Surprise, surprise… It’s another bad mama award for Britney Spears. The pop singer’s much publicized divorce may finally be official, but the crisis concerning her children is far from over.
As I mentioned in a previous blog, currently Spears and Kevin “Fed-Exed” Federline share joint custody of their two sons Sean Preston, 22 months, and Jayden, 11 months. However, there has been speculation that the former Mr. Britney Spears is working on wrangling custody from the pop singer due to her recent (and ongoing) “questionable” parenting skills.
In addition to her reported meltdown at a recent magazine shoot, US Weekly is now reporting that Spears is being ratted out by other family members and friends who say they are concerned about her mothering skills (or lack thereof).
According to those close to the family, Spears’ oldest son is already having dental problems because “Britney just shoves a bottle of juice or soda in his mouth all the time to stop him from crying.” What’s more, another source tells the magazine that the pop princess recently asked an L.A. dentist if he would whiten her sons’ teeth! Thankfully the dentist refused.
But the atrocities don’t stop there. According to sources, Spears is currently living with her children in a luxurious hotel while she house hunts for a new pad. During a recent tour of a Pacific Palisades home, which is on the market for $6.5 million, Spears reportedly brought her children along and had her bodyguard remove the FOR SALE sign before she and her children reportedly trashed the home.
A source told the magazine that Brit and crew dined on tacos in the bedroom and got food and grease everywhere. The source went on to say: “She let her babies and her dog roam around. She left the bed a mess – I don’t know what’s wrong with her.”
In stark contrast to Spears and her multitude of parenting sins, you have Melanie Brown, a.k.a. “Scary Spice,” making headlines for being what some are calling the “ideal” single parent.
Brown held a press conference yesterday and accused Eddie Murphy of not doing “the right thing” in regards to their baby. Brown claims the Oscar nominated actor “has not paid one penny of child support” and she plans to ask the court to award child support and “to decide what is reasonable.”
Court ordered DNA tests recently proved that Murphy fathered the couple’s nearly 4-month-old daughter, Angel Iris Murphy Brown. Here’s why I think Brown is up for the best-single-parent-in-Hollywood award. At yesterday’s media conference Brown announced that she would be happy to arrange for Murphy to see his daughter regularly “like millions of parents do;” rather than cutting him out of her life all together.
“I am here for one reason and one reason only – her name is Angel,” Brown said. “Angel is my baby and Eddie’s. She will always know that she was planned and wanted by both of us, but I want her to know that she has two parents who desire to be responsible for her during her life and who love her so much that they want to be a part of it.”
In regards to the request for child support, Brown’s attorney did get one more dig in before the press conference wrapped up:
“He bought a big diamond ring for his new fiancée,” added Brown’s lawyer, referring to Murphy’s recent engagement to girlfriend Tracey Edmonds. “It is nice to be generous to others, but what about his own baby?”