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The snorting life for Britney
2007-02-27
Britney Spears abused cocaine and prescription drugs and nearly had a fatal overdose of pure ecstasy, her first husband claims in an interview. Childhood pal Jason Alexander, who was married to Spears for 55 hours in 2004, claims he's breaking his silence about the plummeting pop princess' drug use because he doesn't want her to end up dead like Anna Nicole Smith.
"She was unconscious. She tripped and fell. I was trying to hold her up and speak to her. She wasn't moving. I remember looking down at her all crumpled in the tub with the water coming down. She looked so white and lifeless. I thought she was dead. I thought, 'This bitch is going to f--king die right here in front of me.'"
"It freaked me out when I saw she had shaved off her hair; that was clearly a cry for help," Alexander, 25, told the Sunday Mirror of London. "She needs help."

Spears, 25, remained at the Promises rehabilitation clinic in Malibu, Calif., yesterday after a number of fits and starts at getting counseling. Alexander, who claims he once had a drug-fueled threesome with Spears and a female dancer, said that in their short relationship he had trouble keeping up with her drug use. "We used ecstasy at night to party and cocaine during the day to stay awake," Alexander said. "Then we would take downers like Valium or Vicodin to come down and rest. She definitely had a problem with drugs when we were together and that was three years ago."

He claims Spears almost had a fatal overdose on "MDMA," or pure ecstasy, while they partied in a Las Vegas club. He said he sneaked her up to their hotel suite and she was sweating and having problems breathing. "I took her into the bathroom and threw her in the shower," Alexander said. "She was unconscious. She tripped and fell. I was trying to hold her up and speak to her. She wasn't moving. I remember looking down at her all crumpled in the tub with the water coming down. She looked so white and lifeless. I thought she was dead. I thought, 'This bitch is going to f--king die right here in front of me.'"
Posted by:Fred

#12  The problems with both drugs and alcohol is that they can cause problems even months after you quit using them. I know first-hand what fetal alcohol syndrome looks like, and like TT said, it's not something pleasant to deal with. I hope whoever has custody of Britney's kids socks away a few mil for later - they're going to need it.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-02-27 23:32  

#11  An addict or an alcoholic is a tremendous burden and punishment for everyone around one including the alcoholic. Every family or group of friends has had been exposed to some kind of addict/alcoholic drama in their lives.
Posted by: RD   2007-02-27 20:59  

#10  A thought occured to me. What if Britney didn't want her kid(s)... Maybe she wanted the freedom to try to get her career back. Maybe she knew she'd look awful if she didn't fight for the kid.

Nobody in their right mind would give the kid to Kfed normally, but, if Britney had a meltdown that would change. She could get sympathy for her drug problems, sympathy for her meltdown, sympathy for losing custody and then when she finally did the big come-back album all the Phoenix rising from the ashes headlines would be no-brainers. Even if the album sucked she'd get good press.

Maybe I'm too cynical. Maybe I should work PR for flailing stars.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-02-27 13:50  

#9  "Cocaine is God's way of telling you you have too damn much money."
-- Richard Pryor
Posted by: mojo   2007-02-27 10:19  

#8  I wish I had been married to Britney for 55 hours. I could buy a triple-wide with a porch.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-02-27 10:12  

#7  mah wife teaches skool and she sees the kids whose mamas was druggies and shee says it aint pretty.
Posted by: trailer trash   2007-02-27 10:11  

#6  Yeah, if you were married for 55 hours, you definitely trailer trash...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-02-27 09:26  

#5  You can take the girl outta the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park outta the girl.
Posted by: BA   2007-02-27 09:23  

#4  OOoooh the drama !
Posted by: MacNails   2007-02-27 05:31  

#3  Britney is just trailer trash from the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. You can give her success and money, and she's rich, successful trailer trash.
Posted by: gromky   2007-02-27 05:19  

#2  wonder how the kids will be if she took all of this junk while pregnant.
Cocaine really messes with the reasoning part of the brain development.
Not to mention the financial support given to the terrorists and drug runners buying these drugs.
Or am I way off base here?

Posted by: Jan   2007-02-27 01:24  

#1  Anna Nicole Part Deux - okay, I'll bite, whom's gonna play Howie???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-02-27 00:54  

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