Mojo In The Morning

Dirty 3: Britney Spears Checks into Rehab for Substance Abuse

15 min
Apr 13, 20265 days ago
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Summary

Mojo in the Morning covers celebrity news including Britney Spears entering rehab following a DUI arrest, Justin Bieber's innovative Coachella performance, and Tom Dumont's early-onset Parkinson's diagnosis. The show also discusses Detroit sports, with the Red Wings' playoff elimination and the Pistons' successful 60-win season.

Insights
  • Celebrity rehab decisions are framed as positive personal choices when voluntary, with public support from teams and family members
  • Live performance innovation (backing tracks, video integration) can generate audience discussion and differentiate artists in saturated markets
  • Sports fan engagement remains high even during losing streaks, with booing representing legitimate fan expression tied to season ticket investment
  • Health crises in public figures generate empathy-driven conversations that humanize celebrities beyond their professional personas
  • Organizational leadership changes (coaching, management) are debated as solutions to long-term competitive underperformance
Trends
Celebrity voluntary rehab admissions positioned as redemption narratives post-legal incidentsNostalgia-driven performance strategies at major festivals (Coachella) combining artist evolution with career retrospectivesEarly-onset neurological disease diagnoses in aging musicians/performers continuing professional commitmentsSports fan activism through social media and call-in radio regarding team management decisionsAI technology company acquisitions by major streaming platforms (Netflix) signaling industry consolidationDivorce settlement transparency in high-net-worth celebrity cases becoming public discourseMulti-generational sports fandom decline in traditional hockey markets despite historical dominance
Companies
Netflix
Acquired an AI-powered filmmaker and technology company for $600 million, mentioned in context of Ben Affleck's busin...
iHeartRadio
Distribution platform for Mojo in the Morning podcast and other shows mentioned throughout the episode
Apple Podcasts
Podcast distribution platform where listeners can access Mojo in the Morning and other shows
People
Britney Spears
Entered rehab voluntarily following DUI arrest in California; discussed as positive personal decision
Justin Bieber
Performed at Coachella Weekend 1 with innovative performance using backing tracks and video screens
Tom Dumont
Diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease; continuing to perform with No Doubt at Las Vegas Sphere
Ben Affleck
Gave entire stake of $60 million mansion to Jennifer Lopez in divorce settlement; owns AI company acquired by Netflix
Jennifer Lopez
Received entire stake of $60 million mansion from Ben Affleck in divorce; performed at Coachella
Shannon
Delivers 'Dirty on the 30' segment with celebrity news and gossip
Mojo
Primary host of the show; leads discussions on celebrity news, sports, and entertainment
Todd McClellan
Quoted discussing Pistons' 60-win season and fan expectations in Detroit sports culture
Dan Campbell
Birthday mentioned in context of Lions' recent success compared to Red Wings' struggles
Steve Yzerman
Mentioned in debate about whether he should be replaced to rebuild the Red Wings organization
Quotes
"No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear."
Show tagline/introOpening
"I think she needed that help. Maybe not her dad being the conservator, but conservatorships can be healthy and help bring about positive changes."
ShannonBritney Spears discussion
"This is Detroit. This is hockey town. I've been lucky enough to be on the other side of it when they couldn't stop cheering for this team."
Todd McClellanPistons discussion
"You can't hold your hands in the air and say give me more when they're cheering, and then get mad when they're chanting boo."
HostSports fan booing discussion
"A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers."
