Defamer
From Trout Pout to Tunnock's Teacakes Kneecaps, the British press continues to excel at being nasty in their coverage of celebrity body parts gone wrong. Now that they've gone after some of the more obscure body parts (we're still waiting for their exclusive on Madame Tussaud's Wax-Filled Ear Canals), they're retraining their sights on the cellulite-ridden genre of "Elephant Legs." To be fair, we all know the old (and quasi-verifiable) saying that the camera adds ten pounds. But with masterful close-up shots (what do they do? kneel down and twist the zoom feature so far to the right that it nearly breaks off?) of a certain celebrity's thighs, no adage can be trusted in this case. So which target have they angled in on for having legs they deem elephant-like? Click through for the (shocking!) victim in question:
Yes, it's none other than hard-working Britney Spears, just trying to make it to her car in peace. While we don't quite see the ghastly sight that the Daily Mail finds so horrifying (every gal's got a little cellulite here and there, especially with two pregnancies under their belt), the pictures suggest that Brit is en route to the gym. So as schadenfreudalicious as all these British assaults may be, we think Britney deserves a pass in this instance. Besides, judging from yesterday's screen shot of her scene in How I Met Your Mother, she doesn't even have to reveal much leg at all!
[Photo Credits: X17 via The Daily Mail]
Comments
That's gotta be fake, I doubt Britney has the legs of a short 48 year old.
Probably originated from Jennifer Love Hewitt's camp.
Is this a legit picture? I can't believe I'm defending Britney, but her legs looked toned the last time I saw a picture of her. Which could have been hours or months ago because they have all blurred together in my mind.
@Benovite: Agreed. The bottom looks all out of proportion to the top. It's the classic "saw two ladies in half and swap the lower halves" trick.
Those pale, muscular yet flabby legs. The pink Dolphin shorts. It's Richard Simmons!!!
@BeAgrestic: Yeah, wasn't she teaching kids in a dancing class? I'm trying to think back to all the pics I've seen, and I've never seen anything that would remotely suggest that she's lost her muscle tone like that. Welcome to the Photoshop age.
Those look like muscular legs to me. Skin and muscles are two different things. You can have toned muscle, yet flabby skin. Has to do with genetics and diet.
There's definitely something wonky going on with the picture. It looks not so much Britney as Little People Big World. Unless she's standing next to a monster truck.
Is there some strange foreshortening lens involved? Those legs looks about 1 1/2 feet high. I think it's Billy Barty.
Also, when was the last time we saw Britney out in shoes like that? And shorts with an inseam longer than 2 inches?
She's lost a bit of weight recently, but I still doubt it would produce slack skin like that; she's still in her twenties! But the muscles could be real; she has been working out a great deal and it's been showing. Good for her.
They obviously photoshopped the "elephant leg" photos if you look closely, and did a pretty crappy job of it, at that. You can see a nearly identical photo at [x17online.com] and her legs look just fine.
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