Lynne Spears Hates Bristol Palin
No, not personally - but Lynne Spears is miffed that people vilified pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears, then praised the knocked up Bristol Palin.
This wasn't just the hypocritical reaction of idiots like Bill O'Reilly, either. Most of the general public had a "totally different reaction" to the teen pregnancies of Jamie Lynn and Bristol, Lynne said in an interview with Newsweek.
"It's as if [Sarah Palin] became celebrated," Lynne said.
"I mean, the mother was celebrated for this... Every woman in the world applauded her strength and convictions and poor Jamie Lynn, you saw how she was crucified - everybody did, firsthand. I just feel like it's been a very hypocritical situation."
We'd have to agree.
In December, Jamie Lynn Spears, then 16, announced her pregnancy. She got engaged to Casey Aldridge and gave birth to daughter Maddie Briann in June at age 17.
In August, Sarah Palin, the Alaska Governor and Republican V.P. candidate, revealed that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, is expecting and engaged to Levi Johnston.
"Do I promote teen sex? Of course not," Lynne said. "Do I promote teen pregnancy? Of course not. But when it happens, you deal with it and you do the best you can do."
Britney Spears' mom added: "Jamie Lynn has done beautifully with what she's done. Could every other teenager do what Jamie Lynn has done? No, indeed."
Lynne also rebutted criticism that Jamie Lynn Spears glamorizes teen pregnancy.
"We don't want this said, 'cause this would be glamorizing, but I will tell you a secret: her baby does sleep all night," she said. "What do you think about those apples? Maddie is the best baby I have ever seen. She is like a little angel!"
Lynne, the author of a new, tell-all memoir titled Through the Storm, told Newsweek that she "really can't give advice" to Sarah Palin's family.
"Everybody's situation is different," she said.
"I would never tell anybody else what to do with their child. I would never attempt to make them think I knew more about their child. Even if they were to ask, I would tell them dig deep, what do you think?"
September 24th, 2008 9:53 AM
Big difference between mooching off your mentally unstable child and then her younger (paternity questioned by the father) sister and having a pregnant teen who's the daughter of a politician. Last I checked Sarah Palin wasn't throwing her children under buses by discussing who they were f*cking, at what age they were encouraged to drink and living it up on their dime. Can Lynne really ever claim she isn't living the life her children have paid for with their sanity and morals?
September 24th, 2008 1:13 PM
bristol palin was never a role model on nickelodean
September 25th, 2008 12:34 PM
I believe a LOT more people hate Lynne.
Maybe her book's not doing so well, just like her family.
September 26th, 2008 1:16 AM
I think that people are more sympathetic as Bristol is way worse off.
did you see her boyfriends myspace? yeah he's real responsible. derrrr
jamie lynne is doing a good job.
look at her parenting compared to britney.
September 28th, 2008 9:15 PM
you people can stop bashing lynn spears. her book is amazing and its wonderful that she had the nerve to write all that. everybody is more sympathetic to bristol because she was not on national tv. well let me say this, jamie lynn spears is a normal teenager, when she got pregnant to me she was just a normal young lady. she will never be the last teenager to get pregnant. so she was an actress, they had not right to bash her the way they did. the stuff that she has been through is awful. you guys need to seriously get a new hobby instead of bashing the spears sisters.
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September 29th, 2008 8:13 PM
I think people just want to critisize jamie because of her families background I honestly think is wrong all teen pregnancies are different. I had my son at 15 and was judge strongly by doctors and teachers and think is unfair how one teen pregnancy is considered ok and the other bad they both are going thru the same thing and everyone needs to leave Jamie ALONE!!! She hasn't done anything wrong and she wasn't advertising teen pregnancy! I honestly think she is doing a great job and setting an exsample for all the teen moms out there!!
October 3rd, 2008 10:07 AM
I think if anyone should be more hammered for getting pregnant it's Bristol. First of all, since Sarah Palin promotes abstinance-only education for all teenagers, Bristol should be a warning to teach teens about the practice of teen sex. Second, Jamie can take care of her baby, she has more money than the average American, and with hel from her family, there is no reason that she cannot financially support her child. Neither Bristol, nor Levi have a job, or any guarantee that they can financially support thsi kid. Not to mention a majority of such marriages end very early. I think both Bristo and Jamie should speak out against sex without contraception, and try to bring education to young girls, so they don't end up in this crisis. Of course, Bristol probably doesn't see this as a challenge, seeing that her mom and the taxpayers can pay for her mistake. Not to mention "god will provide". And apparantly, since they're Republicans and "F**cking Rednecks", it's not like they'll care about the well-being of anyone but themselves.