Show tagline/outroClosing
Full Transcript
No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. Varsan, who is not generous, cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the puja bhajjo on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. Mojo Secret Sound for $13,000. What is that sound? 844-MOJO-LIVE 844-665-6548. Mojo in the mornings, dirty on the 30. Shannon with the dirty on the 30 while we're grabbing a contestant for Mojo Secret Sound. So, is some dirty about Britney Spears that broke yesterday, just a few weeks after she was arrested for a DUI in the state of California. She has entered rehab totally on her own voluntarily from how I understand it. Her team says this is a wake-up call and she does want to make changes after that DUI arrest and avoid further trouble. People who are close to her have really been supporting this decision. She finally made it happen. I don't have any details about where she is or how long she will stay, but she is receiving treatment. I wish her the best. I really hope that she can get healthy. I love that she has reunited with her kids and I'm hoping that that is one of the reasons why she is taking these steps. Because I think that she will make for a healthy mom if she's a healthy person. I haven't followed like the whole Britney life cycle, but I do know since working on this show, I feel like she had guardianship a while ago. Conservatorship, yeah. Has her release from conservatorship been a positive thing in her life? Or has it allowed for more of these cases to happen? I don't think it has. Yeah, I don't think so. I think she needed that help. Maybe not her dad being the conservator, but who else? Yeah, because I think that there are conservatorships that can be healthy and help bring about some positive changes. Hers did not do that, so I don't think that coming out of it created anything stable for her. That she needed, but my two sons. Coachella, Weekend 1, Justin Bieber, the big news, making a return to the stage over the weekend, singing to his own songs, playing on his laptop, and then he had a video screen behind him that showed him as like a 13-year-old kid doing songs like Baby. I think I still hear the song and I like it makes me happy. I think I would rather him have like a band or have me, like the idea that he's singing to his own videos. I thought that was dope. You like that? I think he did. You like that better than him actually singing the songs? I mean, I think performances as far as we can remember have all looked the same. So I think it is quote-unquote startling or drawing when you see somebody take a different approach. But I think we've watched him literally go from a kid on the street corner doing covers to being the main headliner at Coachella Gamepates in Million or to being on YouTube doing those songs. Showing that journey is really dope. If this is his tour, would you be excited to go to see his tour? Yeah, I mean, I'm a bigger Bieber fan than I am. I'm not a big Bieber fan, but I like his music. I wouldn't be mad at him. And he didn't do this for every single song. He did it for this song actually right here with you. And honestly, you, Mojo, represent a lot of half the fans thought it was bizarre. I just wanted him to like... I like how you could hear his voice back then and his voice now and how it's changed. I know. You guys know that was the video that got him discovered. Yeah. Really? That was it? Yeah, that's the video. He did do stay, brought out the Kid Leroy. So many. Oh Mojo, you know what I forgot to pull and I wanted... I got it right here. Are you ready? You know what I want? I know what you want. Teddy Swims brought out... Everybody was bringing out special guests. Okay, Janaye Aiko brought out Sway Lee, Katzai brought out Huntrix. I'm trying to think. Lizzo was there, Big Sean was there, Will Ferrell was there doing something with Sabrina Carpenter. Teddy Swims teased a bunch of guests, brought out David Lee Roth, Joe Jonas, and Vanessa Carlton doing one of my favorite songs. Okay, hold on. Where did I put that one? I totally forgot to grab it. I got it. I got it somewhere in here, I think. I think I got it right here. Hold on a second. Let me if I can do it. I hear it. No, that's not it. Hold on. I'll find it for you. Vanessa Carlton. Go ahead. What are you going to say, Katzai? I don't know. What's her song? Vanessa Carlton? You know this one right here. A Thousand Mile. Yeah. Oh! You know it from that part. Oh. Teddy Swims looks different. Do you notice that? Yeah. He was dressed like his pajamas. You guys, I want to tell you. All right. Oh my God. What an accent you have. Love Dets. Okay. Also making a surprise appearance, Jennifer Lopez, she did Save Me Tonight with David Gatta. So a lot of people were