Can Britney Make A Comeback?

Us Weekly Magazine Expert: Yes, Despite Yet Another Embarrassment

(CBS)  "But along the way, she kind of lost some of her core audience, sort of turned them off with her antics, and activities with him and, of course, the examples with her baby."

How much do people blame Federline for the drag in Spears' career?

"Her core audience of fans," Jacobs responded, "young women, the readers of 'Us Weekly,' feel that, they look at the trajectory of Britney's career and they see that the turning point really happened around the time that she met him, in the spring of 2004, when things went downhill for her.

"But they are still pulling for her. A lot of women can relate to someone who makes bad decisions in her personal life. Remember, Britney Spears is only 24, so she's still a young woman, and her fans would love to see her come back; they'd love to see her get control, and get back to doing 1,000 sit-ups a day."

So, can Spears come back?

"She definitely can," Jacobs replied, "and in her recent interview with Harper's Bazaar, where she posed pregnant on the cover, she talked about how she's been playing the piano again, she's been doing a lot of writing again. And that's the sort of Britney who is on her way to getting back into the studio.

"She said, once she has her second baby, she's getting back to the gym, back into the studio. I think a year from now, you could see a refurbished Brittney, at 25-years-old, ready to take the pop landscape by storm again."

And if she makes it back, can she stay there?

"Pop culture being what it is," Jacobs chuckled, "she's going to have to stay on top. The world works in a way, you know, they're up, they're down. Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera, they all go up and down."

And what’s to become of Federline's career?

"It will be interesting to see," Jacobs remarked. "He has ambitions of his own. He's been in the studio. He has an album he's going to publish on his own label, and he's going to be performing for the first time live in the next couple of weeks. We will see. The jury is still out on whether he can turn some of his rebel attitude into a career."

[susanrntx]

Britney Spears needs to be allowed to grow up. Plain and simple. She has grown up in public with no room for the trial and errors that all of us have on our road to adulthood. The difference between us and Britney is that all of her mistakes make front page headlines. We have the luxury of maybe a few close friends and relatives seeing our growing pains. One does not become a perfect parent automatically. Give her a few years and I think we will all be pleasantly surprised by the woman that Britney becomes.

[jeavblrgn]

WHO CARES!!!!!!!!

[wishnock]

trusmom06 is absolutely correct--Spears herself released this footage nearly a year ago as part of the bonus video on her "Chaotic" DVD. Why is this not mentioned at all on any of the umpteen online articles that have been written about it? I know you can't believe EVERYTHING you rad on the internet, but I would think that an organization such as CBS News would at least correctly state the source of the footage in question. Edward R. Murrow must be spinning in his grave.

[erik1973-2009]

I truly believe that she can come back on her own - She needs to do this herself and not let her husband take control of it like he has in the past couple of yrs, she has waisted her own time on him, I hope she will realize from yrs on that she has made a huge mistake - HUGE MISTAKE

[joann94-2009]

I've never been a Britney fan, but why is it more important for her to be back at the "top of her game" than to be a mother? Raising two children is a much more difficult and important task than making pop records! With all that she has accomplished at her young age, she has a right to retire right now, without regrets. I think Bradley Jacob's remarks were so shallow! I would rather be pulling for her that she raises two fine human beings than to be back to doing 1000 situps a day!!

[prlwebster]

No I think Britney Spears career has come to an end now she needs to focus on being a mother and wife. I use to be a fan back when she first came out on the music scene in 1999 but then a year later her music went stale. so that's my story and I'm sticking to it 100%. Sincerely,prlwebster!

[samnbryan_25]

OMG!!!!!! Cant you people leave her alone???My goosh..she is a human being and everyone burps!!!Come on get real!!!Do some real reporting!!!Leave her alone already!!!I bet you wouldnt like it if someone recording everything you did (wrong or not) and made a big deal of it and accused you of being a bad parent!!!Shes a good mom to Sean P.....Just put yourselve in her shoes!!!!!!!!!!!

[newscritic]

This is the stupidest piece of NEWS I have ever heard. Oh my gosh how embarassing, Britney is video taped eating chick wings and saying she feels she has missed out on something. You people are full of ***. How about some real news,,, like oh I don't know, maybe the reporting that did this *** got fired. PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How can she plan a come back? She has no ability to sing. As with most young "singers" today, if you turned off the electronic amplification, all you would hear is screaming like a dying animal!

[stuffedtige1]

Alot of people knock Britney because they say she is an unfit mother and lost her stardom....I think she will do fine.

[karfar67042]

She can TRY to make a comeback,but it won't work. She started going downhill when she went from the innocent little girl routine she was putting on to the steamy,and too *** style she was into when she went downhill.As my mother would've said, she made her bed, now she's got to lay in it.I don't believe it's all Kevin's fault...she's into that kind of thing and now she's trying to get all her former fans to feel sorry for her and welcome her back. She's a hasbeen.

[trusmom06]

you know whats funny..SHE PUT THE VIDEO OUT HERSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!! its a deleted scene on the chaotic dvd....so its not new!

[geeg4]

Really, leave the woman alone. What's the big draw? I can't think that she's done anything so dreadful that you must constantly bash her, with all that really is horrific to report about. And, by the way, who is it who has never burped? So she made a video, so what . . .

[lowell3456]

Let's see, an online reporter interviewing a print reporter who's giving his opinion about someone else. Is this really reporting? Is this really "news"?