Forget the beads, the boobs, the food, the music, the floats, the king cakes– be at Mardi Gras this year because our favorite new young mother will be in attendance. Britney Spears, the 24-year-old pop goddess herself will be participating in Mardi Gras 2006, in what capacity we can only guess.
“I am honored to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year,” Spears said in a statement Monday afternoon. “It is so important for this amazing city to continue its annual traditions and I am really looking forward to being involved.”Â
Spears, a Louisiana native, will also appear on ABC‘s Good Morning America on Fat Tuesday (February 28) when the morning show reports live from the famous & recently devastated New Orleans. ABC announced that Spears will bring “surprises for a group of very deserving young residents.” You think it might be car seats for the little infants & toddlers?
Last week photos were published of the diva driving with her 4-month-old son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap whilst driving instead of the usual keep-the-infant-strapped-in-the-freekin-car-seat approach. But Britney has always done it her way. Yesterday Transportation Secretary (do we really have one of those- it’s all so British) Norman Mineta chided Spears as “Irresponsible” for driving with her baby on her lap and announced a new initiative to improve child car seat safety. Tomorrow we’ll probably see Britney advocating the use of car seats, kinda like Kate Moss promoting a drug-free lifestyle.
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