14 DAY TRIAL // Just one day after reports that Britney Spears simply got up during an X Factor audition in Texas and walked out, comes another one: she did the same on Friday. She's been acting rather weird since she was hired as judge for the second season of the show, Us Weekly says.
Britney Spears joined judges Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid and Demi Lovato in Texas for the first day of auditions.
It was also her first day as judge on the panel, since she and Demi came to replace Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger from season 1.
She reportedly walked off, as we also informed you at the time and, according to the aforementioned celebrity publication, she did the same the next day as well.
“After a very popular contestant finished, Brit stood up and immediately walked towards the tunnel where judges enter,” a spy says of Spears' “dramatic” exit on Friday.
No one seemed to know what caused her to act this way and, as such, everyone was surprised that she would just get up and walk out without as much as saying a word.
“Her bodyguards [and entourage] jumped up and ran after her. She was moving fast... It was odd,” says the insider.
What was just as odd was that, after a short while, Britney “came back as though nothing unusual had happened.”
Other show insiders reveal for Us that, during auditions, Britney seemed “uptight” and not at ease, which begs the question of whether she's really having as much fun as she says she's having.
“Her body language was reserved. Demi, Simon and LA seemed very relaxed and engaged with contestants and the audience,” one tipster shares.
Britney Spears is reportedly getting a whopping $15 million (€11.9 million) for a single season of X Factor.
While fans and industry watchers fear that the pressure and media attention that comes with the show will not be good for her, Simon Cowell, who imported X Factor from the UK last year, is confident she'll do a fabulous job.