Pop star Britney Spears is finally enjoying her iconic 2001 MTV Video Music Awards performance from over 20 years ago!
The 41-year-old pop star performed with a giant snake wrapped around her body for her performance of “I’m A Slave 4 U.” Now, more than 20 years later, the Princess of Pop is finally explaining what the experience was like to her followers in her memoir, “The Woman In Me.”
Britney Spears Breaks Her Silence Dancing With A Giant Snake At The MTV VMAs
One of my favorite performances was with an albino python ???? … I still remember how scared I was when I was handed this snake and went on stage !!! I talk more about this show and other favorites in my book #TheWomanInMe … I can’t wait for you to read it… pic.twitter.com/tXQpq7v3RV
— Britney Spears ?? (@britneyspears) September 6, 2023
In an excerpt from “The Woman In Me” published by People magazine on Tuesday, the “Toxic” singer described what it’s like performing with a giant snake around her shoulders.
“The plan was for me to sing ‘I’m a Slave 4 U,’ and we decided I would use a snake as a prop. It became an iconic moment in VMA history, but it was scarier than it looked,” Britney wrote in her memoir. “All I knew was to look down, because I felt like if I looked up and saw it, it would kill me.”
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“In my head I said, Just do, just use your legs and do. But what nobody knew was that while I was singing, the snake put its head in my face, straight at me, and started hissing,” he continued. “I thought, Are you serious now? A snake’s tongue darted at me. That’s right. Now. Finally, I got to the part I submitted again, thank God.”
Britney first opened up about the experience on September 6. He used X, previously known as Twitter, to share the video of the iconic performance. Inside captionhe wrote, “One of my favorite performances was with an albino python … I remember how scared I was when I was handed this snake and went on stage !!! I talk more about this performance and other favorites in my book # TheWomanInMe. I can’t wait for you to read it on October 24th.”
Snake Handlers Praise Britney’s Hard Work During Performance!
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In 2021, for the show’s twentieth anniversary, snake handler Michael Hano talked about what it was like to work with Britney Spears in an interview with the TODAY show. During the interview, he dismissed rumors that he was working with an albino python named Banana.
“It’s an amelanistic Burmese python, not an albino, because albino lacks all pigments and that type only lacks black pigment, so it’s amelanistic,” explained Hano. “All albino will be all white.” He also can’t remember the snake’s name, but admits that people “like to make things up”.
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When asked what it was like working with the “Womanizer” singer, she said that it was “really good,” adding, “She’s very focused and at first she’s scared of the snake, but you can see that she’s able to focus and kind of push yourself to able to work with that and seem comfortable doing it.”
However, it is quite difficult to convince publishers to work with him one-on-one. “After a few little mistakes because these people are on television … sometimes they just don’t want to listen, then they realize that they better listen to the guy with the snake,” he said. “I finally had to be alone with him for a few minutes so he would understand. At one point, he said, ‘He’s not going to bite me, is he?’ And my answer is always, and my agent hates me for this, ‘Probably not.’”
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“You’re crazy Britney Spears, you know, if this thing bites you, I think my career is over,'” he continued, saying that the joke helped the pop star feel more comfortable with the snake, which can weigh up to 200 pounds and grow up to 20 feet long. “He realized that I was completely honest with him, which is the route I like to take with these celebrities,” he added.
“This was on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House and when I first appeared, they made me sit in the audience while the band practiced their choreography,” he said. “I sat there for quite a while until they got ready for the snake to be brought in. All the dancers and Britney were rehearsing and even though the director said, ‘OK, take five,’ and everyone left the stage. to take a break, she kept rehearsing.”
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“There’s no music playing and you can see him counting, you know, 2, 3, 4 or whatever, and practicing his own dance steps,” he continued. “I said, ‘Oh wow. Look at this. He’s really a hard worker. Same thing with snakes. At first, he was scared and uncomfortable with it, but he pushed himself with it and did really well, I have to say. “
Fans can read more about Britney’s decades-long career in the entertainment industry in “The Woman In Me,” which hits bookshelves Tuesday, October 24.
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