If there’s anybody who is aware of a couple of showstopping kiss on the MTV VMAs stage, it’s Britney Spears — and she or he had some ideas on Sabrina Carpenter‘s personal viral VMA lip-lock with an alien at Wednesday evening’s present.
Spears posted a selfie video to her Instagram account, the place she introduced up a couple of Carpenter moments from the awards present.
“Did you guys watch the VMAs?” she requested her 42 million followers. “I didn’t watch the VMAs, however I did see stuff on my telephone from YouTube of Sabrina Carpenter. Why is she kissing an alien onstage? I am keen on her. I really like her to loss of life. I didn’t perceive that half. Why didn’t she kiss a woman? Like, that was bizarre. However I additionally thought that, like, the entire thing was sort of, like, bizarre.”
The pop star then went on a tangent about taking a “actually lengthy tub” on VMA evening and performing some coloring — “I’m into coloring proper now. I like to paint and I wish to hint.” — earlier than circling again to Carpenter.
“This Sabrina lady, she stated my identify on the pink carpet and I assumed that was sort of cool,” Spears stated. “As a result of I overlook I’m well-known generally. As a result of I’m a mother, I’m sort of previous, blah-blah-blah, however that was sort of cool. … She made me cool. OK, perhaps not,” she laughed.
Spears has had loads of memorable moments on the VMA stage through the years, together with her infamous kiss with Madonna on the 2003 present, when Brit and someday rival Christina Aguilera joined the Queen of Pop onstage to carry out “Like a Virgin” and share a three-way kiss.
Britney’s presence was felt all through Wednesday’s present, like when host Megan Thee Stallion wore a re-creation of Spears’ 2001 “I’m a Slave 4 U” efficiency costume — full with a yellow snake wrapped round her arms — or when Tate McRae paid tribute to the sheer, lacy Dolce & Gabbana minidress Spears wore on the pink carpet that very same yr.
Carpenter herself even had an onstage reference to Spears, when she performed an audio snippet from Britney’s “Oops!…I Did It Once more” music video throughout the transition between “Please Please Please” and new single “Style” for her debut VMA efficiency.
Watch Spears’ response to the 2024 VMAs beneath: