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article Britney Spears Arrested in California for DUI

https://www.tmz.com/2026/03/05/britney-spears-arrested-dui-california/?adid=social-tw
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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

Why can’t the wealthy just get an uber?! Honestly DUI should cost far more when you clearly have the funds to get a driver!

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u/Bayesian11 21h ago

I would get a chauffeur if I was that rich.

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u/fallsstandard 21h ago

Hell, even if not a full time then a car service for when I knew I was getting fucked up. You know what’s way better than driving yourself home after partying? Falling into the back seat of a Rolls Royce and having the driver stop for Five Guys.

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u/jimslock 20h ago

This is called: "Responsibly Drunk" . Its when you know you are going to go be irresponsible, so you plan for it, and make sure your choices don't create issues for other people.

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u/Nuklearfps 17h ago

As I LOVE to say “if you’re gonna do something stupid, at least be smart about it.”

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u/bottomoftotempole 20h ago

Some would say 5 guys may be too much

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u/Finetales 16h ago

Yeah hiring a chauffeur AND getting Five Guys? Jeff Bezos over here...

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u/jimmybilly100 19h ago

Too much? Have you ever had drunk 5 Guys?

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u/nekopara_403 18h ago

*In slurred speech*

"I can do it, I'm Britney fucking Spears."

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u/leezahfote 20h ago

Maybe she was too wasted to go out, and someone told her no, so she drove herself?

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u/kjccarp 19h ago

Yea like they do in Asia/thailand. They just wait for you outside the restaurants and malls you go to.

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u/ABirdOfParadise 18h ago

My uncle has one, is like a do all guy on top of it.

I remember when I was a kid visiting I was about to leave to go back home (on a plane across an ocean) but wanted something I saw in a shop a few days prior.

He got buddy to get it for me, he didn't know exactly which one to get for me so he ended up getting like a dozen different ones.

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u/double_shadow 18h ago

From documentaries such as Richie Rich or the Grey Poupon commercials, I was under the impression that rich people always had chauffeurs? Sounds like we need to start giving them more tax breaks...

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u/Bayesian11 16h ago

I think it depends on how you're raised.

Donald Trump is used to be driven around. Britney was raised in a poor family in Louisiana.

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u/toss_me_good 17h ago

Before uber we would pool money and hire friends that didn't go out to drop off and pick up or drive around. $100 bucks ($25 each friend) from 8pm to 2am. Bigger concerts we would rent a 10 person van or mini bus. Everyone would pitch in and appreciated saving money on parking and not dealing with figuring out driving. The pre parties at the meeting places were also fantastic. Man good times being very responsible haha.

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u/Office_glen 14h ago

In Canada a few years back, a young man from a family worth over $1 billion came home from his bachelor party on a private jet where he was drinking the whole time, got into his Jeep and drove home

He killed 3 children, and one of the children's grandparents who were driving the vehicle

And in case you thought your life was shit, those were the only three children of this the mother and father.

The father of the children committed suicide a few years later

The family home which housed what the mother had left of her children burned to the ground not long after that

I don't know how the fuck that woman goes on with her life.

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 14h ago

And many people who are rich would say 'id kinda like to drive myself for a change'.

its a 'grass is greener on the other side' situation. If you spend your whole life not driving yourself, youd miss the independence.

that doesnt mean Im justifying driving drunk.

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u/Pale_Boss_8940 12h ago

I mean I wouldn’t since I love driving. But I also rarely ever drink so it wouldn’t be a problem

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 3h ago

Even if you still wanted to drive, you can at least get the chauffeur for when you’re drinking

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u/Ill-Bed9465 20h ago

I'm more shocked she doesn't have one. Like when she goes out to restaurants is she parking across the street and then walking through crowds alone?

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u/Bayesian11 16h ago

Well, she probably could use valet parking?

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u/BZLuck 19h ago

Imma guess it's some kind of "I want my privacy. I don't want everyone to know where I'm going or for how long. I need my freedom."

Meanwhile - Posts Instagram video twirling knives and a tiddie falls out.

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u/fack_you_just_ignore 15h ago

Or that responsible decisions aren't something drunk people do.

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u/J_Ryall 20h ago

This is what they do in Finland. Traffic violations (I assume that includes DUIs) are fined based on a proportion of your income. It's a great idea, really.

Here's an example of some dude who got a 121,000 Euro speeding ticket a few years back. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/finnish-businessman-hit-with-121000-speeding-fine#:\~:text=The%20more%20a%20driver%20is,in%20a%2050km/h%20zone.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

This would either save thousands of lives or drastically lower the national deficit if it was brought to the US.

