- So, welcome. Sort of welcome home, I guess,
you might say.
- I know, I'm so excited to be home, my hometown.
- Is this cool? Special for you?
- Oh god, yes.
- Anything special planned for tonight's show?
- No, not really.
I'm just gonna talk to the crowd a lot, you know.
'Cause my family's out there and all my friends,
you know, they'll be screaming for me.
So, I'm excited.
- Well, as you know we kinda spent the day in Kentwood, [Louisiana],
and kinda delved into your past
and met some family and friends.
- Oh goodness.
- Would you please give a great big round of applause
to your hometown girl, Miss Britney Spears!
- So Lynne, this has to be one of the more exciting days
for Kentwood, I would imagine.
- Oh, definitely. Definitely. Especially for her family.
It's just crazy.
- How early on did you see any signs of Britney
ever, you know, making this kind of a life for herself?
- Honestly, at three years old.
She was dancing and she was leading the pack
in the dance reviews and she'd turn around and she'd tell
all the kids "No, that's wrong. Don't do that," you know.
And then she sang. She sang all the time.
To the point of it'd be a little bit annoying, you know.
- See, I wouldn't think most moms in Kentwood
would necessarily be into sort of uprooting their lives
and moving [for ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’] with their daughter,
but it was fine with you?
You were excited about it?
- Mhm. - Yeah?
- I mean she wanted to do it and I mean,
if we had the opportunity
we were gonna take it, you know, and do it.
- Do you think Britney in any way
has been an inspiration to other kids here who
might have dreams of doing something
as big as she's done?
- Definitely, because so many people, they think, well,
if they're from a small town, "Oh there's no way
we'd be able to do that from Kentwood, Louisiana,"
but they can see that if you really wanna do something,
you can work really hard and your dreams can come true
if you focus yourself and just try really hard
to achieve 'em.
And that's exactly what Britney did.
She knew what she wanted years ago.
I mean, this is what she wanted was to sing.
It wasn't really to do The 'Mickey Mouse Club,' you know.
She liked it, and that was fun, but that was just a
stepping stone to the part where she can do
what she's doing now.
- You think in any way having achieved
what she's achieved and seen
everything that she's seen in the world at this point
Britney has outgrown Kentwood in any way?
- Oh, of course.
I mean, she would have to, you know.
Because she's used to doin' so many other things
but I still, I mean, this will always be her roots.
You know, this is where she was raised.
These are where the people that will always
love her most in the world -
this is where they are.
When Britney comes home everybody's glad to see Britney
but it's not a big, you know.
She feels at home when she comes home.
- So what's your point of view on all this craziness
that's been happening around here for the last six months
'cause of your sister?
- Oh, I enjoy it. I mean it's pretty good.
If anybody deserves it, she does.
- She's worked hard for it?
- She's worked really hard.
She hasn't changed at all. Not one bit.
I don't think so.
I mean she's still sweet.
I don't think she realizes how big this really is.
I don't think she has a grasp of that.
You know, 'cause I think she's lookin' at it
from her point of view,
she's not seein' it from a fan's point of view
or a family's point of view,
you know, lookin' at it from the outside in.
I think that's what keeps her,
she's got good morals and stuff
so I think she's gonna stay down to earth.
- I know you're Britney's cousin, right?
- Yeah.
- And everyone else pretty much
grew up with her?
Grew up around her? Right?
- Right.
- Can you go out to movies?
Can you have parties at people's houses?
- Oh, yeah.
It hasn't got too bad to the point where you
go somewhere and it's a big mob of people
and you can't talk to her or anything.
It hasn't really got that bad.
I’m sure it will, but, you know,
we can still go places around here
and you know.
This is her room. As you can see she likes dolls.
We used to play dolls when we were little
so there's all these porcelain dolls.
And there's a lot over there, so.
And she loves her pictures, too.
So she has pictures everywhere.
- So did you guys used to hang out in here a lot?
- Yeah a lot. Or sometimes, she likes
to stay in the living room and watch TV a lot.
So she didn't really stay in here that much.
- I noticed she's got a TV in here now.
- I think, I think that's her sister's.
Jamie Lynn has kinda...
taken over her room since she's been gone.
These were pictures from 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'
Like there's Justin [Timberlake] in 'em.
These are all the - there were seven new ones
when Britney joined.
So, there's Justin and there's Britney
and Christina [Aguilera].
Christina signed with RCA [Records].
And, so they're all doin' real good, actually.
- All lookin' much younger here.
- Yeah. They look a little different.
- Alright, Laura Lynne, so obviously the living room here,
right? Some memorabilia here. I think we recognize her.
- Yeah. Here, that's in concert.
That's what she wears a lot of times.
And there's a lot of trophies - Those trophies.
- A lot of those are hers from talent competitions
and stuff, but some of them are like basketball.
But most of 'em are hers.
- She played basketball too?
- Yeah, she did.
Well, her dad did, too. So those are his, too.
- Now is her name on some of these trophies, do you know?
- I know that Miss Talent USA, she won that.
- Can someone just tell me
pretty much what's gonna be happening today
as far as this caravan and...
Do you wanna tell me about that?
- Well I think everyone's meeting in town,
and they're just gonna all ride caravan to
the Riverside] Centroplex and tailgate
in the parking lot.
- Britney! Britney! Britney!
(screaming)
(cars honking)
(girls screaming)
(cars honking)
(crowd screaming)
- So, one of Britney's former teachers.
- Yes, third grade.
- Really? Now what do you remember of her from third grade?
- Well, she was shy,
except behind a microphone. She loved to perform.
Very sweet child, very compassionate
with the other children.
That impressed me with her,
because I could see she had a future.
- When you think back to growing up
in that house, in that town,
were you always optimistic
that something like this would happen someday?
- Yeah, I've always, I've like,
I think I've always had it in me.
- The confidence too?
- Yeah, to totally just, I wanted it,
really, really, bad, you know?
But there [were] times where I was just like,
no, you know, that's a fantasy world,
you know, living that, you know, I could never.
But then I always had it in the back of my head, you know?
I'm gonna go for it, and you know, if it works out,
that's fine, but if it does, well great.