Then all hell breaks loose with the whirlwind wedding at the Little White Chapel in Las

Then all hell breaks loose, with the whirlwind wedding at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas to her childhood pal Jason Alexander. Having dumped his one-time fianc?by phone, Timberlake later claims that Britney cheated on him and exacts cruel revenge when he casts a cuckolding Britney lookalike in the video to his hit single “Cry Me a River”. Adding to her humiliation, Spears’s first film, Crossroads, in which she plays a high-school babe who embarks on a road trip, bombs at the box office. Admitting defeat, albeit temporarily, Britney takes some time out.6: THE LOST WEEKENDBritney’s wholesome image is dealt its final, devastating blow as she admits to being sexually active and having once taken cocaine in a Miami nightclub. We move from Britney the taut-tummied, pastel-pink girl next door to Britney the boozing, burger-munching slapper. Six months after being photographed stumbling out of a German nightclub after an evening of cocktail consumption, she is spotted boozing in Las Vegas (where it’s illegal to drink until you’re 21). The pop princess is also banned from a karaoke bar in California for demanding alcohol despite being under age.As well as revealing – shock! horror! – a taste for fast food, Britney admits that her proclaimed virginity was a sham, a claim that is backed by Timberlake himself – shortly after ditching her That’s right, poor Justin’s had enough.

And by now it’s not just Britney’s squeaky-clean image that’s taking a battering: in spite of having amassed a personal fortune estimated to be $50m, her sales are on the slide. Doubtless noting this worrying change in her fortunes, Britney signs up for a $5.7m advertising campaign with Pepsi.5: THE BAD GIRLWith her popularity on the wane, Britney decides it’s time to re-invent herself. While her first two albums sold more than 30 million between them, her self-titled third album struggles to make it beyond the three million mark. As if that’s not enough to dent the studiously polished Britney halo, the star is overheard saying that she and Justin “have great sex”.When she moves in with Justin, even Britney’s mom, her best friend and confidante, briefly disowns her. Poor Justin is left humiliated as the world is, in effect, told that he’s yet to get into his girlfriend’s knickers. Britney, the self-styled paragon of virtue, angrily squashes rumours that she has had breast implants and claims that her sexual allure is simply an accident. Apparently, finding clothes properly to accommodate your ample booty is beyond the capacity of this 18-year-old.

Britney and her beloved mom publish a book, entitled A Mother’s Gift, about the importance of God, virginity and her family. Aaaaw.Meanwhile, a mystery businessman, inflamed by Britney’s raunchy, school-uniform-clad antics on the video for “Baby One More Time”, reportedly offers $7.5m for the honour of popping the singer’s cherry. Poor pure-of-heart Britney is “disgusted” and suggests that he “have a cold shower and leave me alone”.4: THE VIRGIN NO MOREActing less like a God-fearing virgin than your average horny teenager, Britney is increasingly a girl of mixed messages. For a girl who proclaims abstinence on every level, her songs suggest she’s crammed in enough sexual experience to rival the average 40-year-old.Then, of course, there’s those publicity shots. Church leaders are up in arms as the starlet, whose fans are mainly children, is photographed for Rolling Stone magazine with one hand around a pink Teletubby and the other pointing lasciviously towards her pink satin knickers – though why the clergy are reading Rolling Stone remains a mystery.Tongues start wagging yet again as Britney hires Gregory Dark, a notorious director of pornographic movies, to make the video for “From the Bottom of My Broken Heart”. After being cruelly turned down at an audition to join the Mickey Mouse Club for being too young, our would-be pop princess promptly finds herself an agent and relocates to New York with her mum Lynne to enrol at a Fame-style dance school.Two years later she dons the hallowed mouse ears and joins the class of 1994 alongside her future beau Justin Timberlake and soon-to-be-nemesis Christina Aguilera. The estate agent should have asked the vendor for confirmation of these facts as they could mean that you will be unable to use the property for what you had intended.

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