Judge rules that the status shall remain quo

Maybe if she hired Cosby’s lawyers?

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-spears-conservatorship-request-denied-remove-father-1235009486/


On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 11:48 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:

> It’s not true fir any of the meds she is in record as taking. But the
> bigger point had to do with reproductive control. The US has a horrid
> history of trying to prevent “undesirables” from reproducing, and in
> response a body of law has developed making it very hard for the state to
> insert itself into this. Roe v Wade depends on this tradition, and while
> that is in shaky ground with the current court, the underlying foundation
> is not.
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:44 AM Melissa P <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I certainly have no medical expertise, but somehow I know that
>> dermatologists won't prescribe a certain acne medication to women unless
>> they're on birth control.
>>
>> Perhaps that's also true of one or more of the medications Britney is
>> taking, and a judge has ordered her to take that medication.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 1:31 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> That may or may not be the best medical advice; we have lots of
>>> psychiatric pts who get pregnant, and there are ways around that, including
>>> taking a 9 month drug holiday. But regardless of whether it may not be a
>>> good idea for her to get pregnant, it is certainly her decision to make. I
>>> can’t imagine any court approving an order to force her not to get
>>> pregnant, based on psychiatric symptoms or medication.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 at 10:07 AM Melissa P <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, essentially she's already supporting Federline's 6 children, only
>>>> two of which are hers.
>>>>
>>>> But what makes most sense to me is that she shouldn't get pregnant
>>>> because of the psychotropic medications she's probably taking, which could
>>>> harm unborn children.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 11:15 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And just in the interest of a complete historical record, here is a
>>>>> relevant NYT piece from a few days ago expanding in what Spears claim that
>>>>> she is somehow being prevented from removing her IUD is so shocking.
>>>>>
>>>>> This claim is shocking enough that I continue to lean towards not
>>>>> believing it is literally true. If it is true, then this alone would
>>>>> justify all the fan site histrionics.
>>>>>
>>>>> But what I found particularly interesting is the speculation here as
>>>>> to why Jamie Spears might be trying to prevent his daughter from getting
>>>>> pregnant: he may be trying to prevent her BF and the likely father of any
>>>>> baby from gaining a claim to control some or all of Brittany’s assets. 
>>>>> This
>>>>> is interesting because this worry about Brittany being vulnerable to 
>>>>> “undue
>>>>> influence” seems to be at the heart of the justification for the PC in the
>>>>> first place.
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, it strikes me as unbelievable that in 21st century California
>>>>> any court would stand for forced sterilization (even a temporary kind);
>>>>> more likely Jamie is making something else Brittany wants contingent on 
>>>>> her
>>>>> having IUD in place (perhaps, in conjunction with their father, who would
>>>>> have a similar self-interest, access to her children).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/health/britney-spears-forced-IUD.html?referringSource=articleShare
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 at 10:19 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> LAT has a good analysis article this morning. Their conservation
>>>>>> expert (Leslie Salzman, a clinical professor of law at the Cardozo
>>>>>> School of Law) articulates several of the concerns I have been focusing 
>>>>>> on.
>>>>>> The story also points out how cozy the relations are between the 
>>>>>> different
>>>>>> players in this process, and there really isn’t an independent, objective
>>>>>> advocate for the conservatee. But they still don’t explain how a
>>>>>> psychiatric dx qualifies someone for this kind of Conservatorship.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to do forensic evaluations for the state of California
>>>>>> (Competency to Stand Trial and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity). One of
>>>>>> the most common things we would say in our reports is something like: 
>>>>>> “Yes,
>>>>>> this subject does have a mental illness, but no, it does not make them
>>>>>> incompetent to stand trial.” I suspect I would say something similar 
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> Spears if I were  evaluating her, unless there is some huge deficit or
>>>>>> pathology that has just not come out publicly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “According to the New York Times, which reviewed an internal 2016
>>>>>> report, Spears told her probate investigator that the conservatorship was
>>>>>> oppressive and that she wanted out. The investigator said it should
>>>>>> continue because of her “complex finances, susceptibility to undue
>>>>>> influence and ‘intermittent’ drug issues, yet called for ‘a pathway to
>>>>>> independence and the eventual termination of the conservatorship.’
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Salzman was troubled by several aspects of the proceedings from the
>>>>>> beginning. One, the judge didn’t allow Spears to hire her own attorney.
