In a previous blog I discussed the media flurry surrounding Britney Spears’ newest “baby”—-a $3,000 Yorkshire terrier. Now, just days after the pop princess succumbed to her puppy love and took the pooch home, big wigs from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are begging the singer to give the dog a better home (or at least to better owners).
“Britney needs a new puppy about as much as Lindsay Lohan needs a drink,” PETA Vice President Dan Mathews recently told MSN Entertainment. “She can barely look after herself and her kids, and she’s tossed away so many dogs before. The only dog Britney is responsible enough to care for is a stuffed toy.”
Ouch!
Biting, yet believable. Spears’ fans (and foes) may recall that she was the overwhelming choice for “worst celebrity dog owner for 2006,” according to an online poll conducted by The New York Dog and The Hollywood Dog magazines.
And according to an interview with the ex-Mr. Britney Spears (oh wait, there was more than one… I’m referring to Fed-Ex) the former Mouseketeer once had three pups –Bit-Bit, Lucky and Lacy –- but they were reportedly given the boot once Brit started having two-legged babies.
“We gave all the dogs to friends of ours,” Kevin Federline told Teen People last September. “It’s just too much with the kids and all these dogs running around all over the place. It just wasn’t really working.”
The people at PETA are now going public advising Spears to surrender the dog to a local shelter “for placement in a real home.”
So, are the PETA people being a bit hard on Brit? Not according to the members of the paparazzi who documented the single singer toting the shaking Yorkie to a dance studio and a nightclub a few days ago, where it was reportedly “crying all night and found comfort only in Brit’s arms.”
One person not finding comfort in the arms of a loved one is uber-model Gisele Bundchen. According to various tabloids, the leggy stunner is not getting along very well with her football star boyfriend Tom Brady.
Apparently, Bundchen is upset that Brady’s ex, Bridget Moynahan, is due to give birth to Brady’s son on Friday – Bundchen’s 27th birthday. One tabloid notes that the tension between the two has grown so intense they were recently documented fighting in front of hotel guests in Napa while they were staying at a ritzy resort.
Hmm… let’s see… should Brady be more concerned about the pending birth of his first child or the tantrums of his current flame?