What Could Have Been
Filed under: Britney Spears
Illusionist Criss Angel is really opening up for the first time about his aborted performance with Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.
He explains:
"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."
So, what happened?
"Britney is really strong with her own ideas. And what I had planned wasn't an easy thing to do and would have required a lot of rehearsals. Ultimately, I told her I needed 100% commitment or I wasn't going to be able to do this. I told her that, 'You have to feel comfortable.' So, we explored it and she decided it wasn't for her, and I completely understand."
i dont like you
FIRSTTTT WOOO!!!
FIRST WOO YA!
PEREZ SMELLS LIKE BALLS
no one wants to see multiple britt's..that would have been a bad idea!
first woo ya !
SHE SHOULD'VE GONE W/ CRISS ANGELS MAGIC TRICK. INSTEAD, SHE LISTENED TO THE DRUGS. STUPID GIRL…
Firsttt!!!!!
LOVE PEREZ !
First!
firstttt!!!!!
Perez probably smells good…. unless you know first hand
she's a dumb bitch.
that would have been cool
WHATEV, CHRIS….
YOURE GROSS AND YOUR NEW YORK ACCENT IS ANNOYING
Brit must have thought bad lip syncing and lazy dance moves would have been all she needed…
she did o.k. considering how crazy she is
In other words britney was to stupid to work with. Even if they did go through with it, britney would have just messed it up.
well she made a big mistake.
I LOVE PARIS HILTON!!!
Retard that she is
Would have been soooo much better if he had been involved with final show! Ah well. I feel sorry for her!
shes still hott and have u seen new pics of her. . .shes fucking hott adn got her body back . . ur just a hatter u fat slob!!!! BRItney is more rich and skinny and famous then ur fat slot ass will ever be~!!!@#$@#$@#$@# perez should just take a gun and shot him self . . .ur sooooo nasty and such a fat loser!!!! lol
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that would have been tight and it would have saved her career… she's stupid
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whore cunt whore cunt whore cunt whore cunt!
That would have been cool if she did what he had planned.
why britney why??? One of the firsts…lol
It's like Britney freaked when she had to commit to something 100%, that would come between her and the partying.
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hmmm
SHE IS WAY TOO LAZY NOWADAYS TO PULL THAT OFF, I WISH SHE HAD……… IT DISSAPOINTS ME SHE GAVE UP ON INTEGRETY AND WORKMANSHIP…………..SHES LIKE A SNAIL NOWADAYS JUST SLOTHING BY….SAD
definatly not first, LOVE CRISS ANGEL.
she lives for drugs…. yes she does kittens… she needs to be run over by a 747! fuck ya bitches! get this mess off the runway! pronto! what a whore she is…. she should be eating by goats… tits first… fuck ya!
Obviously she can't see what's best for her. She can't even see what's best for her own SEED! This would have been awesome to watch. Too bad she's too much of nutzo.
It's so FUCKING fun hating on this nasty cock and drug addicted WHORE!!! Can someone PLEASE give Shitney a cyanide pill and tell her it's a tictac? I'll give u 3 shiny quarters, and a pony!
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I am soooo hoping she skips out on court today, GOOD TIMES!!!
It's so FUCKING fun hating on this nasty cock and drug addicted WHORE!!! Can someone PLEASE give Shitney a cyanide pill and tell her it's a tictac? I'll give u 3 shiny quarters, and a pony!
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I am soooo hoping she skips out on court today, GOOD TIMES!!!
Can you say someone was just to damn lazy to actually make their performance one for the books. I guess the bar scene was more important then her come back career!
Yeah the gut, fake nails and the bad extensions were really the better choice Britney.
Well done.
