Britney Spears’ uncle has sold his famous niece out to a British tabloid. William Spears - the brother of the pop star’s dad Jamie - tells The Sun the singer started drinking at thirteen, began smoking marijuana when she was fourteen, and by eighteen had already dabbled in cocaine use. The forty-nine year old welder says he even partook in one of Brit’s alleged drug binges; after all, the family that snorts Coke together stays together.

“I know she did cocaine on her 18th birthday - I was there. We were at a party in an apartment and I spotted her doing a line just before I did one. We smoked pot together too… She has tried just about everything - cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy…”

“I’m not just a family friend or someone who claims to know them. I was there every day, working with them. I have seen all the terrible things happen… “Britney is in an unstable state of mind now and there is nothing anyone can do about it. She is not listening to anybody… “If people think she has reached the bottom, they are very wrong. Suicide is the bottom line for Britney.”