
Courtney Love reckons she made it acceptable for Britney Spears to go off the rails.
The rock chick had a meltdown after husband Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994.
And she reckons Britney, 27, followed in her footsteps when she went through her troubles.
'I had a long, hard fall,’ she says. ‘I set the stage for Britney to crash and burn. I went through it all first.'
Courtney, 44, has also rubbished rumours she had a gastric band fitted.
'Baby, if I could get a gastric band I would,’ she tells Elle.
‘I've heard it's a lot of vomiting and a pain in the ass but it's still easier than a diet.'