Britney Spears taken to hospital for tests
 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Musi...ars/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Pop star Britney Spears was taken to hospital for tests to see if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for a psychological evaluation after police were called to her home Thursday night to mediate a custody dispute, a police spokesman said.


Spears appeared conscious as she was taken from her home.

1 of 2 Spears appeared to be conscious as she was rolled out of her Studio City home on a gurney about three hours after police and ambulances arrived there.

The children were returned to their father, Kevin Federline, who has primary legal custody of the two sons, a police spokesman said.

Doctors at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will decide whether to invoke a California law that allows a patient to be held for psychological evaluation for 72 hours, the police spokesman said.

Aerial video provided by local television station helicopters showed Spears on a stretcher and surrounded by police and paramedics as it was rolled to an ambulance near her home. Watch Britney being taken from her home on a stretcher »


Spears has been in a heated battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline over custody of their two sons, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

Federline, Spears' former backup dancer, holds primary custody of the children. Spears has been in trouble with the court earlier concerning her compliance with court orders in the custody case.

Oh Well, Hillary must have paid her to divert the headlines :laugh:

Actually, this is pathetic and, frankly, I think BS planned this to get attention, which she apparently and sadly cannot live without.

Interestingly, isn't Kevin F. the good guy in this. Who would have thought that three years ago.

The picture that shows all the photographers outside of her ambulance makes me want to throw up. This **** goes on with so many other families... in every city, in every state. Why is national media forcing us to form an opinion on this? Can't it at least stay with entertainment news? In terms of the world, Britney Spears doesn't really effing matter.

Newshounds = Bottom-feeders.

perez is reporting she was under the influence, yet tmz says this is just another step down concerning her mental state & not drug induced~ whatever the case, the girl needs some help & i feel 100% for those poor babies~ they are old enough now to really be affected by her behavior~

****ney on the other hand in a paparazzi whore, they have reported that she tips them off alot when she is going out, so i don't feel bad for her that they are camping outside her house & everywhere else she goes, cause she is begging for the attention~ but sadly it is negative attention~ i really have never been a britney fan, maybe it is my age, but pop princesses have never been to my liking~ but i have a strong feeling that if someone doesn't intevene & soon, ****ney just might be on the dead celebrities list for 2008~

i agree with you also.

It's sad isn't it? This is world news? Look at what's happening in Kenya at the moment, riots, mass deaths etc, just to mention one thing and this is equally considered world news? Sickening and depressing.

i agree w/ you on this, the ****ney story was top news here, then everything else~

How sad is this? This poor girl needs some help SOOO badly. I feel for the kids right now, as they are the lost ones in all of this. Why did I have a "sinking" feeling upon finding out that Britney was having children?! LOL..

Yeah, really.

Maybe if we all close our eyes whenever a picture of Britney comes up.... and maybe if never speak her name again... it will all just go away. :laugh:

I agree with this post.

what a LOSER!!!:laugh: Britney Spears is nothing but trash.

My friend is her neighbour and she just wishes Britney would move as they have to live with the paps hanging around 24/7

I agree with Sarah but I do feel sorry for Britney, she's obviously very messed up.

I agree. Although I admit I found that Britney new and read it with curiousity, I think the attention the media pays for all that stuff does not help Britney in her rehab, in fact it makes it worse. Same with Lohan, Ritchie, etc.. And see how Princess Diana ended..

But how much attention that people and media payed to Kenya, earthquakes at Indonesia, Chile or Peru, etc..??

Her kids are rather young....

Suppose it has to do with post-partum depression?

Or is it an attempt at "trying to live better with chemistry" - i.e. drugs

She is sooooo young.....just a kid herself....

She's made of flesh, and she is someone's child and mother. You have no right to call her trash, even if you don't like the way she lives her life.

Big judgmental thumbs down. :mad:

She is 26...yes, still young, but not a kid. She is way old enough to know what she is doing. Most teenagers act with more sense than this. According to the latest report, the police said she hadn't slept or eaten in days. Where are her handlers and management in all this?:mad:

I hear they've found large amounts of the drug Ditzium in her bloodstream, along with semi digested pop tarts in her stool sample. :rolleyes:

I don't know what this means...ditzium? Undigested pop tarts?

