Oops! She did it again...

It seems that a day cannot go by without poor old (young) Britney Spears being pictured in the press in the act of some embarrassment or other. The latest is her decision to cut off her locks in favour of the Grant Mitchell look. Who would be a 'celebrity'? Sure, there is the advantage of the lavish gifts from clothes designers who want to publicise their latest range, not having to wonder where the next meal is coming from and what have you. But where is the joy? I can remember Britney as a teenager promoting clean living - remember her talking about how she diligently completed her prayer journal at the end of each day, even when on tour. Remember her expressing a desire to remain a virgin until she married? The press loved that one and couldn't wait for the opportunity to snarl 'I told you so!'.

Poor Britney is struggling. All things aside she is still just a young mum, recently estranged from her husband and she has to face humiliating images and stories of herself daily in the so-called newspapers. The hair shaving worries me. I'm no psychologist and I may well be wrong but I would say that is classic low self-esteem behaviour rather than a fashion statement. It seems she is now seeking professional help. I for one hope she sorts herself out. Even celebrities shouldn't have to be unhappy. Who amongst us hasn't messed up somewhere along the way? But by and large our mistakes are relatively anonymous. If you have a spare second in your prayer time, you could do worse than to remember Britney.

Not that I would buy any of her records, you understand...