'BOOZER' BRITNEY
By BILL HOFFMANN
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July 15, 2004 --
Britney Spears hit the big time pushing a squeaky- clean image, but now she's hitting the bottle — in public.
It's the latest public-relations faux pas for Britney, who soared to fame claiming to be an innocent teenager who detested smoking and drinking, and vowed to stay a virgin until marriage.
First, there was her bizarre 55-hour marriage. Then, she got engaged to a love rat who dumped his pregnant girlfriend. But her latest stunt may be her most disturbing: drinking what appears to be booze on a public sidewalk in broad daylight. Witnesses said the spectacle began as the singer and fiancé Kevin Federline, a dancer, pulled up to a Santa Monica liquor store, hopped out and bought what looked like a mini-bottle of whisky.
Apparently unable to wait until she got home, Britney twisted the top off the bottle and gulped down its contents.
Next, in a stunning display of trailer-trash bravado, she chased down the "whisky" with a can of the popular energy drink Red Bull.
Witnesses said the 22-year-old blonde also looked like something the cat dragged in.
"I had to look twice. It didn't even look like Britney. Her hair was a mess and she looked like she was wearing [Kevin's] jeans, they were so long," one person said.
Leslie Sloan, Britney's spokeswoman, had no comment.
there just seems to be something new with this one everyday
I'D STILL HIT HIT