THE feuds, the divorce, the child services investigations. But you know things have gotten bad when even the obsessive fans - the ones blogging about you at 2 a.m.—have turned against you.

WorldofBritney.com, one of the most popular fan sites ever devoted to the pop tart, is abandoning the crotch-flashing superstar. Christina Ricci's largest fan site closed down shop last month when the wide-eyed Goth girl appeared on the cover of W magazine draped in fur. And in Italy, a Guns N' Roses Web site went "on strike" to protest the band's lack of information about their long-awaited new album.

"Their pride kicks in," says E! Online's "Answer Bitch" Leslie Gornstein. "It's like the last straw. They know that they can't turn a blind eye to what's going on because, in the case of Britney, if they keep worshiping her, their friends are going to think they have a screw loose."

Or a panty missing, as the old expression goes.