Lynne Spears Hopeful Smell Of Charred Meats Will Lure Back Estranged Daughter

We know we left many of you hanging Friday, after the personal delivery of a Scary Lawyer letter heralded an all-time low in Spears Family mother-daughter relations. (That the paparazzi footage happened to kick start a hot, new jean-thong trend among fans offered little consolation.) Realising how traumatic such a public estrangement from her cherished, elder meal-ticket daughter might be, Lynne Spears had some comforting words for concerned fans, via People:

“Everything is going to be fine,” she told PEOPLE while shopping in Kentwood, La. “I’ve got a strong family, and everything is going to be fine.

Spears, who was picking up groceries at a local store on Sunday, also said that “hopefully” daughter Britney will make it to a family cookout in their hometown for the Fourth of July holiday.[...]

On Sunday [Britney] spoke to reporters about her mother outside Sushi House Unico in Bel Air, where she had dined alone on edamame and coffee.

“I’m praying for her right now. [I hope] she gets all the help she needs,” Spears said.

Britney wouldn’t elaborate further, but she’s made little secret of her displeasure over being forcefully railroaded into a coastal detox center that was egregiously unequipped to handle the particulars of her case, offering not even a single “So You’ve Decided To Shave Your Head in a Postpartum Depressive Fit. Now What?” seminar. Surely, the “help” she speaks of refers to her mother’s meddling ways, and we too can only hope she’ll be cured before Jamie-Lynn is carted off by men in white coats in the dead of night simply because her legal guardian has determined it to be a savvy career move.

• Britney’s Mom: ‘Everything Is Going to Be Fine’ [People]