Sarah Silverman apologizes to Britney + Criss Angel canceled on Britney a day before VMA performance

[bitbitboi]

2 hours ago, somuchbetter said:

Hope Diane Sawyer is prepping her apology next

Sarah made incredibly hurtful jokes at the worst time ever, but Diane? Diane is a misogynist at heart. AND she's a woman herself. So the amount of work that she has to do to be able to apologize from her heart and actually knowing what she's doing and saying requires YEARS of self-reflection... So if she didn't start that change years ago, then don't expect her to do so now all of a sudden.

[Brit Brit]

Well, there you go. Better late than never.  That apology sounded forced, but whatever.

I'm not a big fan of Sarah Silverman, and I always found her speech/joke extremely tasteless and disgusting. But at least she apologized, unlike Mr. Cry Me A River...

[davidspears]

28/03/2008 06:45 GMT

 

I asked Angel to describe his ideas for Britney Spears' disastrous comeback at the Video Music Awards show in Vegas in September. Angel had been working with Spears on ideas for the performance that would have required a lot of rehearsals and effort from the star. Instead, Spears opted for more traditional choreography in a performance that, rather than announcing her return to the stage, marked the beginning of her total meltdown over the months that followed. But if she had gone with Angel's approach, what would we have seen?

 

"With Britney I presented concepts to create, within her performance, illusions that would happen in the open. You would see Britney and then she would split into two Britneys and then four Britneys with no boxes or covers. It would just be a visual effect using no screens. People in the past have used the art of magic in music performances but mostly in a cheesy way. Magic has not kept up with popular culture and technology.

"Other things I wanted to do with her was to literally transform her into birds and then for her to reappear in the audience. I also thought of having her levitate over the audience. It was going to be really visual moments that were all epic tableaux that were beautiful, artistic, elegant and, most important, unique -- things MTV hasn't seen in music. I wanted to captivate people in the moment. That was the essence of what I wanted to do with the Britney performance, because I think the performance she did with the snake was a highlight of her career and I wanted to trump that and I thought we had it."

[kaledkalil]

Good for her if she felt sorry and needed to apologize, but I'm not sure how I feel about the bandwagon of making everyone apologize or be accountable for every little thing.

I understand how hurtful things were but it's not like any of those apologies are going straight to Britney, and it seems like the fanbase wants to make everyone who might have hurt her apologize but might not be taking in consideration if she is fine and already over these things. I take Perez as an awful example, he was vile and way worse than Sarah in so many ways, but she ended up having him as the guy for Freakshow in Vegas, and the Circus Tour opening. 

It's all very conflicting to me, to be honest. We know she can take a joke, she even used the boobjob rumour and accusations as a joke in SNL, so I don't know how Britney really felt that night about Sarah's "jokes". We know she was crying backstage, but so many things were happening that night that it's hard to really know. 

[jj_boha]

Wow the story behind the criss angel feature. Always such a mystery. I wonder if he was going through his own issues. Poor Britney took so much heat for that performance. As a fan it was so hard to watch that. 

[Joman82]

3 hours ago, JP9101 said:

Plus, omg flop angel canceling 24 h before after he saying it was very easy... unprofessional flop 

That piece of ****!!!!

I'm just full of hate right now about everything that happened and continues to happens to Britney.

 

[Circus Leader]

Appreciated the fact she apologized, it is not that hard

When will cry boy perez do it? And others alike

[Samer]

She’s sorry because Britney fans are angry at her. She’s doesn’t seem to be sorry for what she did. 

[alienatedNey]

Well I have never liked her but AT LEAST she has the balls to say sorry. Doesn’t matter if it’s sincere or not but she did. Unlike Mr *****fied who used his rep to tell the media that he’s getting a lot of pressure and will not comment, and that misogynist Diane who remains silent

[PZHSB]

1 hour ago, bitbitboi said:

Sarah made incredibly hurtful jokes at the worst time ever, but Diane? Diane is a misogynist at heart. AND she's a woman herself. So the amount of work that she has to do to be able to apologize from her heart and actually knowing what she's doing and saying requires YEARS of self-reflection... So if she didn't start that change years ago, then don't expect her to do so now all of a sudden.

Amen. Diane has always been set in that “it’s a mans world” mentality. She has been that way with lots of women throughout her career. It’s gross. 

[lilhennythings]

This is so disingenuous and totally on brand for Sarah Silverman. Extremely unlikable woman.

Can we go back to ignoring her now? Another person becoming relevant because of Britney. 

[THE BAJAN VIBE]

This *****... and Chris Angel was an ******* with Britney and years after with latin diva Belinda. 

[DuranDuran]

I know you don’t like this guy ... I don’t like him either, but this is what he wrote:

 

So I think that  there is truth in the interviewer's words. But  probably Criss Angel canceled on Britney not a day, but a week before VMA... but it's just my guess...

[bitbitboi]

I can't believe I had to wait 13 years to get the facts straight on Britney's worst (or the only bad) performance... And there are still some loose knots.

I mean, I had heard bits and pieces here and there over this time, but never all pieced together and fact-checked like this.

I totally remember now reading Criss Angel canceling on Britney 24 hs before (not a week, A DAY before). But of course, guys always dodge the bullet, don't they?

[Martian_M00d]

That was definitely a genuine apology from Sarah. Good on her. 

[Martian_M00d]

I think we might wanna zoom in more on MTV who told her to roast Britney despite everyone knowing what went down with her that year 

[BritneyLVR]

She was definitely sincere, for those of you saying she's just saying it to say it. She looks sad and embarrassed. Her humour has always been being giddy and smiling. Good on her! 

Also the CA drama?! I knew he was supposed to be involved but how dare he drop out on our queen like that?

[BritneyLVR]

1 hour ago, DuranDuran said:

I know you don’t like this guy ... I don’t like him either, but this is what he wrote:

 

So I think that  there is truth in the interviewer's words. But  probably Criss Angel canceled on Britney not a day, but a week before VMA... but it's just my guess...

major! She never mentioned Sarah's jokes? they couldn't have hurt her that much... I think it was a combo of seeing Justin and the CA drama! Perhaps she shouldn't have even been up on that stage but god love her, she did. 

[joe sp]

Now can we go after Chris Angel for canceling on Britney?

[thebritmaster]

We made a standup apologize. Joan Rivers is flipping us off from the grave