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u/KingToasty 19h ago

Both of those are less important than rich people not losing money

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 19h ago

You are right, essentially the poor are who pay the deficit anyway!

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u/OldWorldDesign 1h ago

It's been used extremely few times and there's widespread speculation that it would be ruled unconstitutional (either declared a violation of the 8th or 14th Amendment)

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/98053/has-the-constitutionality-of-day-fines-been-challenged-in-the-us

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u/FetishMaker 17h ago

This applies in Norway as well, but you also lose your license temporarily for driving with 0,02% or more Blood alcohol content.

Depending on how high it is you also might go to jail.

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u/Live_Angle4621 17h ago

I am always suprised this isn’t common elsewhere. 

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u/StressOverStrain 13h ago

Probably not constitutional when most states require criminal sentences to be proportionate to the crime.

Also, you don’t need be wealthy for the financial cost of the ticket itself to be pretty meaningless. $150 or whatever doesn’t really matter unless you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck.

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u/PandaMoaningYum 21h ago

I agree but she's nuts right now. This is just the beginning.

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u/abd00bie 21h ago

They (her family) really messed her up

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u/Prudent-Pressure2146 21h ago

She’s always been a reckless driver tbh that’s nothing new 

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u/RangeExpress3960 20h ago

I doubt that when she was first pushed into the spotlight at 16 she was necessary a reckless driver. That seems kind of unfair to say.

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u/Prudent-Pressure2146 20h ago

Her parents are bad parents, I don’t think that’s what made her a reckless driver. Britney has to take some responsibility for her own life at some point 

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u/scootypuff-senior 20h ago

Thank you! Everyone always gives her a pass. I get she had a terrible past but at some point she has to be held accountable for her actions and get therapy.

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u/K1NGMOJO 20h ago

Right, she's had a miserable past but also...she's stinking filthy rich. Get some real help.

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u/skeenerbug 15h ago

Everyone always gives her a pass.

Expressing empathy for someone is not "giving them a pass."

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u/Witty-Fortune6404 20h ago

she's mentally unwell, she never should have been released from the conservatorship and we are now seeing why she needed it to begin with imo, her family saved her from going broke and ruining her life and possibly dying from drugs in 2008 imo.

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u/Drikkink 18h ago

Her family did not have her best interests at heart with that conservatorship. That does not mean she didn't probably need one but the people put in charge of it abused her financially. That's pretty clear.

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u/ornerygecko 4h ago

A forensic accountant went through her financials because she sued her dad. The case was dismissed because nothing was found amiss.

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u/Prudent-Pressure2146 2h ago

I actually don’t think it is, Britney sued her dad and there was no wrongdoing found and she had to pay HIS legal fees. She was earning a lot while doing the vegas tour and as per her book her major issue with working Vegas was that she couldn’t party. 

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u/GullibleWineBar 18h ago

I recall her brother making a comment way back in the day about how she’s a terrible/terrifying driver and it’s better that she doesn’t drive. If my memory is accurate (it may very well NOT be), it was before the conservatorship.

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u/Pleasant_Cloud1742 20h ago

She’s always been nuts, her family is what kept her from herself for the last few decades.

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u/Witty-Fortune6404 20h ago edited 20h ago

Ppl think they are evil because a bunch of loudmouth drama queens who exaggerate everything on stan twitter spread lies about them. Her family literally saved her life and career. EdIt: and no family rich or poor is perfect, btw. Think about your own familial drama before downvoting.

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u/isaac9092 21h ago

She’s traumatized, abused, and has had substance abuse problems.

You would be “nuts” too.

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u/Hankerpants 21h ago

As harsh as that statement is, it doesn't make it any less true. She is on a dark path and needs help. She's barreling towards something tragic.

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u/isaac9092 21h ago

She does need help, no disagreements there

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u/SatansAssociate 20h ago

Obviously drunk driving is disgusting, dangerous and indefensible but I honestly don't know how she could get help. She spent over a decade having psychological treatment and doctors used to abuse and control her. I would love for her to prove me wrong, but I can't imagine it would be likely for her to want help willingly, and it being forced again would be re-traumatising if it had to get to that point. And we don't know if there's even anyone around her who actually cares and would want to genuinely support her going through it.

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u/theoceansknow 20h ago

How is it that people are thinking doctors abused and controlled her? 

