Britney Spears Tired of Kabbalah Leaders Wanting Her Money

Britney Spears made a splash of sort when she signed on to her web site to let her fans know she had bailed on Kabbalah.

The singer then posted that “my baby is my religion” and was roundly criticized for misspelling Kaballah on her web site.

Jeannette Walls goes deep in her online MSNBC column and gives ‘The Scoop’ on why she bailed. It appears the church was asking “her for money” a source tells Walls.

The Scoop explains:

The pop star revealed on her Web site that she was ditching the trendy religion for motherhood. “I no longer study Kaballah,” she recently wrote, “my baby is my religion.” (“Kabbalah” has a variety of spellings that are considered acceptable.)

But her split from the trendy offshoot of Jewish mysticism may have more to do with the bottom line.

“She’s tired of the way [Kabbalah leaders] kept hassling her for money,” says a well-placed source. (Sidenote: insert K-Fed joke here).

“Actually, it was mostly her mother’s decision. They were always asking Britney to tithe [donate a percentage of her salary]. There was a lot of pressure, and finally her mom said, ‘Enough is enough’.”

Spears’ one-time mentor, Madonna, introduced her to Kabbalah and reportedly has donated millions of dollars to the Kabbalah Centre.