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On Thursday, the “Toxic” singer, 39, shared a series ofthrowback photos takenfrom the star-studded awards ceremony, including several shots of herself sitting down with Rolling Stones frontmanMick Jaggerfor a red carpet interview.
In the caption of her Instagram post, the pop star reflected on the experience and shared that then-boyfriendJustin Timberlakehad provided her some words of encouragement before the big show.
“I will tell you this … before I went on that night I was feeling kinda out of body with nerves,” recalled Spears, who performed her hit “I’m a Slave 4 U” with live animals — including an albino Burmese python — on stage.
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“… I mean … I was in a cage with a live lion 🦁😳 !!!!!” she wrote. “Justin saw I could hardly talk so he held my hand and gave me a 5 minute pep talk which obviously worked 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🦁🦁🦁🌹🌹🌹 !!!!!”
In her throwback post, Spears also touched on her chat with Jagger, now 78.
“Geez … this is me before my VMAs performance with @MickJagger 20 years ago !!!!” she remarked, before adding that theDolce & Gabbana dressshe wore to the event is one of her all-time favorite looks because “it’s simple black lace.”
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When asked about the performance during her sit-down with Jagger that night, Spears said that it was something very “different” for her considering that she was incorporating live animals into her act.
“I’m being very brave tonight, so it’s very interesting,” she said at the time.
source: people.com