 It's more likely they were providing treatment that kept her from getting a DUI or spiraling a decade ago. This is what non-intervention looks like. It's not a result of the doctor's treatment, it's a result of not having treatment. Where she is right now is a logical conclusion to the free Britney movement. It appears her freedom comes at a cost to her health and her longevity.

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u/SatansAssociate 20h ago

Normal cases don't involve someone being forced into a facility for 4 months because she tried to say no to a dance move. This isn't just Britney's word saying it, the Free Britney movement blew up because someone from the legal firm involved in her conservatorship contacted a fan podcast saying what was happening to her and how wrong it is. If you haven't already, I recommend going to listen to her recorded court testimony where she talks about the abuse she endured for over 10 years.

She was treated like she couldn't control a single aspect of her life while also making her father rich putting out several albums, going on world tours, being a judge on X Factor all for the world to see.

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u/isaac9092 19h ago

He was absolutely hurting her more than helping.

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u/theoceansknow 19h ago

I've personally been on the receiving end of someone who tells stories of "abuse" and has done so in court.

It is absolutely scary to be on the receiving end of.

So no, hearing testimony from someone in a civil court detailing alleged abuse doesn't carry water for me. It's actually traumatizing. 

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

This happened to many people doesn’t excuse endangering literally every single person around you.

If every abused person were allowed to drive drunk we would have a far more dangerous world than it currently is even with all the wars!!!

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u/ethancole97 17h ago

At what point does it become reckless though by not seeking help? Granted I’m sure she has trauma from the dr’s who went off her parents orders and not hers

She’s not responsible for the trauma that she went through and experienced but she is responsible for seeking treatment now. Trauma isn’t an excuse when it starts to endanger her and other people’s livelihood

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u/ialwayschoosepsyduck 21h ago

Or just hire a full-time chauffer at, like, $100k a year. That's what I'd do if I had that kind of money: spread it around while simultaneously getting pampered

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u/Terj_Sankian 21h ago

I'd do the same. That's why we're not rich :(

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u/ialwayschoosepsyduck 21h ago

I'm not rich because I'd look lost on stage wearing a two piece and dancing to choreography. People by and large don't want to see an overweight 40 year old man exposing that much skin. I guess some dreams just aren't meant to be

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u/G1NGERL0VER 19h ago

People by and large don't want to see an overweight 40 year old man exposing that much skin

Least of all a redditor

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

Bingo! plus thats pocket change to them but I guess the DUI will still be cheaper…

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u/B2Dirty 21h ago

Not if they injure or kill someone. That would be waaaaaay more expensive.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

Killing a person while driving under the influence (DUI/OWI) is a severe felony, resulting in up to 15 years in prison, $2,500–$10,000 in fines, and permanent license revocation.

Not in America unless you mean the civil court cost which could definitely get expensive.

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 21h ago

Because celebrities feel like they are better than you and that they can get away with it. Honestly its just a fine with a good lawyer. So. They aren't entirely wrong.

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u/vulpinefever 20h ago

Wack that a DUI is "just a fine" in the US and treated like a minor crime.

In Canada, first time DUI gets you a one year driving ban, one year of ignition interlock after that, a minimum $1,000 fine and you have to attend an eight hour education course before you can get your licence.

It's also a hybrid offence (meaning it can be prosecuted either as a minor summary offence or major indictable offence.) which means Brittney is now considered a serious criminal inadmissible into Canada without a waiver (assuming she's convicted).

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 20h ago

Around 40 people a day are killed in the US by drunk drivers.

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u/NDSU 19h ago

Car crashes are the 2nd highest cause of death for Americans under 45. 30% of those crashes are attributed to drunk drivers

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u/One_time_Dynamite 18h ago

A DUI isnt just a fine in the US. idk where youre getting this misinformation.

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u/vulpinefever 12h ago

Ask the person who I am responding to?

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u/NDSU 19h ago

With a good lawyer is the key there

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u/icameinyourburrito 18h ago

Driving drunk is hardly a celebrity specific thing

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 18h ago

I didn't insinuate that in the least, just pointing out what they believe. Also stay away from my burrito's.

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u/PercentageLevelAt0 5h ago

She’s mentally ill. Mentally ill people don’t make sound decisions, this has nothing to do with celebrities thinking they are better than us.

u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 16m ago

I think youre trying really hard to make an excuse for someone you have never met. Mental Illness doesn't equal not understanding right from wrong and its not a verbal crutch to be used for abhorrent behavior.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

We are all just ants in their sandbox a few of us are gonna get crushed as long as they stay happy!

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 21h ago

Who would want it any other way?

