Britney Spears' haircut

Hello! Well, popstar Britney Spears has hit the headlines again – but not
　　necessarily for the right reason. As you've probably heard, she's been having
　　some troubled times; she's separated from her husband, she's raising their 2
　　small children on her own and even her music career is in question. But most
　　recently, Britney decided to go into - or 'check into' a 'rehabilitation clinic' –
　　usually shortened to 'rehab'. But just 24 hours after 'checking into rehab',
　　Britney checked back out. Well, the next public sighting of Britney was at
　　Esther Tognozzi's hairdressing salon. But what kind of hairstyle did Britney
　　want? Try to work that out from Esther's account…
　　Esther Tognozzi, hairdresser
　　I said, “Well, I'm not shaving your hair off. And I tried to talk her out of it. I said: ”Are you
　　sure you're not having a bad day and tomorrow, you'll feel differently about it? Why don't we
　　wait a little bit?“ She said: ”No, I absolutely want it shaved off now“.
　　Yvonne:  Britney Spears wanted all her hair shaved off but Esther didn't want to do it. As
　　we heard, she tried to talk Britney 'out of it' - she tried to persuade Britney not
　　to shave off her hair. But as we all know, trying to 'talk someone out of
　　something' – an action or an idea - isn't always easy. Now, as we hear the rest
　　of that story, try to catch what Esther said to Britney to try to talk her out of
　　having her head shaved – and, try to find out who shaved off Britney's hair in
　　the end?
　　I said, ”Well, I'm not shaving your hair off.“ And I tried to talk her out of it. I said, ”Are you
　　sure you're not having a bad day and tomorrow, you'll feel differently about it? Why don't we
　　wait a little bit?“ She said, ”No, I absolutely want it shaved off now“. And as I was talking to
　　her bodyguard, next thing I know, she grabbed the buzzer and she went to the back of my
　　salon and she was shaving off her own hair. And she actually enjoyed shaving off her own
　　hair.
　　Yvonne:  Esther asked Britney whether she was 'having a bad day' – because people can
　　make bad decisions when they're in a bad mood or are worrying about too
　　many things. Esther also asked Britney whether she might 'feel differently'
　　about having her hair shaved off the next day – whether she might change her
　　mind. But Britney's use of the word 'absolutely' told Esther that she'd already
　　made up her mind… she was going to stick to her decision.
　　Esther Tognozzi, hairdresser
　　She said: ”No, I absolutely want it shaved off now“.
　　Yvonne:  And because Esther wouldn't shave Britney's hair off, Britney grabbed the
　　'buzzer' – the shears or shaver – and did it herself! She'd 'absolutely' made up
　　her mind. Now we can even use 'absolutely' on its own to show that our
　　decision or our word is final. For example, if I ask: Do you enjoy programmes
　　from bbclearningenglish.com? You might reply: 'Absolutely'!
　　By the way, did you notice Esther's style of storytelling? It's one that you might
　　like to try out yourself after today's Entertainment because it's fairly simple to
　　use. Esther used a lot of the simple past – for example, 'I said', 'she said', 'and
　　then I said…'. Esther also used the present tense during her quotes even though
　　she was quoting from what had been said in the past. For example:
　　I said, ”Can you wait until tomorrow?“ and she said, ”No!“  Here's another
　　chance to check out Esther's storytelling technique:
　　Esther Tognozzi, hairdresser
　　I said, ”Well, I'm not shaving your hair off.“ And I tried to talk her out of it. I said: ”Are you
　　sure you're not having a bad day and tomorrow, you'll feel differently about it? Why don't we
　　wait a little bit?“ She said: ”No, I absolutely want it shaved off now'. And as I was talking to
　　her bodyguard, next thing I know, she grabbed the buzzer and she went to the back of my
　　salon and she was shaving off her own hair. And she actually enjoyed shaving off her own
　　hair.