Gee, aren't you sorry to have missed this?

Britney Spears made her supposed comeback on the Video Music Awards.

Kicking off the show Sunday night with her new single, "Gimme More," Spears looked bleary and unprepared, much like her recent tabloid exploits on the streets of Los Angeles. She walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. She appeared to have forgotten the art of lip-synching. And, perhaps most unforgivable given her once-taut frame, she looked embarrassingly out of shape.

If she's not even going to be in shape and attractive, what's her appeal? Certainly not the music.