>>>>>> Two, her court-appointed attorney, according to Spears’ testimony
>>>>>> Wednesday, never told her that she could file a petition to terminate the
>>>>>> conservancy. And three, against Spears’ objections, the judge did not
>>>>>> appoint a neutral conservator but selected her father, with whom she was
>>>>>> known to have a rocky relationship.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-26/britney-spears-conservatorship-claims-raise-serious-concerns
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 8:28 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Under California law a conservatorship justified for a “person who
>>>>>>> is unable to provide properly for his or her personal needs for physical
>>>>>>> health, food, clothing, or shelter,” or for someone who is
>>>>>>> “substantially unable to manage his or her own financial resources or
>>>>>>> resist fraud or undue influence.”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/6a484c43ce6c5ff1e73af0dfd97d948a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The standard Kevin invokes is for temporary involuntary
>>>>>>> hospitalization (in California often referred to as a 5150).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Spears is not being conserved because of tabloid rumors or raunchy
>>>>>>> behavior. She is being conserved because a Court found that she can not 
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> trusted to care for herself. Almost always this is done because an older
>>>>>>> person is in full on Alzheimer’s, or a younger person suffered serious
>>>>>>> brain damage, or something else from which folks don’t recover. In 
>>>>>>> Spears
>>>>>>> case it appears to be because of a psychiatric disorder, probably 
>>>>>>> bipolar,
>>>>>>> which is unusual. It is possible she did something to injure her brain
>>>>>>> (trauma or drugs) that we don’t know about.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The AP article says the Conservatorship specifically makes medical
>>>>>>> decisions for her, which I guess explains the IUD, but that still is the
>>>>>>> most shocking example of how unusual this is to me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The article also points out what may be obvious but is worth keeping
>>>>>>> in mind, which is that it is almost impossible that the court will 
>>>>>>> simply
>>>>>>> grant her request to be released from Conservatorship. Legally. One 
>>>>>>> someone
>>>>>>> is conserved, the burden of proof shifts to them to demonstrate that 
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> are competent; the state does not have to continue to show that they are
>>>>>>> incompetent. This is why, even though one predicate for her being 
>>>>>>> conserved
>>>>>>> is bipolar disorder, in my view it almost certainly can not be the only
>>>>>>> reason. I can’t think of a single purely psychiatric (as opposed to 
>>>>>>> clearly
>>>>>>> neurological) condition that could be assumed to be so unchangingly 
>>>>>>> active
>>>>>>> and severe as to justify the presumption a person is perpetually
>>>>>>> incompetent (including something like schizophrenia).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is not to say she can never be released from the
>>>>>>> Conservatorship, but it means it will take more than her outrage (or 
>>>>>>> public
>>>>>>> outrage) to do it. She will need proper medical judgement that whatever
>>>>>>> previous condition led her to be incompetent is now clearly resolved.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One more thing; if I wanted to fan the conspiracy flames, I would
>>>>>>> focus on the allegation she made yesterday that her lawyer had never 
>>>>>>> told
>>>>>>> her over all these years that she could or should formally request to 
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> the Conservatorship removed. This raises the question of whose interest 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> lawyer is acting in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 8:50 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To reiterate my prior comments, I only had brief encounters with
>>>>>>>> her when I worked in the industry. While she was odd, so are most in 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> industry, including me. What the public saw most certainly is not “the 
>>>>>>>> real
>>>>>>>> Britney,” but — again — that’s indicative of Hollywood. Your 
>>>>>>>> experience is
>>>>>>>> good at framing the key issues, but ultimately we can only speculate. 
>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>> public argument for keeping her in someone else’s care is that she is
>>>>>>>> incapable of making sane, sober life choices… see previous sentence 
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> being indicative of Hollywood. To me, the only reason to legally deny 
>>>>>>>> her
>>>>>>>> access to what she has earned (for better or worse) is that she is a 
>>>>>>>> danger
>>>>>>>> to herself or others. She has publicly abused substances, but that 
>>>>>>>> alone
>>>>>>>> doesn’t seem to be a deal breaker in re sanity. My conclusion 
>>>>>>>> therefore is
>>>>>>>> there is a giant chunk of the puzzle which we are not aware. I don’t 
>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>> we are entitled to be aware, but that’s a different argument.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regarding her dad being in charge of her… yeah, that needs to be
>>>>>>>> changed. That’s ten levels of wrong, morally and ethically.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 6:11 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> BS had another hearing today, and for first time formally
>>>>>>>>> requested to have conservatorship terminated.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Brief quote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> “ I  feel ganged up on, I feel bullied and I feel left out and
>>>>>>>>> alone," Spears said. "And I'm tired of feeling alone."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> She detailed parts of her life that had been unknown. She said
>>>>>>>>> that she was being exploited and that she can't sleep, is depressed 
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> cries every day. She stated that she wants another baby but is forced 
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> keep an IUD in place.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "All I want is to own my money and for this to end.”
