Never believe rumours about pop stars Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne
Never believe rumours about pop stars Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne. If you believe the volumes of gossip written about pop star Avril Lavigne, her life is in an utter shambles.
Maybe, maybe not. But we’re taking Lavigne at her word. The product of Napanee, Ont., maintains she is not, as reported, pregnant with her first child. Nor does she act like a power-hungry diva.
She refutes claims that she steals from other artists - a pair of whom have sued her - and dearly loves her fans (Lavigne says it was a production glitch, and not a reported bout of spoiled-brat behaviour, that caused a free outdoor concert in Vancouver to start an hour late in December).
In short, and with due respect to the Public Enemy tune of the same name, Lavigne says don’t believe the hype.
“A lot of people have said a lot of negative things about me, and I can give you my word that the majority of stuff you hear is false,” Lavigne said Friday from her Los Angeles home.
“That breaks my heart. Thousands and millions of people hear these stories, and they are not true, and I’m portrayed a certain way. I swear to God, people meet me and they’re like, ‘I thought you were going to be a bitch, I thought your were going to bite my head off.’ And I’m not a bitch. But certain people make me look like one.
“I’m totally shy, but people read that the wrong way. I don’t walk around with a pearly-white smile with big-ass white teeth; that’s not me. I’m mellow.”
Interviews with Lavigne were touch-and-go in the weeks leading up to her 15-date Canadian tour, which lands at GM Place next Friday. Indeed, her chat with Canwest News Service was one of just three Canadian print interviews granted by her management.
The performer regrets not having more time for Canada. She spent weeks in L.A. doing rehearsals for the worldwide trek, which runs until October, and there simply wasn’t enough time to accommodate everyone. “I like to jam things into one day and get it done with. Go to that head space, and leave.”
The whole tour is a terrifying concept, Lavigne admits. The so-called Best Damn Tour is her biggest production to date, incorporating everything from a moving stage to a pre-recorded cover version of Joan Jett’s Bad Reputation, which will broadcast over a giant LCD screen during one of her many costume changes.
“I’m really excited to get out there. I’ve had to put so much into this, more than any of my other concerts. There is more going on, the staging is different, there’s videos, there’s dancers. It’s a bigger production. I want it to be really good, so I’ve been working [at it].”
Lavigne, 23, has been under intense media scrutiny since her 2002 debut Let Go, which hit store shelves when she was just 17. The recording was an instant success, and won Lavigne a pair of MTV Awards, four Juno Awards and four Grammy Award nominations. It has since sold 16 million copies worldwide.
The recording made Lavigne an instant millionaire, and the hits keep on coming: Thanks to the success of her third album, Best Damn Thing, Lavigne earned $12 million in 2007, according to Forbes magazine.
With that price tag comes unheard-of expectations for a young performer.
She has occasionally fizzled under the heat of the limelight, be it brushes with paparazzi (whom she spat on) or occasionally unconvincing live performances. Still, Lavigne says she has never had difficulty dealing with her own celebrity.
“I think it comes down to what kind of head you have on your shoulders. You can get really caught up in things. I came out when I was 17, and was right-off-the-bat successful. Being a kid, and being in the public and being talked about . . . I’m fine. Different people deal with things differently.”
For many, Britney Spears has become a cautionary tale on how not to deal with fame, and Lavigne has said elsewhere she feels truly sorry for how the former teen queen’s life has unravelled. Call it the Canadian in her, but Lavigne says she discovered early on who not to trust, something Spears is still grappling with.
“This is a really crazy business, and there’s a lot of slimy people, a lot of fake people. I’ve always kept a really good team around me. I’m smart. I have a gut feeling. I know when there is a bad person around, and I get very strong feelings. I always follow my intuition.”
Lavigne’s secret is to surround herself with people who have her “best interests at heart.” To that end, she hired her brother, Matthew, to be part of her touring road crew, and expects her husband (fellow Canadian Derk Whibley of rock act Sum 41) will be present at the Victoria stop.
The Best Damn Tour is largely her creation, although Lavigne says she had help in all areas. One aspect of Lavigne’s life that needs no careful fine-tuning, it could be argued, is her unique gift for a super-addictive single.
Though rumours to the contrary still persist, and lest you think she is the product of high-priced handlers - Lavigne says think again.
“I am involved in everything. I am the boss. I make every decision, and I am involved in everything. I run this ship.”
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