Britney Spears

Between prescription medications, over-the-counter remedies, herbal supplements, high pressure lifestyle, poor diet choices and the overall whirlwind that Britney's life consisted of in the runup to the CD release and the weeks that followed, it's a wonder she's alive.

It may well be there were 'too many cooks' and she needed some sort of 'cooling off' period, which is what the most recent hospitalization, the ensuing conservatorship and its various restrictions are accomplishing, whether she likes them or not.