Have we not been down this road once this week already? Britney is back in rehab. Gawds I hope, for her sake - for the KIDS sake - that this girl plants her butt in rehab and stays there this time to get the help she needs. I really hope to see her emerge from this stage in her life a strong, self-confident woman and accomplished mother. She needs a complete transformation. Not only is she not the Britney we once knew - - but she is not the Britney she once knew. She needs a change - and not just for obvious reasons. But she is not the teenage dream, anymore. She is not every persons fantasy anymore. She is a grown woman who has two kids in her care — they depend on her. That is what needs to come first, not last. Those kids deserve a sober mother who takes good care of them and guides them into their own adulthood - safe, sane and functional. Is that too much to hope for the Spears/Federline offspring? I hope not.

The singer reportedly caved in (finally) to the urgings of her family to GET HELP, which she so obviously needs. After she shaved her head and after her mother showed up in LA - everyone thought that was the beginning of some good signs. Then we saw her out last night, partying like usual in that stupid blonde wig - oy! Then proceeded to:

• Have dinner with her father (yay!) at an LA diner
• She arrived at a nightclub in sunglasses and the cheap-looking blonde hairpiece. Later she stormed out when the DJ played her debut hit Hit Me Baby One More Time in her honour.
• This past Saturday, after the previous night’s breakdown crescendo saw her shave off all her hair, Britney drifted into West Hollywood’s Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Blvd, not exactly the place to go if you want some “privacy.”
• Britney arrived alone, this time wearing a blue wig, and she tried unsuccessfully to book a room. She had no money nor a credit card, just a piece of paper carrying a partial credit card number.
• After unsuccessfully trying to get a hotel room at the Mondrian, a couple of tourists felt sorry for Britney and took her upstairs to their room.
• The “lucky” fans then took a deranged Spears to the gift shop, where she went back and forth trying on three different bathing suits. After picking out a bikini, Shitney then went to the pool and tried to shave her legs.
• Spears then tried to get a rental car but with no identification she was again denied. “She was hysterical saying things like, ‘Nobody wants me’ over and again.’ The staff were stunned. she clearly needed medical help but no one knew what to do with her.”

- SkyNews

Nobody wants her anymore? Is this girl derranged? She has fans all over the world speculating about their favorite stars mental health, sending her well wishes, urging her to get help — not to mention those who are close to her, her family - urging her to get the help she needs.

Larry Rudolph, Britney’s manger, just released the following statement:

“Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today. We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time.”

Good luck with the whole privacy thing. Hopefully the media will heed that request — I somehow doubt it. Britney has put herself in front of the media with her ongoing antics since her and KFed split — asking the media to leave her alone now is a stretch. Maybe there are media outlets out there who will respect the request, but don’t hold your breath.

Good luck with your recovery, Britney.