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I saw her on Letterman last night- she really comes off as brainless. She was reading the Top 10 list, and came upon some weird she didn't know, so she just read it as "something" and kept going. Honey, the world already has a stupid blonde: we call her Jessica Simpson.
Britney's next child will come out as a Barbie Doll, complete with no genitalia and instead of arms, there will be tentacles, and instead of a lovely singing voice, there will be keening and wailing and sharp fangs.
This is the way that God will restore the balance between Heaven and Hell.
She probably thought Tamiflu was one of those singlename girl singers like Shakira. (there seem to be an endless supply of them. I would like to see one named Helga or Hortense, just for a change of pace.
I have never heard of Tamiflu, yet I would be able to pronounce it. And I'm not bragging, just marveling at her thickheadedness.
But you would think they would let whoever is announcing the Top Ten List do a readthru before doing it on air. Especially when that person is Britney Spears.
But you would think they would let whoever is announcing the Top Ten List do a readthru before doing it on air. Especially when the announcer is Britney Spears
The problem word in there is "readthru" which assumes the ability to read. Britney was probably taught the list via handpuppets.
Place me on the woefully understaffed "metachatters who like Britney" pile.
The list of heinous things Britney has done appear to be:
- Eating Junk food and getting a bit fat.
- Being stupid.
- Having Children.
- Marrying a man called Kevin.
- taking a break from work to bring up children.
- Placing her child on her lap instead of on a car seat.
The only one I have a problem with is the last, and although stupid, it's hardly in the league of "kidnapping children and making them drink the kool-aid". Considering the fact that they probably didn't even have kiddie car seats when I was a kid, I'm not going to take it too seriously.
What's the big deal? What has she done that's so awful?
seanyboy, I think Britney's most egregious crime is that she has a shitload of money.
Combined with stupid (per seanboy's comment above). You don't see people hating on Oprah in the same way, and most will even admit some sort of grudging admiration for Martha Steward.
Many people seem to dislike Britney because they think that she's not a healthy role model for young girls, what with the half-dressed Lolita-ness and so forth. Other people dislike her because they don't like her carefully-focus-grouped, lowest-common-denominator artistic achievements.
And I, personally, dislike Britney because of that really stupid thing that she said about trusting the president. (Then again, I don't like Martha Stewart either, so maybe I'm not the best source for this kind of thing.)
You don't see people hating on Oprah in the same way
then allow me:
Oprah's goddamn book club has done more damage than a million britney slutty outfits could ever hope to accomplish.
that "slutty clothes" argument in particular pisses me off, especially coming from "liberals"-
a) it's the human body, what exactly is so shameful about it again?
b) she's a professional entertainer, those are her WORK clothes, how does that make her a "slut?"
c) go to any public beach and you will see women wearing far less- are they sluts too?
but mainly
d) you either support her right to free expression, to dress and act however she damn well pleases as a grown woman, or you move to Saudi Arabia. There really is no middle ground there. if you want to side with the Taliban and their kind, fine, but stop calling yourself "liberal" please.
You know, this is a young woman whose childhood, popstarhood and media life have been completely managed. She had a classical stage mom, and was packaged and sold.
How she looked, her leisure activities, and her dates were all managed, and what talents she has were polished, enhanced and sold.
She's got an engaging smile, big brown eyes, and a pleasing voice in a range that most people can sing along with. She's likely of average intelligence and is woefully under-educated in the academic sense.
She's doing what she wants to now right now, and it seems like she might even be taking control of her life for the first time ever. It doesn't matter that the husband looks like a skank to us, or that she's a plump mommy. She's got a little boy, another baby on the way, and I'll bet she sees to it that they have a great childhood, just like the one she missed out on. WITH seatbelts, of course.
She and Xtina both graduated from the Mickey Mouse Club, and both were talented enough to be managed into a career. Xtina's got more talent, but Britney's richer, and so is her mum.
i'd take shakira. brits and christina can jump off the same cliff. although at least by some freak accident a decent pop song made it out of the mess. (toxic)