Lynne Spears takes blame for Britney's woes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday heaped the blame for her daughters' erratic behavior throughout 2007 and early this year on herself in a television interview saying "it's always my fault." Appearing on the morning TV talk show "Today" on NBC, Lynne Spears also said that she first thought it was joke when her younger daughter Jamie Lynn announced she was pregnant at age 16 -- in a note. "It said she was pregnant and everything was going to be OK. She

Lynne Spears Opens Up About Britney on Today
While promoting her new memoir, Through the Storm, on Wednesday’s Today show, Lynne Spears spoke candidly about how life has been a “whirlwind” ever since daughter Britney first broke out on the scene. “It’s been a wild ride for everybody,” she told Meredith Vieira. “She’s out there, she’s with the crowds and with her peer groups, and she’s doing things. She’s a celebrity, for heaven’s sake…I have sat for hours, thinking about everyt

Lynne Spears gives first TV interview about tell-all book
Lynne Spears stopped by The Today Show for an interview with Meredith Vieira about her memoirs Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World. The book originally started out as a collection of poetry but Lynne quickly realized that's not how you get a beach house. Here's Lynne talking for the first time about the Spears' family journey. On that note, I hope you like a good tale about exploitation, vagiNas and shotgun weddings: On Britney posing for Rolling Stone cover at 17: “The R

Lynne Spears takes blame for Britney's woes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday heaped the blame for her daughters' erratic behavior throughout 2007 and early this year on herself in a television interview saying "it's always my fault." Appearing on the morning TV talk show "Today" on NBC, Lynne Spears also said that she first thought it was joke when her younger daughter Jamie Lynn announced she was pregnant at age 16 -- in a note. "It said she was pregnant and everything was going to be OK. She

Lynne Spears takes blame for Britney's woes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday heaped the blame for her daughters' erratic behavior throughout 2007 and early this year on herself in a television interview saying "it's always my fault." Appearing on the morning TV talk show "Today" on NBC, Lynne Spears also said that she first thought it was joke when her younger daughter Jamie Lynn announced she was pregnant at age 16 -- in a note. "It said she was pregnant and everything was going to be OK. She

Lynne Spears takes blame for Britney's woes (Reuters)
Reuters - The mother of pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday heaped the blame for her daughters' erratic behavior throughout 2007 and early this year on herself in a television interview saying "it's always my fault."

ET Video Blog: Behind the Scenes of the Lynne Spears Interview!
What does it take to land an interview with Lynne Spears in New York City and turn it around for Entertainment Tonight in L.A. the same day? Bradly Bessey, Co-Executive Producer of ET, explains the behind-the-scenes action of Britney's mom's incredible interview with Jann Carl today -- and how the secret service could have pulled the plug on the whole operation! Posted September 17, 2008 5:15:00 PM See All: Bradly Bessey Blog Britney Spears celebs jann carl Lynne Spears E-Mail | Print | |

Lynne Spears talks about Britney’s major meltdown
Since Lynne Spears has her new book to market, wherein she details life with her daughters, Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears and all the turmoil they’ve gone through, she’s doing the talk show circuits. She spoke to The Today Show and went into some of the trauma of watching Britney’s complete breakdown earlier this year. Other highlights: On why she wrote the book: “I have sat for hours thinking and thinking about everything that’s happened. It’s been a whirlwind. It’s been a w

Lynne Spears reveals how Jamie Lynn broke the news of her pregnancy
Lynne Spears was on NBC’s “Today” show today (Wednesday) to hawk her new book called Through The Storm: A Real Tale Of Fame And Family In A Tabloid World. These prime time opportunities come at a price, and the collateral is for Lynne to give up juicy tidbits about her celebrity daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn.  So Lynne shared the story of how her 16-year-old daughter at the time,  broke the news to her mother of her pregnancy. Lynne tells that on that not so special day, Jamie Lynn

Lynne Spears takes blame over Britney
The mother of pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday heaped the blame for her daughters' erratic behaviour throughout 2007 and early this year on herself in a television interview saying "it's always my fault." Appearing on the morning TV talk show "Today" on NBC, Lynne Spears also said that she first thought it was joke when her younger daughter Jamie Lynn announced she was pregnant at age 16 -- in a note. "It said she was pregnant and everything was going to be OK. She was going to raise it ... I thought i

Lynne Spears takes blame for Britney's woes
Reuters - The mother of pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday heaped the blame for her daughters' erratic behavior throughout 2007 and early this year on herself in a television interview saying "it's always my fault."

Baby note a shocker, Jamie Lynn's ma sez
Lynne Spears, the mother of Britney Spears, said Wednesday that younger daughter Jamie Lynn at age 16 told her she was pregnant in a handwritten note.

