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Oct. 29, 2007
If you thought Britney Spears would be on her best behavior during her court
appearance Friday as she squared off against Kevin Federline over custody of Sean Preston, 2,
and Jayden James, 1, it's time to wake up and smell the self-destruction.
According to TMZ.com, the id-driven, distended-lipped disaster, 25, left the courtroom
three times to use the bathroom, initially telling reporters stationed outside
that "everything's great" but soon appearing "extremely distraught" and tearful.
And Britney's demeanor wasn't the only thing that changed during her ladies
room respites -- her look did, too.
TMZ says she not only swapped out her black designer sunglasses for brown
ones but she also restyled her weave-a-riffic hairdon't.
But did Spears' heightened emotional state prompt her to spout an
expletive-filled turn-of-phrase within spitting distance of the judge who has
labeled her a "habitual, frequent and continuous" user of drugs and alcohol?
"Extra" reports she responded to
its hard-hitting question on how she's holding up by hollering, "Eat it, lick
it, snort it, [bleep] it!"
"Access Hollywood" says following
this head-smackingly inappropriate -- even for her -- outburst, Brit, who was
accompanied by her "cousin"-cum-BFF Alli Sims, was spied "sobbing" as she
returned to the courtroom.
During the three-hour hearing, Spears, who was kitted out in a conservative
-- for her, at least -- printed minidress and her favorite pair of fugly brown
boots, tried to avoid eye contact with her ex-husband, who was modeling a
"dapper" gray suit and diamond studs in his ears, reports People.
When the proceeding concluded (the judge's ruling is pending), Britney was
still upset, according to Us, which says she peeled out of the paparazzi-crammed
parking lot in her plastic pumpkin-bedecked white Mercedes and nearly collided
with a bus.
And while some people might deal with such a difficult day by, say, doing a
bit of soul-searching over how things could have gone so horribly, horribly
wrong, Britney's response was a mite more traditional -- for her, at least.
Hours after the courtroom drama, she stepped out sporting a masquerade ball
mask for a night of fun with Sims, which began with a rendezvous with Dallas
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and several of his pals at Los Angeles eatery
Ketchup.
"[Spears] walked around the restaurant into the lounge where she met up with
some people," a spy tells People. "She didn't eat or drink ... [It] seemed like
she was rounding up people to go [out]. She was very friendly and smiley, in and
out."
Chimes in another insider, "Alli was meeting up with Tony and his friends at
Ketchup and Britney wanted to come along. Tony and Alli have been good friends.
They've known each other for a little over a year."
(Romo, who just days ago was seen breaking bread
with "One Tree Hill" cutie Sophia Bush and whose rumored ex Carrie Underwood recently denied they were ever an item, must
have made quite an impression on Sims: The next night she dressed up as a
football player for a Halloween party.)
Spears and Sims later hit hot spot Les Deux, where Romo joined them.
"[Britney] was dancing and talking a lot with Tony," a bystander tells Us,
with another eyewitness describing her as being in "a really good mood."
Her upbeat attitude was confirmed by Ryan Seacrest, who, on his radio show
Monday (via Us), mentioned that she seemed to be "in a very, very good mood"
when they chatted briefly at the club.
He also revealed he saw her "frolicking" with Romo, which his co-host
wheedled out of him meant he eyeballed her giving the NFL-er a lap dance.
And because no Brit outing would be complete without a costume change, she
reportedly switched dresses and sunglasses in the Les Deux bathroom halfway
through the night.
The failing-at-"the-closest-thing-to-God" popster looked equally
happy-go-lucky Sunday night, when she resumed her schedule of driving aimlessly
around Los Angeles.
TMZ captured her giggling up a storm as hanger-on Sam Lufti urged shutterbugs
to approach their car at a gas station, at which point he hit the windshield
wipers and splashed a few of them with cleaning fluid.
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