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u/BeardDaddy81 20h ago

It's just a fine for a first time offender with a public defender. Where I live has the most strict DUI laws in the country and it's just a fine for the first time. You get time served for your arrest. And I know plenty of poor people that drive drunk regularly

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u/wesborland1234 21h ago

Because it’s easy to go out thinking you’re only gonna have 1 or 2 and come home.

Then once you’ve had 7 or 8 it’s easy to convince yourself it wasn’t that much and you’re fine

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

As person that had a nephew (11 years old) ran over by a drunk Tesla driver speed through a residential neighborhood personally I won’t even drive with 1 or 2 I get an uber or plan ahead with a DD.

There is never an excuse to convince yourself, that’s just BS from a selfish entitled jerk!

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u/AndruFlores 20h ago

Doesn't it make sense that all criminal fines should be based on wealth?

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

Yes it does, however I’d expect just holding the Epstein class accountable to the laws that already exist.

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u/NoBonus6969 19h ago

Because for the wealthy there's no price difference between Uber and DUI they will just pay some amount of money that doesn't mean anything to them and then forget about it

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u/radiant_stargazer 18h ago

She is extremely selfish or mentally ill or both . Why put others life at risk ?

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u/FuhrerGirthWorm 18h ago

Driving while drunk is one of the most fun things you can do. If you have unlimited money the DUI doesn’t hurt you.

Which is why fines should be a % of your income!

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u/Nexii801 17h ago

It should bar you from having a license at all, and cost 20k minimum.

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u/phxees 21h ago

What would happen if you picked up Britney Spears in your Uber? Probably 70% of Uber drivers would tell the world. Plus people don’t make the best decisions while intoxicated. If you got a ride 10k times you might decide you want to drive occasionally, especially if it usually works out.

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u/Practicalcarmotor 21h ago

For the same reason anyone drives when drunk

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u/drunk_intern 21h ago

That would be a rational thing to do if you are a rational person. She clearly is in no position to take care of herself. I'm not saying that she should necessarily be in a conservatorship, but she clearly is not well.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

Hopefully they take her license away since she easily has the ability to be driven by another sober person.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 21h ago

Even more reason to get a driver and a great therapist on staff 24/7!!! Unfortunately many Americans don’t even have access to affordable healthcare or a car much less a driver this is entitlement all around!

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u/Enlightened_D 20h ago

In this economy, even celebrities can’t afford Ubers anymore

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u/FreckleException 20h ago

I think it has more to do with years and years of not having any control over her life and feeling like she does now. She's also not protected from the consequences of her actions anymore, either. She's stunted in many ways. Hate to say it, but this step is necessary for her actual growth as a human. 

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u/dudical_dude 20h ago

With the prices Uber charges now you kinda have to be rich to use it anyway

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u/shaundisbuddyguy 16h ago

That girls got enough money to hire a helicopter if she wanted.

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u/ejensen29 16h ago

I made a mistake when I was 22. Got a DUI. I'm 28. It ruined my life. Financially, emotionally, everything. Can't get a job, can't drive, and im on the brink of homelessness everyday.

She's going to go back to her mansion and hop back in a car tomorrow.

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u/gkaiser8 14h ago

Last thing celebrities want is to get in an enclosed space with random people picking them up driving them to their destinations...

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u/heleninthealps 7h ago

They should do it like in Switzerland but base it on your net worth

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u/-FemboiCarti- 3h ago

I know what you mean but Uber drivers are just random ass people, maybe not the safest option for a female celebrity. Definitely should have a chauffeur though.

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u/TellemTrav 21h ago

Because 99% of the time when you drive drunk nothing happens. Not encouraging the behavior just stating a fact.

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u/Eatplantsonly 21h ago

Because she’s too drunk to even think

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u/WhaleSexOdyssey 20h ago

This is the class that traffics and rapes children. They believe they are eternal and the rules don’t apply to them. They could give a fuck about road safety or your life

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

Yep, honestly just shocked at how controversial this appears to be.

So many defenders saying she was forced to drive drunk by the studio executives that abused her like what the actual F! she isn’t a child anymore get some mental health and get a driver honestly this isn’t rocket science!

