Avril: Spears breakdown is down to her

Avril Lavigne has said Britney Spears's breakdown is down to her own personality - not the pressures of the music business.

The singer suggested Spears had to be ready for professional strain and could not blaim anyone else for her apparent breakdown and addiction problem. The star went into a rehab clinic last month after shaving her head in public.

“What’s happened to Britney is all down to who she is as a person," commented Lavigne. "If you want a piece of this business you have to be able to deal with it.

“You can’t complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness because that’s the job.”

Lavigne said she drank a reasonable amount herself but “no one really gets to know”.