Britney Spears Reveals The Truth Behind Kissing Madonna at VMAs 2003
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00:00 Britney Spears has revealed the truth behind one of the most iconic moments of her career.
00:29 Inside of her memoir, Britney Spears revisited the iconic moment when she kissed Madonna
00:40 at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, taking readers back 20 years.
00:46 When we read in her book, The Woman in Me, Britney shared that she thought of the kiss
00:51 idea just before performing with Madonna and Christina Aguilera.
00:56 It was something that popped up in her brain.
01:04 So what she aimed to do was to top when she revealed a sparkling nude suit during her
01:12 2000 VMAs performance when she was performing Oops I Did It Again.
01:17 So she was like, what can I do to top it?
01:19 Oh, a kiss.
01:21 And this is how Britney Spears explains it in her book.
01:32 When I pulled off a suit to reveal a sparkly outfit, I thought to myself, I want a moment
01:38 like that again this year.
01:40 With the kiss, should I just go for it?
01:50 And of course, Britney clearly didn't hold back.
01:53 She went for it.
01:54 She and Christina Aguilera both kissed Madonna during their performance of Like A Virgin.
02:05 And it was a moment that remains iconic in music award show history.
02:15 In her memoir, Britney also recognized how the kiss became a timeless pop culture moment
02:21 that still is discussed by people to this day.
02:25 From there, Britney then made these comments.
02:34 A lot was made of that kiss.
02:36 Oprah asked Madonna about it.
02:44 The kiss was treated as a huge cultural moment.
02:47 Britney kissing Madonna.
02:49 And it got us both a lot of attention.
02:52 Also, nearly two decades after their iconic kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney
02:57 Spears and Madonna recreated the moment at Britney's wedding to her now estranged husband,
03:03 Sam Haskari, in June of 2022.
03:16 When we read through Britney's memoir, she shares stories from her life in her own words.
03:28 And she often writes about Madonna, who she considers to be a great inspiration from the
03:33 early days of her career.
03:43 Here's what Britney had to say about Madonna specifically.
03:47 Going along with Madonna's ideas and being on her time for days was what it meant to
03:52 collaborate with her.
03:54 It was an important lesson for me, one that would take a long time for me to absorb.
03:59 She demanded power.
04:01 And so she got power.
04:03 She was the center of attention because she made that the condition of her showing up
04:08 everywhere.
04:10 She made that life for herself.
04:11 I hoped I could find ways to do that while preserving the parts of my nice girl identity
04:17 that I wanted to keep.
04:19 And there you have it.
04:20 Who knew it was Britney's idea behind the kiss?
04:23 I always thought it was Madonna.
04:25 But either way, we heard it from Britney and I'm curious to know guys, what are your thoughts
04:29 about it?
04:30 Was that kiss surprising for you or was it just like, whatever, it happened, no big deal?
04:36 Let me know your thoughts down below in the comment section and thanks for hanging out
04:40 with me here on FTD News.
04:42 I'll catch you beautiful people in the next video.