Britney Spears has been dumped by her manager.
In a statement released late on Monday (17Sep07), revered Hollywood
svengali Jeff Kwatinetz has confirmed he and his partners at top agency
The Firm have "terminated our professional relationship with Britney
Spears."
The news came hours after Spears' lawyer, Laura Wasser, quit the
singer's child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Kwatinetz, who represented Kelly Clarkson until she sacked him earlier
this year (07), adds, "We believe Britney is enormously talented...
but current circumstances have prevented us from properly doing our
job."
The manager's decision to quit comes a week after Spears' disastrous
appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas (09Sep07), where she
seemed out of shape and out of practice as she opened the show with new
single Gimme More.