Like I'm losing more than a millisecond of sleep concerned about your opinion of what I have to say. YAAAAWWWNNNN

So what? You still talk like a prick. That doesn't change with any amount of sleep.

i was wondering about the post partum depression thing too~ as someone who suffered from it after having my son, thank god it wasn't bad~ but it is definitely something i have thought about concerning britney as of late~

OK... so that phrase made me smile and laugh.....

(She's like the tiger who got out of her cage.)

All joking aside, you have a good point. A lot of people make money off of her, so where are they and why aren't they looking after their financial interest?

Or is this the tough love approach --- to leave her alone and let her hit the bottom of the waterless swimming pool?

The big news on Denver TV two days ago, was that Brit's boyfriend put $2 million as a downpayment on a house in the Denver area...and Brit was gonna be bringing the papparazi to the Mile High City....and do "we" want that???

On site reporters can be real morons at times... I watched Entertainment Tonight and saw their "reporter-on-the-scene" at the hospital.... He sounded like an idiot.... He was talking rapidly, checking his notes, turning around and looking behind himself (in a paranoid manner) ... and I am thinking..... "Why am I watching this crap?"

http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/05/britney-takes-phil-pill/

Only in Hollywood. doctor Phil takes Britney home.

There's no way the neighbors in Cherry Creek north will let that happen. It's too hard to find a parking spot already. :laugh:

it was all over the news here.

Look, like I said I have no idea who you are, and I DONT CARE. How people like you can some to the defense of these loser celebrities is totally beyond me. But whatever works for ya! I have a right to my opinion and if you font like it TOO BAD!

I know my friend in beverly Hills is desperate for Britney to clear out...

You don't need to know who I am, and I don't care who you are. You called a human being a worthless piece of trash. That's some pretty messed up bull****, considering that you don't know her personally. I guess you are an expert on the subject of flesh-waste, though, right? Yeah. I think you probably are.

I have a right to my opinion too, and if you don't like it, you can feel free to not respond.

Britney's a pig, I ****ing hate her.

paula why would you post this.

Whatever:lol: Go worship at Britney's feet if you love her so much! You know, I'd have alot more to say about your disparaging weight remark about me, but you're not worth getting banned over.

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! :mad:

I think it is rather tragic that people are so quick to judge and hate her. How many of us could have handled what she went through and come out "normal." If history demonstrates anything, it is that child stars usually come out as really messed up adults, which Spears clearly is, no matter how pretty the prison is. So, I have no hate for her, only pity. I do not understand people that hate without actually knowing someone or personally knowing all of their plight.

But, I think this boils down to people hating her because they think she is some rich bitch choosing with free will to abuse and flaunt the advantage given to her. I think people ignore the huge psychological issues this woman clearly has. It is as if because she is rich, she does not get the benefit of being mentally ill and the sympathy that goes along with that for people less financially fortunate.

In the end, I think she needs help. Sadly, like so many mentally ill people, she is her own worst enemy in that she cannot see that treatment is the only way to the light at the end of the tunnel. Remember, many mentally ill people often refuse treatment or begin and then stop treatment because they think they are fine. Don't we all know people like that in our own lives. Do they get the same hate or is it only the rich ones because money is seen as some sort of panacea for the controlling and devastating effects of mental illness.

As for Dr. Phil - OY! His actions are that of an opportunist. Does anyone here really think he cares about LA Spears? I think he realizes Spears on his show means a million dollars for each 30 second advertising segment and other perks like a book deal, magazine interviews, etc. -- all of which are worth tens of millions of dollars to him. Therefore, I have, if it is possible, even less respect for him for IMO preying on his pathetic human being in her obvious time of need.

Work on your comprehension skills a little. It's not about worshiping Britney. I don't care about Britney. It's about not calling human beings trash just because they don't live their lives in a manner that is appealing to you. :rolleyes:

Strand, I think you are exactly right. And this came up a while back in one of the Luke Wilson thread I think it was... remember that whole argument someone was trying to make that, "oh hay, you have all the money and opportunity in the world, so you shouldn't have mental problems". Dur. Sorry cupcakes, it doesn't work like that. Hell, knowing I was being repeatedly psycho-analyzed by every channel and every message board would drive me freakin' crazy, too. Do I have some dislike for Britney? Yes. I'm not into tabloid junk and MTV music. Do I dislike her because of her problems? No. I hope she gets the help she needs, just the same as I hope anyone else struggling gets the help they need. I'm surprised she hasn't offed herself. The most disgusting thing is thinking that if she did, there would probably be some people here who would be glad about it and think the world is a better place for it. barf.

