Debbie Gibson: I had my meltdowns then and still have them now

Singer Debbie Gibson used to have meltdowns. Speaking to PopEater, Gibson revealed she started to go off the rails back in the 1980s.

“I had my meltdowns then and still have them now, but I just do them in private,” Debbie said.

Debbie Gibson says Spears’ infamous head-shaving incident ultimately boosted the singer’s career.

“It was a great thing for her next hit record,” she said.

“People were like, ‘She’s back. She’s thriving again!’ And then they want her to melt down again. And they want to lift her up again. I heard a great phrase once that goes, ‘America loves a good comeback.’”

Debbie recently compared herself to Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne.

“At that time they were all like ‘put her in a little black dress and put on heels’. They were trying to vamp me up because it’s an easier sell,” Gibson said about the beginning of her career.

“I always said ‘I’m not comfortable with that. That’s not me, let the other girls do that’. I look at Avril Lavigne or I look at Taylor Swift. You know, they still wear high-tops with their gown to an award show. That was me.”

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