Britney Spears moved to tears

By WENN world entertainment news - Friday, April 11 09:35 am

Britney Spears was so moved by

American Idol’s Idol Gives Back telethon

on Wednesday night, she donated

GBP12,500 to the cause.

 

The pop star forgot about her own troubles

for the night and watched the likes of Fergie,

Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey and Carrie Underwood perform as part of the TV charity fundraiser.

And moving films and appeals made by

Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys and Brad Pitt, 

among others, compelled her to dig deep

for children’s charities, aid groups and

poverty relief.

A Spears insider tells Life + Style magazine,

“She watched the show and cried for, like,

two hours over the children in Africa with malaria.

“She didn’t know much about the disease,

so she Googled it. She was horrified to

realise kids were dying from mosquito bites.

So she went online and donated after

getting (her father) Jamie’s permission.”

Jamie Spears was put in charge of his

daughter’s finances when he was named

the co-conservator of her estate in February.

Meanwhile, Spears and those who donated

cash to Idol Gives Back raised GBP11 million overnight. Organisers of the show hope to

raise more than GBP50 million.