Britney Spears is to blame for her recent meltdown because she’s too weak to handle her fame, according to pop rival Avril Lavigne. The star claims Spears can’t point the finger at the media for her headline-grabbing spells in rehab and her bizarre hair-shaving episode – because all celebrities have to deal with the fame that comes with their success.

She says, “What’s happened to Britney is all down to who she is as a person. If you want a piece of this business you have to be able to deal with it. You can’t complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness because that’s the job.”

Lavigne adds that she is able to live a relatively normal life – by concealing her private life from the press. She says, “No one really gets to know.”