Britney Spears Will NOT Perform At The 2008 MTV VMAs
Boo. Very sad Britney Spears news coming out of LA this AM. Ryan Seacrest has just announced live on his morning radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest on KIIS FM in SoCal that Britney Spears WILL NOT be performing at this year’s 2008 MTV Video Music Awards:
Britney Spears Will Not Perform at MTV VMAs
After a week of a rumored return to the VMA stage, Ryan Seacrest exclusively revealed on his radio show Monday morning that she will not be performing at the awards show. Recently, promotional spots leaked online featuring Spears and show host Russell Brand further fueling the rumors of an on-stage performance. In the spots, Spears and Brand were alone in a large studio only accompanied by a 9,000 lb. elephant.
Ryan essentially reports that he spoke with Britney’s “general in charge of all things Britney“ Larry Rudolph (via email) about a report that came from E! News that claimed that Britney would be performing at this years’ VMAs. Ryan says that Larry told him that the report is “just wrong”, saying:
“Britney Spears will not be performing at the VMAs this year … I’m telling you officially and unequivocally that BS will not be there.”
Again, I say Boo! I am assuming that Larry Rudolph is referring to the E! report that quoted celebrity hairstylist Kim Vo who claimed he was designing hairstyles for Britney’s VMAs night — one for red carpet, one for the show and one for her PERFORMANCE. Sadly, I’d believe Larry Rudolph over pretty much anyone else … so unless this is a major cover-up to try and pull off a surprise, I guess Britters really won’t be performing this year. I gotta say, I think it’s a mistake for her not to. She is in a much better position to perform this year and, as I’ve said before, she can really undo the damage she did at last year’s VMAs with one amazing performance. I think it’s a bad idea for her not to perform. The end.
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August 25th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Not a surprise for me. Seems like everything that has been coming down the line for Britney lately has been false or one overly-hyped rumor with horrible sources.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:53 am
[...] Original post by It’s Trent, Bitch! [...]
August 25th, 2008 at 8:53 am
It’d be hilarious if they said she wasn’t and then she randomly appeared on stage. Surprises are always fun.. like if she’d been rehearsing and was awesome they might do it.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Trent, I don’t mean to be rude, but you may “think” this is a bad idea, but you’re NOT Britney. I’m sure she has her reasons. Perhaps she wants to stay away from the things/associations that made her spiral downward. All I’m saying is that she’ll return when she’s ready. You posting “BOO!” all over your blog regarding her choice isn’t really conducive to helping her get or stay better.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I’m disappointed :(
What the heck is she rehearsing for then?>
August 25th, 2008 at 8:57 am
im glad shes not. i personally dont think shes quite ready yet. shes doing good & seems happy without being on the stage and everything, so maybe the best idea is to keep her away from it for a lil longer?
August 25th, 2008 at 9:00 am
NOOOOOOOOO!
August 25th, 2008 at 9:02 am
this might be a wild theory but….maybe MTV is trying to get their VMA ratings/viewership back up by playing the “is she or isn’t she?” game. i know i’ve pretty much been sucked in, hoping to see britney redeem herself, even if they claim she won’t be there. she might show up, right???
August 25th, 2008 at 9:27 am
i’m not quite sure why trent wants britney to humiliate herself again. lmfbao
August 25th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Then why is she doing all of those commercials for the VMA’s if “she is not going to be there”?
August 25th, 2008 at 9:39 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
why???????????
please god let this be a cover up.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:00 am
[...] to be for the red carpet, the show itself and a performance. Apparently that is rubbish. Seacrest spoke with her manager and he called the report by E! and Vo “just [...]
August 25th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I would love to see Britney on stage again…and good this time but its not happening right now =(
August 25th, 2008 at 10:31 am
i don’t think it’s a bad idea at all. Its still too soon, what is she going to do on the show??? sing one of her singles of her bomb of an album?? its pointless, that album is gone and buried, she needs to just keep focusing on the future and wait untill a new album is developed that she can promote. Otherwise it will just be a performance that will get some attention and then it will be forgotten.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Chuck… Maybey it’s MTV who won’t let her preform and not Brit’s decsion…..
August 25th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Maybe she’s not ready. I mean we are talking about a woman who less than a year ago was running around town talking in a HORRIBLE British accent and was clearly out of her mind.
I’m glad she’s up to public appearances and is getting back to herself, but she needs to take it one step at a time. When her new album is ready to come out and she has some hot new music to promote, I’m looking forward to a Britney performance…but in her own time.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
yea, I gotta disagree with you on that one, Trent. While disappointed, I still think it’s better that she doesn’t perform at the VMAs. She’s doing so well on her road to recovery, and I think she owes a lot of that to staying out of the public eye, more or less, and just kind of hanging back and taking a break. We all expected her performance to be top-notch-awesome last year, so who’s to say it would be better this year? I would hate to see her ruin the progress she’s made by branching out too much too soon, you know? I think it’s best she takes it slow.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Why can’t that girl just stay home for a day or two and focus on getting well? Why does there always have to be another “project” in the pipeline. Surely she has enough money to live on, now that Papa Jamie is reining her in.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
enough of her stayin home! she should get her ass back on that stage and show everyone that shes back! and this time she aint leavin anywhere!
August 25th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
When I first saw that headline, I thought, Yeah right. MTV and Britney need each other to survive in the industry!
And whoever said MTV wouldn’t want her to perform b/c she bombed so bad–the VMAs arent about quality, they’re about hype and publicity, which is what the Britney debacle gave them.
I am positive she will be performing. It will just be a surprise performance. They’ve pulled a number of these tricks over the years.
August 25th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
If she’s not performing then she is NOT READY. Good for her! - there is now too much hype and expectation for her to pull something amazing out of the hat and improve on the last performance.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Trent, I’m kind of disappointed in you. It seems like everyone is pushing Britney to do this and that but when it comes down to it it is her decision after all. I really don’t think she’s ready. She should wait until she’s fully ready. No point in repeating a disaster like last year. Also, there’s no point in singing a new song from her album if it won’t be out until at least another 5 months!
August 25th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
[...] Very sad Britney Spears news coming out of LA this AM. Ryan Seacrest has just announced live on his morning radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest on KIIS FM in SoCal that Britney Spears WILL NOT be performing at this year’s 2008 MTV … Source: Britney Spears Will NOT Perform At The 2008 MTV VMAs [...]
August 26th, 2008 at 11:35 am
I dont think its a bad idea, sorry you were there live and felt wasted, but she is still not ready, her madonna cameo was a great first step back into things… why dont you report a youtube video of that? (if you already did sorry)