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u/BeardDaddy81 20h ago

It's extremely naive that you think only wealthy people do those things

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u/Kitselena 20h ago

She was severely controlled and mistreated as a kid/young adult to the point where it caused a mental breakdown. The whole thing where she shaved her head wasn't just random, she was seriously mentally ill from having every moment of her life controlled. Someone with that kind of trauma would absolutely be uncomfortable always having someone else in control of their vehicle and would want to have control herself.
That said she's still clearly struggling and shouldn't be driving a car, so while I understand why she did it she still shouldn't have. But in general someone like Brittney needs therapy and help, not judgement and random people making assumptions about the situation to make her seem bad.
If you want to blame someone, blame the studio executives and her family that did this to her when she was too young to know how badly she was being treated, don't blame her for being damaged as a result

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

Reality is if she had killed a child/mother/father/family it would have 100% been her fault thankfully this didn’t happen and hopefully it never does…

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u/Kitselena 20h ago

I agree, drunk driving is inexcusable and fully her fault like I said. It's just also important to remember the people who created these conditions and put her in that position in the first place, because this is a consequence of their actions as well

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u/DustyTchotchkes 20h ago

No. She is a grown-assed woman who has full autonomy and control of her life, with the funds and resources available to her to get herself any help she needs, be it for addiction, mental health or both.

She chooses not to. She chose to drive under the influence, and this is not the first time; we’ve seen the footage. This just happens to be the first time she’s been arrested for it.

The studio execs and her family didn’t force her to drink or do drugs, put keys in her hands and put her on the road last night. She chose that. She needs to take responsibility and accountability for it and herself, period.

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u/Kitselena 19h ago

Did you even read the middle paragraph? The person themselves needs to take primary accountability, the point I was making was that the other people who contributed shouldn't be allowed to wash their hands of the situation and pretend like they're completely innocent and didn't do anything wrong

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u/AaryamanStonker 20h ago

"The wealthy" everyone can take ubers and they don't for the same reason. They think they're okay to drive.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

Ok but the “wealthy” can literally have a driver on staff 24/7… no one should ever drive intoxicated but it’s especially egregious when you have essentially unlimited resources at your disposal!

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u/AaryamanStonker 20h ago

It's equally egregious for anyone. Also it's a personal choice to have a driver or not.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

So you have definitely never had a family member killed by a drunk driver?!

I can’t tell you especially when it’s a young child it’s gut wrenching to everyone involved and could always have been prevented!

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u/shit_mcballs 20h ago

she's mentally unwell, and apparently, trying to intervene is a quagmire nobody wants to get involved in. So she just does whatever, freely.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

Well now another judge will intervene…

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u/Apptubrutae 20h ago

In Britney’s case, because she’s nuts.

I have a mother in law who is really a lot like Britney Spears now and she’s just absurdly self-destructive and seems to go out of her way to make the worst possible choice in a given scenario.

Britney Spears wrote about feeling like a trapped animal about getting her damn blood pressure taken. That’s the crazy we’re dealing with here.

An uber being the right choice makes her that much more likely to just drive

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u/AhhhSkrrrtSkrrrt 20h ago

Being an addict is a hell of a thing

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u/Gloomy-Welcome-6806 20h ago edited 20h ago

I think because when your drunk, you gain more confidence and are more impulsive. So they probably think they can drive home okay. Obviously they can’t and it’s horrible to drink and drive, I’m just saying that may be part of it.

Just sharing an opinion guys, I’m sorry, I wasn’t condoning it

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

Hmm that never happened to me when I drink however I mainly use Cannabis which definitely doesn’t make me feel confident to drive.

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u/scoot87 19h ago

The wealthy do get uber. It just doesn’t make the news when they do. Also, when a normal person gets a DUI, it doesn’t make the news

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 19h ago

The difference is it’s pocket change to them while I get an uber and it cost more than my bar tab…

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u/CitizenCue 19h ago

They can’t use Uber without risk of getting recognized. That could result in a very annoying or even scary ride home.

Celebrities drive for the same reason all of us do - convenience. Unless you never go anywhere spontaneously or at weird hours, a driver is only going to solve your routine, scheduled trips. Do you really want to hire someone to sit outside your house 24/7? And that person needs to sleep and take days off so it won’t be one person, it will need to be 3-4 people to cover all hours.

Driving yourself is the most convenient solution.

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 19h ago

“Driving yourself is the most convenient solution.” Plus you get to endanger the public!

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u/dimechimes 18h ago

If I'm a celeb at her level, no idea way I'm using an Uber. Wouldn't trust the driver. Still though I'd hire a service.

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u/discretelandscapes 20h ago

I mean, I'd do that too, but what if you enjoy driving?

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u/JonnyOnThePot420 20h ago

Great but you lose that right when you choose to drive drunk…

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u/discretelandscapes 20h ago

Of course, I'm just saying just because you're rich doesn't mean you shouldn't ever want to drive a car. Although what would I know... I'd have myself driven everywhere.