Re: Britney a typical crakkka bitch – she got that way cuz um guess where she is from? lousiana girl! one of THEE blackest most ghetto places on earth! so she act just like those monkeys too! send her and all them ghetto monkeys BACK 2 AFRICA! most black men are in jail anyway while the woman have babies to be on foodstamps… everyone knows that! our jails are filled with black people! and mexicans for that matter! FACT! so check yer cunt
Is she on drugs because she is acting like an addict. What is going on w/ the drug testing being done relative to her custody. Are they coming back negative? No one is talking about that. If she isn't on drgus it is almost worse because she leaves her house looking like shit everyday. You would think she would at least like to look good for her new boy toy.
britney is going to be dead by 2009
So she didn't care of her show, well I kinda sensed that…
Re: jayson –
Do you really think Perez bothers even read of your stupid comment
I wish I saw all that instead of that half-hearted probably drug fueled performance. The conceptual ideas seem so much more inspiring and eye catching.
He couldn't do it because she's a skitzoid bi-polar WHORE.
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Let's all hope that tomorrow, after her kids are taken away from her FOR GOOD (she deserves it), that she'll race home with her pakistani limo driver.
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And when she gets home she'll put a revolver in her mouth and pull the fucking trigger.
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I know we're ALL hoping for it. Just keep your fingers crossed…. I know I'll be!
She is just lazy, being aware that it was her comeback, she should have done everything to look great in it but why wasting time rehearsing when you can party all night long?
Here's all the proof we need. What a lazy party girl she is. She didn't even want to put ANY effort into that crapshit performance she did and HA it showed more than she thought it would. She could have done something spectacular but was too fucking lazy and greedy and stupid. If it were Madonna, she would have gone with the Criss Angel idea 1000%. Hell, she would have smacked Angel around saying "Get the fuck up, it's 4AM time to REAHERSE!" Now that bitch is committed to her career. Brit deserves to TOTALLY fizzle out. Other than being a pathetic specticle for the rest of us. Ha.
old news. try harder, perez or your underpaid staff.
I would have watched this performance.
That would have been so incredible. Fuck Britney, it was also her that insisted on that shitty wardrobe (with the spike in her boot broken off) and her cheap Dollar General lingerie and her missing nail and greasy shiteous hair. She wouldn't listen to anyone and she paid the price dearly, being the butt of jokes and her album flopping.
Dear Perez: Why can't she get a chauffer? Why can't she stay at home? If she is going to drive, why can't she get tinted windows if the paparazzi annoy her so much? If she's over it, why does she do wardrobe changes at Macy's? What's up with the english accent? What's up with switching from one shady guy to the next?
I can't stand her and I want more reasons to not like her. This is my guilty pleasure.
I respect the way Criss Angel responded to this. It's a shame it didn't go through though because this really would have been the resurrection of her career. Although it may have been a waste because even something as great as that comeback wouldn't have been able to help what's really going on inside of her.
so basically she was too drunk and fat to fit between the two dimensions of reality… I can understand that. What a fucking child she still is. Someone should just lock her up in a fucking padded room and whatever comes out a month later is what it is… At some point I really hope people start forgetting about her. She is nothing special, just someone picked out of a crowd. She's nothing.
HOLY JESUS! DID YOU GUYS READ THAT? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BRILLIANT!! I LOVE VISUALS AND THIS GUY HAD SOME REALLY OUT THERE IDEAS. IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE WATCHING A HIGH TECH MUSIC VIDEO WITH SPEILBERG LIKE EFFECTS BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN LIVE! OH BRIT BRIT! I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF A FUNNY JOKE TO MAKE
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER SHE'S SO TALENTED NOTHING COMPARES TO BRITNEY SPEARS BABY
Look at those mud flaps, I mean arms, on Britney.
I hope Criss Angel gets to do something like that with someone who's worthy and is really trying to make a great, deserved comeback.
Re: Ewww at white women – wow ure sad ! white women do not look up to brit we make fun of her!
yeah beyonce amazing!!! lol what has she done? color is no factor! it should be sad that these WOMEN r trying to b representitive
i think that one Shitney is enough jjajaja..
DIE BITCH!!!
i cant believe the dumbass passed up an offer like that ,,, imagine how much better her performance would have been… she completely SUCKED
Would have been an amazing performance by the sounds of it. He is clearly trying to be as loyal as possible to her, but it's pretty easy to read between the lines. The girl couldn't be bothered to show up for that many rehearsals, she wasn't getting her own way with how the performance should be, probably threw a few hissy fits or two….and so the thing folded….and she ended up giving that decidedly lacklustre performance in a sequinned bikini that was too small for her.
