With her troubled past, Britney Spears might not seem the most likely of role models – but she has been picked by Disney bosses to mentor the studio’s child stars.
Executives approached her in a bid to avoid another meltdown such as that suffered by 18-year-old singer and actress Demi Lovato earlier this month.
Britney’s fellow former Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer Justin Timberlake has also been asked to counsel young performers.
‘Justin and Britney have been asked if they would like to come in and speak to their younger counterparts about the tribulations of being famous so young,’ said a movie insider.
‘The Disney bosses think that if they have people to look up to they might stay on the straight and narrow.’
Britney, 29, hit the big time aged 18 with the song Baby One More Time but went on to spend time in drug rehabilitation, notoriously shaved her head in public and at one stage lost custody of her two sons.
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