Sep 11 2007Britney Spears performance wasn't her original plan

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Britney Spears train wreck performance at the VMAs was thrown together at the last-minute. MTV apparently nixed Britney’s original idea that would’ve included the highly-publicized magic of Criss Angel. Britney was unmotivated about the performance and it showed. E! Online has the details:

“Britney wanted an elaborate magic act on stage,” an insider reveals. “But it got to be so over-the-top, it was just too complicated to pull off. So, she had to modify her act at the last minute, and she wasn't happy.” The 25-year-old pop tart reportedly wanted to stage a series of Criss Angel-inspired illusions that would have had her disappearing and reappearing throughout the act.

Britney decided to honor her commitment to MTV, but her lack of enthusiasm became evident.

“She went out all night and then came in for rehearsals entirely not into what she was doing,” our source said. “It was obvious she didn't want to be there.” Though people around Spears tried to reassure her the act was strong even without the magic stunts - even Justin Timberlake, who reportedly sent his ex a good luck note - the singer visibly lost her motivation to perform. “Brit no longer seemed to care. She'd roll her eyes in response or not say anything. It was hard to watch,” our source said.

Britney also blamed a broken stiletto heel, advance knowledge of Sarah Silverman’s cracks and allergy drops for the lackluster performance. All interesting theories, but I know who’s really to blame: Scott Baio. I may not have one single shred of evidence to back that up. I might also have just seen a commercial for his reality show and named him out of sheer hate. But I know it was him. And I’ll prove it. Even if I have to die trying.

UPDATE: I gave up after five minutes and made a sandwich. Suddenly I realized I care way more about mustard than anything I was just talking about. I don’t even remember. But this is some good mustard. Spicy brown.



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uh-huh......


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Blah blah blah. Does anyone care or is surprised???

Criss Angel couldn't pull off a magic stunt to revive Brits career.

Britney should be forced to write a song entitled "Personal Responsibility" and put it on her next "I Suck" album.

Too bad they wouldn't let Criss Angel just make her disappear.

she sucked

I like sammiches.

Her outfit was inappropriate. But not as inappropriate as the decision to open an International House of Pancakes at the WTC memorial site.

isnt spicy brown a latin rapper?

I am sure she didn't plan to suck!

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haha britney blames everyone for her perfomance, typical response of a person with addictions

Her stomach made more moves that she did.

n*

hahahaha Blinky!!!!!!

Spicy Brown is a cayanne-infused Steamer. I enjoyed one last night.

well, to be honest I'd feel the same way. When Brit used to do the VMAs they had proper hosts like Chris Rock and had an actual stage...remember her last few performances? One involeved snakes, tigers and a huge set, another had Madonna, Christina and MIssy Elliot with an elaborate stage and costumes.

All they had this year was a crappy little stage not big enough for dancers, so people ahd to stand on tables.

Also Sarah Silverman isn't funny at all, she's just mean spirited. If she were funnier it would justify being as cruel as she is, but her jokes all suck more than Paris on a friday

Is that why she looked like she didn't know the words to her own song? It all makes sense now.

god, she's got more excuses than Papa Joe when Ashley got caught lip syncing.

How hard is it for her to ensure that her mop is washed, her outfit *fits*, and walk around the stage for 3 minutes? If that is all I had to do to make big $$$ - I would be laughing all the way to the bank each week. I hope someone has her on suicide watch...

Dirty whore never learns. She flashed her smelly fish taco right afterwards to hop to the next Vegas nightclub. Niiiice.

Totally true @11.

I think the reason people don't like Sarah Silverman is because she says that things that everyone is thinking but never actually wants to say out loud for fear of being judged by it. She doesn't care, and that's what makes her great. Besides, not everyone is supposed to like the same comedian. That's why there are so many in the first place.

Let's see, some more excuses......

Acid reflux
The CD skipped
Outfit was too tight
The lights were in her eyes
Her band played the wrong song

And on and on and on..........she seriously needs to go away.

spicy brown is Paris's asshole.

Whatever JrzTroll....
Now this is a new one..........an "I-Sucked-Because-I-CHOSE-to-Suck " excuse. That actually may be the most creative thing I've ever heard of.

