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Britney Counseling Mel—Seriously

They're having late night heart-to-hearts

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2010 3:34 AM CDT | Updated Jul 23, 2010 3:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – For advice on how to get re-hinged, lunatic ranter Mel Gibson has apparently been turning to ... Britney Spears. The disgraced star, 54, has been pouring his heart out to the poptart, sharing his fears that his recorded rants to his babymama Oksana Grigorieva are destroying his career, Britney has told her pals. “Mel has been talking to her a lot,” Britney's friend tells In Touch. “They speak on the phone all the time, usually late at night."

Gibson "was one of the only people who reached out to help Britney when she was at her lowest point, and she believes that demonstrates what a loving man he is," adds the chum. (For an interesting Mel text message expressing his concerns that he wasn't "safe" around Oksana, click here.)

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Britney Spears arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif.
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Britney Spears arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
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Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced today it has renewed its exclusive partnership with international icon, Britney Spears for its Candie's brand, which is available only at Kohl's Department...   (PRNewsFoto/Iconix Brand Group, Inc.)
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COMMENTS
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mymalt
Jul 24, 2010 3:19 PM CDT
The blind leading the blind, of the ignorant leading the ignorant. Britney and Mel? Yeah, sure, and I have a bridge I could sell them!
YetAnotherCollegeKid
Jul 24, 2010 7:56 AM CDT
Really, it makes a bizarre kind of sense. Their positions aren't all THAT different (well, except I don't think Britney ever threatened to kneecap anyone and leave them in the desert to die because of their religion. Could be wrong, don't quote me on it). Still, Britney did somehow pull herself back up from about the lowest a star has ever fallen before rising (Robert Downey Jr. might have pulled off a bigger arc, all things considered), and Gibson has definitely, intensely fallen. The difference between them is that Britney basically fell on her own, essentially suffering from temporary insanity but not pissing anyone off on her way down. Gibson, on the other hand, has basically pissed off anyone with a moral or ethical sensibility at a level usually achieved only by skinhead wife beaters. Sorry Gibson. You're fucked. And good riddance.
mannequin
Jul 24, 2010 6:04 AM CDT
Come to think of it, those two don't seem so different after all. I think they make a lovely couple; deserving of one another.

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