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Created on : Friday, March 02, 2007, 12:00:40 pm

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Two Hollywood stars, two incredible sagas that have captivated the nation. Dr. Phil takes you inside the drama surrounding Anna Nicole Smith and Britney Spears. Anna Nicole’s story is one of the most bizarre celebrity cases with unbelievable twists and turns: a beautiful but troubled model, a headline-grabbing pregnancy, the shocking death of her beloved son … culminating in the actress’s untimely demise. Pat O’Brien, host of The Insider, has known Anna Nicole for eight years and shares what it was like spending time with her during her last days. Next up, Alex Goen, CEO of Trimspa, weighs in on the death of his company’s spokesperson. Then, some argue that Britney Spears’ recent behavior—leaving rehab after one day, shaving her head bald, and angrily brandishing an umbrella—indicates that the pop star is in a tragic downward spiral. Frank Griffin, a celebrity photographer, has captured Britney’s public pain through his lens. Are the paparazzi partially responsible for driving this young star to the brink? Talk about the show here.

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rosie52

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March 5, 2007, 4:07 pm PST

To jjboston,I know you are a doctor from your posts.

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... snagged her a really rich very old, no doubt impotent, very sick, and no doubt senile man ,old enough to be her grandfather or great-grandfather - not really a "husband"in the usual sense of the word - is it? Do you think she was a "good" and faithful wife for the 13 months? Well hard to say but if history can be used - you do know that there are at least 3 men - possibly as many as 5 men saying that they all had intercourse, not safe sex mind you, at about the same time and claiming to possibly be the father of her child...

I am wondering what you think about the Lupus discussion. Could she have died from complications of Lupus?

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March 5, 2007, 4:09 pm PST

We are all Human!

I find it very unfortunate that the moment a person enters celebrity status their personal life and privacy disappears! My personal opinion... not that it has any means of accreditation, I believe Anna Nicole died from a mixture of emotional depression, stress and I think she has been unhealthy for many years. I've often wondered why she slurred her words. Brittney on the other hand, that girl could use 6 months hidden, away from everyone to relax and breathe, and get her life situated! She should been given credit for lasting this long! If it were me in the public eye under a microscope 24/7 I would have snapped a LONG time ago. Hopefully she is able to receive the emotional and professional help before she heads down the road Anna Nicole did. The most important thing Dr. Phil said was, without all the glitz and the glam, the money and the cameras we are all human! I also think the media blows everything out of proportion... anything for that all mighty dollar!

Just my thoughts! : ) ~Jamika

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March 5, 2007, 4:16 pm PST

03/05 Anna and Britney: Behind the Headlines

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I lost my youngest son, 18, to suicide in June. I can understand her wanting to die to be with him and how it consumes your life. I give glory and honor to Jesus for lifting me up out of that pit. Yes, I will admit there are still times I would rather be with him than here but I am learning to embrace each new day and want to live. Life is a precious gift!

as it saddens me to read your sun took his own life i pray god will lift your heart and spirit, but anna did not commit suicide and nether did her son, nor will her infant daughter, but if dr phil doesnt stay on top of this one she will too die only to make many rich, and the cameras will be there for all the evil tabloids to publish it for there profit, and all who buy these magazines will be just as guilty in gods eyes, so think about this next time you go and buy a trash magazine people!!! you support this trash by purchesing this garbage, stop buying these magazines, treat them as you would kiddie porn, they only profit from others mysery and pain, stop being a part of it.!!!

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March 5, 2007, 4:20 pm PST

whatever

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your screen name indicates chrisian, your comment to someone regarding their language indicates judgement... which doesnt belong to you.....

you love brittany's music, which is secular and mostly very provocative, and you have a half naked man as your pic in your profile...... and you are praying for brittney, which is great, but......

be very careful, this is what gives Christians a bad rap.... Too many of us speak from both sides of the river and it causes the world to see you as a hypocrite and therefore, your witness suffers...

i would at least change the picture if i were you.

I am a christian and I do not care to read ugly words on a post!!

