Although it seemed like the biggest news ever, it was mostly harmless fun to while away the time before trigonometry.

But gossip about a classmate in a coma or in jail or in a psych ward? Not so fun.

So it is with a fair amount of concern that Tattle repeats the story being spread by Britain’s News of the World that Britney Spears tried to hang herself with a bed sheet at the Promises Treatment Center.

As much as Brit’s recent antics have been worth an eye roll, that’s a horrific thing to report – true or not – about a 25-year-old mother of two.

But newsoftheworld.com says that during Brit’s first week of rehab, she wrote 666 on her bald dome and ran around Promises shouting, “I am the Antichrist!”

“Later that night she tried to kill herself,” an alleged friend told News of the World. “She attached a sheet to a light and tied it around her neck. Paramedics were called, but luckily she was unhurt.”

A few days later, Britney reportedly told husband Kevin Federline that she wanted him back, to renew their vows, move the family to Louisiana and get pregnant.

Obviously there’s still a ways to go with the rehab.

“She has been talking to Kevin every night for hours on the phone, telling him she still loves him.

“She just wants to be with him again, and thinks having another baby will seal their marriage.”

“She is still very vulnerable,” said the alleged friend, who should have written “DUH!” across her own forehead. “When she tried to hang herself it was more a cry for help.”

“She thought things were over between her and Kevin after his wild partying and gambling,” said the “friend.”

“She felt he had deserted her and left her to bring up their two children on her own.