01:00:00,066 --> 01:00:01,986
And it just seemed off
immediately,
1424
01:00:01,986 --> 01:00:05,076
and the news breaks that‐‐
1425
01:00:05,076 --> 01:00:06,579
REPORTER:
TMZ is reporting that Spears
1426
01:00:06,579 --> 01:00:07,915
voluntarily checked herself
1427
01:00:07,915 --> 01:00:10,379
into a residential
mental health facility
1428
01:00:10,379 --> 01:00:11,798
about a week ago.
1429
01:00:11,798 --> 01:00:13,593
‐ We talked about all our
suspicions with whether or not
1430
01:00:13,593 --> 01:00:16,265
she had actually elected to
go on into the facility herself
1431
01:00:16,265 --> 01:00:18,060
and whether she'd been there
for a lot longer.
1432
01:00:18,060 --> 01:00:21,149
‐ And the next day
we get a voicemail.
1433
01:00:21,149 --> 01:00:22,444
PERSON: Hi, there.
1434
01:00:22,444 --> 01:00:26,703
Um, I cannot disclose
who I am.
1435
01:00:29,542 --> 01:00:32,756
I used to be a paralegal
for an attorney
1436
01:00:32,756 --> 01:00:34,593
that worked with
Britney's conservatorship.
1437
01:00:34,593 --> 01:00:35,971
I am no longer with them.
1438
01:00:35,971 --> 01:00:37,265
‐ It just brought to light
1439
01:00:37,265 --> 01:00:38,727
a lot of the things
that we had suspected.
1440
01:00:38,727 --> 01:00:41,983
PERSON: Britney has been
in the mental facility
1441
01:00:41,983 --> 01:00:43,445
since mid‐January.
1442
01:00:43,445 --> 01:00:44,947
Of course,
I‐I'm just a paralegal.
1443
01:00:44,947 --> 01:00:46,617
I haven't had
any contact with her,
1444
01:00:46,617 --> 01:00:48,747
but, um,
from what I understand,
1445
01:00:48,747 --> 01:00:53,297
this was, uh...
not a decision she made.
1446
01:00:53,297 --> 01:00:56,136
‐ We felt that this information
should probably be shared.
1447
01:00:56,136 --> 01:00:57,473
We don't know
what the next step is
1448
01:00:57,473 --> 01:00:58,725
as far as getting her out.
1449
01:00:58,725 --> 01:01:00,144
That's what we have
to figure out.
1450
01:01:00,144 --> 01:01:01,939
You know, she's been put away.
1451
01:01:01,939 --> 01:01:03,318
Let's get her out.
Free Britney.
1452
01:01:03,318 --> 01:01:04,487
TESS: Free Britney.
We love you, Britney.
1453
01:01:04,487 --> 01:01:06,281
BABS: Bye.
TESS: Bye.
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01:01:17,095 --> 01:01:18,723
‐ A popular Britney fan podcast
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01:01:18,723 --> 01:01:21,103
aired a special emergency
episode after receiving...
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01:01:21,103 --> 01:01:23,691
‐ So we released the podcast
on a Monday night,
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01:01:23,691 --> 01:01:25,612
and by Tuesday morning
it was everywhere.
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NEWS ANCHOR:
Social media is erupting
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in Britney Spears hysteria.
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01:01:30,162 --> 01:01:31,499
‐ I love that shirt.
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01:01:31,499 --> 01:01:34,045
Eve's got that shirt, uh!
[cheers and applause]
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JUNIOR: I still remember
the exact moment
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01:01:35,882 --> 01:01:37,511
the voicemail dropped
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01:01:37,511 --> 01:01:41,394
and the feeling I had of,
"Oh, my God, it makes sense."
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It clicked.
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01:01:43,982 --> 01:01:45,735
I knew then
it was time to jump.
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We gathered a few fans.
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01:01:47,196 --> 01:01:50,328
It wasn't much, maybe 10, 15.
Pick a spot.
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01:01:50,328 --> 01:01:52,458
What do we want?
ALL: Free Britney!
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01:01:52,458 --> 01:01:53,626
JUNIOR: When do we want it?
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01:01:53,626 --> 01:01:55,171
ALL: Now!
JUNIOR: I was nervous.
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Are people gonna think
we're crazy?
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01:01:57,008 --> 01:01:58,845
Are they gonna
take us seriously?
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01:01:58,845 --> 01:02:01,350
Are we gonna look like a joke?
[cars honking]
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But my heart said,
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01:02:04,105 --> 01:02:05,984
"No matter what,
you're taking your butt there,
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01:02:05,984 --> 01:02:08,280
and you're gonna help her just
the way she has helped you."
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01:02:08,280 --> 01:02:12,038
ALL: End conservatorship abuse.
End conservatorship abuse.
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‐ We think that, you know,
the conservatorship
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she's been under seems unjust.
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‐ You know, it was effective
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01:02:18,175 --> 01:02:20,012
because we brought attention
to the media.
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01:02:20,012 --> 01:02:22,559
‐ A #FreeBritney movement
is behind me.
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01:02:22,559 --> 01:02:23,728
PERSON: Dear Britney.
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01:02:23,728 --> 01:02:25,189
‐ Dear Britney.
‐ Dear Britney.
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01:02:25,189 --> 01:02:26,526
‐ We grew, and we grew,
and we grew, and we grew.
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‐ I support you.
I stand by you.
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‐ Britney Spears
needs our help.
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‐ Why is it so hard
to get out of?
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01:02:30,992 --> 01:02:31,994
Why is she still in it?
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01:02:31,994 --> 01:02:33,414
‐ This is Rose McGowan
saying
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01:02:33,414 --> 01:02:34,708
free Britney.
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01:02:34,708 --> 01:02:37,714
‐ Free Britney!
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01:02:37,714 --> 01:02:39,927
[person squeals, crowd cheers]
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LIZ: The Free Britney movement
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01:02:42,432 --> 01:02:44,853
runs from the innocuous
to the extreme.
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01:02:44,853 --> 01:02:46,440
REPORTER: Britney Spears'
father, Jamie,
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01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:49,028
speaking out against
the viral campaign.
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01:02:49,028 --> 01:02:51,701
‐ Jamie tells "Page Six"
that the movement is a joke.
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01:02:51,701 --> 01:02:53,371
REPORTER: "All
these conspiracy theorists
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01:02:53,371 --> 01:02:54,748
"don't know anything.
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01:02:54,748 --> 01:02:56,419
"It's up to the court
of California
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01:02:56,419 --> 01:02:59,090
to decide what's best
for my daughter."
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01:02:59,090 --> 01:03:00,427
LEANNE: Yeah, you hear enough
of that,
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01:03:00,427 --> 01:03:01,887
and you do start to question.
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01:03:01,887 --> 01:03:03,433
Like, I don't‐‐
maybe I'm delusional.
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01:03:03,433 --> 01:03:04,810
Maybe I don't know.
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01:03:04,810 --> 01:03:07,441
I should just listen
to the people who "know" her.
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But then when you‐‐you start
to connect the dots
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01:03:09,778 --> 01:03:11,072
and you start to talk
to other people
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01:03:11,072 --> 01:03:12,826
who have the exact
same thoughts,
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01:03:12,826 --> 01:03:14,371
that this isn't right.
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01:03:14,371 --> 01:03:17,084
INTERVIEWER: You ever question,
like, what if you're wrong?
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‐ If I'm wrong and one day
Britney does come out
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01:03:19,213 --> 01:03:20,717
and tells us that we're wrong
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01:03:20,717 --> 01:03:23,348
and leave her alone,
we will do just that.
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01:03:25,644 --> 01:03:27,229
JOE: At this point,
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01:03:27,229 --> 01:03:28,941
things in
the conservatorship world
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01:03:28,941 --> 01:03:30,277
start to change,
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01:03:30,277 --> 01:03:32,239
and you start to hear
these tabloid reports
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01:03:32,239 --> 01:03:34,453
that Britney and her father
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01:03:34,453 --> 01:03:36,749
are no longer on good terms
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01:03:36,749 --> 01:03:39,505
and that at a certain point
Kevin Federline
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01:03:39,505 --> 01:03:43,011
takes out a restraining order
against Jamie Spears,
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01:03:43,011 --> 01:03:45,975
claiming that he had
a physical altercation
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01:03:45,975 --> 01:03:48,815
with one of
Britney's young sons.
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Then you start to have
all these machinations
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behind the scenes
that seem to change
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01:04:01,882 --> 01:04:04,555
not only the shape
of what the conservatorship is
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01:04:04,555 --> 01:04:07,226
but the dynamics
within the family
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01:04:07,226 --> 01:04:09,565
and within the business
of Britney Spears.
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‐ In the wake of her recent
health troubles,
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Spears' mom is now requesting
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to be involved
in her medical decisions.
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NEWS ANCHOR: Her mother,
telling the court
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she just wants to have a voice
in her daughter's life.
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01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,014
‐ Like, what does
"Free Britney" mean
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01:04:26,014 --> 01:04:27,183
from your understanding?
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01:04:27,183 --> 01:04:29,312
‐ That I don't quite know,
like,
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01:04:29,312 --> 01:04:32,067
what their‐‐what
their meaning is, you know?
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01:04:32,067 --> 01:04:34,490
I don't know, maybe she's
being confined or something
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01:04:34,490 --> 01:04:36,827
or held against her will
in some capacity.
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01:04:36,827 --> 01:04:38,790
‐ Do‐‐have you ever seen
anything
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01:04:38,790 --> 01:04:40,125
that led you to be concerned
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01:04:40,125 --> 01:04:42,213
that your sister was being held
against her will?
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01:04:43,841 --> 01:04:46,388
‐ Uh, every day.
The‐‐no, I'm joking.
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01:04:46,388 --> 01:04:48,643
I mean, like,
wo‐‐the women in this family
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01:04:48,643 --> 01:04:52,233
are very, very strong‐minded
and have their own opinion,
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01:04:52,233 --> 01:04:54,070
and they wanna do
what they wanna do,
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01:04:54,070 --> 01:04:57,076
and as much as I admire
that as a guy, being,
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01:04:57,076 --> 01:05:00,290
like, one of two guys
in this entire family,
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01:05:00,290 --> 01:05:01,710
it kinda sucks, man.
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01:05:01,710 --> 01:05:03,046
‐ They're strong‐minded.
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01:05:03,046 --> 01:05:05,468
They want to do
what they want to do.
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01:05:05,468 --> 01:05:07,806
Kinda constitutional, you know?
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01:05:07,806 --> 01:05:10,812
‐ I mean, yeah, and they have
a right to do that, you know?
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01:05:15,321 --> 01:05:16,782
I mean, she's been
in this thing
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01:05:16,782 --> 01:05:18,452
for quite some time now.
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01:05:18,452 --> 01:05:20,874
Obviously there was a need
for it in the beginning,
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01:05:20,874 --> 01:05:23,044
and now they‐‐you know,
they've made some changes,
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01:05:23,044 --> 01:05:25,800
and, you know, all we can do
is kinda hope for the best.
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01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:27,177
‐ Right, you had to have
asked her about it.
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01:05:27,177 --> 01:05:29,975
‐ I mean‐‐I mean, she's always
wanted to get out of it.
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01:05:29,975 --> 01:05:34,025
What level of that
is the reality, who knows?
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CROWD: The conservatorship
has got to go.
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01:05:43,753 --> 01:05:46,257
Hey, hey, ho, ho,
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01:05:46,257 --> 01:05:47,802
the conservatorship
has got to go.
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01:05:47,802 --> 01:05:49,096
Hey, hey.
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01:05:49,096 --> 01:05:50,223
LIZ: Britney's case, I think,
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01:05:50,223 --> 01:05:52,102
has brought a lot of scrutiny
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01:05:52,102 --> 01:05:54,273
to the conservatorship system
in general.
