While Britney Spears was committing career suicide, Kevin Federline was throwing a birthday party for their two sons. Jayden James turns one today and Sean Preston will be two on Friday. Both of Britney's parents were at the party.



But what about the nastiest comments of all — those about her body? "Lard and Clear," read Monday's headline in the New York Post. "The bulging belly she was flaunting was SO not hot," wrote E! Online. And so on.
Was it fair? Did Spears, lest we forget a mother of two, deserve to be held up against the standard of her once fantastically toned abs, sculpted by sessions of 1,000 tummy crunches? Or was she asking for it by choosing that unforgiving black-sequined bikini?
More profoundly, in an age where skinny models and skeletal actresses are under scrutiny for the message they're sending young girls, what does it say that we're excoriating a young woman for a little thickness in her middle?
On the morning after what the VH1 channel called Spears' "already historic" performance, the blogosphere was buzzing with opinions. For every "fat" comment there was an impassioned retort. "Give her a break," wrote one blogger on Aboutthink.com. "The girl's had two kids — I hope I'm a size 10 after having kids!"
"OK, she isn't fat," wrote another. "But she isn't fit enough to be wearing (or not wearing) what she is."
For many observers, the issue was not so much the body, but the body in THAT outfit.
By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP
Britney Spears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards held at the Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) | ||
She is best known for her studio albums, music videos, and songs such as "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!...I Did It Again". In the early 2000s, Spears's success as a singer led her way to high-profile advertising deals and endorsements, as well as forays into other forms of media, including film and reality television. Her third and fourth albums, Britney and In the Zone, were released during this era. In 2004, she married back-up dancer and aspiring rap artist Kevin Federline, and the following year she gave birth to their first son, Sean Preston. Their second son, Jayden James, was born in 2006. Spears filed for divorce from Federline on November 7, 2006 citing irreconcilable differences.
More Recently she has been reported as saying she shaved her head as a tribute to her aunt who had died from cancer, a friend claims.
The singer stunned the world when she cut off all her hair in full view of paparazzi at a Los Angeles salon in February. She followed the stunt with a spell in rehab, but a pal claims Spears was suffering post-partum depression and grief and shaved off her hair as an act of "solidarity."
The salon that shaved her head posted the hair on E-bay and reportedly earned over $1 million to the owner. You can see the story below that was featured on youtube.com