Britney: How are you?
Conan: I'm good.
Britney: Cool
Conan: You look very pretty.
Britney: Thank you.
Conan: You've got---either I'm on acid or you're glittering. Is that your glitter? They can see that at home.
Britney: Yes, like fairy dust.
Conan: OK, you showbiz people. Coo coo.
I'm just kidding.
You've got this level of success. It got crazy starting-how long ago would you say, a year and half ago maybe?
Britney: Yeah like 2 years ago.
Conan: Really got intense. Only you and I really know what that's like.
Britney: (giggling)
Conan: I wasn't kidding.
The fans-I'm always hearing about your fans: how intense they are. I heard that they are actually going to your home where you grew up. Is that right? They' re going to where your mom lives? Is this true?
Britney: Yeah. At first it was really weird because I'd be calling my mom up and I'd be like "Mom, who's at the house?" and she's like "Oh, they're just some fans and I'm having them see".
Conan: She would invite them in?
Britney: Yes, I was like "what are you doing!"
Conan: Year, that intends to encourage them to come back, you know. "Come on in. Watch free cable".
Andy: Next time bring a weapon.
Conan: Yeah, ah... (horrified) Now...
Andy: The world we live in.
Conan: Oh, Andy. You're just in a bad mood today.
Andy: Oh, I'm not.
Conan: Did they take stuff? They take stuff from your yard, I heard. What are they stealing from your yard?
Britney: Yeah, sometimes they would come and steal dirt. I don't know why.
Conan: Steal dirt? That is giving me an idea. How would they know it's your dirt? I could sell any dirt on E-bay and say that I met you and I got some "dirt".
Britney: People believe anything.
Conan: Now, you are fairly famous for you've created this look and you have a bare mid-lift a lot when you're performing. You say that's a Southern thing. Is that right?
Britney: Yeah, seriously it's so hot down South when we go to dance rehearsals. I mean, everyone just wear sports-bras, and the video that I'm in "She's being so sexy". Actually I thought the video was kind of cheesy but I don't know...
Conan: You thought it was cheesy yourself?
Where did you grow up? You grew up in---
Britney: New Orleans.
Conan: New Orleans. You say 'nyoo orlenz' or ''noo orlenz'?
Britney: I say 'nyoo orlenz'.
Conan: OK, I'm fake so I say ''noo orlenz'.
So you think just because it was hot, you mean if you would've grown up in Antarctica you'd have a completely different career? You'd be dancing in a parka.
Britney: Probably so.
Conan: Let's talk about the Mickey Mouse Club where you got your start, which turned out to be a great training ground for a lot of people?
Britney: Yeah, there's a lot of people that have come out of there, like Christina Agriera, 'N'Sync...
Conan: How old were you when you got started?
Britney: Um, I was like 11 or 12.
Conan: So it's weird you'd be seeing Disney world from completely different perspectives.
Britney: Yeah, we are backstage. It was cool. I was like when I had breaks we would go out there and we'd like go to the park, it was fun.
Conan: You go to the park. What do you see? I mean, I would think backstage Disney could be frightening 'cause you'd see...
Britney: You'd see the people with their heads off, yeah. Because it's so hot.
Conan: A 10-year-old girl seeing like Mickey take off his head and (smoking gesture) smoking a cigarette. Did that happen ever?
Britney: Yeah, it did actually.
Conan: (explanatorily) Smoking a conventional cigarette.
So you would see things like that. How about Disney? I've always heard that---Disney World of course is great but you always hear these sort of spooky things about "The Disney Corporation". Sort of these---I'm not gonna go down this road.
No, just like you always hear like underground that there are people in Disney jump suits that are walking around, their cameras everywhere monitoring things. It's pretty strictly run organization?
Britney: Yeah, it is pretty strict but it's not that---
Conan: Would I be killed if I keep talking this way?
(two sums up)Disney, you rock!
There are Britney look-alikes, which gotta be strange.
Britney: It's a little strange. I had one show and my mom came there and there was this guy, he won a contest, and my mom thought it was me. She was like "Britney, come here" and he turned around; it wasn't me!
Conan: What did your mom figure out? (hoarse voice)"Hey mom, it's great to see you. That show was rough."
I can't believe. The person must've turned away at least for a minute.
Britney: Yeah, or they're in whole school girl things, so...
Conan: Now, you do a show; people go insane. People go crazy in a nice way. They're really excited to see you. Have you had anything weird happen? Like somebody jump up on stage-
Britney: Actually, yeah, at our last performance this guy---I like to walk around the stage and there was no music or anything going on. And I think the audience thought it was planned, and this guy all of sudden he comes up on the stage, and he takes his shirt off and he starts screaming, I was like "Please stop!" Then one of my dancers T.J. he came up and he took him off the stage.
Conan: So people thought that was a part of the show? And they liked it?
Britney: Yeah.
Conan: You should bring this guy with you.
What if you went back to that guy and "OK, here's the deal: 200,000 dollars a year. Drink way too much and jump up on stage and flip out".
Now, great honor you are gonna be the grand marshal, the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
Britney: Yes.
Conan: What's that like 'cause I've understood there's tradition---Have you done anything like this before? There's tradition where people lift their shirts.
Britney: Yeah, it's gonna be very weird. I went there when I was like 14 or 13, they were just crazy. They were throwing up their shirts and I was like "Oh, stop please".
Conan: That's not gonna work saying "Please stop". Beer-fueled maniacs.
So You're doing Saturday Night Live this weekend. That's fun. Have you had fun so far this week?
Britney: Yeah, actually after this I have rehearsals for it. I'm really excited.
Conan: So they pick the sketches and you're gonna go upstairs and wear stuffs you like. And you're gonna sing too.
Britney: Yeah, I'm gonna do 2 songs.
Conan: OK, Saturday Night Live this weekend. You have a new CD out called "Oops, I did it again" which comes out next week. And you have a book out, which we should mention: "Britney Spears Heart to Heart"
Britney: Me and my mom wrote it.
