Was Britney 'slimmed down' in new video?

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The troubled singer hits out at paparazzi and tabloids in her second release from her latest album Blackout.

The 26-year-old appears much slimmer in the official video than a previous unedited version, which was leaked onto the internet earlier this month.

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Spot the difference: has Britney Spears been digitally slimmed down for her new promo, Piece Of Me?

In the video, Britney and a group of lookalikes sneak out of the house dressed in wigs in a bid to trap the paparazzi

The promo, which cost a reported $500,000 (£247,000), was directed by Wayne Isham, who worked with Britney on her 2002 single I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman.

It was filmed over two days last month at the Social Hollywood, a "restaurant, lounge, club and event complex" in Sunset Boulevard, and is alleged to be Britney's most expensive video since her 2004 hit Toxic.

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Big spender: the video which cost a reported £247,000

In the video, Britney and a group of lookalikes sneak out of the house dressed in wigs in a bid to trap the paparazzi.

The group take over the dancefloor at a Hollywood nightclub, as Britney sings: "They still take pictures of my derriere in the magazine. You wanna a piece of me?"

At one point, Britney drags a man into the club bathrooms and rips open his shirt to find a hidden camera.

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Britney seduces a man who looks distinctly similar to her ex-husband Kevin Federline

It was filmed over two days last month at the Social Hollywood

The disgusted singer writes "Sucker" across the photographer's forehead with red lipstick before calling her girls in to join her for a dance session in the toilets.

As fans and music critics rush to watch Britney's new video, American Idol producer "Nasty" Nigel Lythgoe said the singer shouldn't hope to perform the song on the hit TV talent show.

Speaking to Us magazine, Lythgoe said: "I would have had Britney Spears last year when I thought she was trying to get it all back together again.

"Britney, at this moment in time, I don't think is well enough to do anything.

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