@15 Good morning troll. Who gave you the steamer last night? Did it bring back fond memories of your brother giving you a big hot steamer?

Yeah, what, huh? Spin it some more.

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She is showing us how well she can suck. Now she should just flood the internet with images of her sucking the big one. And hopefully, she can do that better.

Justin Timberlake...eat your heart out? Who is sorry now?
stomp...stomp...gimme...gimme...duh
Of course her stilleto heel broke - that ham-footed fool.
stomp...stomp...gimme...gimme...duh
Sarah Silverman...bravo!

It wasn't a very good magic act... I could see her career disappear the whole time.

Sarah Silverman's act is entirely about herself and her annoying style of delivery. She is wack.

Riiiight.

/shenanigans!

She's only saying it was last minute to make up for the fact that she sucked! All she did was walk around (not even dancing) on stage. Plus, she's trying to cover up why shes really spending time with chris angel!

No excuses. You suck it up and perform if you're a professional which obviously she is not.
These excuses might be better accepted if the rehearsal had been bad too but that was way better.

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i was kind of figuring 'terrorist plot' from the get go, so her claiming it wasn't her idea doesn't surprise me.

Um, MTV has NEVER EVER LIMITED ARTISTIC FREEDOM. They let her bring a live fucking snake last time. They have let Justin come out of a gigantic mechanical boom box. They let Eminem have 1,000 look alikes follow him in from the street.

MTV LOVES OVER THE TOP, EXTRAVAGENT PERFORMANCES. They don't limit people. Britney's act turned out like shit because she's a piece of trailer trash shit. She didn't deserve the opportunity. KANYE WEST SHOULD OF OPENED THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SARAH SILVERMAN IS FREAKIN' HILARIOUS!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE HER!!!

Keep an empty stomach. There are some brand new crotch shots of Britney making their way around. So pathetic. And her career is totally over now, according to this expert. Good riddance!
http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/2357/50/

Suddenly, after reading this, I have a really sudden urge to take a crap.

If she was dealing with a broken heel, then why did she wear those boots? Why didn't she have spare boots handy just in case? This is what happens when a celebrity fires everyone and decides to *handle* their career all by her lonesome. And of course Silverman was going to go after Britney, that is obvious. I also agree with the person above me who said she should have sucked it up and performed like a professional. So what, you didn't get your magic show. Boo Hoo. Take the performance you did have and give it your all. Believe me, the audience would have appreciated it. Excuses, excuses.

Britney needs to be humanely euthanized.

Oops she did it again - thats right. She probably felt that if she showed her Swamp Hog Crotch/Vagina (probably the only thing more horrible to look at other than her VMA performance) it might make people forget about the thing. Don't believe it see http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=9844139#9844139 but don't get mad if your retinas are burned out.....

More proof that money is the best insulation from reality.

She's obviously so fucking gone at this point it doesn't even matter. I'm hoping for either a speedy suicide or a quiet fade into obscurity.

And just for the record, fuck Sarah Silverman. She's famous because she's a foul-mouthed Jew who doesn't care about being repulsive. No talent. Just an obnoxious pile of feces.

Amy Sedaris > Sarah Silverman

Making fun of Britney is like making fun of the retarded kid in school.

The 'tard is still a 'tard but you look like an idiot too.

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GUYS - WHAT'S THAT CHAD???

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It's all BS...too late for the spin, that is what she did on stage isn't it? She was obviously either very hungover or drunk or stoned. She had the opportunity to do this up right and chose to hit Vegas prior to her performance. She is not serious about her career at all...or her kids! If she overdosed tomorrow this would be her legacy...glad I'm not her!

It gets worse - check out the latest spin she's using!

i saw a better performance from chris crocker!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h863nXDqCM0

I got a fever. The only prescription is more cowbell.

This song could have used the BELL!

What a FAT joke she has become..

Good for her. I hope she enjoys some more lolly-pops. I'm sure they have MORE than just suger in them..

