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Troubled Britney Spears has tried to commit suicide, it was claimed today.

A US newspaper said the singers' meltdown is so severe she has actually attempted to take her own life.

She tried to walk in front of oncoming traffic and threatened to overdose on anti-depressant Xanax.

Her erratic behaviour has forced her family to put her on a suicide watch, the National Enquirer has reported.

A source told the paper Britney rowed with estranged husband Kevin Federline on Valentine's Day.

She had been hoping for a reconciliation but he said he wanted custody of Sean Preston, 17 months, and Jayden James, 5 months, and wanted a hair follicle from her for drug testing.

The source told the Enquirer: "Britney was crying and said she would kill herself if she lost the boys.

"She started pulling her hair and told Kevin she would cut it all off before anyone touched it."

The paper says despite the family immediately putting her under watch, the 25-year-old escaped and tried to walk in front of oncoming traffic.

Later she grabbed the bottle of Xanax and threatened to take the whole lot.

The source said: "Britney's family is terrified she'll end up like Anna Nicole Smith - on a cold slab in a morgue, leaving her young sons without a mother."

They added: "She's on the same self-destructive path."

courtesy of www.metro.co.uk