Britney Spears' VMA Performance

I think everyone, from young teens to parents to fellow celebrities, was shocked by Britney Spears’ VMA performance. But different people were shocked for different reasons. I personally was shocked to see that Britney made a fool of herself for her first big performance in quite sometime. She was clearly drinking, was clearly lip singing and didn’t have any real dance steps in her entire routine. But of course that’s not all people were talking about. The hot topic of Britney’s routine was not that of her performance but her appearance. Critics were saying how out of shape she looked and how over weight she looked. Now don’t get me wrong, her outfit was a but flaunting, but how dare these critics call her fat. In my opinion, she is the perfect size. She recently had two children, and I highly doubt that working out and trying to have the perfect body is on the top of her mind. How dare they make fun of her weight. I say good for her, she looked confident and gave women a chance to see a performer who is not a size zero.
I think that society loves to gossip about celebrities because it makes us feel better about ourselves. I heard people making fun of Britney’s body who were probably double her size. Does that make any sense? I think what this shows about us as people is that most of us are insecure with ourselves and making fun of others simply makes those people feel better about themselves. I believe that if someone was 100% secure with themself as a person, then I’m sure they just wouldn’t care about Britney’s appearance. It’s ok to talk about how unprofessional her performance was, but making fun of her body is just ridiculous!

Britney Spears' live performance at the 2007 VMAs.

Works Cited:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2007/09/instapoll_britneys_vma_perform_1.html