Britney is an Emotional Wreck, Wants Privacy

Given all of the recent press surrounding Britney Spears, the popular singer has revealed that she is an emotional wreck and just wants some privacy and a break from all of the attention surrounding her marriage to Kevin Federline and her new baby.

Whether Britney Spears is being hounded about her parenting skills, her marriage to Kevin Federline, or rumors about her new nanny, Britney is looking for the press to cut her some slack. As Reuters reports, the pop princess repeatedly broke down during her interview with Matt Lauer of The Today Show when the topic shifted to the paparazzi. In an excerpt taken from the show, Britney Spears admitted to crying on occasion over the constant hounding she has received and had a message for all the paparazzi out there, "You have to realize that we're people and that we need, we just need privacy and we need our respect. And those are things that you have to have as a human being."

According to People, Britney Spears responded to Matt Lauer's question about the paparazzi after the two looked at a few magazine covers, "You know what? I need to create my own magazine… I need to come up with my own and say the real deal." As the interview moved on to the topic of her marriage with Kevin Federline, Lauer inquired about the recent headlines that suggested Kevin was living in the basement. Britney revealed that Kevin isn't living in the basement and was quoted as saying, " He helps me. He has to. I'm an emotional wreck right now. Not in a bad way - just, you know, I'll start laughing hysterically, and then I'll just start crying. It's my hormones, so it's nice to have my husband there to keep me company."

The main issue that keeps popping up for the pregnant singer are the photos of her with her son, Sean Preston Federline, that depict the child being driven in her without a car seat. In a transcript of the Matt Lauer interview posted on MSNBC, Britney explains exactly what happened before that shot was taken. "I went to Starbucks and I see a bunch of photographers, and I'm scared and I wanna get outta the situation, and my baby's crying. They're coming up on the, you know, the sides of the car, which is a scary situation for me. You know and they're banging on the windows and that's not somethin' I want my baby to, you know. So I get my baby [in] the car and I go home. So I mean, I just feel like they're taking cheap shots."

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were married on September 18th, 2004. They had their first child together, Sean Preston Federline, on September 14th, 2005. On May 10th, 2006, Spears confirmed her second pregnancy on the Late Show with David Letterman last month. Britney Spears is the best-selling female artist of the 2000s, having sold 85 million albums. Her first two albums Baby, One More Time and Oops! I Did It Again were both diamond-selling albums, meaning they sold more than 10 million copies in the United States. Britney's albums include Baby, One More Time, Oops! I Did It Again, Britney, In The Zone, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative and has appeared in movies such as The New Mickey Mouse Club, Crossroads and In The Pink. Britney is also expected to release a new album in November 2006, with a world tour tentatively scheduled for 2007. As for her rapper wannabe husband, Kevin Federline, he is expected to release his album, Playing With Fire, in August.

[Additional Sources: Reuters, People, MSNBC]