Britney’s posted a massive statement to her fans via her website, and it makes for interesting reading. In it she explains about coming to terms with all the problems in her life, and how she wants people to understand where she is coming from.

The statement is quite lengthy, but seems heartfelt to me. Due to the length of it, I would suggest only reading this if you have an extra minute at work and your boss doesn’t have any deadlines waiting for you. Here it is, with some parts cut out.

Dear Fans,

I just wanted to reach out to all of you and explain some of the things that I have been faced with recently.

It’s so funny how many stories are put out there about people. It’s like we all want our side of the story out there as well, but at the end of the day only a few people care to hear what is really going on since the bad is always so much more interesting than the truth. I don’t know why, but this is so weird to me. I used to be angry at the tabloids for printing horrible things about me, but now I try to just be numb to what I see. I saw Tyra Banks once get really upset and cry on her show because they made her look fat. We all want a certain image of ourselves out there, and at some point we all do really care what other people think or we wouldn’t be here.

Recently, I was sent to a very humbling place called rehab. I truly hit rock bottom. Till this day I don’t think that it was alcohol or depression. I was like a bad kid running around with ADD. I had a manager from a long time ago come in and try to direct me and my life after I got my divorce. I was so overwhelmed I think that I was in a little shock too. I didn’t know who to go to. I realized how much energy and love I had put into my past relationship when it was gone because I genuinely did not know what to do with myself, and it made me so sad. I confess, I was so lost.

This letter is to not place blame on anyone, although I do see the world with a completely different set of eyes now. Being in that vulnerable state and taken to dinners and parties with friends and finding out later you paid for everything was a huge learning lesson for me. I think the whole problem was letting too many people into my life. You never know another persons[sic] intentions or what another person wants. I feel I was too open and looking for answers when I had it all to begin with. I have had to cut so many people out of my life. It is so sad, because if anyone is a family person…it is me. When I was little I remember every night watching movies with my family and feeling so at peace. Dancing and singing all the time just like a little girl should. Now recently I find with my children that I want them to have that feeling all of the time. I am having to face a lot of things right now since I have children of my own. A lot of insecurities from when I was little are coming up again. It is like we are never good enough…

I feel like some of the people in my life made more of some issues than was necessary. I also feel like they knew I was beginning to use my brain for a change and cut some ties, so they wanted to be in more control of my life than me. I think it is actually normal for a young girl to go out after a huge divorce. I think it was a bigger issue because I had not gone out in such a long time.

I am 25 and I do still have a lot to learn, and I am going to make mistakes everyday, and I am sure every mistake I make will probably be on CNN or Good Morning America. I am only human people and I love you for still loving me…

Wow, maybe Simon Cowell did meet with her after all. That man works fast — we have to send him a fruit basket or something to thank him for his work.

I was looking for any sign that a publicist might have written this, but it seems to me that Britney could have posted this (although I think she probably ran it by one of her flunkies to spell check it first). It sounds like she has been burned quite badly, and this could explain why she has burned so many bridges with people.

It looks like Britney is slowly trying to gain some control of her life, and even if she is not doing a perfect job of it at the moment, at least she’s trying (Hear that, Lindsay Lohan! At least Britney is trying!). I rag on her alot, but I have to give her credit — it takes some cojones to put stuff like this out there.

Well, at least this is a start. I just wish she owned up to more things in her statement. I get she was controlled, but she ultimately is responsible for her own decisions.

Note by Celebitchy: It sounds to me like she’s trying to explain why she cut her mother out of her life, and by saying a lot of people used her, she’s implying her mom did, too.

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