Britney Spears losing her virginity to *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake was the top story on ‘Countdown’ with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC on Wednesday. He spoke about the situation with Village Voice gossip writer Michael Musto. Read on for a rough transcript.
Keith: Now to our number one story on today’s countdown, on a day
when the president accused his critics of trying to rewrite history. A
vital portion ofur history has indeed been rewritten by one of our principals.
Britney Spears says she is not a virgin. For years she had told the media
that she was too, that she had remain chaste and would stay that way until
her wedding night. Oops, this just in. The gyrating pop priess says she
lost her virginity two years into her then relationship with Justin Timberlake.
She says that is the only guy tionship with in her entire life. For reaction,
return to the celebrity columnist of the village voice Michael Musto. Good
evening to you, sir.
Musto: Hi, keith.
Keith: How will this news affect life on our planet and the evolution
of mankind?
Musto: Not at al anyone who is shocked by this news was probably stunned
when richard chamberlain came out a few weeks ago. This is not a shocking
turn of events. I did not buy at all that Britney was a virgin. She admits
this was concocted by her handlers, no doubt to create a dichotomy between
her real life and her onstage persona. She’s pure sex on stage and they
were trying to fashion her as a virginal person, a kind of little mary
sunshine. In reality, Britney is somewhere in between. A living sexual
person. I still don’t believe her. I don’t believe she’s only been with
one man. She’s been linked in the press with people like fred durst and
colin ferrell but she probably thought it’s middle ground to say I’ve had
sex with one guy but i’m not a wanton woman either.
Keith: Everything is about merchandising. Marketers have taken over
the world, we all know that. I just don’t know which way does the wind
blow in this case. I mean, does the 21-year-old singer in really tight
pants, does she do better, does she sell better as a virgin or as a one-man
woman?
Musto: At this point she sells better as someone who has h had sex.
It would be completely unrealistic to push a virgin of any age at this
point. Debby reynolds is the only virgin left in america, ok? Britney had
to admit it. Her virginal house of cards started falling last year when
she was caught smoking. She said she never smoke or drank. Liar, liar pants
on fire, hot pants on fire, by the way.
Keith: The degree to which the pants are on fire is the subject of the
story here. Debby reynolds, that is a news story, because that affects
the lives of her children, but if justin timberlake now comes out and says,
, this is not true, he doesn’t care what Britney Spears said, he wants
to make it clear he’s a virgin, what kind of news story would that be?
Musto: That’s probably what he should do at this point to save his career,
because this isn’t going to help him, being the person who deflowered britney
spears. He needs to say, no, no, we’re just friends but she’s slept with
a lot of other people meanwhile.
Keith: Well, when there’s more time and, of course, I think we’re going
to have an NBC news special report later on the tonight, 60 minutes or
maybe three hours’ worth, we will pick up where we left off. Michael Musto,
an all-around good guy.
Musto: And a virgin.
Keith: Thanks. Now I don’t believe you. Thanks for joining us on “Countdown.”
The show is a virgin. It’s only about six months old. So to the end of
another “Countdown.”