Britney Spears' dad control

Mar 25, 2008, 12:05 GMT

06/28/2003 - Britney Spears - © Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos

Britney Spears' life remains in the hands of her father Jamie, after a claim challenging his conservatorship was rejected yesterday (24.03.08).

Jon Eardley - who claims the troubled singer hired him to challenge Jamie's control of her estate and daily life because it violates her civil rights - filed a claim in the Los Angeles Court of Appeals, but the judge rejected it without even seeking a response from Jamie and co-conservator Andrew Wallet.

While Britney's team have always denied the 26-year-old asked Eardley to represent her, the lawyer has now produced a transcript of a phone conversation they had before Jamie was made responsible for his daughter.

In the call, Britney - who set up the call through a paparazzo friend and speaks in an English accent throughout the conversation - can be heard saying: "Basically I want my life back. I want to drive my car. I want to live in my house alone. I want to pick my own security, see who I want to see and make it happen."

Meanwhile, Britney's cameo appearance on hit TV show 'How I Met Your Mother' premiered in the US last night (24.03.08).

Although her performance was well-received, it has been claimed her co-stars struggled to work with her because she refused to take off her sunglasses until the cameras started rolling.

A show insider told the National Enquirer magazine: "Britney delivered her lines, but the show's actors had a tough time reading her expressions since they couldn't see her eyes at all.

"It's hard for an actor to make a connection when all he sees is his own reflection staring back at him in shiny dark glasses, but no one wanted to upset Britney by asking her to take them off.

"In the end, someone said to her, 'You will be taking the sunglasses off for the actual tapings, right?' To which Britney responded, 'Uh...yeah!' "

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