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February 16, 2007

Britney's In (And Out Of) Rehab, Bald

TMZ has the scoop on Brit's big day out:

TMZ has learned that while Britney Spears checked-in to rehab, she refused to stay and checked out -- less than twenty-four hours later!

As "EXTRA" first reported, the pop star entered a rehab facility two days ago. Now TMZ has learned that the center was located outside of the country, and she refused to stay.

TMZ is told that Britney checked in at the urging of friends and family, after being seen intoxicated in public places and was so "exhausted" on New Year's Eve she collapsed.

Look what happens to her when we stop paying attention! She's such a fucking wreck. Now, we've shown considerable restraint in posting shit like this. But if it was 2005, you know we'd post in a heartbeat. Do you guys like our shift towards keeping things pop tart free? Or would a little update from time to time on Brit and her ilk be appreciated? We would ask if you think she should reenter rehab, but it seems like everyone but her knows the answer to that.

UPDATE: Britney shears!

News footage after the jump: "It looks like she's having ... an issue right now."

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52 Comments

Tart-free has been great for me. You do a great job finding stuff that I want to read that isn't on most other big blogs. This story will be on lots of blogs... Gertie wearing a Peter,Bjorn & John shirt won't. You've got a good eye for what we would be interested in. That being said, if you really enjoy it and you got the time, post it! The more you post, the more addicted to you we get.

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 02/16/07 4:26 PM | Reply
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This way I don't have to look at Mark McGrath.

Posted by: Philco Brothers at 02/16/07 4:28 PM | Reply
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Y'all better keep posting 'bout my host.

Posted by: brit brit's hangnail at 02/16/07 4:42 PM | Reply
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I like the useless gossip personally :O

Posted by: rgr_moore at 02/16/07 4:43 PM | Reply
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I like my stereogum without the celebu-twats, thanks.

Posted by: kowgurl at 02/16/07 4:45 PM | Reply
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the gossip's half the fun. what i don't like are the new reoccuring features. 'it's okay to like..' 'mtv crap' etc. the day job one is all right only because it's been interesting, but i just prefer the spontaneous topical posts.

Posted by: j at 02/16/07 4:48 PM | Reply
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they said britney check into rehab but she said 'no, no, no.'

Posted by: halified at 02/16/07 4:54 PM | Reply
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Tart-free please.

Posted by: awmercy at 02/16/07 4:55 PM | Reply
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Jesus, is there anything this girl can't do in under 24 hours? A marriage here, some rehab there. Impressive.

Posted by: Wayne at 02/16/07 5:13 PM | Reply
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If being drunk in public and passing out is enough to be checked into rehab, I should check myself in every weekend.

Posted by: corey at 02/16/07 5:14 PM | Reply
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more pop tarts

Posted by: stereo at 02/16/07 5:14 PM | Reply
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"If being drunk in public and passing out is enough to be checked into rehab, I should check myself in every weekend."

AMEN to that!

Posted by: bob at 02/16/07 5:19 PM | Reply
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I think "She's such a fucking wreck" pretty much covered it. You can go back to ignoring.

Posted by: Fred at 02/16/07 5:22 PM | Reply
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This sort of stuff is everywhere so I don't think there is a need to cover it.

Posted by: Nick at 02/16/07 5:29 PM | Reply
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Tart-free! Who's Britney Spears?

Posted by: stytzer at 02/16/07 5:33 PM | Reply
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I like my stereogum without the celebu-twats, thanks.
Posted by: kowgurl at February 16, 2007 4:45 PM

I second this.

Posted by: doggie at 02/16/07 5:37 PM | Reply
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i 3rd this. bfd.

Posted by: damian at 02/16/07 5:51 PM | Reply
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I think you want to keep posting about her and you totally can 'cuz its your blog, I'm sure at least half the people here would enjoy it.

On the rehab stuff, I should have checked into rehab since I was like 13,
I'm not saying it's cool or ok being drunk and doing some drugs, but she's no Pete Doherty, so come on.
Too bad for the children, though...

Posted by: paulina at 02/16/07 7:30 PM | Reply
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Half-ironic posts about Britney have been the heart and soul of Stereogum for years. Keep it under control, but don't ditch Brit updates entirely. Especially not when she posts letters to her fans on her site.

Posted by: Casey at 02/16/07 8:45 PM | Reply
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There once was a girl named Spears
Who made music offensive to ears
Then Stereogum
Asked up or down thumb?
I say one Brit's enough every ten years

Posted by: Old Davy at 02/16/07 9:33 PM | Reply
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the shift is appreciated...we can get our tart fix elsewhere

Posted by: swiss at 02/16/07 9:37 PM | Reply
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keep it to the basics.

No more posts about k fed. please.

Posted by: rob at 02/16/07 10:28 PM | Reply
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Soooo, how much farther down the slope of cliche is she gonna slide? I mean, by God, if there's a text book on such things, she's following point for point - and here, I thought she was illiterate!!

DwD

Posted by: Dw Dunphy at 02/16/07 11:47 PM | Reply
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did someone doctor that picture, or has her nose gotten a tad larger?

Posted by: brooklyn at 02/16/07 11:55 PM | Reply
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She does look good here........

http://www.zippyvideos.com/7369803606656656/dakotajoe/

Posted by: earl at 02/17/07 1:49 AM | Reply
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that photo is much too kind (and totally outdated). she looks pretty haggard these days for a 24-year-old

Posted by: wendy at 02/17/07 1:59 AM | Reply
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WOw. Good job. I heard/saw it here first. Impressive.
I wonder if she thinks she'll start a trend. I wonder if she thinks at all.
I really wish she'd come out with a new season of CHAOTIC so we could all be blessed with her personal insights and reasoning.

