Britney: For The Record

At 8pm tonight millions of viewers around the UK will have tuned in to Sky One to see the exclusive candid interview and documentary featuring superstar Britney Spears.

The aim of this documentary, in Britney's words, is to "let the public see the real me". Britney wants us to see her life as it really is away from the cameras.

However, as we discover, there is no life for her away from the cameras. Britney Spears is always being hounded by the paparazzi and says that there are often as many as fifty paparazzos outside her house.

She tells her interviewer she feels trapped and as though she is in a live prison all the time. Her jailors are her team who are constantly surrounding her.

Because Britney now has to check in with pyschoanalysts and various other people at least once a day now, she tells us that everything is now too structured and that her life severely lacks any spontaneity.

Impressions

Britney comes across as a mentally stable woman who is in control of herself, although maybe not her life decisions.

Parts of the interview made for uncomfortable viewing. Britney speaks tearfully about how she has found herself again and is very happy to be performing and singing again.

Britney is however clearly very unhappy, and tells her interviewer how difficult she can find life:

"I just cope with it every day....It's better not to feel anything at all and have hope than to feel the other way . . . It's bad. I'm sad."

The Breakdown

When asked about her breakdown and the possible causes, the singer says that she was surrounded by many 'bad people' who took advantage of her money and status.

Exactly what she means by 'bad people' isn't specified, but Britney does elaborate on how these people were a catalyst in her mental breakdown:

"My trust has really been battered . . . Sometimes it can get kinda lonely . . . I had totally lost my way. I lost focus. I lost myself. I let certain people into my life that were just bad people. . .I really paid the consequences for that."

According to Britney her current team are 'good people', who just want to see her succeed.

Personally, I think that Britney Spears needs a long break away from the spotlight. Unfortunately though there are too many people are making huge amounts of money off this vulnerable young woman, who has now turned into a worldwide commodity.

Break-ups and tears

Ms. Spears also spoke out about her notorious break up with pop singer Justin Timberlake,

"With Justin, he was a part of the magnitude of what I had become. So when he was gone I was like, What am I supposed to do with myself? I was devastated [by the breakup] but I handled it a lot better than the [split] with Kevin."

Britney went on to discuss her recent divorce with Kevin Federline:

"He [Kevin] started to do an album for himself and he started to do things for himself, and I just never saw him anymore . . . When it ended I felt so alone. I didn't really wanna think about the reality of it. I never faced it . . . I just ran."

Britney Spears is clearly a strong woman who has been through a lot of life stresses and traumas.

However, at the same time you can't help but feel that she is also incredibly fragile and easily influenced.

You can view a live preformance of Britney's new single 'Womanizer' below: