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Tuesday December 25, 2007

A leading Hollywood addiction specialist fears Britney Spears could be a suicide risk – insisting: “She appears to be crazy.”

The pop star has had a year of alarming behaviour – and was as bad as ever this weekend with bizarre trips to gas station toilets while talking in a fake British accent and finally arranging a “date” with a paparazzi photographer.

Now Beverly Hills analyst and addiction expert Marty Brenner fears she is showing the kind of behaviour that “could end in suicide” if she does not get help. “She appears to be crazy,” said Brenner, who has not treated Spears.

“She is disconnected from life.

“She’s losing it now, and she’s going to eventually lose it altogether if she doesn’t get the help she needs.

“She’s exhibiting bipolar signs and she’s clearly fighting depression.”

At the weekend, Britney pulled over on a busy road to snap a photo of a mural, then flipped when photographers refused to move out of her way. She screamed “Mother*******” at them and smashed her camera against a car. Later, she stopped numerous times at gas stations and at a Wal-Mart to use the bathroom.

She was heard using a bizarre British accent – and also making a ranting cellphone call about studios while in the toilet.

She then got a cellphone number for her favourite photographer and then – with other photogs watching on and filming the whole thing – arranged to meet him at a hotel where they stayed for several hours.

Brenner says Spears’ latest ploy for attention may be due to her 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn’s announcement that she’s pregnant. “Britney now needs to cry out for even more attention,” he said.

“She’s really going for it. No one stops to pee that many times. She has a major problem.”

Brenner theorized that Spears picked a photographer to play with because for her, “It’s a power trip. She thinks this guy’s going to fix her. We’ve seen her do this before.

“Look what’s around her, he’s in her world.”

He added: “She appears to be crazy. She is disconnected from life.

“Look how she changes outfits all day. She’s saying, ‘I don’t like who I am right now, maybe I can change it.’

“Britney also doesn’t listen to anybody. Her mum is out of the picture, her kids are gone and everyone surrounding her is enabling her world of illusion.”