Sara Silverman is a bitch. She is mad because her nose is stuck up Jimmy Kimbles ass, and the only one who will have sex with her is Andy Dick. Someone shove a bucket of shit down her mouth and gag her !!!

That guy she is dancing with IS SO FUCKING HOT! She doesn't even deserve a guy that sexy to be touching her! You can tell the poor guy doesn't even want to put his hands all the way on her. Hell, I'd be terrified too. My hands would turn green and fall off from her strain of super AIDS, a strain 1,000,000 times stronger than Paris 'The HIV' Hilton.

Do not HATE Sara... She just says it like most of America is thinking.


However, lets remember the victims of 9-11. They are more important !!

MAN...you crack me up..and I agree with a few others....The VMA's pretty much sucked. What happened to the good hosts who were FUNNY? Chris Rock, maybe? And the acts that were AWESOME? Rihanna and Chris Brown stuck out for me. About it.

Dick in a box won an Emmy. Sweet

Make all the excuses you want Britney, you could have made the best of it and smiled and poured it on. You said f*ck you to your fans and it will come back to bite your chubby butt some day. Soon.

I have a feeling Britney will sing....

Fat in a box.

Superficial writer: u r hilarious. Keep it coming

I need more cowbell, when singing "Fat in a box!"

1 You cut a very large hole in a box.

2 You put your fat in a box.

3 You make him open the box.

"fat in a box"

Britney could even put back fat in the box..

why is it that as britney just seems to be getting worse and worse, justin timberlake gets better and better? it's like the picture of dorian gray up in here or some shit.

I noticed yesterday in the second to the last picture of Brit, under the "Gasp" post, that the heel on her right boot is broken.

I thought maybe it was just bending under extreme pressure, but it does look broke.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray UP IN HERE OR SOME SHIT."

Ha! You can always spot the ones who try to type in slang that they don't speak- or at least, without sounding like a geek. Appropriate literary comparison, though.

Sarah Silverman isn't "funny because she says what everyone is thinking", although that IS the image she tries oh SO obnoxiously hard to project. In reality she takes the cheapest shots that other comedians have too much self respect and are too talented to touch. She makes jokes that everybody GETS, but also that anyone can make. Just scan these message boards- it's like she steals her material from you guys!

Sara, can not steal "fat in a box."

That's mine!

Britney

YO, if Britney's heel broke, she should of just taken off her god damn shoes and thrown them into the audience for extra effect. And went on with it. Excuses excuses. By the way, SHE ISN'T FAT. So quit bringing that up as a valid argument. She blows because her life is a huge entire mess.

Damn those smartie back up dancers upstaging Britney! How'd they get those last minute changes down so quick!? It's funny how the backup dancers knew exactly what to do as they're hauling her around on the stage. They must have studied and practiced all night! What a bunch of nerds, they should learn from Britney and forget about raising money to feed their kids. You don't need to be good to be famous, you just need to learn how to sell yourself. In all seriousness, I bet at least three of those girls could not only out dance Britney, but probably have the lung capacity to actually sing when dancing.

Ha, last minute changes. If there were any, I bet it's because Chris Angel's shit broke (trap doors, ropes, mirrors) due to Britney sausaging herself into that wonderous bikini/bra set(?) and super tight ass leotards they tried to make look like fishnets. Too bad it covers the cellulite, but not the shame.

And somebody should have checked those boots for the maximum weight capacity, I mean come on, who do you have to lay to get good help now adays? Apparently not Scott Baio.

Boo hoo Britney, boo hoo.

I heard on the news this morning that over the weekend she was somewhere in public wearing a short mini, no knickers and flashing her cooter again. Poor thing.

I don't believe Britney ever cited those excuses that you suggest (stiletto, Sara's jokes, etc.). I believe it was a fan on a message board that offered those excuses. I don't believe any excuse has been rendered by Britney, her publicist OR her management. If there has, please post the press release and get your facts straight. Thanks. (I don't even support Britney, but I absolutely HATE that journalism today completely sucks.)

# 65
Okay, seriously. The whole thing about Britney's weight is getting old.

Poor Shitney, the world is out to get her. One way to fix that... show them all by going commando yet again. What a responsible and shining example of how a young mother should be.

