"I was with her when one of her most trusted girlfriends told her, 'You
cannot let this guy into your life - after he gets a little publicity he
will be gone.' But when people say stuff like that, it's music to Britney's
ears. She likes the drama."

Britney Spears's friends and family fear , the troubled singer is digging a deeper grave with her relationship to Howie Day, 26.

Her mum Lynne has questioned Howie Day's motives, but 25-year-old Britney refuses to listen reports NOW Magazine.

In 2004, Howie was arrested for reportedly locking a fan in the bathroom of his tour bus after she allegedly refused his sexual advances, plus breaking the mobile phone of another who was trying to call the police.

The next year, he was arrested in Boston for verbally abusing a flight crew while under the influence of alcohol and sleeping pills.

'Lynne wants Britney to take time out before she leaps into anything. But Britney's telling her to butt out and it's causing rows.'

Britney met musician Howie while she was allegedly treated for alcoholism
and post-partum depression at Malibu's Promises Centre.