Report: Brit Never Paid Her Backup Dancers

By Us MagazineOctober 24, 2007, 10:00 am PDT
The backup dancers from Britney Spears' infamous MTV Video Music Awards performance likely can't get her song "Gimme More" out of their heads -- and with good reason.

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A source says they have yet to be fully compensated for their work leading up to the September 9 event. "The dancers were paid for the actual show and some of the rehearsals, but not all of them," an industry insider tells Us. The problem may stem from Spears' being dropped by her management agency, The Firm, on September 17.

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"Her management usually pays the dancers," explains the source. McDonald/Selznick Associates, which booked the hoofers, had no comment.

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  • jen l
    Green Day back Britney 11/02/2007 4:00 PM, Yahoo! Music Dotmusic Billie Joe Armstrong claims Britney Spears is "a manufactured child" who has been "thrown to the lions" by the world's media. The Green Day singer has expressed his anger at the treatment the pop icon has been receiving in recent months, following her September appearance at the MTV Awards. Speaking about the show, which saw a universally panned display from the star as she readied new album Blackout, he said: "People want blood. They want to see other people thrown to the lions. Watching Britney Spears was like watching a public execution. How could the people at MTV, the people around her, not know this girl was f--ked up?" "People came in expecting a trainwreck, and they got more than they bargained for," said Armstrong. He continued: "She is a manufactured child. She has come up through this Disney perspective, thinking that all life is about is to be the most ridiculous star you could be. "But it's also about what we look at as entertainment--watching somebody go through that."
    report abuseposted November 4, 2007, 10:55 pm PST
  • ancj
    i bet she could pay them in another way she just seems like the type that would do that she looks like it
    report abuseposted October 29, 2007, 9:06 am PDT
  • ancj
    i bet she could pay them in another way she just seems like the type that would do that she looks like it
    report abuseposted October 29, 2007, 9:06 am PDT
  • ancj
    i bet she could pay them in another way she just seems like the type that would do that she looks like it
    report abuseposted October 29, 2007, 9:06 am PDT
  • I think that she needs to grow up and get her act together. She is a mom now and no mom should be acting like that. Well all I have to say is all of the bad things that shes done are coming back to bite her in the ass. Karma is a BIT**.
    report abuseposted October 25, 2007, 2:39 pm PDT
  • Marc Y
    Did you notice that personally she is not responsible for payment . . . her management takes care of all that. However, she recently got dropped by management. If it's such a big deal then why hasn't it reached court or why haven't we heard an interview from an actual dancer themselves with their name listed?
    report abuseposted October 25, 2007, 2:11 pm PDT
  • trinity
    WELL IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME SHE 'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY MORE WITH WHAT SHE DOES BECOUSE SHE IS STARTING TO SUCK AT STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLUS BEING A MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    report abuseposted October 25, 2007, 2:01 pm PDT
  • Stephanie W
    OMG get over it already!!!
    report abuseposted October 25, 2007, 1:59 pm PDT
  • gang_gang128
    kkk
    report abuseposted October 25, 2007, 1:59 pm PDT
  • gang_gang128
    k
    report abuseposted October 25, 2007, 1:59 pm PDT
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