There's nothing like a breakdown to make people be nice to you.
First, Mr. Blackwell and PETA spared Britney from ridicule, because she's too unstable to be responsible for her fashion choices...and now some celebrity magazines are even easing up on their Brit crit.
Rather than splash unflattering paparazzi shots all over their covers (Cough! Us! Cough!), People and OK! are opting to take a more sympathetic approach to the onetime pop topper.
People's glamour shot—which touts the singer as the victim of a mental disease who needs our support—reminds us of the Britney who used to inspire us to dress like a slutty schoolgirl and memorize her music-video dance moves.
OK! wants you to know that she's a loving mother who would die for her boys.
But while it's nice to portray Ms. Spears more sympathetically, the mag certainly went about securing the photos of Brit and the boys in a shady way.
The intimate portraits come from Dani Brubaker, whom Britney hired to snap the happy fam for personal use.
Not being entirely sound of mind, Brit apparently failed to get the photog to sign a confidentiality agreement, and now they're featured in OK!, something we gotta point out we saw coming.
Still, we welcome this public change of heart regarding Britney, now if only she could do some changing for us.