Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, allegedly made comments about her weight, called her a 'w****e and told her she was a terrible mother' in the days and weeks after she began her conservatorship in 2008, according to a family friend. It was just days after Britney's second release from a psychiatric hospital, when the disparaging comments began, family friend Jacqueline Butcher told The New Yorker. Already, Jamie, who had just taken over as his daughter's conservator, was planning Britney's comeback, starting with a guest appearance on the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother. Butcher was present in Jamie's office while they discussed the appearance. Britney Spears with her father, Jamie. Shortly after he took over as her sole conservator in 2008, he reportedly made disparaging comments about her weight and called her a bad mother, according to accounts from a family friend Family friend Jacqueline Butcher (far left) recounted the cruel conversations. Sh
Father and son in terrifying escape after their boat capsizes in croc-infested waters as the pair reveal the one thing that kept them alive
A father, son and their friend are lucky to be alive after the boat the men were travelling on capsized into a crocodile infested river. Albert Withers took his son Brayden and his friend, 23-year-old Connor Redshaw, on a fishing trip out on Proserpine River in Queensland's Whitsunday area last Monday. 'It started off like a normal day,' said Redshaw. 23-year-old Connor Redshaw at Prosperine Hospital, suffering cuts and bruises after the boat he was travelling in capsized during his first fishing trip on Proserpine River The trio had left the boat ramp around 12pm, not long after they were treading water when the boat they were travelling on capsized 'To go out on the boat to have a flick and a fish on the river.' It was Connor's first fishing trip on the Proserpine River and certainly his most memorable. The trio had left the boat ramp around 12pm but shortly after they found themselves treading water after their boat capsized. The next thing he knew the m