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“People think he looks so normal, and he’s so sweet and he’s so earnest, but he can’t carry a tune in a bucket...“If [Hicks] has any skeletons whatsoever, if God forbid, he’s gay, and if all these people in Mississippi who voted for him are like [then he takes on a thick southern accent], ‘Oh my god, I voted for a queer!’ It’s just too much pressure.”

Holy crap, someone's green with envy! Jeez Louise, one of the guys who ruined pop music taking on the winner of an national amateur singing competition?

Hey, here's a tip, I-almost-was-Mr.-Spears: If you think Taylor's going to fizzle out, let him do it. You just look like an ass trying to speed up the process. It also shows that you don't have confidence in your own ability to rise above him and let your "music" do the talking.

It's just like getting all poke-mouthed about losing the Rookie of The Year award -- if you really are better than the guy who got the trophy, it will become evident in later years. For example: The Chicago White Sox's Ron Kittle was ROY in 1983, finishing above Cleveland's Julio Franco. Kittle played a total of ten years and had a .239 lifetime batting average. Franco won the AL batting title in 1991, and is in his twenty-first season, STILL PLAYING AT THE AGE OF 47. He is the oldest position player in the history of the Major Leagues. He recently became the oldest player to hit a home run in the Major Leagues and ALSO the oldest player ever to steal two bases in a game. He had a lifetime average of .299 coming into this season. He has an outside chance at the Hall of Fame. So while Ron Kittle will always be able to say, "I won Rookie of The Year over Julio Franco," to which people might ask, "So...what happened to you?" Ouch.

This happens every so often in the record biz; an upstart tops the charts, and the people who think they belong there start whining about how they haven't paid their dues or they can't sing or they don't belong in the business. Most of the time, the snipers at the newbies are on their way out. Travis Tritt picked a fight with Billy Ray Cyrus, whose "Achy Breaky Heart" swept the nation. Sure, Billy Ray didn't have another #1 single, but he has one more than Tritt ever had. MC Hammer was trashed by hip-hop footnotes 3rd Bass as being 'a weasel who went pop.' Run-DMC took on Michael Jackson in "Down With the King." And just about everyone in the rap game with the exception of Flavor Flav united against Vanilla Ice. But for good or for ill, nobody has forgotten Robbie Van Winkle, America's alpha "wigger."

Bottom line is this: Show business is a marathon, not a sprint. Only a loser would try to trip up someone on the first leg. Shut your stuff up, Timberlake (emphasis on the "Timberrrrr!").