A man in Pennsylvania, USA, has spent over $100,000 on Britney Spears merchandise and rare collectables. Zachary Gordon-Abraham is a die hard fan who has dedicated his entire life to the icon. Zachary told Truly: “I am hooked on Britney Spears! I base my look and lifestyle around her. I have almost everything Britney that you could imagine. I've got albums, rare versions of the albums, dolls, tour programs, tour t-shirts. There's so much stuff." However, Zachary’s dedication to Britney Spears doesn’t end there. “Whenever I'm not at work I'm mostly wearing a Britney shirt or Britney hoodie, Britney hat. Something Britney for the most part.” Today, Zachary will be adding to his unique tattoo collection by getting a fifth Britney Spears tattoo and he doesn't care what other people might say about his dedication to the superstar. Zachary continued: “I always get compliments in public when I wear something Britney. Would I say I’m obsessed? I would say it’s more of a passion than an obsession. Britney is someone that makes me very happy and makes me feel good.” With such an impressive collection, Zachary hopes Britney will one day acknowledge his dedication. “I am not sure if Britney knows who I am. My husband tells me he thinks she knows who I am and I’ve had people tell me that she knows who I am. But I don’t want to believe it..."
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00:00 This is the Britney.
00:02 Almost everything Britney that you can imagine.
00:04 Albums, imports, rare versions of the albums, dolls.
00:08 I don't know exactly how much I've spent over the years,
00:11 but I know the value of this stuff
00:12 is definitely up there on the six figures.
00:14 I have had a few people that are like,
00:16 "Ew, why Britney?"
00:17 And I'm like, "Why not?"
00:19 Today I'm actually getting my fifth Britney tattoo.
00:22 Almost all of my tattoos are inspired by her in some way.
00:25 It's weird.
00:28 But you know what?
00:29 I'm excited to get this tattoo.
00:30 Hi, I'm Zach.
00:35 Welcome to my house.
00:36 Let me show you guys around the Britney room.
00:38 This is the Britney room.
00:41 In here you'll find pretty much everything
00:44 she's ever released.
00:46 Every album, every record, every cassette, box sets,
00:51 posters, dolls, books, concert merch.
00:54 Anything Britney's ever put out, I pretty much have it all.
00:58 (air whooshing)
00:59 Growing up, I lived in Honesdale, Pennsylvania
01:03 with my parents, pretty normal childhood.
01:05 I actually do remember the first time I heard Britney.
01:07 It was when "Baby One More Time" came out.
01:09 And all I can remember,
01:11 I remember hearing the opening of it
01:13 and I remember asking my mom to turn it up.
01:16 My family has taken to my love of Britney Spears
01:19 since I was a child.
01:21 My mother was actually the one
01:22 who first started buying me Britney things.
01:24 And then I met my husband in 2013
01:27 and we hit it off because of Britney.
01:29 And I remember the first time I came over to his house
01:32 and I saw his Britney collection,
01:33 it was like, I'm in love.
01:35 Me and my husband do go shopping
01:37 for Britney stuff together.
01:38 We actually went to Las Vegas to see her in Vegas.
01:41 And we were the first two customers of the day
01:44 at the Britney store.
01:46 And we each dropped like $500, like right off the bat.
01:49 So we've got the cassettes up here,
01:52 almost every single album, some of the singles.
01:54 We've got, start with "Baby One More Time"
01:56 and "Because I'm OCD I've Got It in Chronological Order."
01:59 We've got the fourth album and all the singles
02:01 and different like Japanese versions.
02:03 And we've got the dolls up there.
02:06 When it first came out, this was the first one to come out.
02:08 And so they changed the face, as you can see,
02:09 it's different from the rest of them,
02:11 but she didn't like the face.
02:12 So they changed it and took these ones off the shelves.
02:16 This is my closet where I have over 50 pieces
02:19 of Britney clothing, anywhere from hoodies to t-shirts
02:24 to I've got a hoodie that's actually modeled
02:28 after her toxic stewardess outfit.
02:31 This one is a little over the top.
02:33 Let me put on some Britney pieces I love.
02:36 I don't know exactly how much I've spent over the years,
02:39 being that it's been such a long span of time
02:41 that I've been buying Britney stuff.
02:43 But I know the value of the stuff is definitely up there
02:45 in the six figures.
02:46 One of my most valuable pieces is actually this tour book
02:49 that I'm about to get right now.
02:52 It was released for only one night during the circus tour.
02:55 It became a really hard to find collector's item.
02:58 And it goes for anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 on eBay now,
03:04 because it was only sold for one night.
03:07 Rumor has it is that she didn't like a lot of the photos that
03:10 were in it, and she was actually the one
03:12 that told them to pull it.
03:14 I don't think I could ever auction any of my stuff.
03:17 A lot of it holds sentimental value,
03:19 like from being a gift from somebody.
03:22 And it just makes me happy, you know, like coming in here
03:25 and just hanging out for a while.
03:27 Today I'm actually getting my fifth Britney tattoo.
03:30 It is the third of her herself, but almost all of my tattoos
03:34 are inspired by her in some way.
03:35 We are headed to Holmesdale, Pennsylvania,
03:41 which is actually where I'm from,
03:43 to get a tattoo by my brother-in-law.
03:45 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:49 Well, when Zachary contacted me about this,
03:54 he sent me, I think, four other pictures that
03:57 were done in a similar style.
03:58 And he said right away that he liked this one.
04:01 This is actually the tattoo I'm getting.
04:04 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:15 So the reason I chose this as my tattoo
04:17 is because this was at a time in her career
04:19 where she was very in charge.
04:21 She was very in charge of herself
04:23 and her career and her life.
04:24 People have come out that work with her
04:26 and said she was just such the boss back then.
04:29 So I thought, with everything that's
04:31 going on in her life right now, that this is a very
04:33 suitable tattoo to kind of go along
04:35 with the #FreeBritney movement.
04:41 What Britney means to me, she means strength, resilience.
04:45 No matter what she's been going through,
04:48 especially in front of the entire world,
04:50 she's always gotten back up and pushed through for her own sake,
04:53 for her kid's sake.
04:55 I'm so happy with how the tattoo is going.
04:57 And I'm super excited to see the finished product.
04:59 And I'm even more excited to keep it going
05:01 and get more tattoos and add to my collection
05:04 and keep the whole Britney thing in my life going strong.
05:07 Who is it?
05:08 It's Britney [BLEEP]
05:09 (upbeat music)