Britney Spears has stepped out of the limelight briefly, and one would think she’d be intent on acquainting herself with her newborn child. Instead, TMZ reports that Britney has shuttled her two small children to individual nannies and has hired an entourage of personal trainers and nutritionists and has taken up residence at the gym “for hours at a time” to look classy again, like this:

Britney is obviously not hurting for money and could afford to retire today and still keep her children’s trust funds intact. However, she’d rather validate herself by reading her body for husband KFuck’s album release party at the end of the month. “[S]he totally wants to outshine Kevin and announce to the world that she’s back,” but at what price? If some of us can manage to look good after becoming a mother without hiring an arsenal of experts, then celebrities should be able to do the same. Looking one’s best shouldn’t amount to hours per day in the gym, and if it does, then the illusion will vanish again just like it did so recently for Britney. Something tells me we’ll be seeing the young Federlines in rehab in about twelve years.