excited to see her. Katz, I know you love her. While we're talking about her, by the way, kind of transitioning into another story, hearing a rumor, and I haven't confirmed if this is true or not, that Ben Affleck gave JLo, obviously exes, the entire share of their $60 million mansion in their settlement. As we said. From their divorce. The settlement agreement is going around for whatever reason. I don't know why, but it shows that Ben gave Jen his entire stake of that mansion at no cost, bought it for about 61 million bucks in 2023 when they were still married. No, no, no, no. That's not why. Well, he just, he runs a AI power filmmaker and technology company that Netflix just bought for 600 million. He's fine. He not hurt him, bro. Take the little. 38,000 square foot home. She just got for free. Do you see that the chat GPT guy or whatever his name is, is got somebody trying to kill him? Did you see that at all? I can believe it. That story that's powerful people. Typically, there's the guy that invented, I think it was, I think it's chat GPT, one of the AI things. He had somebody try to fire bomb his house and it works. Yeah. They're like saying that all these, the environmentalists possibly are going after some of these guys. Okay. Have you guys tried Quad yet? I heard is so much better than chat GPT. A lot of people bang with Claude. This is a sad story. Tom Dumont, the longtime guitarist for the band, no doubt has been quietly battling early onset Parkinson's disease. He was talking about his diagnosis. So a number of years ago, I was experiencing a number of symptoms. I went to my doctor. I went to a neurologist and I did a whole bunch of tests and I was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease. Wow. And despite everything he's experiencing, he is still planning to perform in no doubts upcoming shows at the sphere in Las Vegas because I know they're doing a little stint there. So he just said he's so grateful for the career he's had and he's going to continue to work and perform for as long as he possibly can. I know we've experienced in our family our love of our brother-in-law, but he has early onset Alzheimer's. His early onset Parkinson's just takes over like that. He's my brother-in-law. It's so sad. He just had his first grandchild this last weekend. Oh, yeah. It was just heartbreaking that he couldn't hold the baby. So my best friend Julie's dad has Parkinson's and it's been a very gradual process over many, many years. That's such a good song, wasn't it? And I was at the game on Saturday night. It was a tough one to watch our Detroit Red Wings continuing now the playoff drought having been eliminated from the Stanley Club Cup. Stanley Cup Playoff. There we go. It has been, I think this marks year number 10. Bood. They got... Just a final goal from East Shore and Hamilton with one minute to go to close out the Red Wing Playoff hoax for this season. They lose by a five free fight. I can be honest with you though. To the New Jersey Devil's. I hate when fans do our team, our hometown teams. I know they're upset. But that's our team. Those are season ticket holders. That's our team. Upset that Mr. Illich didn't make any trades. I don't know. I hate to say this, but we see what the Pistons have done. We see what the Lions have been doing. Oh, happy birthday to Dan Campbell, by the way. But I want to say this to you. The Red Wings were the champions. This was hockey town at one point. We're no longer a hockey town anymore because we haven't won in that long. And I wonder if the Illiches would fire Steve Iserman and try to hire somebody that could possibly rebuild the team. You brought up the Pistons where one Playoff dream ends, another one begins. First Playoff game in Detroit to be Sunday on the 19th. We had our first 60-win season yesterday. We won our 60th game of the season. First time that's happened in 20 years. Wow. It's the 0506 season. Wow. Coach Todd McClellan, by the way, talking about this. This is Detroit. This is hockey town. I've been lucky enough to be on the other side of it when they couldn't stop cheering for this team. And they're dying for that. They crave that. That's what they want. And I don't even know if they want a Stanley Cup championship anymore. They just want a team that's going to come and make them celebrate. And this outside noise stuff or whatever, that's inside noise. Those are our fans in our building. And they pay to watch us play and we get paid well to perform for them. And they're fully entitled to their opinion. And we deserve their opinion. There's no other way to sugarcoat it. That's what we earned. I think fans, you guys, the question, can fans boo your team? Yes, you can boo your team. You know why you can boo your team? I just hate it. I don't