BRITNEY SPEARS’ aunt last night admitted her family fear they will “turn on the TV and find out she is dead”.
Chanda McGovern told of her heartache at watching the former pop princess self-destruct. And she fears the next step will be a drugs overdose.
Chanda confessed that her family have been pleading for Britney to take a break from LA and come back to her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana.
She said: “We are very worried that things are going to spiral out of control.
“Instead of her turning to her family she is going to turn to the friends she has been hanging with — and the partying and drugs.
“And whether it be intentionally or accidental, there may be a drugs overdose.
“We are worried about suicidal tendencies in her.
“Everything is spiralling down and she has not got a backbone — a family member to help her.
“We fear that one day we may turn on the TV that she’s done something terrible to herself.”
Chanda married Britney’s uncle 14 years ago and was delighted when the then 11-year-old star sang at their wedding ceremony.
The mum-of-three added: “Every time you turn the TV on it’s something and every time it’s more negative than the last. It gets worse and worse. Not wearing panties is not something a true southern girl would do.
“Then, in front of the paparazzi when she crashed into the car and said, ‘Oops’ and took off, she knows better than that.”
Most disturbing for the family have been clips of Britney appearing wasted at clubs or during her appearance at the MTV Music Video Awards.
Chanda said: “In some of the clips we’ve seen it looks like either she’s on something or so drunk she doesn’t know what world she’s in.
“It’s heartbreaking. Everybody is human, but she needs to come back down to earth. Her mother was always her backbone. Since they’ve fallen out everything has gone to hell.
“The kids came second and her party life came first so it really wasn’t a shock that the kids have been taken away from her. It was just very disappointing.
“You just want to reach out and grab her and hug her and tell her you love her. I want to knock some sense into her and say, ‘Britney — wake up!’
“It’s almost like it’s a nightmare and we want her to wake up from it.
“But she’s a grown woman. She knows how to make her mind up and she’s choosing the wrong path.”
Despite her world crashing around her ears, Britney carried on yesterday as if nothing had happened — and even went to a tanning salon.
Her lawyer revealed she had missed drugs tests and a judge told her she will have to jump through hoops from now on or risk losing her kids for ever.
Amazingly, she has an album out in less than six weeks in the UK and her life is in tatters.
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