Britney Spears is reported to be in negotiations with Fox network to appear on the Emmy Awards on Sunday. Her appearance has not been confirmed, "the idea is to have her come on and apologize for the VMAs. She’s weighing the offer." Click here to see video of her Gimme More MTV VMA performance.

A source close to Spears says, "I can’t say this is 100 percent not true. All I can say is that the Emmy people aren’t dealing with her record company, her manager or her agents at William Morris. So if she is doing anything for the Emmys then it’s not going through the official channels."

If the Emmys want to get bigger ratings, why don’t they book Britney as a presenter, rather than try to humiliate her further. She has nothing to apologize for. Britney gave a whale of a performance, and it was everything everyone expected. You know how the media is though, they are like sharks when they smell blood in the water. It wouldn’t be so bad for Britney however, if she hadn’t acted like she was Queen of the Sea. The Emmys should do a spoof on Britney’s performance. Make fun of her, but don’t be mean about it. In other words, don’t let Rosie write the comedy.

Britney Spears seems to think that illusion can cover up a lack of effort in her performance, preparation, and attitude. That might be how corporate executives get by, but that doesn’t make the grade when you’re a pop star. Here’s more:

Britney Spears didn’t end up working with Criss Angel on her VMA comeback performance, but her stage show was certainly full of illusions. Her lip-syncing was meant to give her the appearance of an actual singer, and her spray-on tan was supposed to make it look like she’d spent hours in the gym (as opposed to the bar).

“She had an ab-defining spray tan preshow to create the illusion of more tone,” a source tells Us. Well, we know how that turned out.

I don’t know why no one suggested Britney use one of those six pack abs you get at the Halloween costume store. Plus a French maid outfit, an eye patch, and a plastic sword. She could have had a sword fight with all the dancers, and afterwards make them walk the plank. It was Las Vegas, and anything could happen, so you gotta think big.

Britney blew her chance to have a big comeback with the help of Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, when her ego grew too big. Timbaland says the collaboration with Britney would be:

"the best thing that ever happened" and would "help her out a whole lot." But he then dismissed the possibility, saying in so many words that Brit has become big-headed and had dissed him and Justin. "It’ll never happen. Nah. It could’ve, but it won’t."

Now Timbo has even more advice to give her about getting her career back on track. "She needs a story," he said. "She has no comeback story. That’s the problem. She has to have a team. She needs to come back with Justin doing records; [then we’d see headlines like,] ’She went back to her ex and she’s making smashes.’ [But instead she got] so big-headed and [was] like, ’Screw you, screw you, I don’t need nobody.’ "

So is there any chance for Spears to rectify the situation and possibly work with Timberlake and Timbaland? Yes, says the super-producer — if she apologizes.

"She should humble herself and make a phone call and say, ’I’m sorry.’ She knows what she’s sorry about," Tim said. "She needs to say, ’I was wrong,’ and it’ll definitely move forward. … That’s all she has to say."

More bad news for Britney. Her single Gimme More got on the Billboard Hot 100, but it is hanging at number 85. If this whole pop star thing doesn’t work for her anymore, Britney will probably start her own plus size fashion line. For women only.

Ok! Magazine says Extra is offering Britney Spears a chance to perform:

After last night’s disastrous VMA performance, the folks over at Extra want Britney Spears to give performing her new single “Gimme More” another try. The show says they will open their studio stage up to her so that she can try to prove to everyone she is ready for her comeback.

So the execs over at Extra saw how many people watched Britney fall flat on her face on the VMAs, and now they want her to help their ratings by putting on another lame peformance. I hit my thumb this morning with a hammer, and guess what? I didn’t think it was a good idea to do it a second time.

The reaction today to Britney Spears 2007 MTV Video Music Awards performance is ranging from shock to horror, but no one is surprised. The AP said:

As in most train wrecks, it was hard to focus on just one thing as the Britney Spears disaster unfolded. There was just so much that went wrong. Out-of-synch lip-synching. Lethargic movements that seemed choreographed by a dance instructor for a nursing home. The paunch in place of Spears’ once-taut belly. At times she just stopped singing altogether, as if even she knew nothing could save her performance.

The AP reports just the facts. The New York Post said:

…why was Britney Spears’ totally lame, pathetically lip-synched Video Music Awards performance at the Palms Casino last night allowed to be seen by the rest of the world? Spears was stuffed into a spangled bra and hot pants and jiggled like Jell-O as she sleepwalked through the song. She didn’t seem to care that she danced like she had a pantload, that her lips weren’t synched with the song, and that the tune isn’t all that great.

The New York Daily News said:

Glassy-eyed and out of step, Britney seemed lost in a sea of pole dancers and overmuscled male models who groped her so much she wasn’t even mouthing the words by the time her number ended. Cuts to the audience revealed fellow artists rolling their eyes. 50 Cent looked like he might have just thrown up in his mouth, and Rihanna was flat-out laughing to a table guest.

And Us Magazine said:

Following a dismal performance of Spears’ new single, "Gimme More," a source tells Us that Spears was spotted "crying badly backstage. She’s devastated. She was really nervous and knows she screwed up." The singer may have had an inkling of what was to come prior to her performance: A VMA insider tells Us that Spears fired her hairstylist right before going on.

Click here to see Britney’s MTV Video Music Award performance if you missed it. These reviews are far too kind. Look at 50 Cent’s face below during Britney’s performance. It’s the look of shock and horror. With all the gore and violence 50 Cent has seen on the streets, Britney’s performance is the one that will leave him shaking, and scared to sleep alone at night. When 50 Cent left the VMAs last night he was as white as Michael Jackson, and kept mumbling, "The horror, oh the horror."

The Internets are ablaze this morning with theories explaining Britney’s wooden performance last night.

Photographic evidence of a glittering broken heel is being touted as the reason Brit appeared to stiffly walk through the number, barely moving her hips.

X17 is reporting that Britney Spears was suffering an impediment of a more emotional nature:

A source tells X17 Brit found out about Sarah Silverman’s crappy line about Britney’s babies just moments before she took the stage to perform "Gimme More."

Needless to say, Britney was PISSED! … as any mom would be. Britney was so upset she walked through her performance just to get it over with (despite encouragement from her friends, including Sam who was apparently yelling at Sarah backstage) to skip out on it all together).

She held up her end of the bargain and got a major slap in the face from Sarah.

We’re sure other excuses for Brit-Brit’s uncomfortable-looking routine will continue to pop up today.

We’d like to float our own theory that Britney had her Cheetos power snack way too close to curtain call.

You simply cannot shake your money maker with real feeling when you’re still digesting such cheese-flavored goodness.

Even if you do somehow get the orange stains off your hands in time.