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March 5, 2007, 4:24 pm PST

03/05 Anna and Britney: Behind the Headlines

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I think Anna Nicole is going to be like Princess Diana. Can't we just let them rest and move on? And about little Danny Lynn, that makes me even more sad for her. If she didn't stand to inherite millions of dollers, these men would not be trying to claim her. I believe, regardless of what the DNA test says, if there is one, that Howard K. Stern should be her daddy. He has been there since day one and has never lefted her or Anna's side. Any man can make a child but it takes a real man to raise one. And Brittany...... I feel her. I'm about to go down the same path she is. You get to a point in your life where you just can't take it all anymore. So I am right there with her. I just don't really care anymore. You get stepped on, talked about, stabbed in the back, you thought you had a good man that loves you, everybody is all up in your business..... Yeah it gets to you sometimes.

In what fathomable way is Anna Nicole Smith like Princess Diana?

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March 5, 2007, 4:25 pm PST

Was a little disappointed with today's show

I really questioned the choice of Pat O'Brien as today's guest. Even though he spent a fair amount of time interviewing Anna when she was alive, at the end of the day he was using her & she was using him; not exactly a sincere exchange. But maybe he was the only person available for the show. I'm sure he never turns down an opportunity to get his "snake oil salesman looks" a little more face time.

Anna was just a lost soul. Given more years, she maybe could've learned to love herself, but I doubt it. Hopefully she's found the peace in death that she sought in life.

Britney is either selfish or ignorant or both. She's not the only young mom around, she's not even the youngest mom around, but she sure is one of the dumbest. And to behave like this while in the midst of a divorce is BEYOND IRRESPONSIBLE. 25 is old enough to know what kinds of custody issues arise during a divorce. I can't believe that she is CHOOSING partying over her own children. It's unfortunate that she can't be inconvenienced enough to give them a foundation in life; especially when they didn't ask to be here. What a waste of space she's turning out to be. Just like her friend Paris H. I sure hope she invested her money wisely, because I will NEVER purchase anything else she produces.

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March 5, 2007, 4:26 pm PST

Britney

For starters, after watching the show this evening, I dont recall Dr. Phil stating that one cant die from Loopus(however, spelled).

Any how, we can not change the past as far as Anna. I am saddened that that little girl has to grow up without a Mommy.

Now, we have Britney. I have liked her for years. I think she can be helped. I just think she got led down the wrong path, and distracted. I dont want to see something as bad as the Anna thing to happen to Britney. It doesnt seem like money can buy one happiness, but it can buy you good doctors, and psychologist. There is help out there for Britney. Someone (Dr. Phil) has to NOT give up on her. She is a mother. Even though, her loser husband isnt around anymore doesnt mean that Britney, alone, can make them children happy, because she can!

Someone needs to kick Britney in the butt, and make her complete a rehab. Dr. Phil you have managed to put your foot down in the past, can you do that now? Can you help Britney?

I know I am just a viewer and I dont know how things work. But, if someone as powerful and someone that has such a huge affect on society and a huge affect on the people, as Dr. Phil does, maybe Britney would listen. It would do her career some help, and it would help them babies have a Mommy in the future.

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March 5, 2007, 4:30 pm PST

Anna Nicole

Dear Dr. Phil:
I watched your show today about Anna Nicole. I compliment you on at least attempting to be neutral and not joining the media feeding frenzie for sensationalism. They have concluded falsehoods based on ironious information and will soon need to wash the egg from their faces. I am a grandmother, mother of two wonderful, productive and responsible children. For whatever reason, I loved Anna Nicole and felt very maternal towards her. My children often teased me for watching her reality show; I was fascinated with her and her out of control behavior. I felt deeply sorry for her. I did not see a bad person, but rather a sweet, innocent child who had never had anyone to really love her. I so wanted to contact her...I so wanted to talk to her so that she would know that there were those of us who found her very lovable for who she was. Her beauty was her nemisis as well as her trophy.... I consider myself a very intuitive person and now I so regret that I never at least tried to write to her and offer some motherly advice...more than anything, in my opinion, she needed a mother's love. I must scold you for a couple of things you said today though.... You referred to her as "the blond bomb shell" and "cash cow".... I was disappointed to hear you use these terms as I have heard those same cruel descriptions used by the sick media. She does not deserve to be characterized in this way...I so regret that you did this as it took away from your otherwise objective and sort of fair presentation of the facts. At least it did for me because I see you as above this kind of rhetoric. At least you didn't trash Howard Stern, although there were some subtle inuendos along that line. Dr. Phil...you are very observant and intuitive. Can you not look at the trial proceedings and feel the heart break of only one person in that room.... It was not her mother, it was not Mr. Birkhead, the kiss and tell phoney....it was Howard Stern and Howard Stern only. He attempted to protect her from the nasty testimony that he knew would cast such a negative light on her...he did not try to protect himself, his thoughts were only of her..... Why the world wants to convict him is beyond me. He was the only steady person in her life....she relied on him...and he answered her every beck and call. Yes, he was her attorney, but he truly loved her...it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how he adored her. We don't alway have control over who we fall in love with..... Anna loved him too, she just didn't realize she had found true love in Howard...an unconditional love that accepted her no matter what. In my opinion if you want to charge anyone with the cause of her continued depression and deteriorating physical condition, and eventual death, it falls at the feet of Mr. Birkhead. Within a week of the death of her son he began threatening her, going to the media and telling all. What kind of "man" is that. I have no respect for a "kiss and tell" opportunist. In my opinion, he is not fit to raise Danielynn. The biological father is NOT always the best father.... I suggest that you contact Howard. If we are all so concerned that people aren't intervening when someone appears desparate....where is the concern for this young man. I think he is suicidal and could be the next victim of this amazing true life story. I am sure Howard could use your help....why don't you save him and find the real truth! With Love
Brenda Sue

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March 5, 2007, 4:33 pm PST

Loss of a child

How can anyone of us every understand the pain of losing and having a child all in the same week.

I cannot even fathom how depressed she was....

How could you go on?

Brenda Sue

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March 5, 2007, 4:44 pm PST

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MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT ANNA'S BABY CAN LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE......POOR BABY!!! IN MY OPINION IS THAT HOWARD STERN REALLY LOVED ANNA..AND LOVES HER BABY AS WELL.ALTHOUGH I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT HE IS THE FATHER.I HOPE HE IS!! I THINK HE COULD NOT CONTROL ANNA......BUT LOVED HER DESPITE HER WAY OF LIVING......I THINK WITHOUT HIM, SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DIED A LONG TIME AGO!!!!! I COULDN'T IMAGINE IF ONE OF MY CHILDREN DIED OF AN OVERDOSE....REMEMBER SHE JUST HAD A BABY.AND SOME MOTHERS DO HAVE POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION.....AND TO LOSE HER SON WAS MORE THAN SHE COULD TAKE......DESPITE THE FACT SHE LOVED HER BABY.....

HER NITEMARES ABOUT HER SON WERE TERRIBLE..... I FELT SO SAD FOR HER WHEN SHE SPOKE OF HIM BEING LOST AND NEEDING HER.I DO THINK SHE WAS ON MEDICATION THAT MADE HER SLUR HER WORDS......I THINK THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE DOCTOR WHO GAVE HER SUCH MEDICATION....SO THOSE WHO STALK CLEBRITIES SHOULD STALK THE DOCTOR WHO GAVE HER THE DRUGS!!!!!!NOT THE INNOCENT BABY!!!!!! OR THE PEOPLE WHO LOVED HER SO MUCH.NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.JUST LEAVE THE BABY ALONE!!!!AND SPEAK OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS HER MOTHER ACCOMPLISHED INHER LIFE.SHE IS WITH HER BELOVED SON AND GOD NOW.A HAPPY PEACEFUL PLACE.......LET HER REST IN PEACE......AND LET HER DAUGHTER LIVE THIS LIFE ON EARTH IN PEACE.......IS THERE NO RESPECT ANYMORE FOR EVEN A INNOCENT CHILD!!

Mary...

At last someone who sees how much Howard Stern loved Anna. I am in disbelief at how the hateful media has tried to portray him. It was so very obvious to me during the court proceedings that there was only one person in that room that cared about Anna. It wasn't her mother, it wasn't the "kiss and tell" phoney Mr. Birkhead... It was Howard and Howard only. I could feel his heartbreak and sensed how difficult it was for him to contain himself for her benefit....he was obviously dying inside.... He was the only true love in her life....I so wish he is the father...

Brenda Sue

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