This time the singer did it herself, saying that she was "concerned that some of you (fans) might be confusing this bra with something that it's not."

The bra was accurately described as having been worn by Spears during a promotion for an HBO concert special, but "it is not the one I wore on stage during the Baby One More Time performance", the singer underlined.

"I feel the correct thing to do is remove this item from the auction because I don't want any of you to feel misled," she wrote.

Anyway, earlier during the auction, an eBay staffer had pulled the bra from the site after deciding that it violated the company's policy, that bars listings for used underwear.
But eBay executives later reversed the decision on grounds that the bra was really a memorable piece of entertainment.

Spears, who has recently become a mother, sold more than 60 million albums since she has shot to fame in the late 1990s with her 1999 debut album, Baby One More Time, and its hit title track, becoming a worldwide phenomenon at age 15.

With the subsequent albums Oops! ... I Did It Again and Britney, Spears became the first female performer in the history of Billboard magazine to have her first three albums open at No.1 on the US pop charts.