Former child star Mara Wilson criticizes 'terrifying' treatment of Britney Spears

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The former 'Matilda' star shared her perspective on the narrative around Britney Spears and how the culture 'builds these girls up just to destroy them.'

op-ed for The New York Times

"The way people talked about Britney Spears was terrifying to me then, and it still is now," she wrote."Her story is a striking example of a phenomenon I’ve witnessed for years: Our culture builds these girls up just to destroy them. Fortunately people are becoming aware of what we did to Ms. Spears and starting to apologize to her. But we’re still living with the scars."

"Some of it was pure jealousy, that she was beautiful and cool in a way I’d never be. I think mostly, I had already absorbed the version of The Narrative surrounding her." The documentary details the fraught time in 2007 when Spears' personal issues spilled into the public eye and became fodder for the tabloid media."The saddest thing about Ms. Spears’s 'breakdown' is that it never needed to happen," Wilson wrote."When she split with her husband, shaved her head and furiously attacked a paparazzi car with an umbrella, the Narrative was forced upon her, but the reality was she was a new mother dealing with major life changes.

 

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