Avril Lavigne has been known to be a big Britney Spears critic but now the pop/punk princess is feeling sorry for the once-pop princess and her situation with the paparazzi.

"No one else has it as hard as Britney," 23-year-old Lavigne tells Maxim magazine. "I feel bad for her. How does she even think with all those flashbulbs?"

Lavigne, who is also being pursued by paparazzi, recounts her own paparazzi run-ins.

"When I'm being followed, everything's thrown off. They run red lights. They cause accidents. She can't even walk to her car. F*****g stalkers!"

Lavigne had been notorious with the paparazzi. There was an incident when she was caught on film spitting on a cam crew after they relentlessly followed her.