Britney Tried to Give "More," Audience Wanted Less

Click to return to TMZ.comBritney Spears aimed to bring the house down when she opened the MTV Video Music Awards, but instead she just looked like a house. A little too early for the skimpy outfits, perhaps?

The former Mrs. Federline sleep-walked her way through a critical performance of her new single, "Gimme More," and camera pans to stars like Rihanna, 50 Cent and Diddy showed the crowd wasn't really feeling it. Britney herself didn't look too enthused by the ordeal ... even seeming to forget the lyrics to her own song!

And where was the much-hyped collaboration with Criss Angel? Apparently, that was a disappearing act.

Um, Brit? Your career called ...




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1306. I bet most of you guys commenting on her weight are probably ugly and will never look half as beautiful as she does. Slimness does not always equal beauty. Most of you guys really need to take a long look in the mirror before you try to pass judgement on anyone else.

Posted at 10:15PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Re Wes

1307. She is still beautiful, people say she's fat I don't think she is.

Posted at 11:53PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Lavie

1308. brit u look great !!!

Posted at 6:09AM on Sep 17th 2007 by vika

1309. no matter what britters did, you guys would have bagged her.

but guess what, shes going to roise above it all

rise above it brit rise above !!!

cheers punters!

Posted at 12:46PM on Sep 14th 2007 by Craig

1310. BRIT HAS A HARD TIME TRUSTING PEOPLE, SHE NEEDS MORE HONEST FRIENDS
PLEASE PICK ME.. HERE IS THE TRUTH .. GET A NEW JOB YOU SUCK

Posted at 1:36PM on Sep 14th 2007 by Jbo

1311. i posted this in another thread and i will go ahead and put it here too...

I thought her performance was fine! I don't see why the media/people are making a big deal about it! Britney has always been a good entertainer, so if she has one bad one who cares! She isn't a machine, she is human as Chris said. And uh she is not the first celeb to stumble or do a weak performance. Have you ever brought your problems to places you know you shouldn't, like work for example. Your distracted but you try and hang in there and do your job. She did good considering. I'm glad to have her back because music sucks now. I hope she gets better and kicks some ass.

Posted at 5:32PM on Sep 14th 2007 by Jo

1312. even though she had a tummy tuck she still looked fat, i cant believe that she went onstage with barely nothing on. she is tryin to act young but she lookes worn out like a stripper!

Posted at 10:19PM on Sep 14th 2007 by jessie

1313. will someone please help this girl.
All of these young girls are being exploited,
enough already, they need some compassion and help.

Posted at 11:10PM on Sep 14th 2007 by human being

1314. FREAK'IN HATERS: NONE OF YOU HAVE THE BODY, & EVEN IF YOU CAME CLOSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE B_ _ _S TO GET UP IN FRONT OF MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF GAWKING EYES!! CAN YOU EVEN FATHOM THE BRAVERY THAT MUST HAVE TAKEN? OF COURSE NOT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY HIDING BEHIND YOUR LAPTOP TALKING SMACK, WHICH IS A REALLY HUGE FEAT CONSIDERING YOU'RE PROBABLY HIDING A CARCASS 5 TIMES THE SIZE OF HERS! SO S_ _ _W YOU & THE POT BELL YOU RODE IN ON.

Posted at 12:22AM on Sep 15th 2007 by FLUFFY1

1315. POTBELLY PIG THAT IS....

Posted at 12:24AM on Sep 15th 2007 by FLUFFY1

1316. My sis has just had two kids and she looks great. and her baby is only 5 months old ...not to mention my sis didn't have a tummy tuck. With all the money Brit can spend on personal trainers and nutritionist it's a bit pathetic.

Posted at 5:42AM on Sep 15th 2007 by Dumbtiff

1317. Britney dazed, confused and out of sync at the VMAs

Given all of the media hype surrounding Britney’s “comeback performance”, I felt compelled to tune in to MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMA) on Sunday – if only for blogging purposes.

But, as soon as it was announced that she would be opening the VMA’s, I began citing - to my one friend who cared – why watching Britney these days seems eerily similar to watching the train wreck that was the surreal (and cartoonish) life of Anna Nicole Smith. And, in this respect, Kanye’s pre-show rant about Britney not being worthy of, or ready for, such a feature performance was far more obvious than it was prophetic.

Therefore, I was not at all surprised when she bombed. And now America’s P.T. Barnum of Pop, Simon Cowell, says that she may have “killed her career”. Although I suspect there are many more suckers out there still willing to pay for more of “The Britney Show” than even Simon realizes.

Nevertheless, I waited until today to comment on her performance because I did not want to participate in the unseemly media orgy of piling on…no matter how much she invited it. Instead, I wish only to reiterate my hope that Britney can get off Anna Nicole’s pedestrian path to self-destruction.

Moreover, I urge her mother and other loved ones to fight now to save her life. I fear, however, that they will simply standby and watch her self-destruct, and then fight over her children and her money (though not necessarily in that order)....

Meanwhile, the irony is not lost on me that MTV bosses got exactly the ratings bonanza they wanted – complete with a farcical brawl between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee over Pam Anderson.

But kudos to Justin Timberlake, Britney’s teenage crush and the real star of the show, for having the balls to bite the hand that gave him four “Moonmen” VMAs. Because he seized every opportunity on center stage to criticize, and even ridicule, these venal bosses for peddling “Real Wold” train wrecks as entertainment instead of promoting music videos; which, after all, is MTV’s purported staple.

Posted at 12:02AM on Sep 16th 2007 by info

1318. Someone needs to get her to her Mom NOW! Before she ends up like Anna Nicole.

Posted at 7:28AM on Oct 2nd 2007 by info

1319. She looked great, her song is awesome. Her energy just wasn't there. It wasn't a terrible performance just not her. Love Ya Britney, it'll get better :)

Posted at 1:49AM on Sep 17th 2007 by Jessie

1320. Just goes to show that you can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl.

Posted at 11:34PM on Sep 21st 2007 by Barbie

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