Lynne Spears Talks to ‘Today’

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Meredith Viera interviewed Lynne Spears on “Today” this morning to talk about her new book “Through the Storm.”

Basically, Lynne lives in her own world where she bakes cookies all day long like a good mother and really didn’t do anything wrong when raising her kids.

In the clip above, Lynne talks about how she wasn’t a stage mother. Britney pushed her. When Britney started to become a star, Lynne couldn’t travel with her, because she had to stay at home and raise Jamie Lynne. She compares it to sending your kids to college.

“You don’t really know what they’re doing in college … just as Britney set out two years earlier to be a star.”

On being a stage mom: “Britney pushed me.”

On it not being possible to be by Britney every second: “Did I want to be there? Of course!” she said. “Was it feasible? It wasn’t.”

On comparing Britney to a kid in college: “You don’t really know what they’re doing in college … just as Britney set out two years earlier to be a star,” she said.

On Britney in Hollywood: “She’s out there, she’s with the crowds and with her peer groups, and she’s doing things — she’s a celebrity, for heaven’s sake!”

On Britney’s 1999 Rolling Stone cover: “We didn’t really know what we were doing…We were so in awe,” she said. “I never even bought [Rolling Stone], but I just heard this is a really big deal.”

On not knowing what was going on: “We didn’t have any choice over pictures … We had no one who could tell us what we were supposed to be doing.”

On getting sucked into fame: “There was that honeymoon period where it looked like she could do no wrong,” Lynne said. “Then there’s that ugly side of fame … and we weren’t ready for that.”

On Britney’s downfall: “I don’t think anybody was even trying to sit and think of what was going on,” she said. “We were praying very hard. It seemed like we had no control over what was happening.”

On looking back at everything: “I have sat for hours, thinking and thinking about everything that’s happened. It’s been a whirlwind. When you mix extreme heightened celebrity hood and then when you have heartache … The mixture’s just not healthy.”

And in the clip below, Lynne talks about how she was shocked to learn about Jamie Lynn’s pregnancy. I guess she had no idea that her 16 year old daughter was sleeping around?

Isn’t it cute how Lynne doesn’t accept the blame for anything?

source: Clueless The Sequel: Starring Lynne Spears [dlisted]

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