Look apologises for Britney X Factor rider 'inaccuracy'

Look magazine printed a list of Britney Spear's 'diva demands' on rider that turned out to be over a decade old.

Look magazine professed itself delighted when Britney Spears was chosen as a judge on the US X Factor. The magazine was even more delighted to breathlessly reveal in its 28 May issue details of the singer's rider, which it claimed she had inserted into her contract and represented "diva demands" that could "rival the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Madonna". These allegedly included a personal manicurist, facialist and massage therapist for each day of filming. If this sounds like a celebrity-excess throwback to the millennium, rather than something from our current era of austerity, you'd be right. Turns out the Britney rider in question is from 2000, not 2012. "We were led to believe the rider was for her new job on the panel and published the piece in good faith," Look said in an apology in its current issue. "It has emerged that the rider was in fact Britney's rider from 2000 and not a rider for The X Factor USA 2012. We apologise to Britney and the X Factor USA for this inaccuracy." D'oh!