Just who is Britney Spears? She's the pop superstar whose shiny, sexy image cracked and fell away before our very eyes and was replaced with a disheveled tabloid casualty. But then she pieced herself back together as a devoted mother of two, just as fabulous as ever.
New eighth studio album Britney Jean, which aimed to show fans her personal side, has underperformed with critics and in sales. Perhaps her two-hour E! documentary, I Am Britney Jean, which began airing Sunday night and covers the months leading up to her two-year Las Vegas residency, will heat things back up. Her Piece of Me gig kicks off Friday at Planet Hollywood.
Here are five things Britney wants you to know about Britney Jean.
- Watermelon is her favorite bubblegum flavor. So when you see Britney smacking away in the documentary, that's what she's most likely got in her mouth.
- She's actually a very shy person. Don't let the revealing attire fool you. "I'm not built for this industry because I am so shy."
- In her home in Louisiana, she has a plaque on the wall that says "Go beyond reason to love for it's the only safety there is." Loose translation: Love is why we're here.
- Her sister, Jamie Lynn, can kick her butt. "Jamie Lynn's surprisingly strong. She nails me to the ground every time."
- Britney and her father, Jamie, are a lot alike. When they're nervous, they both make corny jokes and press their hands together in the same teepee shape. "We've got the same mannerisms when we've got something on the brain." Her father also says they don't travel anywhere without duct tape, in case something needs fixing. A wise precaution, it turns out. When shooting the Work Bitch video in Las Vegas, there was no air conditioning in her makeup trailer. So her father "rednecked it" by taping a tube that blew cold air to the vent, turning the swampy digs into a cool one.