Lynn Spears Talks Britney, Jamie & Controversial ‘Storm’ Tell-all
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 9/17/08 – Lynn Spears sounded sincere and heartfelt in her Southern voice as she spoke in an interview Wednesday detailing the “whirlwind” rise to success of pop-icon daughter Britney Spears, 26, and the struggles she encountered over the last several years. “Today Show” (NBC) host Meredith Vieira had a sit down chat with the famous mama Spears to discuss her new memoir called, “Through the Storm.” Some critics have said it is a tell-all delivered at a good ti

Jaime Lynne Spears wrote “I’m pregnant” note to Lynne
Lynne Spears revealed on Wednesday’s Today Show that Jaime Lynne told her via hand-written note that she was knocked up. Damn! Well, I guess it’s better than a text message. more photos after the jump… “It said she was pregnant and everything was going to be OK. She and Casey were going to raise it…I thought it [...]

Lynne Spears Book Tour to Address The Real Victim: Lynne Spears [Gimme Less]
newVideoPlayer("/rslynne_def.flv", 506, 423,"");It ain't easy being Lynne Spears: sure, you can live off the wealth accumulated from your daughters' hard work and sell their teen pregnancy secrets to OK!for a million dollars, but occasionally, people will think you're a bad parent! That's why it's important for Lynne to set the record straight, and the Today Show gave her just the forum this morning. Hawking her book Through the Storm, Lynne discussed the perils of overexposing your children, something that

Lynne Spears on “The Today Show”
Lynne Spears, mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn, appeared on “The Today Show” this morning to promote her new book, Lynne Spears: Through the Storm. Listen to how Lynne describes what fame for their two daughters has done to their family, and who she thinks is to blame. What do you think of the interview? Want to see more of the interview? Visit msnbc.com. Source: The Today Show, Video: msnbc.com Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and d

ET Video Blog: Behind the Scenes of the Lynne Spears Interview!
What does it take to land an interview with Lynne Spears in New York City and turn it around for Entertainment Tonight in L.A. the same day? Bradly Bessey, Co-Executive Producer of ET, explains the behind-the-scenes action of Britney's mom's incredible interview with Jann Carl today -- and how the secret service could have pulled the plug on the whole operation! Get the full story from  Entertainment Tonight  Bookmark This Story:

Lynne Spears Didn't Know What She Was Doing. Say What?!
Shocking news: Lynne Spears announced on the Today show that she didn't know what she was doing when she raised Britney and Jamie Lynn. Gasp!

The Spears blame game; where does the fault really lie?
Lynne Spears has taken much of the blame for the recent woes of daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn, both in her memoir “Through the Storm” and in a television interview. “As a mother, don’t we always blame ourselves?” she said. “I took a lot of the blame. I took all the blame. The personality I have, [...]

Lynne Spears Visits the Today Show, Talks Britney
On Wednesday’s “Today Show,” pop star Britney Spears’ mother Lynne admitted to the world that the family was not ready for Britney’s immediate fame. When asked if she would have done things different, she responded with “shoulda, woulda, coulda.” While promoting her own memoir, Through the Storm, Lynne explained, “It’s kind of like Britney was sent out into the world a little bit prematurely.” Lynne was a single mom and had another young child,

Britney Spears’ British Family Revealed!
Brit’s grandmother, Lilian Portell, was a typist when she met Barnet Bridges, an American GI who was in London during World War II. They married in 1945 and returned to the United States, settling in Louisiana. In 1956 they had a daughter named Lynne, who is now one of the world’s most famous stage moms. Lynne herself spent time in London prior to marrying Jamie Spears. She lived with her aunt Joan Woolmore, who visited the Spears family in 1991. Miss Woolmore…explained that she had n

Lynne Spears: my family is through the storm
"We're through the storm and we're looking at the sunshine right now. It was so crazy at that time...we were praying very hard, because it seemed like we were having no control over anything that was happening." www.starmagazine.com   

Lynne Spears Thought Jamie Lynn's Pregnancy Was A 'Joke'
Mummy Spears Didn't Believe The News..

Lynne Spears Keeps the Blame All in the Family
Lynne Spears is verbalizing the thoughts fans and critics of her daughters have been thinking for years: it’s the mom’s fault. In an interview with the Today show, Lynne said, “it’s always my fault.” OK, it’s great that you’re accepting the blame but that doesn’t change the fact that you have one daughter divorced with two kids and one a teen, unwed mother. In any other universe besides Hollywood they’d win the award for the trailer-trashiest family. Ly

Lynne Spears: I Suck, Part II
On top of discussing Britney Spears' epic meltdown while promoting her new money-making vehicle memoir, Through the Storm, Mother of the Weak Week Lynne Spears delved into the topic of Jamie Lynn on Wednesday's Today show.Specifically, her getting pregnant at 16.Lynne recalled how she was planning to go to lunch when Jamie Lynn Spears called and told her to come home. At home, Lynne found her daughter's boyfriend (now fiance / baby-daddy) Casey Aldridge, who avoided eye contact.Jamie Lynn handed her a note