Every man remembers where they were the first time they saw Britney Spears dressed as a schoolgirl in the video for 1999’s …Baby One More Time. It changed all our lives. And Mississippi-born Spears promptly became the biggest female pop star on earth. Her talent was clear: lashings of raw sex appeal.
Then came the multi-million record sales, the destruction of her illusion of innocence, the necking of Madonna on stage at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, a marriage to an overgrown man-child and a questionable film. The world was obsessed. Then it all went tits-up. And the world was even more obsessed.
But hear this: no female celeb on earth could have gone through the sham marriage, the divorce, the real marriage, another divorce, the bitter custody battle, the shaved head, the harsh slide into insanity and the rehab, and still remain so damn appealing - except Britney Spears.
Now, whether she’s seen slurping a Big Gulp between cigarettes, or gyrating on stage like all of the bad never happened, she’s still an incredible woman. Except this time round she’s worldlier, wilier, and a little less innocent. All of which we like a lot.
Then came the multi-million record sales, the destruction of her illusion of innocence, the necking of Madonna on stage at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, a marriage to an overgrown man-child and a questionable film. The world was obsessed. Then it all went tits-up. And the world was even more obsessed.
But hear this: no female celeb on earth could have gone through the sham marriage, the divorce, the real marriage, another divorce, the bitter custody battle, the shaved head, the harsh slide into insanity and the rehab, and still remain so damn appealing - except Britney Spears.
Now, whether she’s seen slurping a Big Gulp between cigarettes, or gyrating on stage like all of the bad never happened, she’s still an incredible woman. Except this time round she’s worldlier, wilier, and a little less innocent. All of which we like a lot.
