January 10, 2008

Brit's Bodyguard: 'I Don't Know Who Can Save Britney'

Britney Spears' former bodyguard Tony Baretto is continuing to speak out about his former boss, revealing what the troubled star's life was like before last week's terrifying breakdown.

"We would start off our day with Starbucks, checking to make sure the vehicles have gas. There was a few times where she's run out of gas," he said. [Britney has frequently relied on paparazzi to pump her gas when her car would stall.]

He continued, "Every day she went for a tan and her nails to get done. She had a really bad habit of biting her fingernails off. Then we'd have dinner; she'd have sushi. She liked to have sushi and then either go out for the night or stay home."

And Tony handled his job very seriously.

"I was always responsible for moving her around from place to place, being in front of her, covering her," he recalled. "I also handled the investigation part, any people like stalkers."

But now that Spears has gotten rid of her entire security team, Baretto thinks she's at serious risk of outside harm.

"I know of no other star of her status that would chose not to have security," he said, "especially at a time like this!"

He added, "It seems to me right now that her security and her manager right now are the paparazzi. That's crazy."

Brit's bizarre behavior and troubling reports of addiction and mental disorders are leading some to speculate that she's becoming the next Anna Nicole Smith.

"I hope not," Baretto said. "There's two young boys who need their mom."

But gaining Brit's trust is getting harder and harder every day.

"When you start to get too close and start to try to help her, she's going to get rid of you," he said.

Baretto said Britney's infamous opening line to her song, "Gimme More," isn't just for fun.

"I'm Britney, bitch? Absolutely. I've heard her tell people that," Baretto revealed.

Now he fears things are going to get worse before they get better.

"I don't know who can save Britney," he admitted. "I don't think Britney has the power save Britney."


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On 20 Jan 2008, BUNNY wrote:

How come no one has mentioned the drugs and everything else that she is on. Yes, she will lose everything then maybe when she reaches her rock bottom she will realize what she has lost. I have seen a number of drug addicts and alcoholics hit rock bottom. I is not nice but it has to be like that. Pray for her not take up for her.

 
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On 16 Jan 2008, Sara wrote:

Britney is pathetic. The only way she will realize what she is doing to herself is if she looses everything including her kids, family, media, security, and friends. Then when she is so lonely, sitting on her couch and crying that she has lost everything will she think about what has gone wrong with her life. until then she will continue on making wrong desisions and get herself into a bigger hole. I feel sorry for her but then i dont because she and only her have the power to change. the pops are doing their job (not that I agree with it) and its because she is a train wreck that they are howding her more and more.

 
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On 15 Jan 2008, Donna Willis wrote:

Seems funny to me a judge can’t figure some of this bull s_ _ _ t out, is he blind and dumb? Too bad he and Federline both aren’t treated like Brit. ,then everything would be different. Walk a mile in her shoes.

 
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On 14 Jan 2008, A Mom wrote:

I think they need to give her a break she won’t get better as long as they have there stupid cameras in her face and her stupid ex keeps his act up. Did anyone ever stop to think she is human and prone to make mistakes just like everyone else those kids need there mom and all everyone seems to want to do is take them away because they think she is a bad mom she is not perfect but she still is there mother. I can’t believe they want to keep picking on her and no one stops to see they wouldn’t do this to a regular person. did anyone see the news lately how many kids died recently cause they don’t care about those parents they worry about one that run a red light. Yes she had a break down who wouldn’t with the stupid stuff she has to deal with like the wanna be ex who just wants the money i guess people forget that you were swerving your truck the night Britney had her break down and you had your kids in the truck with you. You just want the money grow up and get a real job. As far as the rest they need to leave her alone and let her get her life straight.

 
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On 13 Jan 2008, Cynthia wrote:

Celebrities you are all now on notice! You are no longer allowed to be flawed & human. You especially cannot respond to pain, betrayal, heartache, shock or distress as spontaneously as you were humanly created to. Be especially on notice that those who currently surround you: lawyers, managers, publicists, bodyguards, stylists etc. & even the fake smiling interviewers from Extra et all, are indeed your greatest enemies. Any information they are privy to by association, can & will be publicly or quietly utilized to destroy you as evidenced by the Britney Spears saga. This is not farfetched and will not have to occur courtesy of a breakdown following a bad divorce.
Evidently, confidentiality agreements no longer carry weight in these TMZ pseudo-power wielding times.

 
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On 11 Jan 2008, mims wrote:

How can she not have security? Thats coz of stupid scumbags like this guy who are going to betray her and put her at risk of losing her kids.She simply doesnt trust anyone including her family.

My fear is she will get herself killed. And guess who stands to gain from her death? Perhaps the same clown who drove over the edge?

This girl seems to have been betrayed by many people that she loved. Maybe somebody totally neutral to this situation, someone she respects, perhaps from her past, can help.

