Publicity whores

By now, I presume everyone has seen, read or heard about the outrageous opening number performed by Madonna, Britney and Christina at the MTV Video Awards? (Channel Ten repeated footage of it at least 5 times during its hour-long news broadcast.)

For those who haven’t, this is what happened…
Britney emerged from an enormous white wedding cake in a wedding dress and veil. After Britney sang several verses from "Like a Virgin," Christina came out and picked up the vocals. Madonna then descended from the cake, dressed in black (as the groom, I presume) and singing "Hollywood". The whole performance culminated with Britney kissing Mads, who then turned and delivered one to Christina. Missy Elliot was in the girl-mix as well, but she was all but forgotten by the upstaging antics of the other three.

As MTV put it:
Anyone who's ever questioned Britney or Madonna's acting abilities should reconsider. Not only did the ladies show off some blood-pressure-raising moves, their kisses were nothing like the infamous mouth mush between Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley and far more like something from late-night Cinemax.

For a blow-by-blow account of the opening number and the rest of the awards show, MTV has its own synopsis.
To download the performance, go to this Britney fansite.

In news surrounding the performance, LA's KTLA-TV reported that Britney allegedly rinsed with Listerine following the performance, likening the "open mouth, no tongue" to "kissing the NBA." *ouch*

Christina returned later in the show to perform a medley of "Dirrty" and "Fighter" from Stripped. Afterwards, host Chris Rock quipped, "You'll be hearing those songs at strip clubs for years to come". *miao*

Later, at the Maverick VMA After Party, which was attended by Britney, Christina wore a button on her jacket that said "I fucked Britney Spears".

Britney had strong reservations about the pash during rehearsals, which led Access Hollywood asking Christina later if she thought Britney needed to loosen up. Christina retorted, "Yeah but I think she needs to loosen up in general". *hiss*

Justin *sigh*, more diplomatically, said he was not shocked by the performance and that he liked it. He said, “it was sexy” and he “won’t take that away from anyone up there” (whatever that means). Justin also said the cameras were right there and as soon as Madonna and Britney kissed they just went in his face and that is the reason why he had a weird facial expression. Y'know, I even believe that.

I’m making an official statement. I love Christina.