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> She asked that her opening statement be made in public, most of
>>>>>>>>> the rest that transpired was closed (as it ought to be).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> While the claims made by Spears have to be taken serious and
>>>>>>>>> investigated, they can not be assumed to be true, or complete, as they
>>>>>>>>> stand. Presumably she is in this situation due do a Dx psychiatric
>>>>>>>>> condition, and I can testify to the fact that for a number of reasons 
>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>> everything people in that situation say can be assumed to be accurate.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Several questions remain unanswered (as far as I can tell, I only
>>>>>>>>> read this story about today’s events):
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1.     Why is she on a Probate Conservatorship (rare for a young
>>>>>>>>> person who obviously can take care of her basic ADLs)?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2.     What harm is the court trying to protect Spears from? This
>>>>>>>>> is basically another way of asking Q1. Presumably part of the answer 
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> damage to her large estate, and future earning potential, but I have 
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> think there is more than just financial interest at play here. I 
>>>>>>>>> continue
>>>>>>>>> to suspect that A) She is seen as being unduly influenced by a 
>>>>>>>>> potentially
>>>>>>>>> unreliable source and B) there is concern that the physical, 
>>>>>>>>> psychological
>>>>>>>>> and financial well being of her children is threatened.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3.     Why does the Court continue to allow her father to be part
>>>>>>>>> of the Conservatorship, given his questionable history with her and
>>>>>>>>> conflict of interest? There are objective, professional Conservators 
>>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>>> could do this.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 4.     Is it really possible for a Conservator  to require the
>>>>>>>>> use of an IUD? I suspect this is a question that does not come up very
>>>>>>>>> often, as the large majority of people under PC are past child 
>>>>>>>>> bearing age,
>>>>>>>>> or are men. I am trying to think of a justification for this 
>>>>>>>>> requirement. I
>>>>>>>>> recently had a patient whose OB-GYN had documented in clear terms 
>>>>>>>>> that her
>>>>>>>>> postpartum  depression and psychosis was so bad, increasingly, with 
>>>>>>>>> first 4
>>>>>>>>> pregnancies that under no circumstances should she get pregnant again 
>>>>>>>>> (I
>>>>>>>>> was seeing her because she was pregnant again). I guess if that pt 
>>>>>>>>> has been
>>>>>>>>> conserved she could have been forced to have an IUD inserted, though 
>>>>>>>>> for an
>>>>>>>>> outpatient it seems like a difficult requirement to enforce. It seems 
>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>> likely to me that somehow her father was able to use some financial
>>>>>>>>> leverage to get her to agree to not getting pregnant again (I can’t 
>>>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>>>> believe that any conservator could make a decision specifically about 
>>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>> IUD – even very disturbed women would have the right to select their 
>>>>>>>>> own
>>>>>>>>> contraceptive method, or at least have it made for them by their 
>>>>>>>>> physician).
