Britney Spears has checked herself into a rehab! Spears’ manager Larry Rudolph issued a statement to Celebrity Babylon that reads: Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today [February 20]. We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time.”

It’s no secret that the former pop star has been in a downward spiral for some time, and her cries for help have gone unheaded by those around her. Part of the problem is that those “friends and familly” aren’t going to tell her the harsh truth, because they are reliant on her for their living. Her mother Lynne, for example, lives in a $4 million home in Kentwood, Louisiana, that was designed, built, and paid for with her daughter’s money. Dad Jamie was a construction worker, but those days are long forgotten, as he now is part owner of a restaurant in Las Vegas. His daughter’s money even paid for his time in rehab back in 2004.

With everyone on the payroll, it isolates the star, creating the wacky incidents that make headlines time and again. Tom Cruise attacking Brooke Shields over taking prescribed medication to treat post-partum depression comes to mind. While Cruise had a publicist for years to reign him in when he had urges to speak off-the-cuff, he fired her and put his sister in that role, to disasterous results. How is a sister, with not only the familial ties but the financial dependence going to tell a celebrity to “put a cork in it?” It’s just not going to happen.

It’s easy to see how Britney Spears, 25, got completely off track and lost from the goals she had as an up and coming singer from small and humble Kentwood. Combine that with an obsessive need for attention, as all big stars have, and you have a recipe for disaster.

We here at Celebrity Babylon have seen it all with Britney, the good, the bad, the bizarre, and the just plain silly. With all of her ups and downs, she seems to bounce back, and we think that there are two major factors that will snap her into reality, and that’s her sons Sean, 1, and Jayden, 5-months. The ongoing custody battle with Kevin Federline, 28, is added incentive for Britney to make sure she gets herself healthy so that she can be a real parent and not have to hand them over to her soon-to-be ex.

Here’s a look back at the past year of Britney’s life, and maybe some clues along the way of where things went wrong.

Get well Britney!

Source : Celebrity BabYlon