Britney, her biggest fan, and reality television

By now, the entire world has heard about Britney Spears' disastrous appearance on the Video Music Awards. Although I usually go out of my way to never watch such programs, and I'm not a Britney Spears fan (I couldn't even tell you what she sings, except "Oops I Did It Again", and the only reason I know that one is because it turned into a joke) I actually tuned in to see this one. That was mostly because rumor had it that Britney had been practicing magic tricks with Criss Angel ("Mindfreak") and she was supposed to disappear then reappear several times during her act.

Also, she was the opening act, so I didn't have to watch a bunch of stupid crap just waiting to see what I wanted to see.

Frankly, she seemed like she was drunk enough to fall over at any second. There were no magic acts, no anything worth watching. I actually felt sorry for her, especially when Sarah Silverman made fun of her immediately afterward. Silverman called Britney's two children "mistakes" on national television.

Now, that's just wrong.

Anyway, for anyone who didn't see Britney's performance, here it is:



Hmmmm ...... not surprisingly, a lot of people made a lot of very unkind comments about Britney Spears after seeing that performance. As for me, I was just dumbstruck.

Anyhoo, some guy named Chris Crocker is apparently a Britney uber-fan (to the point that he does videos of himself performing Britney songs) and he was terribly upset at all the bad press Britney was getting. See for yourself:



Unfortunately - and this should come as no surprise to anyone - Chris Crocker has been contracted to do his own reality show. When I heard that, I was dumbstruck yet again. What makes anybody think we want to see this freak on television every week? What makes anybody think we care enough about him to watch?