Posted February 14, 200718 yr NY Daily News: Britney Possible Future Excerpt from NY Daily News article: “When you’ve achieved greatness and the highest level of success,†he says, “you feel more and more invincible. There’s this feeling of ‘I did it.’ ‘People like what I do. They support me.’ They take risks because they feel invincible. Fortunately, Britney’s not doing things that are life-threatening.†Or career-crippling. If Smith’s life and career proved anything, it is that America loves and appreciates human frailty in celebrities. “All the country wants to know is that they’re human,†says Katz. “We all do things that aren’t in the best interest of ourselves and our lives.†“A hit record will erase all of Britney’s bad behavior,†he adds. “If she can create great [work], she can come back from anything.†What could save Spears from ultimately jumping the rails is something Smith didn’t really have - a fairly strong support system. Though her parents are divorced, the family remains close. Like Britney, who was a child star on TV’s “The Mickey Mouse Club†in the 1990s, younger sister Jamie Lynn is also an actress.
