It's Britney bitch

Yeh, so you have to have the obligatory Britney pitch if you're going to make in this business.
In the wake of the VMA's (which were the worst ever ) and the custody loss of her children, two things need to be said:
1. VMA's - Let's get past the "fat" deal right now. That aspect isn't important. The problem with her performances was that it sucked. As someone who grew up performing, she really should have known better. (I used to perform belly dancing and hula shows, so I know what it takes to perform, especially dance, onstage. Dancing and lipsynching is, I'm sure, a harder job yet. This is not an excuse.) She was particularly lethargic, off synch in the lipsynching, and even stumbled. Britney, if you must drink and abuse drugs, you should wait until after your performance. She honestly looked like the strippers in a bad strip club that you're glad you didn't pay money to see. Britney's back up dancers were more exciting than she was. It's her job to perform. She didn't and in most cases, she would have been fired.
2. Press - Whoever Britney's PR agent is has fallen asleep. If you don't want bad press, stay home. Don't go out and do stupid things. Sure, then people wouldn't would have nothing to talk about you, but have we really become a world where any press is better than no press? Stay home. Fall off the radar. It might behoove you, your family, and your fans (Chris Crocker anyone?) if you did go away completely. At least for a little while. Take a sabbatical and rest. Hell take two. It would do you some good.