Jennifer Lopez Was Almost Part of the Madonna-Britney Kiss

The famous on-camera kiss between Madonna, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera was at one time also expected to include Jennifer Lopez.

BY Jeremy Kinser
September 01 2012 1:52 PM ET


The famous on-camera kiss between Madonna, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera was at one time also expected to include Jennifer Lopez, according to Entertainment Weekly.

The three pop superstars appeared on MTV's 2003 Video Music Awards to mark the 20th anniversary of the VMAS and honor perhaps the event's most all-time famous performance, Madonna's superstar-making take on "Like A Virgin" during the 1984 broadcast.

With the 2012 VMAs scheduled tomorrow, MTV Music Group President Van Toffler shares his memories of the wildest moments from the awards. At number 2 he lists what EW calls "Britney and Madonna Swap Spit."

Toffler recalls, "This may be the first time it's been revealed: Originally, J.Lo was in the mix. That didn't happen. And Britney and Madonna, they had history so it was not easy to get them together on the stage. [But] Britney and Christina [Aguilera] obviously respected Madonna. Only she could pull that off."

Last week rumors circulated that Aguilera and Spears would join Madonna onstage when her MDNA tour is performed in Los Angeles, but Madonna's spokesperson Liz Rosenberg quickly denied this.


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I'm glad that Jen didnt do it. She's way too classy.

P!nk was also supposed to be part of this too.

We've known that since 2003.

We know.

I think he means Britney and Christina

Why not? I'm sure J.Lo wouldn't mind having 1 memorable performance to her name.

OMG at "[Aguilera]".

only a warm water hype for VMA 2012

ok

You guys are mean. I didn't even pay attention to that.

My turn now.

Someone is missing?

Newspapers, magazines had a picture of Madonna/Britney kiss on covers, but they only posted a small pic of Xtina on page 20

Why is everyone so mean to Christina?

J.Lo shoulda joined in, she woulda had one memorable performance.

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This is old news. The original was Britney, Jennifer, & Madonna but J.Lo pulled out and went off to film that movie Gigli (remember that? Bennifer era) and Christina was brought in as a last minute replacement.

Am I the only one who didn't know?

I can't imagine how it would've looked with JLo up there too.

It's interesting because J.Lo commands much more media presence then Christina (especially back then) and I couldn't imagine the public overlooking her the same way they did with Aguilera.

Britney might have gotten more attention but I can't picture Jennifer being a nobody on that stage. I remember the day after it was like there were only two people up there. LMAO

That's impossible. Gigli came out a month before the VMAs in July 2003. It was a disaster and Bennifer became a huge joke. This was also when their relationship was falling apart and their wedding for September was canceled.