I completely agree with Charles. I'd better go lie down.

But then, of course, she had to go and sleepwalk through a performance that may have been choreographed for a line dancing class at the Poughkeepsie Senior Center...

Sadly Britney is being held to the standard of her former 18 year old naughty school-girl self.

No, Britney's body isn't the problem. Britney is the problem.

But if we can't see your bones, you're just a fat whore on stage.

Personally, I'm glad Brit went for fat whore. She looks pretty damn good.

"I actually think Brit's paunch looks rather hot...She looks like an actual female and not some neurotic aerobicized fembot. I even sorta like the song. If she had just, you know, owned her body while onstage and not looked so scared/drugged/clumsy it might have been cool."

But - a request...

Could you (plural = all humans over 4) please NEVER, EVER use the word 'tummy' again? Please?

I mean... for real.

Sure she still looks ok, but she moves like a couch potatoe and is obviously gaining weight in an unhealthy way regardless of how much.

Also, she's a fantasy girl. Shouldn't we hold our fantasies to higher standards? There's no need to fantasize about the dumpy girl next door, she's right next door!

#28- FTW! haha! Too funny.

And for those who say that they know a lot of mothers who would be thrilled to look like this - I have a grown child, and I'd shoot myself if I looked as bad as Britney does now. She needs to lay off the Cheeto's and get her lazy butt in the gym.

I don't much care for ultra thin men or women.

Pics or STFU.

The people who said she was fat are just a bunch of self-important eating-disorder enablers.

I remember when Rush Limbaugh announced that he was losing his hearing, one commentator said "This is the worst thing that could have happened to the deaf community."

I personally would appreciate a photo from before to compare, since I missed the entire Britney phenomenon (what can I say, my gf makes me happy).

All that said, one thing I'll say (and it's been said before, more or less) is that it is not just appearance that = sexy, it is the energy. Some non-hot woman can be hot just with a laugh or a turn of their head, or a little sexy squint of the eyes. There were a few instances in the MTV video where she actually does this and she looks good, but most of the time she looks limp and dead, so it doesn't matter how her body looks. I mean, when my girlfriend stumbles from bed to the bathroom in the morning, half asleep, sure I'm happy to see her, but she's not exactly exuding feminine charm or energy. Similarly, Britney looks better in the stills (like here) than in action the other night.

I've seen a dancer who had probably 20 pounds on Britney, and who in a still image would look just okay, but who moved with such athleticism that it was almost hypnotic to watch her dance. That is the essential quality which Britney lacks, and which the video shows so well.

Why is it that your defense of 'thick' has to include a put-down of thin women as "elongated aliens"? Some of the models and actresses that you've posted on Slog arguably fall into the 'thin' category. Oh, I forgot that I was speaking to Charles, who will say anything to get more of that sweet, sweet attention.

And those of you saying her dancing is shitty - when are y'all going to be on Pants Off Dance Off so we can make fun of YOUR fat ass and lame moves?

I feel sorry for the poor kid. She needs to take a couple years off from the whole celebrity-lifestyle bullshit and get her life together, then see if she has any kind of actual singing talent as an ADULT.

Damn few child stars are normal. Ever know any serious "theatre kids" especially those with really pushy stage parents? They're always completely psycho. Only the strongest of them manage to get it together enough to grow up remotely normal.