# 67 Kelly-
Thanks, I agree. You can't really believe ANYTHING anymre

Britney Scenario: Photographed by paparazzi speeding up and down Malibu at 5pm traffic topless (both her an the car) with both kids not buckled, hopping around the car while cigarette ashes fly past them, not before burning them of course, followed by the kids downing Venti sized Starbucks drinks and overhead calling Criss Angel "Daddy"

Britney fans: She's not topless she's wearing skin colored clothes, running from the paprazzi for fear of them endangering her kids, while her "manny" is trying to grab the children to calm them while the kids yell out "my Daddy's behind these allegations that my mother is not a fit parent!"

Idiots....

Preface: Britney Spears is not the most talented singer out there by any stretch of the imagination. But......

This is not her fault. She's just a naive, uneducated bumpkin who hit it big against the odds. After all, there are more talented girls living in obscurity all over the world.

No, the train wreck Britney Spears has become is the fault of her management and to a lesser extent, her family.

Someone who supposedly has her best interests in mind, would stop her from doing all these career wrecking moves. They would keep her in the studio, keep her practicing dance routines, hire a 24/7 stylist, a nutritionist and chef. They would have thrown her ass in rehab and left her there until she was detoxed and then kept her there a little longer for good measure. They would have taken a hit out on Ferderline, or if they didn't want to go to that extreme, they should have at least bought him off. They would have kept her bumpkin relatives in line and stopped the mooching.

Take any young, stupid girl from Dogpatch, USA and set her down in the middle of Los Angeles with millions of dollars and the same thing will happen.

She isn't special. Just the victim of poor, stupid management.

britney just need to suck it up and step up her game! she need to stop blaming other people for her srew ups and mistakes!!!

The Criss Angel stuff was "too complicated"? I thought it was magic! Oh yeah, a crap load of trapdoors, pyrotechnics and stage modifications that MTV was expected to add all at the last moment so Criss Angel could pull off his "mindfreak". If you need all that, does it really have anything to do with talent?

Yeah, I read the article of people coming to her defense. So its true that she hasn't made those statements, but she has not denied them, nor given an explanation, she'll let E! do it. It is bad journalism, anything that doesn't actually report news is bad journalism. War in Iraq? Presidential candidate debates? American cultural enhancement? Nah, Britney is way more important.

But as much as we can say...poor little girl too bad mommy and daddy didn't try to detox her...its not that true. Didn't she recently fire her manager for putting her into rehabilitation? She's not on speaking terms with her parents since they condone her life choices and wanted to apparently help her out (in their weird overpossesive way). She's alienating herself on purpose since she doesn't want to be told she's wrong. She can't blame the world forever since she had bad parents. I had really bad parents, but I went to a conselor and grew up. She has a number of psychological problems and insecurrities that need to be fixed, and though the media is harsh to her, and people such as us that like to bash her...she does have a choice to fix her life. She needs to wake up and realize, hey I am wrong. Maybe this will be it. Maybe not, but she has to choose to wake up. It doesn't help she surrounds herself with those that will harm her because they just agree that she is right. So until she realizes she needs to fix herself and realizes she's acting like a fool, I redeem the right to poke fun at her. I also encourage the right for others to poke fun at her so people might not follow her example. Maybe then she'll break down like Mariah Carey and help herself (?). Did Mariah Carey help herself, I don't really know...I stopped caring when she started acting like a retard. Good singer, but the image change really wasn't necessary.

Kara
P.S. At the moment I am too lazy to fix my spelling or grammer. Normally I actually try. So I don't sound too philisophical at the moment. Balls.

I am pretty sure this writer is the male version of me. Or I am the female version of him. Either way, spicy brown mustard is the only reason I wake up in the morning. Well, spicy brown mustard and sex. Not necessarily in that order.

Just wanted to say that as a foreigner, I found Sarah Silverman very offensive. She sounds like she does not know what to say next (repeating a nasal "WOW" over and over, souding like an idiot), and then she blurts out some ugly attack at someone. I definitely do not think that she voices out people's opinions. Who would have simulated a cunt with one's face, and compared it with Britney's children ? That was gross, not funny.

