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MTV Sunday, November 30 at 10 p.m. ET
MTV Sunday, November 30 at 10 p.m. ET
About This Documentary:
Possibly more than anyone on Earth, Britney Spears' life is constantly documented by the media, which
voraciously reports on the singer's every step and misstep. But what's it like to be in her shoes?
With her new album, Circus, set for release in just a few weeks, the singer is ready to show the world her
side of the story.
Britney has joined forces with MTV for a 90-minute documentary about her return to the pop-music spotlight.
Tentatively titled "For the Record," the special is set to air on November 30 at 10 p.m. on MTV, two days before
Circus is released on December 2 [the singer's 27th birthday].
The documentary combines personal stories with behind-the-scenes footage of her comeback. Cameras follow
her to the recording studio, to rehearsals, to press tours, to the video shoot for her latest single, "Womanizer,"
and even to her hometown in Louisiana. Backstage footage from her recent triumphant appearance at the Video
Music Awards is also featured.
Through it all, we hear Britney talking about the hardships that led up to this comeback. "I've been through a lot,
and there's a lot people don't know," she says in the film. "Sometimes it can get lonely 'cause you don't open the
gate. I'm stuck in this place, and I just cope every day."
Britney also owns up to the mistakes the world has watched her make, and offers some telling insight into how she
feels about it all now. "I sit there and I look back," she says, before asking rhetorically: "I'm a smart person, what
the hell was I thinking?"
Some Answers Britney said in Documentary
On Justin Timberlake and FedEx - whom she jokingly refers to as her "babies' daddy":
Britney Says:
QUOTE
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….He 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.
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….He 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.
On her 2007 breakdown and recovering:
Britney Says:
QUOTE
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…because I was lonely….I really paid
the consequences for that. Big time….What the hell was I thinking?
focus. I lost myself. I let certain people into my life that were just bad people…because I was lonely….I really paid
the consequences for that. Big time….What the hell was I thinking?
On fame:
Britney Says:
QUOTE
At first, it's amazing, the first year or two, because it's like, I'm a celebrity!….It didn't really touch me until
I had been working for six years….I wanted to just stop. I wanted to create a new life.
I had been working for six years….I wanted to just stop. I wanted to create a new life.
And on the current state of her life:
Britney Says:
QUOTE
Do I know my life is weird? It's all I've ever known. I don't see it as being weird….I'm kind of stuck in this
place and I'm like, How do you deal? 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. [At this point she breaks down into tears] It's like Groundhog Day every day.
It's really boring….Normal is really different for everybody….In my situation, I try to make it as normal as possible for me….
It could be a lot worse. There are people out there who have it a lot worse than I do….I used to be a cool chick but I feel like
the paparazzi has taken that away from me, like, the way I used to live my life. I used to be a cool chick but I'm not anymore.
place and I'm like, How do you deal? 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. [At this point she breaks down into tears] It's like Groundhog Day every day.
It's really boring….Normal is really different for everybody….In my situation, I try to make it as normal as possible for me….
It could be a lot worse. There are people out there who have it a lot worse than I do….I used to be a cool chick but I feel like
the paparazzi has taken that away from me, like, the way I used to live my life. I used to be a cool chick but I'm not anymore.
The 90 minute MTV documentary airs November 30th and follows the singer over the three months following her VMA
appearance
M y O p i n i o n :
Yes, i made this thread hopefully its allowed it just a one take documentary episode
just wanted to see how people reaction IF you had a chance to watch this it aired tonight
and after watching this i really felt bad for Britney literally i use to be a fan like a long time
ago then i stop because all of these bad press and what not that was happening to her after
watching this documentary i think i might become a fan once again just to support her though
out her whole one on one talk with the guy that asking question to question Britney seemed so
sad like she wanted to break down literally and she was really really sorry for what she did from
last year etc it made me cry my oldest sister and youngest sister cried as well it was very said to see
what Britney had to go through
I knew she had paparazzi following her and stuff, but I didn't know it was /that/ extreme until I saw the videos of it. 
And I can totally understand why she broke down when she did; celebrity status had to have taken a toll on her at some point. But despite all this, she seems so down-to-earth. 