I'm not sure why he is still being so loyal to her - I guess maybe he's just giving her a break given the pressures she faces and probable mental health issues.
DAILY MAIL UK
Shockingly, it was also revealed that Ghalib was dating another woman while he was romancing Britney.
He allegedly bombarded Jessica Dwyer with emails and messages saying, "I love you and miss you", while he was wooing the singer – and while he was still married to hairdresser Azlynn Berry.
Jessica, a single mother of one, added: "My advice to Britney is run for the hills as Adnan is a lying cheat who will break her heart and destroy her for ever.
"It is no exaggeration to say he is the most dangerous, evil man I have ever met. He makes women fall in love with him and when they are no longer any use to him he tosses them aside." Jessica fell for the picture agency boss when he approached her in her home town New Orleans in November 2006.
Things came to an end when she realised just how obesessed Ghalib had become with Britney when she went to see him in LA.
"I flew all that way to visit but did not see him once in two weeks. He said he was working too hard following Britney and that she was the person who was going to make him millions so had to come before me.
"He kept saying, 'Oh my God she is so hot, she has an amazing a*se and she is
Well, at least she was honest. If it was me, I wouldn't want to levitate, either. The more I think about it, I think she is pretty smart…. Who wants to be in a magic show?? No me, either….
Jessica, a single mother of one, added: "My advice to Britney is run for the hills as Adnan is a lying cheat who will break her heart and destroy her for ever.
"It is no exaggeration to say he is the most dangerous, evil man I have ever met. He makes women fall in love with him and when they are no longer any use to him he tosses them aside." Jessica fell for the picture agency boss when he approached her in her home town New Orleans in November 2006.
Things came to an end when she realised just how obesessed Ghalib had become with Britney when she went to see him in LA.
"I flew all that way to visit but did not see him once in two weeks. He said he was working too hard following Britney and that she was the person who was going to make him millions so had to come before me.
"He kept saying, 'Oh my God she is so hot, she has an amazing a*se and she is going to make me rich'. I wanted to die. I couldn't believe the man I'd fallen for could be so cruel. "I could just about stomach the fact he had a wife, but when there became four of us in our relationship I had to dump him."
Jessica warned: "Britney is welcome to him. If I could say one thing to her it would be, 'Get out now'."
I AM HOTCUNT HEAR ME ROAR!
Re: Ewww at white women - issues much? All those celebs you listed are not people we look up to. They are punchlines, which is what floundering celebs are good for. You act like all races don't have f*ck-ups. Of course they do! Smart people pick smart role models (you know…non-celebrities), you might wanna look into that sometime.
Mm.. in other words.. she's too much of a failure and waste of space to commit to something that could have brought her back and made the people respect her more. In other words, SHE DOESN'T CARE and she was too fucked up to devote the time and attention to, yes, 'what could have been'. That is all.
Re: jayson – Yeeeeah, I really don't think Perez cares. All anyone has to fall back on is that he's fat.. I don't think he cares people!! Seriously.. he would have lost weight by now but he's one of those "individualists" people who only care about being "unique" and "not changing for the benefit of others".. which is.. cool.. I guess..
That is too bad… I bet it would have actually been a bad ass performance. Poor girl…I am hoping she gets better. People, she is a human being and we have to have compassion for others. Remember this "Non-Judgement keeps a clear mind"
Re: Ewww at white women – Haha well.. that's cute.. but I think you're just a wee bit pissy for being walked all over because of the color of your skin. Racism still exists, whether people want it to or not. White people have always, and WILL ALWAYS, have the upper-hand.. and insecure, pissed off people like you will just have to deal with it.. and like it.
Re: Who wants to know? – thats a little harsh..but its true. I dont know what this post has to do with blacks, whites, oranges, and whatever..but bitching about how "unclassy" white women are is just a tad bit ridiclous.. and it probably wont get you anywhere. Yeah, you got a reaction out of the white girls on here (im guessing theyre white anyways..) but being the first to say something just goes to show how insecure you really are that you have to go the extra mile and make your fun of people that might come off a little worse than you and your own people. We all live in the same universe and if youre so bent out of shape that you have to share your space with whites, or whomever else, then go back to where your ancestors came from and quit shadowing your anger and insecurities with envious and hateful remarks about people not of your race.