Has it occured to anyone that the so called Train Wreck went exactly as planned? Do you really think we would be as interested in this mess if it had been rehearsed and done well? Of course we wouldn't!!! We all want to see her go down. That is why we watch and talk and go on and on about it.
MTV knew she would fail and in doing so boost audience viewing.. sheesh.

61-your right...if you look at yesterdays 'gasp' post look at the heel on her right foot it's definetely fucked up! I also noticed she is missing one of her tips on her right hand as well.....what a fucking mess.....

that is so fucked up of mtv, they screwed he ron purpose for ratings

Tiff @ 80 - that's justice. And she screwed her stupid self.

When Oz TV showed us Brits' pathetic award performance, they cut to a shot Rhianna & girlfriend exchanging a very "knowing" smile between them. And the world laughs with them. Brit sucked like we knew she would.

It's not to late to become a "Porn Star" Brit! With your brains and whats left of your body...you still may become the biggest pig in the history of the industry!

What else is left???

LMFAOOO @ 9

So, Brit and Chris were rehearsing an elaborate singing, dancing, and magic act in her hotel room? I think not. Chris said repeatedly last week that he was not part of the show. Sarah Silverman's publist revealed that no one knew what Sarah was going to say before she went on stage. She was just told to make a remark appropriate to Brit's performance.

However, VMA viewership was up 23% over last year. Apparently MTV delivered what we all wanted to see and knew was coming.

Oh well, we still have Brit's album later this year. I understand her few grunts and groans are to mixed over what appears to be some very good recordings by real musicians. She still won't be able to sing (or lip-sync, probably) but ignorant Britards don't have any taste anyways.

When all else fails.. blame it on Chachi!
(by the way, im way too young to know who or what a chachi is, i remember it from the simpsons and its also a friend of mines nickname, but thanks to wikipedia i now know who Chachi is)
anyway, britney's new stuff is great :)

I'm imagining Britney as the toupee in the Seinfeld episode where Elaine snatches George's toupee off his head and screams, "I hate this thing!!!!!" and throws it out the window.

Hard to believe the original was nixed at the "last minute" since it was "highly publicized". Seems to me they had lots of time to nix it and this is just a lame excuse for a poor performance that she decided to go forward with for whatever reason. She blew it; that's all. Get over it.

who cares?
she was looking FUCKING HOT.
And if you say otherwise, it's because wether you are a jealous female, a gay male or a hypocrite. Stop the bullshit. She looked hotter than hell.

nobody won with brit's perfomance. an MTV exec told Life&Style mag that they were furious over it. other's weighed in on her performance in the same article. i used to hate her and now i pity her.


EVERYBODY LOOK HERE! i'm a huge britney fan, always loved her, loved her music but then again i am accustomed to the superficial music of celebrities which is mostly computerized or merely words coming out of some rap guy's mouth. regardless, i love it and am proud to admit that i am a mainstream music fan. some have actual talent (hello jordin sparks) and its impossible to sign someone with zero talent whatsoever and i should KNOW this because....

my dad works for britney spears. i swear to god. he's a lawyer for jive records and i have even met her on a few occaisons because of him. he thought she looked awful, but passable. and guys...the angel guy? yeah that was her idea but they were never planning on doing it. britney had practiced that dance for a while, it was not thrown together at the last minute. my guess and his too was that she was stoned, drunk, something of the sort which is why she was so out of it. also she is in bad shape and can;t dance as well as she used to. she's a very difficult person to work with because she's probably on some substance like 24/7. so let's keep rooting for her recovery, not judge her too harshly, but also accept the reality.

also to #72 lady zombie

while i respect you sticking up for britney in a completely non biased way (she DID have a messed up family, she is jsut your average kid star....they all turn out like this) i think it is completely unfair to blame it on the management.

as someone who knows teh inside scoop, britney rarely returns calls or comes into work. it's very hard to get a hold of her, much less a hold on her LIFE. the management is still trying and won't give up, but she is a completely wreck; a wreckless independent.

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