Last night at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears opened the show–and got a standing ovation.  I’m wondering–for WHAT!?  What has Britney Spears done over the past year that would merit a standing O?  For her parenting skills?

Of course, LAST year, the response was quite different, when she sleep-walked through a poorly-lip-synched performance of the then-new single from her album.  At THAT time, she was universally ridiculed.  She was made the butt of endless jokes.  And who could forget the YouTube guy, shrieking “Leave Britney ALONE!!”  I just find it ironic–and noteworthy–that the same people who were trashing her last year, are giving her a standing ovation THIS year!  And–again I ask–for WHAT?

I have to think that most of these people had no clue as to why they were standing and applauding.  They just saw everybody ELSE standing up, figured they needed to follow suit!  That’s the way it works in Tinsel-Town, you just try to do what everyone else is doing.

On that note, I have to salute Jordin Sparks for standing up to the host of the show, Russell Brand, who was ridiculing the Jonas Brothers for wearing “promise rings.”  Promise rings are rings teen-agers wear which signify a pledge to not have sex until marriage.   This oaf Russell Brand–who BTW was the worst host EVER of ANY awards show EVER–thought it would play well with the Hollywood crowd to poke fun at this, and for the most part he was right.  But at least Jordin Sparks had the nerve to get on the mike and put him in his place, saying “not everybody wants to be a slut.”  You GO girl!!