Britain votes Britney best celebrity mother, entire nation has children removed
In Britain, Britney Spears qualifies as a great mother. The pop star has topped a new poll to find the best celebrity mum (because they spell it "MUM" there and not "MOM") by some company called Park Christmas Savings which clearly boasts a bunch of morons as its client base.
WTH Britain? I'm not usually one to moralize about stars' behaviour. They can do what they want and hey, if I were a bajillionaire, who knows what I'd be getting up to. And, another caveat, I love Britney. You know that right? But let's be honest with ourselves here, Britney, who lost custody of her kids in 2008, is not the best mother out there. I don't care how much of an effort she's making NOW. If you get your kids taken away you get disqualified for Mother of the Year until they are at least teenagers and able to show that they are not permanantly scarred by your behaviour.
Starpulse says,
"She received a mammoth 74 per cent share of the vote… to find the best mother in showbusiness.
Following in second place is Spears' childhood rival, Christina Aguilera, who pulled in 12 per cent of the votes, while mother-of-six Angelina Jolie was in third.
Late British reality TV star Jade Goody and mum-of-one Katie Holmes were awarded the fourth and fifth spots respectively.
Other famous matriarchs in the top ten include Madonna, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Nicole Richie and Victoria Beckham."
Weird. (Also, can "show business" be written as one word?)
Also in Britney news this week, her group-sex-glorifying single '3' debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week. That's an honour of which she might be more deserving. So she took to Twitter to thank her fans for making the track an instant hit, tweeting,
"I want to thank my fans for making '3' the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
"I am truly blessed with the greatest fans in the world."
(Said fans are clearly doing a little bit better than the best showbiz mom in the world. Amirite?)
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October 15, 2009
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deanne says:
Post: 9:24 AM on 17.10.2009
Mom of the year? If she were not famous she would be in jail for endangering a childs life. Lets recap the mom of the years front page stories, Brittany caught driving with infant child in her lap, where were the cops? I'm sure that if one of us mere mortals were to ever attempt that the front page, if we made there, would read crazed mother endangers childs life, and we would be thrown in jail with a full investagation by child services. Brittany deserves mom of the year about as much as Charles Manson deserves man of the year.
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Mario says:
Post: 9:43 AM on 17.10.2009
Can she even spell the word 'mother'?
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Lovey says:
Post: 9:48 AM on 17.10.2009
i tend to agree mostly with Viktorya and Paige6........only those who are mothers fully understand the complications that can occur when one is pregnant and just having a baby......what we call the "mother blues".....(postpartum blues) can go on for years if not treated..........and apparently, none of that is mentioned by the media , ever.......yes, it is a complicated situation when one has it......and if someone doesn't recognize it for you, it can cripple you for a long time, mentally.
it is very very difficult to "snap" out of it, by your own power......and i think Brititany's father seemed to have recognized something of this form was happening with his daughter.
yes....time will tell, about all us mothers, who think.."they" are the best........but know one knows just how neglectful one can be, until your children have grown up....and have their own responsibilities, and then starts accussing you that you're the reason they can't do what they want to do
"Mother Blues" can be the most powerful destructor on earth, if not realized by someone.....it can cause anything from suicide, murder, to divorce.....etc....so, tell me, isn't that a "grave" mental problem, turning physical because of hormones?......and how would ANYONE be able to conquer that being in the media eye, and pressured more and more with other things, as well as people's bad comments, this would take a lot of strength beyond human nature.......yes....we all make mistakes, but "mother blues" isn't one of them...............that is real.....and it needs great, great support......wonderful blessing that Brittany got support......let's hope that she can stay "with it" to raise her boys.....the best way she knows......so apparently she's not all "bad"....she got them back, didn't she? Maybe this reward will encourage her, even more....
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Peachykeen says:
Post: 10:10 AM on 17.10.2009
Britney has been in the public eye for nearly all of her life.She not only grew up quickly, in the pulic eye, but also had to contend with living life in a very public fish bowl. I don't know anyone who hasn't made mistakes, major or minor.She WAS ill and, as I see it, has worked very hard to navigate her way in this difficult chosen life of hers.She is better and frankly, she probably has coped much better than most people would have, given ALL of her cicumstances, including her youth.
Did anyone consider that she has worked very hard to become well again??Could YOU do it all in a fish bowl???
She may not be YOUR idea of the "best Celeb Mum" but in some consideration of all she has overcome, just give her the acknowledgement of all of her hard work.
Could YOU have done better??
Criticism is the easy part.Just check and see wether or not YOU live in a glass house before you hurl that first stone.YOU ARE THE SUN TOTAL OF YOUR PAST.How's that working for you????
I'm not her "Mum" but I'm proud of her refusal to give up the good fight.Did it occur to any of you that she just night deserve the title????
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Jane Albert says:
Post: 10:56 AM on 17.10.2009
Hay that is awesome . I love you Britney Spears !
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scent says:
Post: 11:09 AM on 17.10.2009
congrat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!miss spears !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I followed you from the start,,, society don't inderstand when a woman is pregnant,after birth. They go through by themself this chemically inbalance. It up to thier mates to give her support. HO!!!!!!!! forgot,, britney after fed's dipping you were stuck with three babies but??!!! one is the adult. Look at him now''''''''''' useless. The important thing and let's not forget is ,britney had to grow up quickly,,,, she not perfect But very humainoid........... The last perfect humain was crucified on the cross. Britney what ever you do now,your on the road to good things. Believe in yourself because no one else will do it for you. Plus you did it in your songs. You vomit on paper and you sang it with soo much power.! Forget paparat ,it only money they want. Just believe in beening a good mother and artist........ bye scentto you later.
