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Britney Spears pens personal Web message
Britney Spears says she "hit rock bottom", in a message posted on her website about the end of her marriage and her time in rehab.
"Recently, I was sent to a very humbling place called rehab. I truly hit rock bottom. Till this day, I don't think that it was alcohol or depression," the 25-year-old pop star writes. "I was like a bad kid running around with ADD (attention deficit disorder)."
Spears completed a monthlong stay at a luxury Malibu rehabilitation treatment facility in March after a series of run-ins with the paparazzi that included a stop at a San Fernando Valley hair salon, where she was caught on video shearing her own locks. Other photos splashed across the Internet appeared to reveal Spears out partying wearing nothing underneath her short skirts.
She was seen going out with Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan after filing for divorce from aspiring rapper Kevin Federline last November, just two months after giving birth to their second child, Jayden James. The pair also have an older son, Sean Preston, now 20 months.
The couple reached a divorce settlement in March.
"I had a manager from a long time ago come in and try to direct me and my life after I got my divorce," writes Spears. "I was so overwhelmed; I think that I was in a little shock too. I didn't know who to go to."
Hasselbeck communicating with O'Donnell
Elisabeth Hasselbeck is trying to patch things up with Rosie O'Donnell, her former co-host on ABC's The View, after last week's on-air spat. On Tuesday's show, Hasselbeck said she and O'Donnell were "in communication a lot", though Hasselbeck didn't say whether they had talked on the phone or exchanged e-mails. Their confrontation last Wednesday led to O'Donnell's early departure from the daytime chatfest.
"This weekend gave us the opportunity to tackle our most important Hot Topic yet, and that was the power of forgiveness, and I believe that we've begun that process," Hasselbeck said. "And so now that enables us to move on in a very positive way... I'm really happy about that."
Show creator and co-host Barbara Walters said on Tuesday she had been sending e-mails to O'Donnell and they remain "close friends". Walters also said O'Donnell is welcome back to The View as a panelist at any time.
The argument between Hasselbeck and O'Donnell began over O'Donnell's earlier statement about the war: "655,000 Iraqi civilians had died. Who are the terrorists?"
Talk-show critics accused O'Donnell of calling US troops terrorists. She called Hasselbeck "cowardly" for not saying anything in response to the critics, which set off their lengthy argument.
Lohan checks into rehab after car crash
Lindsay Lohan has checked into rehab. Again. The move followed a weekend during which the wild-child actress, who is a month shy of her 21st birthday, crashed her Mercedes, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and was photographed slumped in the passenger seat of a friend's car.
Lohan "admitted herself to an intensive medical rehabilitation facility" on Monday, according to a statement released by her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnick. The statement added, "Because this is a medical matter, it is our hope that the press will appreciate the seriousness of the situation and respect the privacy of Lindsay as well as the other patients receiving treatment at the facility".
This is Lohan's second rehab stint this year. She said in January that she had checked into a rehabilitation center for substance abuse treatment.
Agencies
(China Daily 05/31/2007 page18)
