'I looked like a pig': Britney

BRITNEY Spears was seen "crying badly" after her disastrous MTV Video Music Awards show, and has called herself a "fat pig" on stage.
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It appears she left everyone aghast by her low energy performance - including herself.

The former pop star mimed her way through her new single Gimme More and struggled to dance in time, but it was the sight of her once ultra toned body that really left her embarrassed, the UK's Daily Mail reports.

See the pictures that made Britney cry here.

A source told American magazine Us: “She was also able to see video of herself throughout the auditorium.”

“She flipped out. She came running off the stage, yelling 'Oh, my God, I looked like a fat pig! I looked like a fat pig!' She was inconsolable.”

Meanwhile, X Factor judge Simon Cowell has joined a chorus of critics who have panned the comeback effort, warning it could spell the end of her career.

He said: “If I had been looking after Britney I'd have taken one look at her in rehearsals and I wouldn't have allowed her on stage.

“It would have been worth pulling her off the bill - no matter what the cost - to save any chance she had of resurrecting her career.

He told The Sun newspaper: “She wasn't ready for that show in every possible way.

“The song wasn't right, the image wasn't right and she just wasn't rehearsed.

“If she had turned up and given that performance at the X Factor auditions then I wouldn't have put her through to the next round.

“The problem she has now is that she could have killed her career. It's difficult to come back from that performance, for a while at least."

It appears that Spears is aware of the damage she's done – she was seen "crying badly" backstage after the show, according to sources.

Dayli Telegraph