>>>>>>>>> The Rolling Stone story confirms that she has been on Lithium,
>>>>>>>>> which almost certainly confirms that she has been diagnosed with 
>>>>>>>>> Bipolar
>>>>>>>>> Disorder, which is consistent with my hypothesis about her. I have 
>>>>>>>>> treated
>>>>>>>>> hundreds of pts with this disorder, and never seen one on PC - but 
>>>>>>>>> again,
>>>>>>>>> none of them had $50 Million.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-jamie-conservatorship-hearing-1186966/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 11:15 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Okay, I watched the “Framing Britney Spears” “documentary” on
>>>>>>>>>> Hulu. Yikes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1. How did the NYT let its name be attached to this? It looks and
>>>>>>>>>> smells more like TMZ. It is little more than a summary of what has 
>>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>>> said and reported by people on social media, with little or no actual
>>>>>>>>>> independent reporting from the NYT.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2. One of the most basic things missing is an explanation of what
>>>>>>>>>> it means to be on conservatorship in CA (there are several different 
>>>>>>>>>> kinds)
>>>>>>>>>> and what a judge had to have found to be true to put her on one. I 
>>>>>>>>>> am most
>>>>>>>>>> familiar with LPS Conservators, who do have the power to commit 
>>>>>>>>>> people to
>>>>>>>>>> psychiatric hospitalization. It appears that Spears has a Probate 
>>>>>>>>>> (not LPS)
>>>>>>>>>> Conservatorship, for both Person and Estate. These conservators 
>>>>>>>>>> (even for
>>>>>>>>>> Person) can not hospitalize the conservatee against their will. So, 
>>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>> Spears was hospitalized against her will, it would have had to have 
>>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>>> because doctors found her to be a danger to herself or others, or 
>>>>>>>>>> (much
>>>>>>>>>> less likely) gravely disabled. We know she was hospitalized on a 
>>>>>>>>>> 5150 back
>>>>>>>>>> in the 2008 period, but I don’t think we know what the status was of 
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> most recent hospitalization. Her father could have coerced her into
>>>>>>>>>> accepting hospitalization, since he controls her finances and many 
>>>>>>>>>> aspects
>>>>>>>>>> of her person, but again we don’t know (and again, the NYT offers no
>>>>>>>>>> original reporting about this).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 3. There is always the possibility of gross corruption (the
>>>>>>>>>> father pays off the judges and others to rule in his favor), but to 
>>>>>>>>>> assume
>>>>>>>>>> this without evidence is the definition of a conspiracy theory. More 
>>>>>>>>>> likely
>>>>>>>>>> is that, whatever else is going on, Spears suffers from a serious
>>>>>>>>>> psychiatric disorder. I am surprised that for all the histrionic 
>>>>>>>>>> “Leave
>>>>>>>>>> Brittany Alone!” Type Fan groups cited in the Doc, there seemed to be
>>>>>>>>>> little recognition of or care about this basic fact by people who 
>>>>>>>>>> claim to
>>>>>>>>>> love her. The court has to be primarily concerned with the mental 
>>>>>>>>>> health
>>>>>>>>>> and well-being of Spears, and the fact she is still conserved 
>>>>>>>>>> suggests that
>>>>>>>>>> the court has evidence that she continues to have significant 
>>>>>>>>>> problems.
>>>>>>>>>> Whatever else is going on, she likely continues to be a very 
>>>>>>>>>> disordered and
>>>>>>>>>> unhappy person.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 4. While I am not as familiar with probate Conservatorship, what
>>>>>>>>>> I do know leaves me surprised and somewhat suspicious that it is 
>>>>>>>>>> being used
>>>>>>>>>> in Spears case, at least for Person. What the documentary does not 
>>>>>>>>>> tell us
>>>>>>>>>> is why the court settled on Conservatorship, when, as I understand 
>>>>>>>>>> it, to
>>>>>>>>>> do so they have to first consider and reject several other less 
>>>>>>>>>> restrictive
>>>>>>>>>> arrangements. I have never treated anyone as wealthy as Spears, but 
>>>>>>>>>> it does
>>>>>>>>>> smell like this entire scheme was designed with the well-being of her
>>>>>>>>>> estate (and perhaps the financial interests of record and other
>>>>>>>>>> corporations) in mind, rather than of Spears herself.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 5. My guess is that at the heart of all this is the judgement
>>>>>>>>>> that Spears was found to be pathologically vulnerable to influence by
>>>>>>>>>> suspicious people, like Sam Lutfi. This is alluded to in the 
>>>>>>>>>> documentary,
>>>>>>>>>> but with very little actual reporting. As suspicious as I am of her 
>>>>>>>>>> father,
>>>>>>>>>> by relying on tabloid and social media memes the documentary is 
>>>>>>>>>> probably
>>>>>>>>>> unfair to him. More likely the courts have repeatedly found that 
>>>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>>>> the Conservatorship, Spears would fall under the control of Lutfi and
>>>>>>>>>> people like him who would be more harmful to her than her father. If
>>>>>>>>>> something like this is true, I can see why the courts would be 
