Britney calls herself a 'fat pig' after performance

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Sep 14th 2007 12:52PM

There's been a lot of talk about Britney's Performance at the VMAs, but no matter how much we might criticize her performance, evidently her worst critic is the person who she can't escape: herself. According to Us Weekly Magazine, Britney called herself a 'fat pig' after the performance and 'was inconsolable'.

I'm not a huge Britney fan, but I think the term fat pig is a bit extreme. Sure, she's not as buff as she used to be, and perhaps she should have covered up a bit more on stage, but I'm sure she is a healthy weight right now (though whether or not she is actually living a healthy lifestyle is a whole other story.) Her personal issues are evidently numerous and it's a shame that her poor body image is such a huge part of that.

Still, I hope this doesn't inspire other women and teens with a normal weight to declare themselves fat pigs too. What do you think?

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ESK 9-14-2007 @ 3:41PM

fat pig seems pretty accurate. throw in a disgusting and I would have been shocked at her self-awareness.

Paris 9-14-2007 @ 3:41PM

I agree. 'Normal weight' has nothing to do with it if you have a greater body fat percentage that what is healthy. You can see from her phsyique that her muscle has atrophied or at least been covered with fat, which means yes she is 'fat' but can still have a normal weight, so that is just a moot point!
To me, yeah she looks quite fat! And if others are staring at her, looking at themselves and feel they look like her or worse, then maybe it will be encouragment to step into the gym and lift some real weights rather than trivializing it with fad diets (that do nothing for muscle!) and a mere 5lb dumbell thinking they will make a difference.

Bella 9-14-2007 @ 3:41PM

I've never been a fan of Britney Spears, but i would like to say, she is definitely not a fat pig! Like they said "sure she could've covered up a lil more" but who cares....There are bigger woman i see walking around outside on a hot day, TRYING to wear strapless shirts with their stomach all hanging out...and i don't see them making the headlines. Just because she's a celebrity doesn't mean shes has to be size 0, with no flaws to look good. She's a mother now, maybe if the media left her alone she wouldn't come across as a crazy, unfit mother.....think about that....

carmen 9-20-2007 @ 4:44PM

She looks healthy, its all baby fat, she will lose it. but she needs to work on her emotional state and forget what the media has to say and work on herself

Lisa 9-14-2007 @ 10:11PM

People need to leave Britney alone, sure she did screw up her live,she maybe have a low self-esteem ,she does not behave like a mom, yes she does need to get her life together and be a rolemodle for her boys and also for our youngster who look up to her but being negative does not help but force her to continues to be the way she is .

paula palmer 9-14-2007 @ 11:30PM

what she looked like is almost immaterial, what was more important was that she should have never appeared on stage nevermind open up the show. she was fat (out of shape with cellulite on back of thighs) looked as if someone threw her on stage and she didn't know what to do, she was totally lost in space. sad sight, pathetic to say the least, bye bye britney.

paula palmer 9-14-2007 @ 11:39PM

she should have never opened the vma awards show, she was pathetic, out of shape with cellulite, and looked like someone threw her to the wolves and she didn't know what to do. a good friend should have told her bad move....oh well bye bye britney no loss to me she had no talent anyway, moron, ill take christine aguliera any day.......

Crystal 9-17-2007 @ 11:40PM

You now what all of you who think she is fat dont have a clue about how hard it is to lose the baby weight on top of she had a c-section witch means when they cut her open they had to cut her muscle to meaning she lost it all. I completely understand being that im a mother who had a c-section and have still not regained my belly muscles back fully yet. Althought i could agree that she should have covered up just a little more but just like BELLA said above ive seen huge girls tryin to wear suff that only thin people should wear but they dont get critasized do they? Grow up and get a life and leave Britney ALONE! She was not as bad as everyone is making her performaence at the VMA's to be so she lipsynced so what who cares all the stars do it now of days. O and shut up Paula Palmer who cares what the hell you have to say anyway and this is how you spell Christina "MORON" Love you Britney Ur #1 Fan.

Vivacious 9-18-2007 @ 2:28PM

No way is she fat. I would look the same under the scrutiny of a TV, and I work out daily, do weights, plus walk and bike everywhere and have NOT had a baby--I can't have a completely fat stomach without starving myself, but that doesn't mean that there's not a ton of muscle underneath. If anyone who saw me in person heard me call myself fat or overweight, they'd call me crazy. At 5'3" and just under 114, most people call me thin.

Lori 9-20-2007 @ 10:57AM

Where is Britney fat exactly? She's a young woman with a great body. I'm glad she's not bony, I'm so tired of looking at 'those' women. I feel bad about myself when my collar bones don't stick out.
Britney will overcome all of this turmoil. She's a mom and she will do anything to protect and keep her babies. You'll see!

okwhatever 9-19-2007 @ 4:06PM

Here is a run down of everything that happened to Britney since the VMAs

http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/celebrity_baby_scoop/2007/09/a-rough-month-f.html

Fash 9-20-2007 @ 11:13AM

She's a lot of things, but she's far from a fat pig! John Candy, for example, was a fat pig.

Erica 10-18-2007 @ 10:55AM

Britney is fat? "Not a little", replied by the big women at largeplace.com There are quite a few famous femail star in the past. They had success career. As a mom of two babies, Britney is ok with this body type. If she is not Britney, there would be no such critism about her curvy.

Linda 10-19-2007 @ 1:37PM

Brittany still has a lot of potential, she started out really young and had those kids back to back, a lot has went on in her life back to back and I don't uphold some of the ways she parties because of the kids, if everyone but her family would leave her alone and stop putting every move she makes in the papers she might have time to come up and breath and think about getting herself together, because I believe she, I also think she can return into the body she had when she first started out, like I said if outsiders would leave her alone.