Britney Was "Trembling"

Photographer Says Her Boyfriend Told Him She Felt She Had "No One To Turn To Except God"

(CBS)  The media frenzy over Britney Spears when she arrived at a Los Angeles court Monday was so intense, Spears was "trembling," according to the head of a paparazzi agency who says he spoke with the pop star's new boyfriend.

Spears never entered the courtroom and instead headed for church -- and later was spotted at a mall.

Sheeraz Hasan, founder and CEO of Hollywood.TV, told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen Tuesday that he'd spoken with Spears' new beau, photographer Adnan Ghalib, as the media crush was unfolding Monday.

Spears had come to court -- three hours late -- for a hearing over custody of her two young sons. The judge wound up ruling that Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline, should retain temporary full custody.

Hasan says Ghalib told him Spears was "really nervous" and "really panicking" when she was being mobbed by the media at the courthouse, and opted to skip the hearing and go to church, feeling she had, at that instant, "no one to turn to except God."

"She was just so overwhelmed," Hasan says he was told. "She was panicked. She was so nervous. She was really, really stressed out in a major way. She knew from the moment that she left home, there were (news) helicopters following her. I mean, normally, on a day-to-day basis, OK, it's kind of like her friends are with her on a daily basis, kind of following her, but this was just really panicking.

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"And she knew herself that, 'You know what? This is the one chance of me of getting my kids back.' And, you know, to be honest, I mean, really, if she had the support system from her family, from her mom, from her dad, from her sister, I think she would have done whatever it takes to get into the courthouse. But she's on her own. I mean ... she's a young girl. She's very successful, very powerful. But it was too much for her.

"When she got to the courthouse, you know, even Adnan was telling me that it was just way beyond her, and she was nervous. She was panicking. And all she was saying is, 'I need to pray. I'm praying. I'm praying. I'm praying.' "

Hasan, whose company assigns photographers to cover Spears 24/7, defended his fellow paparazzi during the Early Show's continuing series, "Paparazzi: Behind the Pictures."

He told Chen, "A lot of people, you know, are interested in Britney Spears, and a lot of Hollywood celebrities. Even if you look at some of the Internet polls from Yahoo! and Google, the No. 1 one search term in the world for 2007 was Britney Spears. So obviously, there is a demand. People want to know. They want to see what's happening with Britney Spears."

Noting the irony of Spears' new boyfriend being a paparazzi member himself, Hasan asserted, "Britney is very comfortable with the paparazzi, and I know yesterday (Monday) was absolutely chaotic, but, you know, the bottom line is that, you know, Britney Spears is very well aware. She's very close to the paparazzi."

He added that it wasn't just paparazzi at the courthouse, it was "a whole world media at this point."

[anglefan2008]

Did people really expect her to show up? Apparently hooking up with a married man through (MillMatch.com) two little boys are in safer hands and it should stay that way. Britney needs to be held accountable and until then she will never be well.

[country1012]

Britt is a great girl try putting yourself in her shoes, everbody has some problems in life but the press is not watching you. She needs to stop dating those kind of guys and get out of the media spot light if she ever wants a chance at getting her kids back.Alot of those celebrities like that should get out of California and start dating good ol clean cut bad boy country boys from Kansas, and Oklahoma that really care about someone for who they are inside not for what they have.....

[barbaraf4]

If Brit would slow down and ask for help, then this can all be behind her. Drinking, drugs and speeding around town in her car is not going to take away her pain. It will only make it worse. One of the most pitiful things about this situation is that she has invited one of the paparazzi into her life and he is making statements to the press.

[sbroyles3]

If you as a human being feel that you deserve the right to want others to wish you health, happiness and love when you are in a time of trouble - then have the decency to wish the same for Ms. Spears. If you cannot have the strength to wish her help in recovering, then you do not deserve for others to wish the same for you if and when you ever have a serious problem. And by the way - humans have problems - I have yet to meet one that has lived a trouble free life. Ms. Spear''s problems are so public that I cannot even imagine the hell that her life must be right now. But what makes me the saddest is that so many people are thriving on the negativity in this young lady''s life. So, if you read this and have the nerve to find any degree of satisfaction in Ms. Speak''s pain - then don''t be surprised if people you know find joy whenever something goes wrong in your life. And know what - you will deserve it. What goes around comes around.

[tiredofthebs]

Enough with the Britney Bashing !!!! It''s amazing how LOSERS are quick to kick you when you are down. Celebrities are human, you know. Despite most peoples petty jealousy over their wealth/fame, they hurt too. I can only imagine waht type of pressure she''s getting from her manager & record label. On top of that, that polished piece of trailer trash (K-Fed) is trying to take away her kids so that he''ll have a permanent meal ticket for the rest of his life. NO ONE KNEW THIS LOSER EXISTED until he became involved with Britney. People, the girl had a nervous breakdown ! Ease the #$@* up !!!

[jeanner6]

What a shame for those kids. And we all thought K-Fed was the bad parent. I''m glad he stepped up. Britney doesn''t know how to be a parent. If those were my kids, nothing would stop me from showing up at court. Doesn''t she realize those kids will be ridiculed when they eventually go to school? She should accept help immediately.

[rasabaka]

Her children are really better off without her right now. She needs to work on getting herself back together before she''s too far gone.

[peedo]

sorry for the double post, wasn''t letting me post, pushed PUBLISH waaay too many times......cheers

[peedo]

Why the HELL is she driving there herself anyway?? Didn''t stars use to have drivers?? Why does she need to pump her own gas, sop in mini-marts, and order her own frap at Starbucks?? Isn''t that what assistants are FOR?? She is starving for attention and she can''t get it on stage anymore so in a passive aggressive way, it''s her way of staying in the limelight. If she REALLY wanted to be anonymous she could move back to her home state where nobody cares and disappear. She IS a danger to herself and her kids at this point and needs to be committed. If she wasn''t who she is she would be locked up in a straight jacket already.

[kevzgrl]

I think it''s kinda funny that her "boyfriend" is one of the photogs who give her the attention she so obviously continues to court. Isn''t he shopping around the semi-nude photos she let him take of her on the Internet? She has always been and will be as long as she lives, a media who-re who sells herself for the fame...I think it''s kind of funny how they say "she''s a young girl" who isn''t getting any support from her family - she is 26 years old, and she REFUSES to listen to advice from her family, and has for a long time now. If she keeps slamming the door in their faces, how are they supposed to "support" her???