As predicted:

TMZ has learned Dr. Phil's visit with Britney Spears was not exactly as advertised.

People on the 7th floor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center say the doctor arrived about 7:30 AM Saturday. We're told Britney did not invite him in; she didn't even know he was coming. Sources say it was Brit's parents who told Dr. Phil to go to the hospital. When he walked into her room, we're told, a blindsided Britney walked out -- and eventually came back.

Sources say Phil tried speaking with Spears for about 15 minutes -- not an hour as Dr. Phil's press release states -- but she wanted none of it. We're told Phil was doing almost all the talking. As for walking with her to the car on her way out -- again, as his release states -- we're told if he was walking behind her, that's news to her. She absolutely was not accompanied by him.

Sources say Dr. Phil somehow convinced Brit's mom and dad to be on his show, which will tape Monday and air Tuesday (it was just moved up a day), but as one person put it, "Based on the interaction between Dr. Phil and Britney this morning, it'll be a cold day in hell before Britney goes on his show." We're told she absolutely will not appear on the program.

Sources say Dr. Phil wants to do a television intervention, something that isn't sitting well with some of the people who have known for a while that Britney has a very serious mental condition -- likely a bipolar disorder that is now in the red zone.

TMZ contacted Cedars to find out why the hospital let a television doctor on a floor that has such fragile patients, particularly since Britney had no idea he was coming. It's especially troublesome that Cedars let Dr. Phil go uninvited to Britney's room, since she had already been discharged and presumably had a right to know if someone wanted to visit. A Cedars rep made it short and sweet, telling us, "No comment."

A rep from the "Dr. Phil" show had no comment as well, other than "Dr. Phil met with Ms. Spears at family members' invitation."

www.tmz.com

To me, it seems that notoriety and the spot light is the last thing Spears needs right now. I say this because I think Spears is using notoriety and the spotlight like a drug. To wit, she drives around all night long apparently going nowhere IMO in an attempt to get people to notice her. I mean giving a haeroine addict heroine right before or during an intervention seemingly is not the best idea :shrug: So, I conclude that while Dr. Phil and the Spears family may be concerned about Britney, these tactics seemingly are money making ventures to me.

Of course, Dr. Phil -- more precisely, the phenomenon that is Dr. Phil -- doesn't exist in isolation. Millions of easily entertained people also participate in this phenomenon. I say put Britney into Outward Bound! That will fix her.

Why is it "likely a bipolar disorder"? Does she have the classic symptoms of bipolar disorder?

True -but millions of people did not go into her hospital room uninvited as she was leaving. Dr. Phil's actions IMO were calculated, conniving, and pecuniary. But, I agree, millions are entertained by this, or at least watching as if it were a train wreck, which is a god metaphor.

I believe she has been diagnosed with this.

I am FAR more outraged by Dr. Phil's actions. He is disgusting in my book. I mean this fool knows about mental disorders and he pulls this shiitte :mad:

Psychiatrists Slam Phil, Cedars

Posted Jan 6th 2008 6:25PM by TMZ Staff

Eight psychiatrists tell TMZ they are shocked Cedars Sinai Medical Center let Dr. Phil go up to Britney Spears' room without her prior knowledge or consent.

The shrinks had various things to say about Dr. Phil's visit to Brit's room, but the theme was unified -- that the hospital should not allow any doctor who does not have in-patient privileges into a patient's room, unless that patient has given prior consent. TMZ has learned Britney had no idea Dr. Phil was coming to her room and indeed when he walked in she became agitated and walked out. She eventually came back in and he pretty much did all the talking for around 15 minutes.

One psychiatrist called it "intrusive and inappropriate." Another shrink told us the hospital "is supposed to be a safe place. If the patient doesn't want to see someone, that person doesn't get in -- period."

Another shrink, who said he was "outraged and disgusted," added, "It is incredible that the hospital allowed Dr. Phil in her room. It's a total violation of her rights."

One doc surmised bluntly the hospital was "star struck" and let the TV doctor's profile override its judgment.

www.tmz.com

Cedars Sinai administration should be fined for breach of security & reckless endangerment of patient.