Her stint as a judge is surprising, in part because for the past several years Spears has kept a relatively low profile. She tweets, sure, and posts the Viddy videos, but aside from occasionally promoting her music, she seems to have held the once-unrelenting tabloid press at bay. Her last three records have gone platinum and 2011's Femme Fatale was her sixth to debut at number one: It spawned three top-10 hits, and her world tour in support of it grossed a reported $69 million. Spears has more than 20 million Facebook fans and 20 million Twitter followers, and this year, according to Forbes, she earned $58 million. Shows like The X Factor are where singers (J.Lo, Paula Abdul, Christina Aguilera) can go to reboot stalled careers, but Britney Spears is not a woman whose career needs a jolt.
People need to realize this. If Britney really wanted to give her career a jolt she'd actually step it up and bother to promote her ****. She really doesn't care how relevant she is.
Why's that? The receipts are clear as day, so there must be a damning reason for you to disagree. The subtle trolling has never been cute, so if that's not what you're doing I expect a reply.