On Sunday night, MTV's Video Music Awards was undoubtedly seen on millions of TV screens across America. From its huge opening act, Lady Gaga, to Beyonce's announcement of her pregnancy, the award show once again had audiences ooh-ing and ahh-ing.
One of the program's major draws was a Britney Spears tribute. However, Spears fans reportedly felt a bit underwhelmed by the less-than-two-minute performance, which, according to the
Huffington Post, was really just "a group of oversexualized little girls dressed in a collection of classic Britney get-ups." Check out the tribute below:
But the Spears fandom didn't end there. The pop icon was also awarded the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award. As reported by the
Huffington Post, when Spears went to accept her award, "the VMAs push[ed] our two pop stars -- Gaga and Brit Brit -- together in a throwback to Britney's kiss with Madonna, which we assume is meant to symbolize some bizarre coming-together of old-world pop and new-world pop." Indeed, Spears and Gaga's interaction was strange, at best. Take a look at the attached acceptance video:
In what the
Huffington Post called "an ode to Beyonce", Britney humbly accepted her award. Say what you will about the show's awkward moments-- according to the
Los Angeles Times, the show "delivered 12.4 million total viewers, making it MTV's most-watched telecast ever..." What did you think of this year's VMAs?
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