America's Pop Princess?

Is anybody else riveted to the train wreck that is Britney Spears right now? I want to turn away, but I can't. I've been scanning the internet for details and updates and hoping for the story that shows her bouncing back, calling to the crowd "I'm okay!" I think it'll be awhile before we see that story.

I feel so sad for this poor girl who is clearly in some serious trouble right now, playing it all out in front of the world. Why in the world aren't her "people" helping her? Or even stopping her? Who is her manager? Where is her mother? Yes, I know. She's an adult. But barely. And what about those two little baby boys? Its just so sad.

Its not that I'm a huge Britney fan or anything. I don't own any of her albums and I'd never dream of going to a concert. But if you look back to when she was at her peak, when she was 17 or 18, she was still a cute kid who was fit and healthy and generally being a good role model for other kids. And now? I shudder to wonder where her head is at and how incredibly low she must be feeling to act the way she is. As one columnist said, "the fact she now makes her ex K-Fed look like the less trashy one is mindboggling."

I hope she can bounce back and be America's Pop Princess again. It's just too pathetic to think of the alternative.