Britney fires her publicist…
Posted on September 28th, 2006 by Hot Momma
Avert your eyes, ladies and gentlemen. Britney Spears is taking charge of her own publicity. The pop-tart turned mother-of-two broke up with her longtime flack Leslie Sloan Zelnick just after Labor Day, vowing she could handle the PR duties related to the birth of her second son, Sutton, on her own. (Her music rep, Sonia Muckle, is still on retainer.)
Expect more classic TV moments such as Spears’s interview with Matt Lauer last June, when the Today host arrived to find Kevin Federline’s disheveled wife alone at her Malibu mansion in runny makeup and fake eyelashes. Of course, Sloan Zelnick may be relieved. “If Britney were my client, I would fire her,” says a rival flack. “Why work with someone who clearly doesn’t want to listen?”
At least Britney’s first move since the split was a smart one. According to multiple sources, Spears negotiated an enviably lucrative deal for the exclusive rights to the first photos of Sutton. Although OK! magazine made a strong bid that one source says was close to $2 million (another source involved in the talks pegged it at far less), Spears turned OK! down in favor of a deal with People, who also snapped her first kid, Sean Preston, and her wedding to Federline. “That was smart,” says an insider. “OK! is famous for not paying people on time.”
Source: RadarOnline
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Oh poor Britney - this girls doesn’t stand a chance. At this point neither do her boys. Someone needs to help a girl out.
Help them out? They’ll be fine with the money their mother makes out of getting their first pictures out.
It’s sad how people are cashing in on the birth of their children.
I think it is perfectly ok that she sells the pictures. The whole family is publically scourned and chased by people…they can at least get some money for it……and in my opinion it is better that she gets the money than some scum paparazzi who had to make someone’s life miserable to get it.
Also, I am gald she fired her publicist…..it doesn’t seem like she did that great of a job.
I think Britney has a chance. She hasn’t made an album, movie, or anything in over 2 years now and people still talk about her and her face on the magazines(even tabloids) makes for big money and a lot of gossip….and that is pretty much what the music business thrives on!
I see that trainwreck coming… 3…2…1… KA-BOOOOOOM!!
Aww poor Britney.
I think she’s doing the work herself so she doesn’t have to pay anyone, and have more money for her husband to squander.
Alright, now the true trailer in her is gonna come out! YEEHAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
10:59- i completely agree.
While I do agree that it is better for the family to profit from the sale of their baby’s pictures, I can’t help but wonder if Kevin, after his acting/singing/modeling/dancing career fails doesn’t try his hand at being his wife’s publicist.
she still is a scumbaG!