Britney Spears’ manager spoke out about her today: “She understands what’s going on right now, and she calls it her ‘rocky moment,’ ” says Larry Rudolph. “Britney knows exactly what she needs to do.”
Rudolph concedes that Britney Spears has acted out in ways to fuel negative publicity. “I’m not defending it, and she’s not defending it.” But many of the tabloid reports, he says, are either untrue or exaggerated. When she nodded off during an appearance at a Las Vegas nightclub New Year’s Eve, he was getting calls asking which hospital she was in. “We were sitting there drinking orange juice. She got tired in a club, and we took her back to her room. Suddenly, I’m hearing words like ‘collapsed’ and ‘passed out.’ “
From a fan’s perspective, “from what they’ve been seeing and hearing, I understand the disappointment,” Rudolph says. “But Britney is increasingly motivated to get out there. She sees this as a challenge, that some fans may be questioning her. She is respectful. She sees this as her challenge to win them back.”
The singer’s next album is about half completed, Rudolph says, and in the next few weeks, her focus will be in the studio. “She’s real excited.” There is no official release date yet, but Rudolph says an “educated guess” calls for a single released in late summer and an album in late fall.
“She’s taking all the right steps,” Rudolph says. “Britney Spears will be back and absolutely at the top of the entertainment industry very soon.
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