Britney to set the record straight in tell-all interview

IF you’re wondering what was going through Britney Spears’s head during her erratic era, you are not alone — so does she.

“I sit there and I look back and I’m like, ‘I’m a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?’” Spears said in an interview to be televised on MTV on November 30.

“I’ve been through a lot in the past two or three years, and there’s a lot that people don’t know.”

The 90-minute special, Britney: For The Record, was executive-produced by Spears’s manager Larry Rudolph.

It features behind-the-scenes footage of the singer and her talking about her life over the past two years.

She’s got a lot to talk about: In that time span she has got divorced, been through a custody battle, gone to rehab, had very public meltdowns and had one memorably bad performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Now on the comeback trail, the singer is ready to show the world her side of the story.

“So much has gone on over the last couple of years and there’s a lot people don’t know about me that I want them to know,” Spears told MTV News. “I wanted to make this film because I started to feel like I wasn’t being seen in the light I wanted to be seen in.

“This is an opportunity to set the record straight and talk about what I’ve been through and where I’m headed.”

The documentary combines personal stories with behind-the-scenes footage of her comeback.

Cameras follow her to the recording studio, to rehearsals, to press tours, to the video shoot for her latest single, Womaniser, and even to her hometown in Louisiana. Backstage footage from her recent triumphant appearance at the Video Music Awards is also featured.

Through it all, we hear Britney talking about the hardships that led to this comeback.

“Sometimes it can get lonely ‘cause you don’t open the gate. I’m stuck in this place, and I just cope every day.”

Britney also owns up to the mistakes the world has watched her make, and offers some telling insight into how she feels about it all now.

lFor the Record airs Sunday, November 30 at 10pm eastern time on MTV (3am Irish time) two days before Circus is released on December 2 (the singer’s 27th birthday).