Well, third time's a charm and what not... Indeed, in a massive stroke of PR fortune - this is today's top entertainment story, the very day her concert tickets go on sale in Ireland and England. What luck!
Let's recap, shall we? First, there was the quickie Vegas marriage to Jason Alexander, followed by 55 hours of wedded bliss, then the equally quickie annulment. That didn't stop it being parodied byJennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallonon SNL. That was in 2004.
Then, later that year, Britney got married again, this time to the K-Fed. He was one of her backing dancers. At the time they started their affair, Kevin was engaged to the mother of one of his (what turned out to be many) children, actress Shar Jackson. As it happens, Shar was also pregnant with his second child.
In the two year period in which Britney and Kevin were married, they sat around chowing friend chicken, released a reality show of them sitting around chowing fried chicken, and produced two children.
Then it all went bits up. When their marriage ended, Britney did the head shaving / umbrella rage / wig thing, the vaj flashing thing, theSam Lufti thing, various other things, had a breakdown and was then remodelled into the BritBot by her estranged and not-at-all controlling father, Jamie (it was around this point that Jamie's brother, Roadkill Willy decided to unveil some family secrets... namely that Britney's uncle eats road kill). The split wasn't a walk in the park for Kevin either; he desperately tried to remain relevant, with attempts at rapping and a bizaare stint with the WWE.
One conservatorship, and a slew of mimed Circus concerts later, and Britney's new "manager" - the man who managed to get her back into a bra - Jason Trawick came to the fore. He's been pictured on holidays with her, going to her kids' ball games with her, and enjoying the odd errand to Starbucksfor her.
According to The Sun, here's how Jason Part II proposed: "The 29-year-old is secretly engaged to long-term boyfriend JASON TRAWICK, who until last month was also her manager. Talent agent Jason - ten years Britney's senior - proposed to her by writing a romantic poem and filling the ground floor of their Los Angeles mansion with candles and roses. The Toxic star is already sporting a flower-shaped diamond on her wedding finger. A source said: 'Britney's desperate to settle down again and have more children (eeeeeeep). But she is very traditional and didn't want to start a family with Jason until they'd tied the knot. The couple plan a low-key wedding in Hawaii after Britney finishes a world tour. The source added: 'She's on cloud nine'".
That's nice. She's come a long way. Hopefully Jamie won't insist that she performs at her wedding - popping out of the cake or something - but sure what's new.