Posted by: Agnes at 02/17/07 5:32 AM | Reply
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I like the updates. I saw this here first, and I am not too much of a pretentious hipster to admit that I found it interesting/amusing. :)

On Britney... can we say "identity crisis"? What a tard. Emo or pop/punk album TBA.

Posted by: jen at 02/17/07 6:04 AM | Reply
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Its obvious she's just been listening to Of Montreal. "Shave your head, have a drink, and be left alone.... Is that too much to ask?"

Posted by: David at 02/17/07 7:36 AM | Reply
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Woah . . .Sinead O'Connor should kick her @ss for ripping her off.

Posted by: Tripp at 02/17/07 10:26 AM | Reply
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Keep the ridiculous pop news!!!!

Posted by: Laura at 02/17/07 10:44 AM | Reply
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i prefer no celebrity gossip, there are tons of blogs that cover that crap. i agree with first poster, i like reading stuff here that i don't find on other blogs.

Posted by: anne.lime at 02/17/07 11:40 AM | Reply
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Malkovich!

Posted by: Sam at 02/17/07 12:59 PM | Reply
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B for Bendetta?

Posted by: Finchmeister at 02/17/07 2:18 PM | Reply
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keep the posts
people should be smart to get the half-irony

Posted by: faybay at 02/17/07 2:49 PM | Reply
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"Jesus, is there anything this girl can't do in under 24 hours? A marriage here, some rehab there. Impressive."
Posted by: Wayne at February 16, 2007 5:13 PM

Yes, there is. How about writing a song?
Why is she famous and why am I writing about it?

I'll take the tarts, but only the really few and far between/embarassing stuff, please.
Reinforce the idiocy, but don't celebrate their worthlessness.
It's a fine line, no?

Posted by: Wesley at 02/17/07 2:58 PM | Reply
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Britney is breaking my heart, disintegrating in public like this.

Posted by: Ron Mwangaguhunga at 02/17/07 3:12 PM | Reply
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oh well, maybe she's "a bit" out of control....

Posted by: paulina at 02/17/07 4:11 PM | Reply
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Some Britney/et al posts now and again are fine. For the majority of us, myself included, it helps reinforce the whole "we're better than you because we listen to indie rock" thing. But ya gotta make sure that it's only a subset of what you're doing. At the end of the day, we come here for the rawk. If we wanted gossip, we'd be at Perez Hilton or Pink.

Posted by: Steve at 02/17/07 5:18 PM | Reply
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I'm feeling slightly out of place here. Is this Stereogum or Best Week Ever? The 'gum has been slipping lately, guys. You don't have to talk about crappy excuses for musicians to remind us that we are in to good music.

Posted by: Josh Mock at 02/17/07 7:11 PM | Reply
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not many 24 year old millionare girls shave their heads these days..she just became interesting..

Posted by: potatojunkie at 02/17/07 9:49 PM | Reply
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stereogum has been posting news about celebrities for a while now, this isn't some new phenomena. anyway, i'm starting to feel bad for the girl, no telling what she'll do next...

Posted by: lh at 02/18/07 2:16 PM | Reply
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more brit, you can never go wrong

Posted by: marlon at 02/18/07 3:00 PM | Reply
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agree with david about the of montreal. ha. and it depresses me that in la we have to watch this kind of stuff on our nightly news instead of real news. it's just ridiculous. "later, someone asks britney WHY did you shave your head?" don't mind celeb updates occasionally though.

Posted by: pearl at 02/18/07 4:29 PM | Reply
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I like her all bald, crazy, getting drunk with strippers and throwing up on herself. To me, that says that she's a woman who knows how to make a good weekend.

Posted by: calliwell at 02/18/07 10:20 PM | Reply
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i really like the gossip. i considered it a big part of stereogum. there are thousands of blogs posting free indie mp3s. this one is different because it's not so hipster elitist in its posts. you get the wonderful music and the celeb news together in one (and quickly, too!). and then it all disappeared. i agree with j - i'd much rather have the old stereogum back in place of the new features with the little pictures on the side (so formatted... why?).

i was looking forward to a post about anna nicole smith, too. and how you would somehow relate it to music.

in the end, it's your blog - write about what you like.

Posted by: vladislalalava at 02/18/07 11:08 PM | Reply
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amen to vladislalalava:
"really like the gossip. i considered it a big part of stereogum. there are thousands of blogs posting free indie mp3s. this one is different because it's not so hipster elitist in its posts. you get the wonderful music and the celeb news together in one (and quickly, too!). and then it all disappeared. i agree with j - i'd much rather have the old stereogum back in place of the new features with the little pictures on the side (so formatted... why?)...in the end, it's your blog - write about what you like."

true that.

"spontaneous topical posts". perfectly said. the new formula is exactly that, a formula. no fun. you know what has a strict formula? it starts with a p and rhymes with "mitchfork"

Posted by: michael t. at 02/19/07 2:09 AM | Reply
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I say bring on the brittney, its not like you havent let people know all along this was kinda an unofficial Brit fansite... Dont abandon her now!!!

p.s. I think I just created the first bald brittney Myspace layout as well if anyone is interested....

Posted by: chad at 02/19/07 8:42 AM | Reply
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Why can't she just DIE like that other talentless bimbo, Anna Nicole Smith?

Posted by: Tony G at 02/19/07 9:22 AM | Reply
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That ain't no Portman. Not even a Sinead.

Posted by: Station Agent at 02/19/07 12:17 PM | Reply
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I started coming here for the pop tart nonsense, stayed for the indie-rock. I miss it every once in a while. Popculture is what we are.

Posted by: Martyn Earplug at 02/19/07 1:59 PM | Reply
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I seem to be reminded of 2 Live Crew's "Bald-headed Woman" right now.

Posted by: messy merv at 02/19/07 4:25 PM | Reply
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