In keeping with its tradition of putting Heidi Montag or the Spears family on the cover for the 235th consecutive week, Us Weekly proclaims that Mother of the Year Lynne Spears destroyed the lives of daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn.
That's a bold statement. Not. Just call her Lynne $pear$.
As the shock of the huge Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy story slowly fades, questions of responsibility and blame have landed on her mother / manager, Lynne.
Jamie Lynn Spears' own co-star is speaking out against Lynne, who is said to have pushed the 16-year-old in directions she wasn't comfortable with.
"Jamie wanted something different for her life, and her mother put her in situations she didn't want to be in," Alexa Nikolas, Jamie Lynn's co-star on Zoey 101, said.
Unanimously, multiple friends and family members say that unlike Britney, Jamie Lynn never wanted to be a star. "She never cared about celebrity," says one old family friend. "She preferred life back home in Kentwood [Louisiana]."
A family friend says Lynne Spears "treats her girls like a piggy bank."
As soon as Jamie Lynn, 16, confided in her mom, 52, about her pregnancy, Lynne convinced her introverted daughter (to the displeasure of her father, Jamie Spears) to break the news via the cover of OK! Magazine. The price: $1 million.
"Lynne knew OK! would pay the most," a source said. "It was her decision."
Which is why even Jamie Lynn's older sister, Britney Spears, was kept out of the loop at first: "They didn't want her to run her mouth and screw up the deal."
Instead, Lynne told K-Fed, which further confused the "singer."
From the start of Britney Spears' career in 1998, Lynne, a former teacher, made sure she received a percentage of money off both her daughters' deals. Shocking.
"Lynne got all her money through those girls and loved it when it started rolling in," a source says. "She's the only one with a Land Rover in Kentwood."
Lynne Spears even managed to get someone to publish a parenting book, written by herself, entitled Pop Culture Mom. It is indefinitely delayed now, however.
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December 26th, 2007 3:55 PM
too sad to hear that!
December 26th, 2007 6:54 PM
i am really pissed bi her mom. if i was jamie lynn i'd move ....... far ........ away from her. if she got sick well hell she might as well die cause i wouldn't pay a dime 2wardz her.
December 28th, 2007 11:52 PM
THAT WOMAN 'MOTHER OF THE GIRLS' SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH EITHER GIRL. I CAN NOW UNDERSTAND WHY THE GIRLS GREW UP LIKE THEY DID. I KNOW MY GIRLS RESPECT ME AND I AM GLAD I GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A GREATER BEING WHILE THEY GREW INTO WOMANHOOD. THEY ARE MOTHERS AND COULD GIVE A D--- ABOUT MAKING MONEY OFF THEIR CHILDREN. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLD PICTURE OF WHY THE SPEARS GIRLS LIVE AS THEY DO.
December 30th, 2007 4:42 PM
These are Kentwood , Louisiana people, trailer trash who got rich.Everyone in La. get pregnant at 16.But because they are undereducatd, they don't know how to handle their money or lives. Quit talking abu them. Find someone who is worth th conversation.
January 2nd, 2008 12:14 PM
Hey kD your family member isn't a tv star so nobody cares that she got knocked up at 16! Jamie lynn however is a teen star than tweens look up to and idolize her! We don't want our girls to follow her footsteps! Kids will try to be like the person they idolize and they often mimick whatever trend this person is showing off such as clothes, hairstyles and now even babies! A baby isn't a toy and this young girl is just too young for motherhood! If this was my little sister I would be pulling my hair out for sure! I don't advocate abortions at all and I wish that this child has a great life! "Babies having Babies" Whatever happened to condoms and birth control? Britney didn't have kids until she was in her mid 20's so what went wrong with Jamie Lynn? This will put a hault to her career for sure! Her momma should be flipped over and spanked! She is using her daughter to get money because Britney isn't dishing out any checks anymore so her momma uses her baby girl as a pawn to the tabloids! Lynne is such a screw up! I hope Britney gets her act together and that Jamie Lynn rises from this situation! Poor parenting skills by Lynne Spears should be her next book!
January 5th, 2008 2:36 AM
In all honesty, what "pop culture parent" has not made money off his or her celeb-child? Even though, it is shocking to hear that Lynne Spears would sell her daughters pregnancy story for any sort of money; it is also hard to believe that she had to "force" her to break the news. Realistically, the story would have "slipped out" eventually. I do not believe she is to blame for her children's mishaps. As Jamie said (paraphrased), "I put myself in an adult situation, now I have to deal with the consequences," so I do not believe that her mother could help the situation. Was it right for her mother to allow her daughter to live with her boyfriend?â€"No, not at all, especially at that young age. That is where I believe Lynne made the first mistake. However, in today's society, teenage pregnancies are becoming so frequent, that regardless whether Jamie and her boyfriend lived together, she probably would have became pregnant. If Jamie and her boyfriend chose to make those decisions when they lived together, they probably would have made them if they did not live together. I believe that people should just not judge Lynne or Jamie on their past, but their future. They are normal people. Therefore, I believe that Jamie's mother is doing the right thing by offering all the help that Jamie needs. In addition, I believe that Jamie understands that she needs to be there for her child and be the best mother possible. So, I believe we should hope and pray for the best in the Spears family.
August 12th, 2008 7:53 PM
i thnk it was't her mother's fult britney and jamie lynn are just two sister's they are just like you and me
August 12th, 2008 7:55 PM
hey jamie want's up britney i thnk it was relly cool of you guy's to be together again