Well, at least she’s smart enough to refrain from performing—or so we think.

Britney Spears will open Sunday’s 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards, and producers say it will be something “fun and exciting,“ which is how we know it won’t be a performance.

If you have a TV set, surely you remember last year’s VMA debacle, <<

which was billed as Britney’s big comeback, but turned into a sad, embarrassing train wreck of horrible lip-synching and stilted dancing.

“MTV has long played an important role in my career,“ she said in a statement. “How can I not be there to kick off their 25th VMAs? I’m excited to open the entire show, to say hi to my fans and to be nominated.“

Britney is up for three awards for her single, “Piece of Me”—Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year.

The show airs at 9 p.m. Sunday on MTV. For more griping from me about what the show has turned into, click here: http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/entertainment/music.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-09-04-0029.html

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