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lori says:
Post: 11:12 AM on 17.10.2009
WTF
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scent says:
Post: 11:14 AM on 17.10.2009
Read lovy's comment. She right.
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Well wisher says:
Post: 11:30 AM on 17.10.2009
A few weeks ago I made the comment, "All is well that ends well" about Brit's success.
Now I would like to add, "All is well that ends dazzlingly well".
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cuttyy says:
Post: 11:31 AM on 17.10.2009
well, i don't get it, brittney gets reconized for losing cousody of her kids even still, the mom of the year ....how com other moms how actully take care of there kids don't get reconized!
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Tammy says:
Post: 11:41 AM on 17.10.2009
This has got to be a joke, right??
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Mike says:
Post: 12:02 PM on 17.10.2009
To whom ever wrote the fist part of the article
Perhaps you should keep to criticizing your own life and leave it at that. Yes celebrities do not always make great parents, but Britney has come a long way since her problems with her illness, and for that she should be commended. Oh by the way bajiliionare is not a word in the English language, if you are going to make a comment about someone then use actual English for it, makes you look somewhat intelligent. I think in the end we should not be comparing any of these Hollywood mums because they each have different situations to deal with. I am just really happy to see Britney doing much better than she was a couple of years ago. She is with her sons and they all look happy and that is what counts.
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THeresa Mary says:
Post: 12:06 PM on 17.10.2009
The world has gone mad! What sacrifices has she made to be called or voted best mother.
With all her display of a crazed woman, sex being her God.
Love the mothers her struggle to enhance the lives of their children not to put them in the line of fire. She has no faith and does not believe in modesty whatsoever and I am not being critical just observant. Poor young people who folloe their hero@ Yike!
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mckaila says:
Post: 12:17 PM on 17.10.2009
brittney needs to go to rehab
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realitycheck says:
Post: 12:18 PM on 17.10.2009
Obviously this was a vote not taken seriously by anyone and Britney was the obvious laugh out loud choice to vote for! Likely a high number of teen voters involved! hahaha
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Anna says:
Post: 12:22 PM on 17.10.2009
Who cares if she is or not a good mother...I mean...it's all about $$$ the more ppl talk about it, she gets the free publicity and that's that.
I was moved by the post left by "peanut"-- a woman should never allow anyone to treat her that way. I hope that night was the first and the last one he got to do that to you.
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the taipan says:
Post: 12:47 PM on 17.10.2009
THIS SHOWS THE DEGREE OF INTELLIGENCE OF SOME PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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haha yeah right says:
Post: 12:51 PM on 17.10.2009
Brittany has to be one of the worst mothers out there. Losing her children to Kevin. Partying all the time. Being one of the skankiest people out there. She isnt a good role model shes a stupid retard in my opnion. She should have never been a mother. and the whole "Oh lets leave my baby in the car for a couple hours while I go chandelier shopping should be great durrrrr" jeeze. Open your eyes and see whats in front of you people. I like her music but I dont like her.
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jen says:
Post: 12:51 PM on 17.10.2009
i totally agree with comment number 15 by Viktorya. People should give Britney a break. She is a celebrity who has bipolar disorder. It is bad enough to get that disorder, divorce from a man she loved, having to try to take care of two kids, meanwhile having to deal with nasty things that people have to say GLOBALLY about her. Give that woman a break.
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FC says:
Post: 12:55 PM on 17.10.2009
I think that we should never judge another person. As life's path has many curves we never know what we can encounter from one moment to the next. So what that Britney had some bad times in her life, the difference between her and us is that we have privacy and she does not. To be judged is not a good thing...so take a moment and look in the mirror, and realize that a mothers love is in her heart and not always where life might take us. We only have one mother so let love and respect her as she has done all her life to us unconditionally.
Thank U
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jason says:
Post: 1:10 PM on 17.10.2009
What a joke! Seriously, Americans love their celebrities dumb as a sack of hammers. I wouldn't trust Britney of the majority of American celebrities with a fish much less a human being.
absolutely and completely ludicrous!
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a mom says:
Post: 1:43 PM on 17.10.2009
This sh* is getting old. NO one is perfect and those kids will are and will be fine! Who are you to judge? You suck! She was young and she's made mistakes.. now lets look at all the good things she's done and been doing!
You people should in your own backyards cause you know you and your family aren't perfect!
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SDFGHJK says:
Post: 2:18 PM on 17.10.2009
ASDFGHJIK
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john schenk says:
Post: 2:20 PM on 17.10.2009
you have got to be kidding.
i feel sorry for her childeren..
its to bad people like her are able to bring childeren into thie world.
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yup says:
Post: 2:26 PM on 17.10.2009
I am completely tired of celebrities having kids like they are come kind of 'new pets'...when the novelty wears off - the nannies step in and take over.
Boo hoo - if they had to live the life of the rest of us for one week then 'mental illness' would be the least of their problems!
Cry me a river....oops...didn't someone already say that to Britney Spears???