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.”

Following are other comments from Avril Lavigne’s interview found in the April issue of Jane:

ON WHETHER HER HUSBAND DERYCK WHIBLEY OF SUM41 DOES DRUGS… “He doesn’t do drugs. Clearly, he used to, because he talked about it, but I wouldn’t be with someone who did, and I made that very clear to him when we first started dating. I’ve never done coke in my life, and I’m proud of that. Oh my God! I could never. I am 100 percent against drugs.”

ON WHETHER SHE QUESTIONS HER HUSBAND’S FIDELITY WHILE ON THE ROAD… “No, we have a really good, strong relationship. There’s a lot of trust. I know how much I mean to him, and… I’m the best thing that’s ever happened to him.”

ON WHETHER SHE STILL GETS INTO FIGHTS… “Well, I don’t fight people anymore, I’m more mature now, and I just don’t think fighting is good. But I remember being in Toronto and walking into a CD store, and some guy with spiky hair was all, ‘Hey, Avril!’ and then started lippin’ at me. I was like, ‘Okay, this is embarrassing, I’m just going to leave.’ So I’m walking down the street, and the guy comes out of the store, still yelling. I turn around, fuckin’ grab him and go, ‘What?’ And I fuckin’ knee him in the balls, throw him down, and his fuckin’ punk girlfriend comes over and goes, ‘What the fuck are you doing?’ And I go ‘What the fuck are you doin’?’ And it was like they totally didn’t expect me to do anything, because I’m just this girl on TV or whatever. I’m not proud of that. I think it’s funny, but I wouldn’t do it now. I’d just be like, ‘Okay, you’re a loser.’ Then I would leave.”

ON HER GLAMOROUS WEDDING… “I wanted to be like, ‘Oh, let’s totally have a rock ’n’ roll, goth wedding.’ But at the same time I was like, ‘I’ve been dreaming about my wedding day since I was a little girl. I have to wear the white dress.’ I wanted to be a princess, okay? People thought I would have done, like, some black wedding dress, and yeah, I would have. But at the same time I was thinking about our pictures, and I wanted—like, that’s why I have this ring—I wanted to be in style. It’s a classic. I didn’t want to be, like, 20 years later, ‘Oh, why did I wear my hair like that? It’s not cool now.’”

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Husband and wife Deryck Whibley and Avril Lavigne play like just another couple on their honeymoon Monday, in Portofino, Italy. The rockers wed in a traditional ceremony on a private estate in Montecito, Calif., on July 15.

Avril Lavigne wed Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley on Saturday afternoon at a private estate in Montecito, California.

At the outdoor, non-denominational ceremony, Lavigne was walked down the aisle by her father, John, to Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March.” She wore a Vera Wang gown and carried a bouquet of white roses.

The couple said their vows under an awning decorated with white flowers in front of 110 guests, including family and friends from their native Ontario.

Once the groom had kissed the bride, guests tossed rose petals at the newlyweds as they walked back up the aisle.

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