You celebrities out there, somebody take her under your wing, help her before its too late. justin timberlake, u loved her once. Julia roberts, you did offer to help

 
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On 11 Jan 2008, Chi wrote:

Isn’t it rather ironic that those who stand to gain from Britney’s much touted “mental illness” (of varying diagnoses from every quarter including such astute and super medically sound journalists such as yourselves), clearly fail to realize that this young woman has actually rid herself of those that pose the most threat to her & sought to ruin her in the first place e.g her former “handlers” etc. And as stressful & distressing as it might be for her at this time and contrary to what many in the media would have us believe, it is clearly the wisest & smartest move anyone in Hollywood has ever made!
Frankly, at this point, knowing what we now know, I too would feel safer with the paparrazi; at least you know exactly what you’re getting: who they are & what they are after! The arrogance & nerve of this man & you at Extra too!
With bodyguard’s like Mr. Barretto who needs enemies?! He makes the paparrazzi look like saints!

 
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On 11 Jan 2008, C. wrote:

Are you guys for real?! Are you all seriously this dense or do you pretend to be just for our amusement?
This man has the audacity to comment on Britney’s use or lack thereof of “bodyguards”?! What a laugh! With his ever-changing and constantly embellished tales that ensure he stays “relevant” to the Britney story and that shows like yours keep him in the spotlight - I bet he now has a “manager and publicist” too like all who have been enriched by Britney’s distress and their very public proclamations of it e.g Vincent Mark Kaplan!
Britney now realises I’m sure as do we the public, that so called bodyguards of Mr. Barreto’s ilk and other such hollywood recommended “handlers” actually pose more of a threat to her & anyone else for that matter, than the papparazzi and members of the general population ever could.

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, Bob Jones wrote:

Chuck Norris has the power to save Britney!

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, Britneys fan wrote:

HOW MUCH WAS THIS FAT PIG PAID TO SAY WHAT HE SAID, HE IS A PROVEN LIAR!!!!!
ANOTHER MONEY SCAVENGER LIKE KEVVIN FEDERLINE AND HIS ATTORNEY!!!!
ALL THEY WANT IS MONEY MONEY MONEY,,,,
ALL WANT BRITNEYS MONEY

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, Britney is a child of God wrote:

LEAVE BRTINEY ALONE EVERYONE OF YOU MEDIA FOLKS, SHE IS TRYING SO HARD TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR PAPPARAZZI CRAZY, HOOKED ON TAKING HER PICTURES FOR CHEAP MONEY
WHAT BRITNEY NEEDS NOW IS EVERYONE TO LEAVE HER ALONE,
AMERICANS ARE SO CRUEL AND HEARTLESS,
AMERCIANS HAVE NO FEELINGS FOR PEOPLE!
I WANT O STRESS OUT THAT NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS IN POLAND!!!
PEOPLE LOVE EACH OTHER, AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE MONEY OF SOMEONE,
ITS SAD TO SEE HOW COLD SOME PEOPLE CAN BE,
E, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, TMZ, PEREZ HILTON, HOLLYWOOD.TV, XTRA, GET MORE COVERAGE ON THE WAR IN IRAQ AND HOW MANY BODY BAGS ARE COMING IN, HOW MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERYDAY, PRESIDENT BUSH IS KILLING MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, THATS IMPORTANT, NOT FOLLOWING A SICK GIRL THAT NEEDS HELP1 ALL YOU ARE GOING TO DO TO HER IS LEAVE HER ALONE WHEN SHE IS DEAD, THEN TOO YOU WILL STILL TALK ABOUT HER EVEN WHEN SHE IS DEAD AND GONE SO IT DOES NOT REALLY MATTER….. DOES IT??????????

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, smc wrote:

I wish I could say that she could save herself but I think she has been too scorned and obviously can’t come close to saving herself.I wish Justin Timberlake would put all the bad blood behind and save her life if he secretly still loves her.

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, Anonymous wrote:

Britney is the only one who can save Britney

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, Elphie wrote:

I can’t believe you are still using Tony Baretto as a source. The man has been proven to be a liar.

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, Melissa wrote:

Who can save Britney?… It’s simple, the only one is HER. When she will decide that all these crazy things she’s doing are over, SHE will stop. If the media keeps running after her, she’s going to feel worst.

 
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On 10 Jan 2008, Anonymous wrote:

Who can save Britney? The tabloid press can….leave her alone. Have you ever been doing something mundane like typing and someone walks up behind you and you start messing up?! just imagine 50-60 people with cameras following your EVERY move…I believe I would become homicidal, seriously. I am just a 40 year old mom of three from Texas, my husband and I are normally oblivious to hollywierd…but even us simple country folks, are screaming…LEAVE HER ALONE…my 12 year old son…WHY DOESN’T THE STUPID PRESS GET IT!!!! 12 years old and he knows what would help her. She’s not running from her family people…SHE’S RUNNING FROM YOU EXTRA…INSIDE EDITION…INSIDER…TMZ…I bet if you did this to another celebrity what you do to her 24/7 never a freakin’ break, the would break down also, and so would you. Just try to think about it the next day you have off, what do you look like when you run into Starbucks or the drug store? imagine trying to park your car or get out of parking garage with 60 inconsiderate and crazed people with cameras stalking you!! The people who need the most help are the producers, editors and stupid thoughtless photographers, if anyone is crazy it’s you!!!!

 
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