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01:05:54,273 --> 01:05:55,944
ALL:
End conservatorship of youth.
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01:05:55,944 --> 01:05:58,239
LIZ: Flaws in Britney's case
could reveal flaws
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01:05:58,239 --> 01:06:00,578
in the bigger
conservatorship system.
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01:06:00,578 --> 01:06:02,081
‐ Free Britney!
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01:06:02,081 --> 01:06:05,253
‐ And it's now, very recently,
in August 2020 that, like,
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01:06:05,253 --> 01:06:07,759
for the first time
ever in the entire 12 years
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01:06:07,759 --> 01:06:10,180
the conservatorship
has been in effect,
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01:06:10,180 --> 01:06:11,850
Britney appears to be
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publicly signaling
that she wants changes.
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01:06:14,773 --> 01:06:18,447
‐ Britney, with the help
of her lawyer, Sam Ingham,
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01:06:18,447 --> 01:06:22,622
indicates
that she would like a bank
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01:06:22,622 --> 01:06:26,588
to become the overseer
of her estate.
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01:06:26,588 --> 01:06:28,216
The other thing that I think
we're seeing
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01:06:28,216 --> 01:06:29,428
for the first time
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01:06:29,428 --> 01:06:31,640
is that
she's sort of acknowledging
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01:06:31,640 --> 01:06:35,690
the outside phenomenon
of Britney Spears fans
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01:06:35,690 --> 01:06:37,485
coming out against
the conservatorship.
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01:06:37,485 --> 01:06:39,322
"At this point in her life,
Britney welcomes
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01:06:39,322 --> 01:06:42,328
"and appreciates the informed
support of her many fans.
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01:06:42,328 --> 01:06:45,083
"Britney herself is vehemently
opposed to this effort
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01:06:45,083 --> 01:06:47,254
"by her father
to keep her legal struggle
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01:06:47,254 --> 01:06:50,970
"hidden away in the closet
as a family secret.
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01:06:50,970 --> 01:06:54,101
"In this case, it is not
an exaggeration to say
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01:06:54,101 --> 01:06:56,940
that the whole world
is watching."
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01:06:56,940 --> 01:06:59,488
This is a huge pivot.
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01:06:59,488 --> 01:07:03,662
‐ The document in which Britney
basically supports the movement
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01:07:03,662 --> 01:07:07,420
and says that she‐‐
appreciative of our support,
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01:07:07,420 --> 01:07:09,966
our "informed support,"
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01:07:09,966 --> 01:07:11,595
'cause we've done
our research.
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01:07:11,595 --> 01:07:14,016
And in the document,
it mentioned
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01:07:14,016 --> 01:07:16,605
that they‐‐they thought
it could be a battle,
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01:07:16,605 --> 01:07:20,947
a struggle to remove Jamie
as conservator of her estate
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01:07:20,947 --> 01:07:25,748
and that that's kind of
what it's shaping up to be.
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01:07:28,337 --> 01:07:30,508
PARIS: I love her so much,
and I just‐‐
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01:07:30,508 --> 01:07:31,844
I feel that
if you're an adult,
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01:07:31,844 --> 01:07:34,181
you should be able
to live your life
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01:07:34,181 --> 01:07:36,478
and not be controlled,
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01:07:36,478 --> 01:07:37,981
and I think maybe that stems
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01:07:37,981 --> 01:07:39,316
from me being
controlled so much,
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01:07:39,316 --> 01:07:41,989
so I can understand
how that would feel.
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01:07:41,989 --> 01:07:43,367
PERSON: Let me point out
to you
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01:07:43,367 --> 01:07:45,538
a few things
about Jamie Spears, her dad.
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01:07:45,538 --> 01:07:47,249
His attitude from his attorney
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01:07:47,249 --> 01:07:50,088
is that this is in place
for a reason,
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01:07:50,088 --> 01:07:51,717
but she does have freedom.
1617
01:07:51,717 --> 01:07:53,387
She travels.
She does stuff.
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01:07:53,387 --> 01:07:56,225
It's not like
she's under lock and key.