know why I hate it so much. Because you're a fan. And that's why sports radio talk is such a big deal. People call up and they bitch and they complain and then they celebrate. And I don't know. No, man. I mean, you can't. You got to take the wins with the losses. You can't hold your hands in the air. And then you're in years of losses. What I'm saying is you can't hold your hands in the air and say, give me more when they're cheering and screaming your name and chanting, go, go, go. And then get mad when they're chanting boo, boo, boo. It comes with his part of the sport. I think we should boo middle school basketball. I am a believer that you need to motivate people and motivation sometimes comes and not just praise. We can't just give everybody a medal. We got to give you an opportunity. I'm not saying you need. They need the constant praise. I'm just saying like, I don't know. Yeah, it just kind of sucks to hear the booze for our team. It's like, feel it sucks. Worse. Man, that that sucks. We're not going again. What sucks worse is not making the playoffs for 10 straight years and they'll be back in a collapse. That's the worst. They were, they were doing great. And then, you know, the Olympics came and we collapsed. So this is sick. La Coda. They'll be back in a minute. Yeah. All right. If you miss anything from today, so you can always go back and listen to the podcast on the free I heart radio app. Hey, this is Steve Eisenman. And you're waking up with Mojo in the morning. Get more dirt at mojo in the morning.com. Mojo in the morning's dirty on the 30. You know what I want? What? I want the pistons to take on the Charlotte. What are they called? Hornets. Bobcats now. What are they? Hornets. It could happen. I wanted to play them. We don't know who we're playing yet, right? Yeah. Tuesday and Wednesday are to play in tournament matches. And then when they play them again, I want it to be the game. And then right afterwards, the fight. I want it. Crazy. No more suspensions, man. No, no, let's have it be like part of the game. Like they actually they let you go back to the bad boy days where you can actually fight. Celebrity death match. Oh, it's the best. I used to let that show. Now it's like the WWE. Isn't that now or like what's that guy's name? Logan Paul. Logan Paul. Yeah. All right. Time now for Mojo's secret sound. The applause came at the wrong time. Chance for you to win. $13,000. Are you ready? Are you? Elena there. There you are. Hi, Elena. I thought maybe we had a connection issue. It says here. Elena is from Toledo, Ohio. Good to have you on the show. How are you feeling today, Elena? You feeling like a winner? I'm feeling good. I'm feeling lucky. All right. I like this. All right. We got $13,000. We've been doing the secret sound now for the last couple of weeks. We're going on our week three of this. I think we're getting closer to a winner. We have to have a winner by the end of this week. I'll be giving clues away. I will be giving clues away by midweek if we don't have a winner here. You are to give a clue today. Way early. I don't know. Were you listening way early to the show? No, I wasn't. I'm just on my way to work now. What was the clue? I can't tell you. You can go listen to the podcast. Look at our story. That's okay. You can go listen to the podcast and you'll be able to hear it. All right. Here we go. Elena from Toledo, Ohio for $13,000. What is Mojo's secret sound? I think it is the windshield wipers wiping off. We've had that so many times. You didn't look at the list. Did you? We posted. I didn't. That's all right. That's okay. It's not all right. It's not. You can be nice. We got to be. She blew it. Listen, we are not booing our home team. We signed. All right. We are listeners here. Kevin. I'm not with the bad. Somebody told me. I'm not booing. Somebody once just told me that you got to take the boot with the bad. You're on the bed right now. You blew it. Elena. Dang it. Congratulations on getting through. Unfortunately, it didn't pay off for you. It is not the windshield wipers, you know, wiping whatever they're wiping. If you listen earlier this morning, I gave a good clue away in the six o'clock hour. Right after Shannon's 6 30 dirty. It's on the pod. Where would it be on the podcast? Zach, is it on the full show podcast? On the end of the dirties, he says, can you hear him or no? It's like a fly talking. I mean, the end of the dirties, you can see. Congrats. Congrats to Elena for just being here. And I don't know what I'm saying. Go ahead, Elena. Elena boo. I'm going to listen to the podcast and try again. I love it. Yeah. No gloss. No filter. Just stories. Spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhat Show on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire.