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.

[Catspaw]

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.

I agree with you about Christina. She's got a great set of pipes. I don't know why she's taking what could've been a great career in the direction she is. It's a real waste.

[SaveTheChief]

Parsonally I have some hope for Miss Mandy Moore. She is exceptionally attractive, not a sleaze like Britney and Christina (not yet anyway), and has a good voice. She has a new album of covers out right now and from the samples I have heard, it is at least worth a listen.

Christina does have a great voice, however her act is not about her voice. It is about a package of a dirty - and I mean dirty - prostitute marketed to the masses. It is about shock value. Her appearance is disgusting. Her songs have all the Maria Carey or Whitney Houston-esqe vocal gymnastics that do nothing to add to a song in the musical sense (it is overdone and without artistic sensitivity). I have an expression for it, but decorum prevents me from saying it on a public board.

[freekitty]

Like her 4th of July performance that had absolutely nothing to do with the freedom of America; but everything about her sexuality.

[Petronski]

Heh heh.

[Arpege92]

I used to like Whitney Houston until she became a number one witch towards her fans.

I also used to like Maria Carey until she started dressing like a slut. Those huge high heels and skimpy dresses made her look cheap.

Well, I do like Celine Dion and her voice blows both Christina and Britney out of the water.

[nmh]

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

I see the defensive slut fans are about. I'm not concerned about spelling her name right. She's not worth the trouble.

Feel free to spend you time stupidly. Spelling nazi ... defending sluts. What next?

[hchutch]

1. Sleeping with one guy does NOT make a woman a slut.

2. Quite frankly, I find the Britney detractors from the right to be about as bad as the Limbaugh detractors on the left. No blow is too low to aim at someone they dislike.

[nmh]

"1. Sleeping with one guy does NOT make a woman a slut."

Oh come on - just one? Dressing as slutty as she does and bahaving as slutty as she does? Aren't we naive? What's in the heart/mind is echoed in the behavior. I'm tired of seeing people being benign or like you defending what is disgusting.

"2. Quite frankly, I find the Britney detractors from the right to be about as bad as the Limbaugh detractors on the left. No blow is too low to aim at someone they dislike."

I dislike her slutty influence on young girls and dirty old men. She looks and behaves like a prostitute. It's not a matter of "right" or "left". According to you no one should criticize a slut or maybe one should take a "moderate" position? LOL!. My criticism is legitimate.

What's the matter? A drooling fan who has no sex life? Dreaming that maybe even you have a shot at her? LOL!

[cyborg]

Am I alone in thinking that her first video in the little catholic school skirt was a little too appealing to pedophiles?

[Moleman]

Britney, just shut up and roll over
Or, shut and bend over depending on how she likes it ;-)

[Moleman]

I hear the Britney Spears diet is better than Atkins and all the rest. You can only eat the food you can spell.
I assume it is an all "protein" diet :-)

[hchutch]

1. I have no reason to believe she's lied about it. Quite frankly, her sex life is her business, and none of mine.

2. You wish. My problem is with the holier-than-thou folks on the right who would establish their form of "culture cops". Not much different than what the left does, except for the specifics of the agenda involved.

3. I admit, I like a fair portion of the songs she has done (mostly on her first two CDs), and will probably buy the next one, if only because unlike MOST of the celebrities out there, she has been reasonably supportive of President Bush.

4. My sex life is none of your damn business. However, as a SINGLE male in my mid-20s, I will admit that I would not pass up an opportunity to date Ms. Spears should such opportunity present itself.

[Moleman]

Here you go :-)

[Catspaw]

She's an entertainer. She markets herself to a specific target audience. It's a business.

[nmh]

"1. I have no reason to believe she's lied about it. Quite frankly, her sex life is her business, and none of mine."

Of course ... . And there are little green men on the moon too! It's not my business either but when SHE publicizes it it then it's fair game. Stupid girl.

"2. You wish. My problem is with the holier-than-thou folks on the right who would establish their form of "culture cops". Not much different than what the left does, except for the specifics of the agenda involved."

No, you do. You almost become violent when this trashy slut is criticized. Yeah, those that have moral boundaries and are offended at immodest and promiscious behavior are types that needle you since you LACK any decent boundaries. In fact you are attracted to such trash.

You really don't get it. You love to elevate yourself through pitting the right against the left and of course you're something in between hence more righteous. LOL! Again, you can't distinguish beween what is right, wrong, good taste, poor taste etc.. You do however lean to the left when it comes to defending smut.

"3. I admit, I like a fair portion of the songs she has done (mostly on her first two CDs), and will probably buy the next one, if only because unlike MOST of the celebrities out there, she has been reasonably supportive of President Bush."

No need to admit it. It's obvious you are a devoted fan. Her political views don't interest me in the least. She's an idiot.

"4. My sex life is none of your damn business. However, as a SINGLE male in my mid-20s, I will admit that I would not pass up an opportunity to date Ms. Spears should such opportunity present itself."

Whoa! Really touched a nerve on that one. Trust me. I am not the least bit interested in your sex life. To be interested in and defending this slut says enough. I don't want the lonely details. It's clear what you are attracted to.

[hchutch]

1. That's your opinion - my understanding was Mr. Timberlake blabbed about it, so she didn't have much choice.

2. And who defines smut? Hustler is smut. Playboy is smut. Penthouse is smut. Britney Spears is NOT smut. You might have your moral boundaries, but I would appreciate it if you do not impose them on me. I resent it when the Left does it, and I won't give the Right a free pass for it, either.

3. That's your opinion, although the way you express it leads me to believe Ms. Spears has more class than you do.

4. You sure could have fooled me with your previous comments.

[nmh]

"1. That's your opinion - my understanding was Mr. Timberlake blabbed about it, so she didn't have much choice."

You must real be hard up to be such a stauch advocate of a slut. She was so stupid as to not see all he was doing was using her as the object she willingly portrays herself as - a cat in heat.

"2. And who defines smut? Hustler is smut. Playboy is smut. Penthouse is smut. Britney Spears is NOT smut. You might have your moral boundaries, but I would appreciate it if you do not impose them on me. I resent it when the Left does it, and I won't give the Right a free pass for it, either."

You'll have to play your Clintonesque games with someone else. That is beneath me. As for your pitting of the left against the right ... YAWN and then "imposing my boundaries on you ... LOL. You're in the same boat as the slut. You simply don't get it.

"3. That's your opinion, although the way you express it leads me to believe Ms. Spears has more class than you do."

Not an opinion. An obvious fact. Dresses like a slut, acts like a slut and sleeps around. Maybe you ought to define what "class" is since you wouldn't know it if it hit you in the head. From you though, I take that as a complement since what you believe has class, is not at all what I's associate with much less emulate.

"4. You sure could have fooled me with your previous comments."

I think you just like to list childish replies. I have no clue on what this utterance is about. Most likely you don't either.

[E Rocc]

You must real be hard up to be such a stauch advocate of a slut. She was so stupid as to not see all he was doing was using her as the object she willingly portrays herself as - a cat in heat.

So

Clintoning

What?

If it bothers you that much, turn of the TV/radio and don't buy her CDs. Or are you one of those people who thinks that your definition of "morality" should be enforced by law? If you aren't, what's the point of going over-the-top like you have?

The fact is she could strip it all off and do stuff ten times worse than she does in her videos, and she wouldn't be even one tenth as dangerous as people who believe that their own pet peeves on cultural matters constitute natural law and need to be enforced...."for our own good" of course. Such is the thinking of the Taliban, and IMO more than a few "cultural conservatives".

-Eric

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Sacre damn!

[hchutch]

1. Again, none of your business. I happen to think that there are far worse problems in this country than Britney Spears showing a little skin and admitting she isn't a virgin.

2. You're right - I don't get how some people want to impose their moral code on the rest of us using big govenrment tactics. I really don't.

3. You have no proof that she sleeps around. Again, it leads me to think she has more class than you.

If Britney Spears showing some skin and admitting she, as a single 21-year-old woman has sex is such a problem for you, why don't you move to Saudi Arabia? They don't have any of that stuff there. You'll have to give up a few of the freedoms we have here, but that ought to be no problem for you...