Monday, August 8, 2011
Britney Spears: I know I'm a good mom
n an emotional and candid interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, pop icon Britney Spears talks about the state of her marriage, motherhood, the tabloids criticism about her skills as a mom, and why the paparazzi have gone too far. The exclusive interview will air on Thursday, June 15 on “Today” 7 a.m. and “Dateline” (9 p.m.)
In the interview at her home, Lauer asks Spears why she is speaking out now and she explains that the tabloids have gone too far by intruding on her private moments and taking photographs of her on private property. “They’ve crossed the line a little bit,” says Spears, “...they like to have the person they pick on, I feel like I’m a target.”
Despite the tabloids reports of trouble on the home front, Spears shares with Lauer that her marriage with Kevin Federline is “awesome,” and that the reports of Kevin living in the basement are false. She talks about why she loves him, and reveals to Lauer, “He helps me. He has to. I’m (an) emotional wreck right now.” When asked if she feels people are rooting against her marriage, Spears says she doesn’t know, “If they are that’s sad. I think everybody should be ‘pro love.’”
Spears also shares with Lauer that motherhood is amazing, and opens up about the incident on Pacific Coast Highway where she was photographed with her son, Sean, on her lap in the car. She discusses the events that led to the situation and ultimately says, “I can’t go anywhere without someone judging me...I did it with my dad. I’d sit on his lap and I drive. We’re country.” When asked if she was upset by the headlines that ensued questioning her parental judgment, Spears defends herself, saying, “I know I’m a good mom.”
Dateline
Lauer interviewed Spears, who is pregnant with her second child, at her homeTowards the end of the interview, Spears gets very emotional when she talks about wanting the paparazzi to leave her alone. Lauer asks her what would she say to them as individuals not a group and Spears reaches out, “You have babies at home. And...you have a life. And if you don’t, you have to realize that we’re people and that we ... just need privacy and we need our respect. And those are things that you have to have as a human being.”
More interview quotes:
On the media’s reports on her marriage
Lauer: Let me show you some magazines... These are all current. All right? I don’t have to show you all of them but we got one here. Britney moves on without Kevin. Brit’s new man—
Spears: Oh no. That’s my security guard.
Lauer interviewed Spears, who is pregnant with her second child, at her homeTowards the end of the interview, Spears gets very emotional when she talks about wanting the paparazzi to leave her alone. Lauer asks her what would she say to them as individuals not a group and Spears reaches out, “You have babies at home. And...you have a life. And if you don’t, you have to realize that we’re people and that we ... just need privacy and we need our respect. And those are things that you have to have as a human being.”
More interview quotes:
On the media’s reports on her marriage
Lauer: Let me show you some magazines... These are all current. All right? I don’t have to show you all of them but we got one here. Britney moves on without Kevin. Brit’s new man—
Spears: Oh no. That’s my security guard.
Lauer: The final days, fed up with Kevin’s lies, he’s sleeping in the basement. We’ll get to these individually but basically this is the tone. That this marriage is over. There are problems in paradise and it’s not gonna last.
Spears: You know what? I need to create my own magazine. These people...I mean they want stories to sell and they’re very good...I need to come up with my own magazine and say the real deal.
On why she loves Kevin
Lauer: What do you see in him? What is it about Kevin that makes you love him?
Spears: It’s very simple. Women complicate everything. He’s so simple. His simplicity and just he’s like a boy. He just, you know, and he cares. He cares so much and his heart is awesome. He has a really big heart and I love that.
Lauer: As a husband how is he?
Spears: Amazing. Very good
On tabloid criticism about her skills as a mom after the incident on Pacific Coast Highway
Lauer: Well, let’s go to the tripping incident, okay, in New York. And you’ve alluded to it. But you’re coming — you’re walking with Sean in one arm and I think a drink in the other. And you tripped on what was it your pants?...it was a close call...- it seemed as if for a sec...
Spears: Accidents happen!
Lauer: Right... and the headline on that picture was “Oops, number three.”
Spears: Exactly. There will be an “Oops number 100.” There’ll be plenty more oopses. I’m not perfect. I’m human.
Spears: You know what? I need to create my own magazine. These people...I mean they want stories to sell and they’re very good...I need to come up with my own magazine and say the real deal.
On why she loves Kevin
Lauer: What do you see in him? What is it about Kevin that makes you love him?
Spears: It’s very simple. Women complicate everything. He’s so simple. His simplicity and just he’s like a boy. He just, you know, and he cares. He cares so much and his heart is awesome. He has a really big heart and I love that.
