Britney Spears has reportedly dropped out of hosting next Monday's aforementiond Billboard Awards at the last minute, possibly to avoid having to make a public appearance so soon after her split from Fed-Ex, or possibly because she's too busy trawling the US party circuit. That said, the former is possibly more likely, because her fellow party trawler Paris Hilton was due to be her co-host on the night, and is now set to host the show on her own. If Paris can take time out of her gruelling piss up schedule, surely Britney could too.
A source at Fox TV, who screen the awards event, is quoted as saying: "She pulled out, she didn't give a reason. We really don't know the reason. But we're disappointed she backed out". Quite whose idea it was to book Spears and Hilton to host the awards event in the first place I've no idea. Frankly I suspect a better night would be had by all if both of them dropped out.