Pop star Britney Spears was "inconsolable" after watching her widely-criticised comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, it has been alleged. Spears kicked off proceedings at the Las Vegas event on Sunday with her new single Gimme More.

But the performance was viewed by many as a disaster - not least, it seems, by the troubled star herself.

A backstage source tells Us Weekly, "She was 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."

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