From correspondents in London, England, 02:00 PM IST

Pop star Britney Spears' mom Lynne Spears has revealed that she and her now separated husband Jamie used an argument between Britney and her then manager Sam Lufti to 'start taking charge' of their daughter's downward spiralling life.

Contactmusic.com reports that Lufti had excluded Spears' mom from her life and her parents knew it was time to do something when it looked like Britney was on course for a nervous breakdown.

Lynne said: 'We had police calling us, telling us things that were going on. That's when we said, 'We've got to do something, we prayed about it'. We had been trying to get in, we couldn't... When she had an argument with that individual, who I just don't even want to talk about, that was the opening and we took advantage of it. We got in and that's when we were able to start taking charge.'

(Staff Writer, © IANS)