Avril: No sympathy for Britney

Avril Lavigne - who was vageuly famous a few years ago - thinks Britney Spears' character is lacking:

“What’s happened to Britney is all down to who she is as a person. If you want a piece of this business you have to be able to deal with it.

“You can’t complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness because that’s the job.”

Let's hope Avril never reaches Britney's level of fame, shall we? So, Avril's able to cope and takes the paparazzi as part of "the job" - although since when was "going to glitzy showbiz nightclubs" central to the job description of "musician" - or is Avril dropping the pretending-to-be-musican stance and admitting she's a celebrity now?

Still, she can take the "madness". So presumably that whole spitting-at-cameramen thing was a coping mechanism, was it?

Avril also has a go at Brit for not being able to hold her drink, too:

But Avril says while she too likes boozing, she can handle it and “no one really gets to know”.

Well, nobody "gets to know" unless you tell Arena:

"I had the most fun in the studio
making this record - we were getting drunk, scootering around, ordering junk
food and I think that comes across on the record."

I used to have a few drinks and yell, 'Woooo!' and take my top
off! But I haven't done that in a few years.

"I drink and have a good time, jump up on tables and wreck things but only
once in a while. To put things into perspective, I've only drunk twice in
the last three weeks. But when I do I AM the party!"

But, erm, nobody really gets to know.