October 4th, 2008 7:21 PM
So what if Bristol was never a role model on nickelodean like Jamie was. That is no excuse for the massive hypocrisy some show when it comes to them. Jamie Lynn may be a role model but it's not her job to parent her fans. Their parents should be teaching them about sex not leaving it to a celeb.
October 8th, 2008 4:16 PM
This is ridiculous. Yes, more people hate Lynne Spears. Look at the differences to find out why. Sarah Palin is a smart, eloquent, very amiable person who has given us a reason to be interested in politics again. Not to mention she is a mother of five who still finds time to Govern a state! All Lynne ever gave us was another reason to hate celebrities in the form of her older daughter who runs around crashing cars, stealing husbands, and losing custody of her kids -yay good parenting Lynne, please, tell me how to screw up my kid too! I want my children to be as miserable as yours, and while youre at it, why don't you have your kids spiral out of control and make it acceptable for a pregnancy pact to be made between 15 yr olds cuz they want to be like Jamie Lynn. Thank you for instilling in your famous daughters a sense of pride for themselves and responsibility to kids. If you want to be famous, you better be ready to be a good role model and step up to it, oh ya, and thanks for teaching them about responsible sex-. Maybe that's why people 'crucified' Jamie, "Didn't you learn? Didn't you see what happened to your sister??? Dont make the same mistakes! But you did, so now you get to deal with it." Sorry little sis, don't follow in your sisters footsteps if you don't want her public image. Bristol Palin was never a role model to young girls in the first place and simply seems to be a younger Sarah Palin. She will fare far better than Jamie Lynn (as will her child) because 1-she will have STABLE support and help, 2-she already has experience taking care of children so hers will have a mother who loves it, not just keeps it around until the nanny comes. And 3-she won't be in the news all the dam time. Kudos, Jamie Lynn for making it this far, disown the lot of your family and you'll be fine. And to those who try to defend teenage pregnancy as in oh well I had a kid when I was 14 and I made it, learn to spell words and write a complete sentece that makes sense before you tell me how well youre doing.
October 12th, 2008 11:41 PM
sarah palin is an idiot, period.
October 12th, 2008 11:42 PM
lynn may be bad, but atleast she doesnt shoot wolves from helicopters
October 17th, 2008 4:13 PM
Look. We all feel really bad for you Lynne. You railroad your children into a lifestyle before they are old enough to decide what life they wanted to create for themselves. Your a great mother, how many times has the world seen your eldest daughter's exposed junk on the web. How many times have YOU insulted and bashed Brit on TV and radio. If anyone deserves a break it is her. To have had you as a mother must have been at the very least traumatic and maybe worse tagic. Please don't even talk about how your family and their faith is so strong, because neither you nor your kids are living it in any way publicly. Can't be a good christian family in private, but walk with the demons and vipers in the public. Sarah Palin and Bristol. Classier than your family and daughters could ever hope to be. but hey, kids learn from their parents, so if Brit is a sex freak, alchoholic, desperate for love, pill popping junkie, you had something to do with it and probably a lot more than just "something". BTW-Sarah Palin is twice as good looking, and well spoken. Here's a tip. get a twang coach, lose the hillbilly ebonics and that crazy fake southern drawl, get hooked on phonics, publicly and privately apologize to your daughters for messing their heads up and spend the rest of your life out of the public eye, not trying to capitalize on their success and mountains of money and make up for all the damage you have done to them. i dont blame them, as a parent i blame you. Their issues started way back in the mickey mouse club and could have been avoided.
October 25th, 2008 6:58 PM
Maybe we should elect Mrs. Spears as VP...she's probably traveled more than Mrs. Palin.
November 14th, 2008 12:31 AM
Are you kidding? Lynn Spears had the audacity to write a "parenting book" while her two girls set questionable examples (Britney's head shaving, breakdowns, and non-court appearances), and Jamie Lynn's claim to be a "Virgin, till married" to keep her reputation crystal clean! Gimme a B R E A K! Sarah Palin, admitted her daughter's situation, while not condoned, professed to be supportive. Good, God Lynn, get over yourself and your self-absorbed offspring!