>>>>>>>>>> reluctant to
>>>>>>>>>> eliminate the Conservatorship, or even to name someone as 
>>>>>>>>>> Conservator of
>>>>>>>>>> Spears own choosing. It is actually possible that the current 
>>>>>>>>>> arrangement
>>>>>>>>>> gives Spears as much freedom as is consistent with her own 
>>>>>>>>>> well-being, and
>>>>>>>>>> that of her children, by limiting the ability of unsavory 
>>>>>>>>>> influencers to
>>>>>>>>>> manipulate her to drain her resources and harm others.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The reason we know so little about this is that most of it is not
>>>>>>>>>> properly our business. The Courts are there to review the case and 
>>>>>>>>>> protect
>>>>>>>>>> her interests, not Instagrammers. Still, with so much money at 
>>>>>>>>>> stake, it
>>>>>>>>>> may be appropriate for the press to ensure that the courts are acting
>>>>>>>>>> properly. I just wish the press in this case was doing a better job.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 2:48 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ok, sounds like maybe I will check out the doc. My take on her
>>>>>>>>>>> around that time was that she needed a conservator, but it should 
>>>>>>>>>>> not have
>>>>>>>>>>> been her father, or anyone who stood to profit from commodifying 
>>>>>>>>>>> her.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 1:00 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:58 AM Kevin M. <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, yesterday Diane Sawyer trended because people suddenly
>>>>>>>>>>>>> decided her interview of Spears from nearly two decades ago was 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> bad, which
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is a bit like people only just now realizing Geraldo is really 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> bad at his
>>>>>>>>>>>>> job.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I miss Ferguson on late night. I understand why he got out
>>>>>>>>>>>>> when he did, but I still wish he’d have stayed through Trump.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I wanted to watch the Britney doc on Hulu before responding so
>>>>>>>>>>>> I could avoid hot takes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have taken to watching documentaries about bands from when I
>>>>>>>>>>>> grew up, usually on YouTube. There are two types: movie length 
>>>>>>>>>>>> promotions
>>>>>>>>>>>> made for fans where the band is awesome, all their music is 
>>>>>>>>>>>> awesome, and
>>>>>>>>>>>> they'll be beloved until the end of time. And then there are more
>>>>>>>>>>>> reflective documentaries, made a couple of decades after the band 
>>>>>>>>>>>> broke up,
>>>>>>>>>>>> where the musicians, managers, record company executives, etc talk 
>>>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>>> the rise of the band, what life was like at the top, and why it 
>>>>>>>>>>>> fell apart.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Those are the documentaries I watch. I'll even watch if it's about 
>>>>>>>>>>>> a band
>>>>>>>>>>>> or an artist who was very popular but I didn't follow at the time. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I figure
>>>>>>>>>>>> I can put my biases aside and see if I missed out on any good 
>>>>>>>>>>>> music.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Britney documentary was not about her music. The frame is a
>>>>>>>>>>>> legal battle over conservatorship, a status she entered into in 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2008. The
>>>>>>>>>>>> first half of the doc is about her life up to 2008 and the second 
>>>>>>>>>>>> half is
>>>>>>>>>>>> about the conservatorship, the legal situation, and a movement 
>>>>>>>>>>>> from her
>>>>>>>>>>>> fans to end the conservatorship. The first half is tough to watch 
>>>>>>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>>>>>>> though it happened in recent enough memory. The tabloids saw 
>>>>>>>>>>>> dollar signs
>>>>>>>>>>>> in covering her and they had no conscience about any damage they 
>>>>>>>>>>>> might be
>>>>>>>>>>>> doing to her and certainly no restraint. And the attitude 
>>>>>>>>>>>> infiltrated into
>>>>>>>>>>>> mainstream celebrity coverage like the Diane Sawyer interview. It 
>>>>>>>>>>>> would be
>>>>>>>>>>>> at least as much of a relief for me to know that she gives up music
>>>>>>>>>>>> altogether and goes to live a quiet life somewhere raising her 
>>>>>>>>>>>> kids (and
>>>>>>>>>>>> there's no sign of that happening) as hearing she is recording a 
>>>>>>>>>>>> new album.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> As for Craig Ferguson he brought his own vulnerability into his
>>>>>>>>>>>> monologues and the show and it was really refreshing to see him so 
>>>>>>>>>>>> fearless
>>>>>>>>>>>> talking about his past. He had an empathy for his guests and I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> miss that,
>>>>>>>>>>>> too. In the late stages of his show he burned out and stopped 
>>>>>>>>>>>> putting any
>>>>>>>>>>>> effort into it. I really liked the show during his peak, but I'm 
>>>>>>>>>>>> glad he
>>>>>>>>>>>> got out of it in time.
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