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01:07:56,225 --> 01:07:57,562
ACTIVIST: When do we want it?
ALL: Now!
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01:07:57,562 --> 01:07:59,441
ACTIVIST: What do we want?
ALL: Free Britney!
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01:07:59,441 --> 01:08:01,862
‐ When do we want it?
ALL: Now!
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01:08:01,862 --> 01:08:04,074
LIZ: So on November 10th,
there's a court hearing,
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01:08:04,074 --> 01:08:06,371
and attorneys for Britney,
for Jamie,
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01:08:06,371 --> 01:08:08,834
and for Lynne are all present,
and it's pretty rare
1625
01:08:08,834 --> 01:08:11,047
in that the public
is allowed to be there as well.
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01:08:11,047 --> 01:08:12,717
LEANNE: There's such
a limited amount‐‐you know,
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01:08:12,717 --> 01:08:14,721
number of participants
that can join.
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01:08:14,721 --> 01:08:17,393
We will send in a couple people
to listen in,
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01:08:17,393 --> 01:08:19,230
and I will update.
I have a Google Doc,
1630
01:08:19,230 --> 01:08:20,983
and I'm taking, like,
feverish notes.
1631
01:08:20,983 --> 01:08:23,697
‐ Leanne and Megan are sharing
a Google note document.
1632
01:08:23,697 --> 01:08:25,326
‐ Oh, okay.
‐ So Leanne is taking notes,
1633
01:08:25,326 --> 01:08:26,578
and then Megan's reading,
1634
01:08:26,578 --> 01:08:28,206
the notes
off the Google document,
1635
01:08:28,206 --> 01:08:31,087
so that's how we're finding out
the information.
1636
01:08:31,087 --> 01:08:32,590
MEGAN: Hey, guys, it's Megan.
1637
01:08:32,590 --> 01:08:34,260
The judge has not made
any decisions yet,
1638
01:08:34,260 --> 01:08:35,846
but we did wanna
give you a quick update.
1639
01:08:35,846 --> 01:08:37,266
LIZ: For the first time
we're starting
1640
01:08:37,266 --> 01:08:39,228
to see Britney's lawyer
raise objections
1641
01:08:39,228 --> 01:08:42,067
to Jamie's management
of Britney's estate.
1642
01:08:42,067 --> 01:08:43,487
‐ James' attorneys were arguing
1643
01:08:43,487 --> 01:08:45,366
that there's not really
a conflict
1644
01:08:45,366 --> 01:08:47,286
between Britney and James,
1645
01:08:47,286 --> 01:08:51,085
but then Ingham came on
and said that that's not true
1646
01:08:51,085 --> 01:08:52,755
and that Britney
is afraid of her father
1647
01:08:52,755 --> 01:08:54,968
and that Britney has told him
on multiple occasions
1648
01:08:54,968 --> 01:08:56,430
that she is refusing to work
1649
01:08:56,430 --> 01:08:59,436
until he is no longer
managing her career.
1650
01:08:59,436 --> 01:09:02,065
[pensive music]
1651
01:09:02,065 --> 01:09:04,069
ACTIVIST: Oh.
MEGAN: Lynne came in.
1652
01:09:04,069 --> 01:09:05,614
Lynne's lawyers came in.
1653
01:09:05,614 --> 01:09:08,286
She wants no ill will,
told Jamie that, said,
1654
01:09:08,286 --> 01:09:11,626
"Lynne wants new sole
conservator of the estate.
1655
01:09:11,626 --> 01:09:13,254
"It is no secret
that the relationship
1656
01:09:13,254 --> 01:09:15,968
between Britney and James
has been contentious."
1657
01:09:15,968 --> 01:09:17,764
‐ Okay.
‐ "We are here for Britney.
1658
01:09:17,764 --> 01:09:20,101
"Lynne wants her daughter
to wake up tomorrow
1659
01:09:20,101 --> 01:09:21,646
and see brighter days."
1660
01:09:21,646 --> 01:09:24,068
ACTIVIST:
Fight for your daughter.
