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BRITNEY'S MELTDOWN NOT OK

An editor confirms the singer's "bizarre" behavior at what was meant to be a career-comeback interview.
 
Published July 26, 2007|Updated July 26, 2007

Yes, indeed, Britney Spears did sit back and watch as her Yorkshire terrier puppy pooped on a $6,700 designer gown at a photo shoot for OK! magazine.

She also did indeed wipe grease on a designer dress, treating it like "a napkin," take frequent trips to the bathroom - leaving the door open - and complain that the high-end clothing put together for the July 19 fashion shoot wasn't sexy, short or tight enough, editor-in-chief Sarah Ivens confirmed Wednesday.

"I've never seen anything like it," Ivens said, confirming details first reported by celebrity news Web site TMZ.com. "It's definitely the most bizarre shoot I've ever been on."

Ivens said she wasn't in the room for the puppy incident, "but I was there to hear the upset shrieks of the stylist. (Spears') assistant dealt with it in the end, after being asked to take care of it. They had to be asked to clear it up."

After about three hours, Spears bolted the shoot, walking away with more than $14,000 of borrowed apparel, Ivens said.

Representatives for Spears had offered an exclusive interview that was intended as career comeback for the singer, Ivens said. "What actually transpired on the day was a shock to us and left me and the whole crew feeling quite shocked and sad, really," she said.

OK! publicist Brian Strong said the magazine didn't publish the photos in its latest issue, due out Friday, because they "weren't up to standard." The magazine is running a story about the shoot.

A representative at Jive Records, Spears' record label, didn't return a phone call and e-mail seeking comment Wednesday.