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ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip
Britney seeks control, bounces assistant
(E! Online)
Updated: 2007-07-29 17:27
Los Angeles - Oops, she did it again...
Yes, the joke is old, but the sentiment isn't: Just days after her OK!
magazine debacle, Britney Spears has fired her personal assistant, the
latest in a string of firings within the Spears entourage.
"Britney is adamant these days that no one around her tries to control
her in anyway," a source close to the pop princess reveals. "The moment
she feels someone is trying to tell her what to do, she responds by
firing them. And she thought her new assistant was trying to be too 'in
charge,' as she put it."
Spears gave Shannon Funk her walking papers just three weeks after hiring
her, our source said. The termination follows the recent axings of
manager Larry Rudolph and the powerhouse public relations firm BWR.
Spears' previous assistant, Alli Sims鈥攚ho also happened to be her
cousin鈥攑arted ways with the performer last month. And Spears has even
sought to distance herself and her kids from her mother, Lynne.
There was no immediate comment from Spears. Attempts to reach Funk were
unsuccessful.
Sources close to Spears say she partly blames the recent fallout from the
disastrous OK! photo shoot on Funk.
According to OK!, Spears was uncooperative during the session, refusing
to use the magazine's hair and makeup team, ruining a designer dress
after using it as a napkin and then storming off before the photographer
could finish the shoot. Spears left wearing nearly $9,000 in designer
duds, per the magazine's account. Funk, meanwhile, was caught trying to
walk off with another designer dress but was stopped by the wardrobe
coordinator, according to the magazine (though she did score a tank top
and pair of shorts, the article said).
"Britney didn't blame the day directly on her assistant," the source
said, "but just said in general that a lot of her problems recently were
caused by Shannon's unprofessional behavior. Britney thought Shannon was
rude and tried to run her affairs without listening to her."
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