1661
01:09:24,068 --> 01:09:25,654
LIZ: Some people would argue
1662
01:09:25,654 --> 01:09:27,784
that there's a conflict
of interest at times
1663
01:09:27,784 --> 01:09:31,248
in the conservatorship system
because in Britney's case,
1664
01:09:31,248 --> 01:09:35,048
she is paying for almost
everyone on all sides,
1665
01:09:35,048 --> 01:09:38,096
so she's paying for not
only her own lawyer.
1666
01:09:38,096 --> 01:09:40,141
She's paying for
her conservators,
1667
01:09:40,141 --> 01:09:42,772
and she's paying
for her conservators' lawyers,
1668
01:09:42,772 --> 01:09:46,321
so do they always have
her best interest at heart?
1669
01:09:46,321 --> 01:09:48,659
‐ Judge is speaking.
‐ Judge is speaking.
1670
01:09:48,659 --> 01:09:50,538
‐ This is just in
from the judge.
1671
01:09:50,538 --> 01:09:53,502
She says, "I am not going
to be making an order
1672
01:09:53,502 --> 01:09:56,842
to dis‐‐to suspend
Mr. Spears today."
1673
01:09:56,842 --> 01:09:58,637
ACTIVIST: They're not gonna
suspend Jamie.
1674
01:09:58,637 --> 01:10:00,891
MEGAN: Today.
ACTIVIST: Today.
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01:10:00,891 --> 01:10:03,312
NEWS REPORTER: The singer lost
her latest court attempt
1676
01:10:03,312 --> 01:10:06,820
to strip her father of the
court‐appointed title he has.
1677
01:10:06,820 --> 01:10:08,824
NEWS REPORTER: The judge
ultimately declining to remove
1678
01:10:08,824 --> 01:10:11,413
Jamie Spears
as conservator at this time,
1679
01:10:11,413 --> 01:10:14,126
but Britney's choice of wealth
manager, Bessemer Trust,
1680
01:10:14,126 --> 01:10:15,963
was named
as the co‐conservator
1681
01:10:15,963 --> 01:10:18,343
of her $60 million estate,
1682
01:10:18,343 --> 01:10:20,514
a small victory
for Britney Spears.
1683
01:10:20,514 --> 01:10:22,435
ALL: Free her! Free her!
Free her!
1684
01:10:22,435 --> 01:10:23,854
INTERVIEWER:
What does that mean?
1685
01:10:23,854 --> 01:10:25,858
LIZ: It means that
he has not stepped down.
1686
01:10:25,858 --> 01:10:28,614
Instead of stepping down,
Jamie has said,
1687
01:10:28,614 --> 01:10:29,949
"No, I've done a good job.
1688
01:10:29,949 --> 01:10:32,204
"I love my daughter a lot,
and actually,
1689
01:10:32,204 --> 01:10:34,709
it would harm Britney
if I were to step down."
1690
01:10:34,709 --> 01:10:37,965
The judge allowed Britney
to add on this bank
1691
01:10:37,965 --> 01:10:40,220
to be her co‐conservator
of her estate,
1692
01:10:40,220 --> 01:10:44,102
but the judge also ruled not
to remove Jamie at this point.
1693
01:10:44,102 --> 01:10:47,067
The judge left the door open
as to potentially remove
1694
01:10:47,067 --> 01:10:48,612
Jamie further down the road,
1695
01:10:48,612 --> 01:10:51,158
but at this point he's still
in charge of her money.
1696
01:10:58,256 --> 01:10:59,717
ADAM: What's really
interesting is that
1697
01:10:59,717 --> 01:11:01,888
Sam Ingham, the other day,
in court said,
1698
01:11:01,888 --> 01:11:04,394
"Britney's a high‐functioning
conservatee."
1699
01:11:04,394 --> 01:11:06,690
I don't even know
what that means, right?
1700
01:11:06,690 --> 01:11:09,362
If she's functioning enough
to say, "Hey, I don't want
1701
01:11:09,362 --> 01:11:11,031
"my father to be conservator.
