Britney Spears On Her ‘Crazy Year’

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

Britney Spears is the first to admit she’s had a “crazy year” — and with her new album, “Circus,” due out on Tuesday, it’s hardly over yet.

In the January issue of Glamour hitting newsstands this week, the pop princess revealed how she’s tried to find some peace and quiet after quite a chaotic past couple of years.

“The whole year has been a hell of a year for me,” she said, adding that she “didn’t know exactly where” she stood with fans when it came time to return to the public eye.

“I have ‘come back’ so many times, people are just like, ‘Is this another one?’” she said. “It’s kind of like a joke to me now.”

But if her big night at the MTV Music Awards earlier this year was any indication, people are ready for more Britney.

“When I received the awards and [the audience] stood for me, it showed me how much love is out there,” she said.

She won three awards at the September ceremony, including Video of the Year for “Piece of Me,” from her last album, 2007’s “Blackout.”

Britney’s had no problem finding praise overseas this week, turning in hot performances on the U.K. show “The X Factor” and the German Bambi Awards, where she picked up the trophy for Best International Pop Star.

And fans flocked to her in London this past Saturday night as Britney celebrated her December 2 birthday a little early at the club G-A-Y. In a video on her Web site, BritneySpears.com, the crowd chants “Britney! Britney!” as she waves and blows out her candles.

Still, she told Glamour, she’d rather spend her nights at home.

“I don’t like going out,” she said. “I hate clubs. I hate being around too many people. I love my home and staying in bed and watching ‘Dancing With the Stars’ or reading a Danielle Steel novel. I’m kind of boring.”

And although she sounded excited for her new album, it’s her children that keep her upbeat.

“You have to make sure you’re a happy mom so they can be happy,” she said, adding that she wants to find “a father figure” for sons Jayden James and Sean Preston.

“In five years I would like to be married and have a father figure for my kids,” she said. “It’s hard doing it on your own.”

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