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Do you figure? Holy smokes I think that I would be too. How bad is that bombing in front of millions and millions of people?

And look at all this hype! People published this on their website:

Some blame the outfit. Others point a finger at Sarah Silverman. Still others question MTV's judgment in the first place to open the show with Britney Spears.

But whatever the reason, the pop star's lackluster performance of her new single "Gimme More" is getting universally bashed the day after her supposed "comeback" in a sparkly black bikini and blonde weave on Sunday's Video Music Awards.

"Britney was supposed to wear a matching corset that she opted out of wearing at the last minute," a source tells PEOPLE. "She was just plain nervous because of all the hype and she's embarrassed."

Adds another, "She looked disappointed" backstage after the performance.

"She was extremely nervous. It's been awhile since she's done this, and she was performing in front of all her peers, on live TV. She just got out there and froze," says a source who was also backstage as well as at rehearsal (watch the clip). "People who were at rehearsal saw something else. It was good. It really was."

In addition to the barbed comments (everyone from Whoopi Goldberg to The New York Times piled on), conspiracy theories abounded as to why Spears appeared out of it and uninspired.

Fan site BreatheHeavy.com and photo agency X17 speculated that Spears was thrown off after hearing Sarah Silverman rehearse her monologue (which ripped Spears and called her kids "mistakes").

But Silverman's rep tells PEOPLE it's untrue: "Sarah never rehearsed her full monologue ahead of time so no one knew what Sarah was going to say except for Sarah."

On another celeb blog, Oh No They Didn't, a reader posted supposed photo evidence that Britney was wobbling on a broken stiletto heel during her performance.

Whatever the case, critics were not impressed. Here's a rundown:

• All three New York newspapers tore into Spears's perceived comeback in their front-section news pages: "Britney Spears phoned it in for her 'comeback' performance ... It was a far cry from her energetic outings at VMAs past," the Daily News wrote.

•"Totally lame, pathetically lip-synched," lamented the New York Post. As for "Gimme More," said the paper, "the song about lusting for too much wasn't enough to launch a dinghy, let alone re-launch the career of this ditzy disaster."

• The New York Times chimed in, saying of Spears: "She didn't disappoint; she was awful. Visibly nervous, she tottered around the stage, dancing tentatively and doing nothing that sounded or looked like real live singing."

•Equally disappointed, the women on The View expressed sadness over what they considered a pop star disaster. "So sad," said both Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, though Behar, added, "She's a good role model in that she comes out and shows she's not skinny anymore."

"The lip-synching didn't work," said Barbara Walters. "She looks like she doesn't care," said Goldberg. "This is like a bad stripper." View guest Dr. Phil even said he watched the show and thought he'd "bought tickets to a train wreck."

Only online, it seems, did fans rush to Spears's defense. On BreatheHeavy.com, in reference to Silverman calling Spears's two young boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James "the cutest mistakes you've ever seen," Kierra wrote: "I was shocked when I heard it. I think that's the lowest thing to do. ... YOU DO NOT take a jab at a person's kids esp. babies. It seems like a few people in the audience thought the same."

Another poster, ColdAsFire, echoed the sentiment, writing, "Britney is not only a performer anymore. First and foremost she is a mother. If someone calls the child that grew in your womb a mistake ... I doubt you'd be able to just carry on."

But other fans on the forum were nonplussed by Spears – and also disappointed. "i love britney, but a few jokes from sarah does not mean you perform like that," an anonymous poster wrote, going on to wonder, "did sarah also sabotage all the big surprises in your performance?? did she force you to party all night before??"

If nothing else, Spears can take comfort in the words of rocker Pete Wentz – whose own VMA performance also underwhelmed some.

"Your fans are the most forgiving people on the planet. If you come out with something hot and awesome, they'll forget about it easily," Wentz told PEOPLE. "Like David Bowie would make 40 wrong turns and then come out with something so sweet that people would go forget about it."

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There was also an award ceremony last night...I really didn't know that after all I hear about is Britney Spears. But anyways...here are some of the winners....

Monster Single of the Year: Rihanna, “Umbrella”

Quadruple Threat of the Year: Justin Timberlake

Best Collaboration Winner: Beyoncé featuring Shakira, “Beautiful Liar”

Male Artist of the Year: Justin Timberlake

Female Artist of the Year: Fergie

Best Group: Fall Out Boy

Best New Artist: Gym Class Heroes

Video of the Year: Rihanna

Best Choreography: Justin Timberlake, "My Love"

Best Direction: Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around...Comes Around"

Best Editing: Gnarls Barkley, "Smiley Faces"

The full list can be found on MTV.com.

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Sarah Silverman didn't waste any time bashing Britney Spears after the performance. US Weekly had to say this:

Immediately following Spears’ glittery opening performance, Silverman poked fun at the singer’s early rise to fame. “Was that incredible?" she asked the crowd. "She is amazing. I mean, she is 25 years old and she’s already accomplished everything she’s going to accomplish in her life.”

She continued: “It’s weird to think that just a few years ago on this very show, she was this, like, sweet innocent little girl in slutty clothes writhing around with a python. That’s not nice…calling Madonna a python.”

Even Spears’ sons, Jayden and Sean, who turn 1 and 2 next week, respectively, were fare game.
“Have you seen Britney’s kids? Oh my god, they are the most adorable mistakes you will ever see!” Silverman trilled. “They are as cute as the hairless vagina they came out of.”

I'm not sure that was totally classy...I think sometimes Sarah Silverman is really rude. Personally, I don't like her much. I don't think it was fair to bash Britney Spears' kids....they didn't chose who their mom was!

You know I don't have enough words to express what I think of the performance. But someone at YouTube comments summed it up really nicely...

the price of Britney's weave $200
the price of Britney's out fit $100
the price of screwing up your only chance at a comeback PRICELESS!!!!

I can't get over the look on the other's faces...they were all wondering what the heck was going on. And then the VMA's cancelled the act with Criss Angel she was going to do. Poor girl!

I finally found these pics of Milo Ventimiglia from the Men's Fitness Magazine. He is looking smoking here! Click on image to enlarge.

In an interview with Britain's Q Magazine, Avril Lavigne goes into detail about about how much she's in love with herself:

I need to jump in a plane and get to Toronto. Jake Gyllenhaal is there for the Toronto Film Festival. Now why couldn't he have been there a year ago when I was there?

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It never fails to amaze me how this girl can do so many things at once. Britney Spears is grabbing some Wendy's, maybe after that hard day of rehearsing???

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What cute pictures of the family. Tom Cruise is really happy now...it's great to see. Katie Holmes and Suri are cute too.

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The upcoming season promises to have lots of hot guys, here are some of the hottest!

Taye Diggs. Where: Private Practise. Station: ABC. Premieres: Sept. 26.


Penn Badgley. Where: Gossip Girl. Station: CW. Premieres: Sept. 19.(He used to be on the show Bedford Diaries with Milo Ventimiglia. I thought I recognized him!)


Cole Hauser. Where: K-Ville. Station: FOX. Premieres: Sept. 17.


Barry Watson. Where: Samantha Who? Station: ABC. Premieres: Oct 15.

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Jeri Ryan, who wed French chef Christophe Emé in the Loire Valley in June, is expecting a baby, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

Britney Spears is in Las Vegas– inside a $25,000-a-night villa.