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This is an archive article published on February 21, 2007

Tonsured and troubled, Britney checks into rehab

Britney Spears has been ridiculed for everything from her 55-hour first marriage to backup-dancer second husband, her pantyless partying escapades...

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Britney Spears has been ridiculed for everything from her 55-hour first marriage to backup-dancer second husband, her pantyless partying escapades, and most recently shaving her head bald. Now that she has entered rehab, though, the joke is over.

This is a new frontier — even for Spears, whose well-documented gaffes and personal traumas have played out in excruciatingly public fashion, including photos published of Spears driving with her son Sean Preston on her lap and another time almost dropping him.

Spears’ manager, Larry Rudolph, told People magazine’s Web site that Spears had voluntarily checked herself

into an undisclosed treatment facility. “We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time,” said Rudolph. He did not disclose what substance she was trying to quit using.

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The pop star has been seen wearing skimpy outfits and partying heavily since filing for divorce from Kevin Federline in November, after two years of marriage.

On Friday night, Spears, the mother of two young sons, shaved her head. But that did not send her into hiding, as she was later seen wearing a cheap blond wig.

The singer has never been far from the media spotlight ever since she announced divorce plans last November.

Federline’s attorney had earlier confirmed the couple would continue to share custody of 5-month-old Jayden James and 17-month-old Sean Preston this month, following terms of a January custody agreement.

ERIN CARLSON

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