1702
01:11:11,031 --> 01:11:14,414
I'm not gonna perform
if he is the conservator..."
1703
01:11:15,749 --> 01:11:18,212
Maybe she doesn't need
a conservatorship.
1704
01:11:18,212 --> 01:11:20,258
But the problem is, we don't
know what we don't know.
1705
01:11:22,930 --> 01:11:24,934
FELICIA: Okay, this is one of
my very favorite pictures.
1706
01:11:24,934 --> 01:11:27,565
It is one of the very
first pictures that we took
1707
01:11:27,565 --> 01:11:29,109
when we were in New York City,
1708
01:11:29,109 --> 01:11:32,867
and we wanted to have, um,
Times Square behind us.
1709
01:11:32,867 --> 01:11:36,040
First time in Times Square.
Oh.
1710
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:38,503
‐ The image of Britney
that we were sold
1711
01:11:38,503 --> 01:11:40,382
when she first hit
the scene was this,
1712
01:11:40,382 --> 01:11:42,929
you know, perfect
all‐American girl next door,
1713
01:11:42,929 --> 01:11:47,605
but a lot of fans are,
you know, not that.
1714
01:11:47,605 --> 01:11:50,611
They were people like myself
who felt like
1715
01:11:50,611 --> 01:11:52,949
they didn't fit in,
and I think there was
1716
01:11:52,949 --> 01:11:56,331
some wanting to aspire
to that image.
1717
01:11:56,331 --> 01:11:59,963
‐ See, this is my first tour
on my very own.
1718
01:11:59,963 --> 01:12:04,430
KEVIN: We know now that
Britney wasn't perfect.
1719
01:12:04,430 --> 01:12:07,185
‐ Are you ready to party?
[cheers and applause]
1720
01:12:07,185 --> 01:12:08,981
KEVIN: Britney had to navigate
1721
01:12:08,981 --> 01:12:11,444
being told who she could be
and what she could do.
1722
01:12:11,444 --> 01:12:13,114
‐ Gonna wear what I wanna wear,
you know?
1723
01:12:13,114 --> 01:12:14,951
You can't concern yourself
with everyone.
1724
01:12:14,951 --> 01:12:16,454
Otherwise you'll go crazy.
1725
01:12:16,454 --> 01:12:21,548
‐ I think that that story
of control and identity
1726
01:12:21,548 --> 01:12:23,635
really resonates.
1727
01:12:23,635 --> 01:12:26,766
FELICIA: This is‐‐okay,
this makes me very happy.
1728
01:12:26,766 --> 01:12:29,229
We went from Paris to London
1729
01:12:29,229 --> 01:12:31,651
underneath the water
on a train,
1730
01:12:31,651 --> 01:12:33,321
and we thought that was
about the coolest thing
1731
01:12:33,321 --> 01:12:34,949
we'd ever done.
1732
01:12:34,949 --> 01:12:37,913
I know at some point
she will tell her story.
1733
01:12:37,913 --> 01:12:41,921
I know she will,
and I am so grateful
1734
01:12:41,921 --> 01:12:44,343
for when that point comes
that she's able to sit down,
1735
01:12:44,343 --> 01:12:48,727
and, you know, everything
will fall into place.
1736
01:12:51,023 --> 01:12:53,194
BRITNEY: See the pink rose?
1737
01:12:53,194 --> 01:12:55,616
See how beautiful that is?
1738
01:12:55,616 --> 01:12:57,160
Watch.
1739
01:13:00,793 --> 01:13:03,005
It's just soap.
1740
01:13:03,005 --> 01:13:06,053
That's all it is.
It's just soap.
1741
01:13:06,053 --> 01:13:09,142
It's not really a flower
at all.
1742
01:13:09,142 --> 01:13:11,356
It's just soap.
1743
01:13:11,356 --> 01:13:14,862
See?
Fooled ya.
1744
01:13:19,287 --> 01:13:22,293
[soft dramatic music]
1745
01:13:22,293 --> 01:13:29,307
♪ ♪
1746
01:13:43,712 --> 01:13:50,726
♪ ♪