Lauer: As a husband how is he?
Spears: Amazing. Very good
On tabloid criticism about her skills as a mom after the incident on Pacific Coast Highway
Lauer: Well, let’s go to the tripping incident, okay, in New York. And you’ve alluded to it. But you’re coming — you’re walking with Sean in one arm and I think a drink in the other. And you tripped on what was it your pants?...it was a close call...- it seemed as if for a sec...
Spears: Accidents happen!
Lauer: Right... and the headline on that picture was “Oops, number three.”
Spears: Exactly. There will be an “Oops number 100.” There’ll be plenty more oopses. I’m not perfect. I’m human.
Britney: ‘I do not care what people think’
In an exclusive interview with Matt Lauer, pop star Britney Spears opens up about her marriage to Kevin Federline and the negative publicityBritney Spears hasn’t done an interview since the birth of her baby boy, Sean Preston. But recently, she said she wanted to talk. Tired of tabloid attacks questioning her husband’s character, their marriage and most hurtful of all, whether or not she's a good mom, Matt Lauer sat down with her for an exclusive interview and found a very open and candid Britney Spears. Here's a transcript of their discussion:Matt Lauer: Did you ever imagine that your life would one day be the way it is today?
Britney Spears: The extent, no. It's so weird because [in] L.A. a lot of actors and actresses you notice they don't get — I mean besides Angelina and Brad who get it horrible. But I think maybe because pop artists or music artists, they put themselves out there a little bit more than actors and actresses, like that's more of you have a disguise on when you're an actor. But you are kinda puttin' more of your soul out there with your music and I think maybe the public feels like they know you. And when that happens it's more of an attachment there and with the tabloids.
Lauer: So you think they think they know you gives them the right to wanna know more?
Spears: I guess so, exactly. Just recently I feel like I've been wanting to speak just about it a little bit because I am kinda scared. Like I have a weird feeling now when I come out of my home like just in ... even in my neighborhood.
Spears was recently in the headlines again after her baby's fall from a high chair, while under the care of a nanny.Spears: And then the doctors acted really funny with me. I know, it was really bizarre.
Lauer: So you walked into the hospital and said, "He bumped his head, fell out of a high chair."
Lauer: What ... how ... well how'd they act funny?
Spears: I don't wanna say, but they did.
Lauer: Suspicious?
Spears: I said, I don't wanna say what they did or what they said. But it was bad. It was really, really bad.
Lauer: Let's talk about married life.
Spears: Okay.
Lauer: As a husband, how is he?
Spears: Amazing. Very good.
Lauer: Supportive.
Spears: Oh yeah.
Lauer: Because some ...
Spears: Definitely.
Lauer: ... of the magazines talk about friends saying he's jealous. He wants people to talk about his music and not so much about your career?
Spears: I'm not doin' anything right now so no one's talking about my career. You know. When I do, they will talk trust me. But right now, no. They're you know ... it's about him right now and he has no reason to be jealous.
Lauer: Do you think there's a sense out there, Britney, that some people who love you and have watched you grow up from the time you were 15 ... and when were you a Mouseketeer when you were 15 ...
Spears: Um-hm.
Lauer: ... and have watched you go through the pop princess years and into young adulthood, get some feeling that he's not good enough for you?
Britney Spears
Biography
Britney Jean Spears (born on December 2, 1981 and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, United States) is a Grammy-winning multi-platinum American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and occasional actress. She debuted in 1998 with her single …Baby One More Time. Having sold more than 100 million records worldwide, she is one of the most influential and popular post-2000 icons of music, with five #1 albums on the Billboard 200 and The United World Chart. Spears is by far the most successful musician of her generation and one of the few young musicians to appear on lists of best selling music acts of all-time. She also holds several world records.
She has released nine albums to date:”…Baby One More Time” (1999), “Oops!…I Did It Again” (2000), “Britney” (2001), “In The Zone” (2003), “Greatest Hits: My Prerogative” (2004), “B in the Mix: the Remixes” (2005), “Blackout” (2007), “Circus” (2008), and “The Singles Collection” (2009).
She has released nine albums to date:”…Baby One More Time” (1999), “Oops!…I Did It Again” (2000), “Britney” (2001), “In The Zone” (2003), “Greatest Hits: My Prerogative” (2004), “B in the Mix: the Remixes” (2005), “Blackout” (2007), “Circus” (2008), and “The Singles Collection” (2009).
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