Britney Spears Britney’s Team Leaves Her High and High?
Britney Spears.
she’s in major trouble. Late Monday, her manager of one month, Jeff Kwatinetz of The Firm, fired her. This was only a few hours after her divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, did the same.
As I reported late Monday afternoon, sources tell me that Spears is just a breath away from Commissioner Scott Gordon ruling that her children will be placed in the custody of ex-husband Kevin Federline. And it’s not like he’s Father of the Year.
Let’s not forget that Federline already had a baby and one on the way with a woman to whom he was not married when Britney got pregnant. Violins never played when these two walked into a room, just ominous soap-opera organs.
Tony Barretto, who was briefly Spears’ bodyguard, gave a declaration in court last Friday accusing her of drug abuse in front of her children, among other things. He was the “secret” witness.
On Monday, the declaration went unquestioned into Spears’ file with Gordon. Wasser, or her successor Marcie Levine, could have cross-examined Barretto in court. He was present, along with Allred. But it didn’t happen, and now the declaration stands.
It’s not surprising that Kwatinetz dropped Spears. I told you last week that immediately following her disastrous appearance on the MTV Video Music Awards, Kwatinetz would be held responsible for the debacle by his partners at The Firm.
Kwatinetz is currently trying to keep Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and their manager Rick Yorn. Blame for the end of a pop tart’s career is not something he needs or can handle.
Wasser, on the other hand, has been trying to bail out on Spears for weeks. There were reports all summer that she was leaving. Now she’s gone. It’s not a good sign. Whatever she knows that we don’t, she no longer has the energy or interest in defending Spears. That’s very bad.
Who is Britney Spears, anyway? She’s not a writer or a singer. She’s not much of a dancer. She is, however, a spectacle, a teen star whose fame has lasted well beyond its limits.
She’s known primarily for “Oops … I Did It Again,” a novelty song, and for her tabloid hijinks. Among the latter: not wearing underwear.
If you’re a certain age, you’ll understand this: Britney Spears is no Joni Mitchell; she’s not even Madonna. She’s this generation’s answer to the Andrea True Connection, and that’s on a good day.
What will happen to her Nov. 13 CD release? Two months is a long time in short-term memory America. Perhaps all will be forgiven and forgotten.
But Spears will have to promote her CD, and that should be a sticky issue since she has no publicist either. The indefatigable Leslie Sloane Zelnick is also long gone.
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