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Sharon Churcher, of British newspaper The Daily Mail,  has an interesting account of some time she spent with Britney Spears‘ father Jamie
back in 2002 in Kentwood, LA. This was at a time when Britney had
become a pop sensation and her dad had little to nothing to do with her
career. And Pop, who is now pretty much Britney’s jailer, was sort of a
down-home mess.

“In a terrifying encounter that lasted four hours, Britney’s father
subjected me to a hostile drunken monologue while refusing to let me
leave.Every time I got up to go, he picked up a large carving
knife and theatrically stabbed it into the wooden table at which we
were sitting,” Churcher writes.

This
took place at a rundown bungalow. Yikes? “You can sleep here,” he told
her. ‘You said you wanted to know what it was like being Britney.”
Britney slept in a run-down bungalow?

“Two growling alsatians, a rottweiler and a man  Spears claimed was a
‘bodyguard’ prowled the creaky back porch, which had been converted
into a makeshift redneck bar complete with illuminated Budweiser sign,
beer and whisky. An airgun lay in front of Spears. He had
been drinking heavily and was chewing Kodiak tobacco and showed me
round the little house where Britney grew up while his ‘bodyguard’
cooked a huge iron pan of crayfish outside on a camping stove,” Churcher details. Uh, cue “Dueling Banjos?”

Somehow,
Jamie is now sitting atop Britney’s life and controlling her every move
with a strict hand. She’s reportedly not allowed anywhere near booze,
clubs, seedy friends, or even junk food. This is caused a source to
comment that “she has an overwhelming love-hate relationship with her
dad, and now
Jamie has alienated his daughter by treating her like an infant. She is
given to crying fits and says her father has pushed her into performing
before she is ready.”

As long as he doesn’t spill his chaw cup on her, she should probably
be grateful for his hard work. And by the way – nice arms, huh? Here he is making some cheese grits during Britney Spears: For The Record.

Click any image in the gallery for more pictures of Britney’s father Jamie Spears.

Sharon Churcher, of British newspaper The Daily Mail,  has an interesting account of some time she spent with Britney Spears‘ father Jamie
back in 2002 in Kentwood, LA. This was at a time when Britney had
become a pop sensation and her dad had little to nothing to do with her
career. And Pop, who is now pretty much Britney’s jailer, was sort of a
down-home mess.

“In a terrifying encounter that lasted four hours, Britney’s father
subjected me to a hostile drunken monologue while refusing to let me
leave.Every time I got up to go, he picked up a large carving
knife and theatrically stabbed it into the wooden table at which we
were sitting,” Churcher writes.

This
took place at a rundown bungalow. Yikes? “You can sleep here,” he told
her. ‘You said you wanted to know what it was like being Britney.”
Britney slept in a run-down bungalow?

“Two growling alsatians, a rottweiler and a man  Spears claimed was a
‘bodyguard’ prowled the creaky back porch, which had been converted
into a makeshift redneck bar complete with illuminated Budweiser sign,
beer and whisky. An airgun lay in front of Spears. He had
been drinking heavily and was chewing Kodiak tobacco and showed me
round the little house where Britney grew up while his ‘bodyguard’
cooked a huge iron pan of crayfish outside on a camping stove,” Churcher details. Uh, cue “Dueling Banjos?”

Somehow,
Jamie is now sitting atop Britney’s life and controlling her every move
with a strict hand. She’s reportedly not allowed anywhere near booze,
clubs, seedy friends, or even junk food. This is caused a source to
comment that “she has an overwhelming love-hate relationship with her
dad, and now
Jamie has alienated his daughter by treating her like an infant. She is
given to crying fits and says her father has pushed her into performing
before she is ready.”

As long as he doesn’t spill his chaw cup on her, she should probably
be grateful for his hard work. And by the way – nice arms, huh? Here he is making some cheese grits during Britney Spears: For The Record.

Click any image in the gallery for more pictures of Britney’s father Jamie Spears.