Britney Spears has withdrawn a jewelled bra from a charity eBay auction, as she was worried that buyers were confused as to when she wore it. The item had already been removed once, when eBay staff decided it broke rules on selling used underwear, but it was then permitted to be put up for sale to raise funds for Katrina Victims.
Now, though, Britney has pointed out that she wore it as part of a promotional video for TV, not on stage as she performed Hit Me Baby One More Time as evidently some thought, and felt she ought to remove the bra, which had reached a bid of $47k. She said "I felt the correct thing to do was remove this item from the auction because I don't want any of you to feel misled." Do people mad enough to part with that sort of money for a bra care when exactly the singer wore it? I don't understand.
Ah well. Elsewhere in celebrity bra auction news, one of Kylie Minogue's favourite bras has managed to sell on eBay without incident, or confusion as to when she might have worn it, for £7,700. The money from that sale will be donated to a breast cancer charity.