A satirical site called Postcards from the Pug Bus carried a pretty funny and mildly convincing article that proported that Britney told Matt Lauer in her upcoming interview that she's going to give birth in Namibia just like Angelina. Postcards from the Pug Bus is like The Onion and makes up funny shit that kind of sounds true.
The article was picked up and run as a real story by China Daily, Playfuls, and even Toronto's Fashion Monitor! It was then covered in I'm not Obsessed, The Dark Hat, and Best Week Ever Blog. I'm not Obsessed ran it with the title "This cannot be true," and Best Week Ever could have known it was fake since they've run other stories from Pug Bus. (Thanks to WeSmirch for making this "research" extra easy.)
Britney would make a dumb-ass decision like that, and with yesterday's news that she changed her baby on the floor of a Victoria's Secret, it's easy to believe.
The first half of the Pug Bus article contains real details about the interview that are already known. The quotes that follow about Namibia give away the fact that this is made up:
Ms. Spears also said that Namibia reminds her of California "because it's on the ocean and there's lots of sand. So if Sean Preston fell off his swing and landed on his head, there's less chance he would be hurt and we'd have those snoops from child welfare up our butts all the time."
Finally, said Ms. Spears, "I heard that Namibia has laws that let celebrities say whether or not journalists are allowed in the country. That's so important, even more important than getting the same villa that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had."
The China Daily and Playfuls articles contained all these improbable quotes, but the Fashion Monitor runs it without any quotes, making it seem like pure delicious fact.
There's a new video of pregnant Britney at the beach that you can access at BreatheHeavy.com, where we also snagged the header image.
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I read it on another blog and thought it was hilarious but most people there actually believed it and started bashing poor Brit instantly.
"Rapping with the natives" really cracked me up. Poor Brit.
when will she learn to put a hat on this boy? he doesn't have enough hair to protect him from the sun. she will have him wear a hat in NYC just so he looks cute but not when he actually needs it (beach, driving in a convertible). Ugh!
I read it on another blog and thought it was hilarious but most people there actually believed it and started bashing poor Brit instantly.
"Rapping with the natives" really cracked me up. Poor Brit.