Britney's Comeback Continues to Take a Dark Turn

Britney and Paris are still hanging out non-stop. Britney's even letting Paris hold her kid. Good lord.

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Little Sean Preston has been getting to know the Hollywood party set before most of his contemporaries after his mum Britney Spears struck up a friendship with ubiquitous socialite Paris Hilton. The hotel heiress seemed more than happy to be left holding the baby as she and her pop singer pal hit Malibu for some evening shopping.
Paris, 26, clearly has a rapport with the cute one-year-old tot who looked transfixed by the blonde reality TV star on Sunday's outing. And if the last couple of weeks are anything to go by they may well be spending much more time together in the future.

Since announcing her split from 28-year-old husband Kevin Federline earlier this month, Britney has been inseparable from Paris as they let their hair down on the party circuit. The pair jointly hosted a bash after the American Music Awards, hit the Las Vegas clubs recently and last week sported matching leopard print outfits for a night out at LA hot spot Teddy's.

"Uh, hey. You work here, right? Have you seen that baby I was holding? I saw this really cute sweater over there, so I put the baby down for a second. I can't even find it, now. I guess somewhere near that rack over there? This is so embarrassing, cuz my friend is like totally going to kill me for losing her baby or whatever when she gets back from getting a latte. I seriously don't have time for this. Wait, I have an e-mail on my Sidekick. Maybe it's from the baby or something. No. Huh? What's 911? Really? No, I'm sure it will turn up. This belt is hot, huh?"