Britney Spears’ cousin Alli Sims is breaking her silence and speaking to Access Hollywood about her time spent with Britney in what appeared to be the most difficult time in Britney’s life:

“I feel like the media made it appear a lot more insane than it really was,” 

They couldn’t go anywhere without being followed:

“It was a minimum of 50 people following us,” she said. “It made everything look so much more hectic. It was crazy.”

Alli was not fired from being Britney’s assistant and in fact continued to live with her for more than a year afterwards:

“I still lived with her after I wasn’t working with her and we’re still best friends,”

She did confirm that Britney’s dad, Jamie told her to not come around anymore:

“Yeah, he definitely said that,” she said. “You know, they’re very controlling and that’s fine and I just stepped back. I’m not going to fight nine lawyers and parents.”  “They pretty much cut out everyone, honestly,”

Alli addresses the bi-polar and post-partum rumours:

“I just feel like, you know, she had kids fast,” Alli said. “There was a divorce going on and that’s a lot for a young person to handle.”

Alli talks about that time when Britney refused to let Kevin have Jayden back and barricaded herself in her home:

“She was just like, ‘I wasn’t ready for them… you know, to go home,’” Alli recounted. “It was a mom just being protective and a mom that didn’t want her kids to leave… I mean, it’s weird when you have kids three days a week and you’re used to having them all day everyday.”

Alli’s first single, “Driving Blind,” is about missing someone. That someone being Britney.

“I want her to know when she hears [it], that it is about her and I miss her friendship,”

I can’t imagine how hard this must be for both of them, especially considering how close they are.  Do you think Jamie has done the right thing by cutting Allie out of her life?

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