Stalking Britney Spears — His Highness Ian Halperin Reveals New Book Project
Yesterday was quite an adventure. Glosslip received several emails about a piece in the New York Post's Page Six which revealed a new project by New York Times bestselling author Ian
Halperin.
Meanwhile, Spears is the subject of a tome by investigative reporter Ian Halperin, the author of "Hollywood Undercover: Revealing the Sordid Secrets of Tinseltown" and "Bad and Beautiful: Inside the Dazzling and Deadly World of Supermodels."Halperin, who plans to offer "Stalking Britney: Under Siege with Britney Spears" to publishers next week, reveals "details of at least two suicide attempts by the troubled star," as well as allegations by a drug dealer about her substance abuse.
Glosslip, who has maintained close ties to Ian "His Highness Hollywood" Halperin since our radio interview in January and then again after his ill-fated movie screening in New York (due to Scientology-suspected sabotage), was contacted by major media outlets to help track Halperin. Halperin, who's been out of the country, also stated he's been contacted by virtually every tabloid magazine including Us Weekly, Entertainment Tonight and In Style for information, but is keeping the details of the book guarded.
But as one of the only people with exclusive access to Halperin, we were able to speak with him today about the new project, which is tentatively titled "Britney Spears Stalked" and Ian did reveal to Glosslip the general overview of the book.
"It will be a sympathetic portrayal of the rise and fall of Britney Spears. What will make this project unique, is it's an undercover expose where I posed and stalked her as a member of the paparazzi."
Halperin told us he conceived and executed the idea while he was working in Los Angeles on his Hollywood Undercover book, wherein he posed as a gay actor seeking to make it in the movie industry. During his adventures for that book, he was able to infiltrate the cultish world of Scientology, the porn industry and the seedy underbelly of Hollywood.
Apparently Halperin's a master multi-tasker, as he was also able to find time to stalk Britney Spears. Glosslip pressed him for more details about the recovering pop sensation, but Halperin remained mostly tight-lipped, but he did tell us, that while Britney herself is a nice enough person, she was surrounded by users and abusers who were instrumental in her very public downward spiral, which included, according to Ian, a serious substance abuse problem.
Halperin promises us exclusive updates on this project, which will bring to you!
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