--- title: Britney Spears Disputes Lip Sync Rumors description: Britney Spears is well aware of all the lip-sync claims slung her way over the years, and she’s over it. canonical: https://time.com/4835758/britney-spears-lip-sync-rumors/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-27T20:43:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:56.549Z og:title: Britney Spears Slams Toxic Lip-Sync Rumors og:description: 'It really pisses me off' og:url: https://time.com/4835758/britney-spears-lip-sync-rumors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09211ce3025a5c33/6988d391cf40a8020dc48518/britney-spears-lip-sync-rumors.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Britney Spears Slams Toxic Lip-Sync Rumors twitter:description: 'It really pisses me off' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09211ce3025a5c33/6988d391cf40a8020dc48518/britney-spears-lip-sync-rumors.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'It Really Pisses Me Off.' 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Singer Britney Spears performs onstage during 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2016 presented by Capital One at Staples Center on December 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, Calif. Kevin Winter—iHeartMedia/Getty Images by [Nick Romano / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Nick Romano / Entertainment Weekly Jun 27, 2017 8:43 PM UTC [Britney Spears](http://aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com/x/c/QpPIxgBIKE7pILem7FDR0lUAAAFc6zH3%5FwEAAAFKAS84%5Fzg/https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Deluxe-Version-Britney-Spears/dp/B01J2M5J7A/ref=as%5Fat?creativeASIN=B01J2M5J7A&linkCode=w50&tag=entertain07-20&imprToken=EXkGntQT6duKgoqtnUZGPg&slotNum=0) is well aware of all the lip-sync claims slung her way over the years, and she’s over it. In a new interview with an Israeli TV show prior to her performance in Tel Aviv on July 3, the pop diva did not hold back her thoughts. “I’m glad you’re addressing this question because it’s really funny,” she said when a reporter asked how much of her _Piece of Me_ tour concerts are live. “A lot of people think that I don’t sing live. I usually, because I’m dancing so much, I do have a little bit of playback, but there’s a mixture of my voice and the playback. It really pisses me off because I am busting my ass out there and singing at the same time and nobody ever really gives me credit for it, you know?” Watch a clip from the interview below. > [](https://twitter.com/Stan4Godney/status/879730839776628736) One of the more widely known instances of these allegations, of course, was the media “Circus” erupting over [Spears’ infamous performance of “Gimme More”](http://ew.com/article/2007/10/04/britney-spears-down-count/) at the MTV VMAs in 2007. Her latest comments on the matter come shortly after she was [accused of lip-syncing](https://www.idolator.com/7664147/britney-spears-japan-tour-lip-sync-flub) during a performance on her pitstop in Japan, where video seemed to show her mouth out of sync with the words of the song after a microphone slip. [Similar claims persisted](http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/18/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/britney-spears-lip-syncing/index.html) through [her successful residency in Las Vegas](http://ew.com/music/2017/04/10/britney-spears-las-vegas-residency-final-shows-piece-of-me/). Her manager, Adam Leber, told [Medium](https://medium.com/matter/miss-american-dream-31c823ad0e5a) in 2014, “To put on the show that she puts on, it’s virtually impossible to sing the entire time and do what she does. She’s singing on every song, basically, when she has the ability to sing. There’s no way you can dance for 90 minutes straight and sing the entire time.” _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/music/2017/06/27/britney-spears-slams-lip-sync-accusations/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4835758/britney-spears-lip-sync-rumors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4835758/britney-spears-lip-sync-rumors/"},"headline":"'It Really Pisses Me Off.' 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