After I spent a good portion of this week detoxing my brain from all the Britney bashing I think I’m ready to put my two cents in. Instead of hoping on the bandwagon I figured I’d take a different approach to the frenzy. I, like so many other gossip hungry nerds, saw the Britney Spear’s performance on the VMA’s.

I’m not going to get into the fact that she forgot how to lip synch, or that whatever rehearsal she did prior the performance didn’t impress anyone much. However, I really thought the potshots at her physique were in poor taste. Maybe Britney doesn’t have the same body that made her a certified sex symbol back from “Baby One More Time” – and maybe she shouldn’t have been wearing a little more than some sparkly underwear. But the only crime Britney is guilty of is looking normal.

I’m not the biggest Britney fan but I really think as a society we are prone to saying one thing and doing another. We preach on a regular basis that young people are too skinny, or celebrities are too skinny and are setting a bad example for the younger generation that looks up to these celebrities for some kind of guidance.

Hell, models who were considered too skinny were barred from participating in the fashion shows in Madrid.

Back when Britney first came out everyone got down on her for being too sexy and what not. Now that she not flaunting around her slim cut figure, she gets criticized for being the being the exact opposite. Essentially, a lot of the news isn’t so much about her inability to lip-sync but that she looks like she enjoys a burger and a drink or two. Can’t fault her for that.

I guess seeing her perform on the VMA’s humanized her a little bit. Her performance embodied every young teenager who has ever danced around their room in their underwear, lip-syncing to whatever song is most popular at the time.

It is painfully easy to criticize celebrities when they fall on their face. What’s harder is seeing the flaming hypocrisy in our judgment.
—Eming Piansay