Bitter Britney bares all

NY Daily News ^ | October 27, 2003 | BILL HUTCHINSON

[presidio9]

First she gave Madonna an open-mouth kiss, now peppery provocateur Britney Spears says she's a "little bitter" about men. But she's not a lesbian, she insists. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The 21-year-old pop princess opens her mouth again to Newsweek, in which she pouts a lot about Justin Timberlake bedding her and blabbing about it.

"It was really hard," she said of her breakup with the 'N Sync heartthrob. "There was a time when I was like, 'Okay, I'm over men. They're mean.'"

The gum-smacking chart-topper said she swore off men for six months after her split with tattletale Timberlake.

"Not like they weren't drawn to me, but there wasn't a single real attraction," Spears said. "I'm like, 'What's happening? I know I'm not lesbian.'"

The "Oops! ... I Did it Again" singer had maintained that she was a virgin before and during her relationship with Timberlake. Now, she says, what's the point in fibbing?

"Justin said it on Barbara Walters," Spears griped. "The world knew after he told them all. What am I supposed to say, 'No, I didn't?' Can you say I'm a little bitter with men? Just a little."

The Louisiana-born Lolita asked as many questions as she answers in the magazine article, which hits newsstands today. She most wants to know why the wife of Maryland's governor is threatening her.

Kendel Ehrlich made headlines earlier this month by telling a mostly mothers crowd: "If I had an opportunity to shoot Britney Spears, I think I would."

The menacing comment, which Ehrlich later said was a joke, was prompted in part by Spears' Aug. 28 lip-lock with Madonna on MTV's "Video Music Awards," and her libido-driven lyrics.

"Why? Why are they mad at me?" asked Spears, who recently posed topless for Rolling Stone and bottomless for Esquire.

"What is too sexy to them?" Spears asked. "My family, we walked around the house naked. ... By the time I was 13, my dad was like, 'Uh, Britney, it's time to start covering yourself up.' I'm very free like that."

Spears said deep down, she's just like any single heterosexual gal: She wants to meet Mr. Right and have kids - who she does not want emulating her style.

"Not that it's dirty or tacky, but it is really revealing and I wouldn't want my kid, at 21, to be dressing like that," she advised.

[Clemenza]

Cristina comes from the Whitney Houston school of hamming-up-my-voice-to-hide-my-lack-of-talent school of singing.

I don't care for Britney or Cristina, but do admit to watching Ms. Spears with the sound off from time to time.

[dennis1x]

you can say plenty about whitney houston, lack of voice talent not one of them though.

[Catspaw]

I hear the Britney Spears diet is better than Atkins and all the rest. You can only eat the food you can spell.

Spewing coffee over my monitor :-))

[nmh]

Kendel Ehrlich made headlines earlier this month by telling a mostly mothers crowd: "If I had an opportunity to shoot Britney Spears, I think I would."

Honestly! This is not a threat. Stupid Britany ...

Yo Britany, she doesn't want her daughter to be a stupid slut like you! That's all she's saying. You're disgusting!

[hchutch]

I can understand where she comes from in terms of the frustration with the dating game.

[nmh]

She's so articulate, isn't she? LOL! Stupid girl.

[Petronski]

Well, I don't care for them much but for the looking, either, but Aguilera had better range...and proceeded to waste it on crappy pop tunes. Same with Houston: a three octave range, as I recall, but outside of the wartime Super Bowl national anthem, she's sung nothing but pop crap.

[nmh]

#14 Ditto!

[Skooz]

Say what you want about Christina, she has a magnificent voice. She is immensely talented.

I just wish she would rely more on her talent and less on her slutty personae. She has enough of the former to not need any of the latter to be a star.

[EggsAckley]

Man! You could like, cut the testosterone in here like, with a butter knife!

[nmh]

Oh no! The naive innocent routine isn't working anymore? Oh, oh. I suppose MORE clothing will have to come off since she's not very mysterious anymore and feigned innocence isn't there anymore.

Yo Britany, you CHOSE to be used. The CT routine finally got the better of YOU! Be angry with YOURSELF and GROW UP!

[Skooz]

...to not need ...

Oops, I split an infinitive. (again)

[beachn4fun]

how can you tell? They all sound the same to me!

[GSWarrior]

It's all about ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME.

[HHFi]

I saw Britney writhing around on "Saturday Night Live" last week, doing the worst lip-synching job I've ever seen. It was like she wasn't even trying to match her lips to the song. I've seen kung-fu movies with more convincing dubbing. Whatever happened to the days when performers on "Saturday Night LIVE" actually had to be able to perform LIVE? I guess when you look like her and have her platoon of over-producers, talent is an obsolete concept.

[Clemenza]

Of course, Whitney LIP-SYNCHED the national anthem, but that does not take away from an otherwise fine performance.

[Romulus]

She thought he was a gentleman?

Not exactly.

"It was really hard," she said.

[Petronski]

Of course, Whitney LIP-SYNCHED the national anthem, but that does not take away from an otherwise fine performance.

Lip-synched or not, it was her performance.

[hchutch]

You're one to talk about stupid if you can't even spell her name right.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Okay, who's got the Esquire bottomless pic?