Re: Typical stringy limp lice headed CRAKKKA hoe – Haha WHAAAT??!!?! Hello.. what about that God-awful New York bitch? Talk about being unclassy.. SHE takes the cake. From trash, but acts like her shit doesn't stink for some reason. I watched both seasons of her show and i am appalled at the way that girl acts. I for one am not racist.. i see nothing but equal in all races.. but when girls like you cross the line, I do have to let my anger show. Your either trash or your not.. color doesnt matter. Shar Jackson.. 99% of the girl rappers that are black.. the color of your skin doesnt matter, its how you act and what you show the world when you step into the limelight. Besides, being called a "cracka" isnt even half as bad as being called the N word. Just some food for thought..
Re: BRitney sucks – yawn
NOW THAT BRITNEY IS A PROPER YOUNG BRITISH WOMAN FROM ACROSS THE POND I SUSPECT THINGS WILL BUCK UP A BIT. OH I MUST SAY OUR FAIR YOUNG LASS JUST FELL INTO A SPOT 'O TROUBLE THAT'S ALL. BUT I 'SPECT IT'S NOTHING OUR YOUNG MAIDEN CAN'T JOLLY WELL TIDY UP BY TEA TIME!! YES MATES…AFTER THIS BLOODY DREDFUL ORDEAL SHE'LL BE YUCKING IT UP WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH WITH A TALLY HO! WHILST THEY WHILE AWAY THE HOURS REMINISCING ABOUT THE JOLLIE OLDE DAYS OF YORE!!!! CHEERIO!
Dang!!! She should have done that with Chris Angel. It would of covered up he bad dancing, and horrible lip-syncing…In the words of Chris Crocker, "LEAVE BRINTEY ALONE!!!" aha jk, he sucks and you Rock!!!
Doesn't anyone else think she's just having a normal reaction to an extremely unusual situation?
Wouldn't anyone go a bit mad with everything she goes through in her daily life?
Something needs to change. Those paparazzi need to stop following her round and let her have her life back whilst she still has one.
I'm scared to be honest. No-one has ever had to live with this amount of intrusion into their life and I feel like we're in uncharted territory with regard to how that affects someone.
I love Britney and want to know what's going on in her life but am starting to worry that my interest in her is becoming part of the problem….
Why does Britney shop at Riteaide for makeup when she has the money to buy top of the line stuff? No wonder her face is full of nasty zits with that cheap crap she wears. So is the dumbass gonna show up in court today? Nope….she'll have her parental rights terminated then she'll throw another public hissy fit for attention. Hey Brit, if you won't get your lazy ass up on time then what do you expect?
Any notice how Brit's new man looks just like Dodi Al Fayed? And like Dodi doesn't have a real job? So she's riding around in a mercedes with a Dodi lookalike and paparazzi chasing….sounds like Brit is setting herself up for a tunnel crash. She always did say her goal in life was to be a "legend" so I guess she thinks a suicidal copycat crash will accomplish that. Has this idiot ever had an original thought in her life?
god dammit i hope he does this with somone else.. FANTABULOUS
In other words, it was too much hard work and she was too high to be flying around the audience and stage on hidden wires and stuff. Nice one Brit!
