Britney's Bodyguard: She Has Mental Problems

Britney Spears chats on the phone outside of her new Malibu estate on Saturday. The pop princess reportedly caught a flight to Atlanta, Georgia for the weekend, presumably a little after this phone call. Good thing she flew and didn’t drive!

In a recent video interview with London’s News of the World, Britney‘s former bodyguard Tony Barretto claims that the troubled star nearly suffered a drug overdose post-rehab last spring.

“She has mental problems, and they are not helped by her taking drugs and alcohol,” Barretto says in the interview. “She was in a terrible state, just sweating and shaking. Her pupils were huge�” we thought she was dying.”

Added Barretto about Britney‘s love for nudity: “”Before I even started working for her, I was warned about her stripping. I must have seen her naked dozens of times and each time I’ve been extremely embarrassed. She strips off anywhere — at home, recording studios and clubs.”