Britney Spears Bombs at the VMA's

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She's a mother of two toddlers, for gawd's sake.

Maybe, but many would argue that "mothering" is the last thing she has been doing since the birth of her children. And come on, Madonna is almost 30 years older than Britney, and she probably out perform her .
 

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I always like to see a bit of evidence that a starlet is actually eating. She didn't look fat to me, but the girl definitely needs the kind of friend who can say, "No honey--that outfit is aaaaaaaaaaaaaall wrong." Compared to the rest of the Hollywood world, sure she's enormous. But most of Hollywood would make a box of toothpicks feel fat.

She looked completely barred out. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to find she'd eaten several xanax before the performance.

I'm down with a good train wreck now and again but Britney has just gone beyond train wreck and into total meltdown. It's almost painful to watch but I can't really look away. (And if I try, the media still throws stories out about her at every turn anyway.)

It's just sad when you're so far gone, Kevin Federline looks like the more capable parent.
 

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I gotta side with Brother Burns1de and Bbucko, she looked good for having two children. I thought the performance was what sucked.

I think the reason people are down about how she appears is we have gotten so used to the "Hollywood Mom". We see all these svelt divas having kids and then speding mega bucks to get back in shape and they look damn good. Britney did just that after baby number 1, but this last time she obviously had numerous other things going on. Marriage stress, career stress, paparazzi stress. It doesn't make for wanting to leave your comfort zone and do anything. As far as Britney the person, she needs to get her act together. Maybe she needs to do what Celine Dion did. She had her baby and took time off. It did a world of good.

Unfortunately, as Eva sort of pointed out, I think the damage is done and Federline will get the kids.
 

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That clip was pretty dreadful ... very painful to see. B. was the least engaged person on the stage.
Sure, she looks good compared to the average mom who's just coughed out two kids -- but hey, that just doesn't make the cut in that context.
She's obviously not in reality. I don't know what shit she's on, but until she stops it, she will be the ongoing trainwreck that everyone remarks upon.
But I'm not as pessimistic as some posters.
Sure, she could continue on her slow ascent downward and fade out or even die in four or five years.
But if she got off all the crap she's doing (no simple thing, I know), she could come back psychologically in a short time.
And getting back into shape would take three month's work with a personal trainer.
I'm no Britney fan but I do think she has a fair amount of talent -- not of the sort that interests me personally, but the kind that seems to work nowadays.
One really strong public performance and the cheers would lift the rafters.
 

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Maybe she needs to do what Celine Dion did. She had her baby and took time off. It did a world of good.

Well, not really - Céline Dion (or, as I call her, the Shame Of Québec) still sucks. :biggrin1:

Unfortunately, as Eva sort of pointed out, I think the damage is done and Federline will get the kids.

Yet another scary statement. Those kids will probably be coke fiends by age 3.
 

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Well, not really - Céline Dion (or, as I call her, the Shame Of Québec) still sucks. :biggrin1:

I said it did her a world of good, not her music, that still sucks and I think she should make restitution to all the citizens of Quebec for the years of ear bleeding. :biggrin1:

Yet another scary statement. Those kids will probably be coke fiends by age 3.

Sadly, given the state of both of them, the are destined to fall down a path of abuse regardless of which parent they are with.
 

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Am I the only one who thought she looked healthy/normal and not obsessive/gym-pumped/hyperdysmorphic ?

She's a mother of two toddlers, for gawd's sake.

However...her lip-synch was terrible, she seemed disoriented and confused. The performance was so unprofessional as to be almost shocking until you consider that her talent was always of the slenderest sort to begin with.

Amen brother... I have seen worst performances to be sure! She definitely seemed like she was on something... medications can be a fucked up thing and she looks like she was in a drug induced fog... I have DEFINITELY seen worse! lol! Her stomach was PLENTY FINE for crying out loud.

I totally agree with Bbucko!!
 

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Oops... she did it a again.

I never really thought she had much talent to begin with and that she was just a product of studio enhancements and professional handling. Her voice is studio contrived, she does none of her choreography, she has had plastic surgery, and she neither writes nor produces any of her music. This just strips away those enhancements and shows her for what she really is, a hack for her record label without her handlers calling the shots.
 

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Her voice goes through me, sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. I prefer fingernails on a chalkboard.

Real singers (a la Chaka Khan) have a much better sounding voice. Britney needs to check herself :tongue:
 

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Her voice goes through me, sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. I prefer fingernails on a chalkboard.

Real singers (a la Chaka Khan) have a much better sounding voice. Britney needs to check herself :tongue:

Oh, she checked herself alright... in rehab, that is! *rimshot*
 

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And as Brit was noodling through a lackluster performance, K-Fed was throwing a pool party for his sons' birthdays.

Next up: frogs and locusts.


Now you know she has to work to pay for those lawyers (She wanted the divorce anyway.). She gotta maintain. I am sure her sons' got a few CDs and was playing "Gimme More" at the party. :smile:

Even though I didn't like the way she dumped K-Fed (I never was a Britney Spears fan.)...Britney did a fine job. :rolleyes: They lip synch at all those events anyway. Now let's see how she tours, conducts her interviews and nixes the publicity stunts...THOSE are going to be the tests. Wait and see.

 

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Oops... she did it a again.

I never really thought she had much talent to begin with and that she was just a product of studio enhancements and professional handling. Her voice is studio contrived, she does none of her choreography, she has had plastic surgery, and she neither writes nor produces any of her music. This just strips away those enhancements and shows her for what she really is, a hack for her record label without her handlers calling the shots.

The thing about this, though, is where were her producers and handlers when she needed them? Her terrible "performance" is as much a poor reflection on them as it is on her.

Unless the whole point was a come-uppance for the PR nightmare ride she's taken them on over the last two-three years, I fail to see how hers is the only career permanently sullied by her staggering, incoherent ramble around the VMA stage.
 

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My thought was she's a drugged up mess and hence won't listen to what anyone tells her to do. To her, coming out in your underwear is sophisticated and fitting garb for a comeback.
 

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The thing about this, though, is where were her producers and handlers when she needed them? Her terrible "performance" is as much a poor reflection on them as it is on her.

I have heard that she fired her old management team ( the one that brought her to success ) after her split with K-Fed. Now she is just surrounded by leaches and yes-men, and it's painfully obvious they do not care what happens to her as long as they get to reap the benefits by their affiliation.
 

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Her voice goes through me, sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. I prefer fingernails on a chalkboard.

Real singers (a la Chaka Khan) have a much better sounding voice. Britney needs to check herself :tongue:

Chaka Khan is legendary. That woman went through so much and still is one of the most regarded women in music. I knew you had excellent taste.

Oh, she checked herself alright... in rehab, that is! *rimshot*

You know Burn, I see a reality show out of this one...

6 strung out celebs, 6 careers in the crapper, and 1 chance at a come back. Who'll put the crack pipe down first? It's The Rehabber's this season on NBC.