Re: Lee –
its really funny how no one bothered to point out the ignorance in the lacquisha and keyshia bobeisha posts ( 2 of them) filled with anti blk statements…….obviously these two are going back and forth with their bigoted views…and all it showed is that of course whites will feel offended when the "inferior" race insults them but, will never call out one of their own for being a bigot, classless and moronic. as you and the other poster noted "whites will always have the upper hand, shut up and deal with it"…this is 2008 and I feel sorry for you. I know who you'll be voting for.
p.s. the part that really sickens me is that you types are my classmates and co workers, have black friends and claim to not be racist then come flood gossip sites with this b.s. …..id hate to see the post on any upcoming beyonce or rihanna story, "laquisha"
how amazingly PC of him.
and professional.
kudos. don't see much of that anymore.
too bad britney did it her own (lame) way. it could have been amazing - definitely the comeback of the year.
some thing even funnier then the fact that britney is a bigger wash out then the sri lanka tsunami, i sthat the first five comments are haters that love you so muc that they are ddicated to you page enought to stay getting the first comment and second and third. This is mty first time commenting and I had to not cause of brit brit but beacause those doushbags. I mean I really only read the first ten comments and I dont read long one s I know most people are not reading mines and if you are you have to muc time on your hands get a hobbie cause im like comment 105 or so and I dont even have the tim etime to go off on most of the other dumb ass comments cause all the time i have left is to say…………………I love you perez.
Black people need to shut their pieholes about racism. You people are the most racist of all, you never met a whitey you didn't hate. If you're gonna spew it blacks then don't cry when you get it back. it works both ways you know!
Shocking about Britney. There's no magic but I think she should be considered Illegal… well, then again, hillary says no woman & no man are illegal. Should tell that to the families of these people.
www.noWOMANisILLEGAL.com
Not only would have britney made a kick ass comeback, she would have had a performance that would last in our minds forever. If only she had listened to criss angel, she would be back on top of her profession, not just the tabloids…..
What are you all complaining about???
You're saying 'oh this could of been the performance to remember forever' well HELLO…it is! That's why we're still talking about it months later.
Love you Brit Brit..get well soon xoxo
I think if Brit was in a better head space at the time this magic show would have been a smash hit. But she has no self esteem, and is suffering emotionally and mentally. How can anyone be expected to give 100% commitment when they feel like shit? The effort all does to depression and feeling out of control. Plus all those paps constantly following her around, the drama with K-Fuck, her life is crazy. She did what she could handle and she looked scared to me. So she fucked up big deal. When she was at the top of her game she delievered the goods. She's not at the moment so what you see is what you get. Dang, can the girl live?? No one is perfect!
THAT IS HORRIBLE WHAT ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE DONE TO OUR COUNTRY. I HOPE HILLARY HAS HER OWN EXPERIENCE WITH ILLEGALS AND FINALLY GETS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY. SHE IS LIVING IN A BUBBLE AND COULD CARE LESS. –
Too bad ! Can you imagine what a debacle that would have been? How entertaining ! Oh well… maybe next year.
PIG DANCE
Perez has fungus tipped warts on his cock, ass and balls. Stay away from this cuban cocksucker. Eddie Glassberg #13; QB; 5'-10"; 155lbs;
Britney- give it up. Career over. Go shoot drugs and become a whore in mexico. Suck cock for drunk gringos in a booth in the back of a bar for $40. that's all your good for now ya know. fucking dancing pig. shows ya how stupid it all is if the "star" is a fat pig. perez is a cuban cocksucker.
Re: Britney a typical crakkka bitch –
Fuck you, you uneducated piece of shit. Not all white girls are trash. In fact, most of us aren't. Get your facts straight bitch.
Does anyone else notice when brit and her man go all over shopping they just go in and out without buying anythign? I noticed that on the clip of them by hollywood.com. They are just out for ATTENTION and then they act like they dont like it!! DUmb Asses!!!
Translation: "That bitch is nuts, and if she'd listened to me, she wouldn't have been clomping around like the World's smallest clydesdale."
UK NEWSPAPERS REPORT ADNAN IS ON BRITNEYS PAYROLL
Now Britney Spears hires paparazzo boyfriend as her personal assistant
The British boyfriend of Britney Spears is being paid by the fallen pop star to act as her glorified gofer, it was revealed today
Reading between the lines, it's obvious that Britney WANTED the slutty show she put on, and she didn't want to rehearse enough to do something wonderful. "SHE HAS STRONG IDEAS?" Translation: she doesn't listen to anyone else and she thinks she is the expert in music, dance, video, performance, the legal system, financial investing, car shopping, fashion, motherhood, emergency medical services, mental health evaluations, British accents, …………