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   Britney 'broke down' after MTV Awards   
   Stuff.co.nz | Wednesday, 12 September 2007   
      
   LATEST: Troubled pop star Britney Spears broke down in tears after her   
   disastrous opening performance at the MTV Awards, it has been claimed,   
   following   
   a string of problems leading up to the show.   
      
      
      
   According to a report by columnist Richard Johnson in the New York Times,   
   Britney's "comeback" performance of her new single Gimme More at the MTV Video   
   Music Awards on Sunday night was plagued by drama.   
      
   Britney has been rocked by criticism since the show, with reviewers saying she   
   was unfit, overweight, unprepared, out of time with her dancers, lacking   
   charisma and couldn't even mime properly.   
      
   The Times report said there were multiple problems in the build-up to the   
   performance. Britney refused to wear MTV's clothes, didn't rehearse properly   
   and   
   had been drinking frozen margaritas just before going on stage, the paper   
   alleged.   
      
   "MTV wanted her to wear a corset outfit," a source told the paper. "It would   
   have looked great and covered a lot of things up, but she hated it and didn't   
   think it was sexy enough."   
      
   Britney also didn't rehease properly, and her team of dancers wrote off the   
   more   
   complicated moves to choose simpler routines.   
      
   "She didn't even get to Las Vegas until 4.30pm," the newspaper's source said.   
      
   "It was ridiculous ... The production people at MTV were freaking out ...   
   Nobody   
   can tell Britney what to do anymore. No one can control her. She is a mess."   
      
   After the performance Britney allegedly broke down in tears, but consoled   
   herself by partying till 3am. She was later photographed by paparazzi without   
   underwear on.   
      
   Others reports suggested Britney had a fight with her hair stylist just hours   
   before the show.   
      
   Entertainment wire Bang! Showbiz suggested the Toxic singer had flown the   
   hairdresser from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to tend to her locks for a whopping   
   $US10,000.   
      
   After a disagreement about whether her hair should be blonde or brunette for   
   the   
   performance - during which Britney allegedly shouted "It's my money and I'll do   
   what I want" - the furious stylist cut up all the hair extensions Britney was   
   planning to wear for the show.   
      
   Another source claimed one of Britney's stiletto heels broke during the   
   performance, meaning she could not gyrate properly.   
      
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