She has dealt with substance abuse, fired her staff, shaved her head and shed clothes for an ocean dip in front of paparazzi. Her performance of a new song, Gimme More, while dressed as a stripper at the MTV awards, earned harsh criticism.
"She personifies our obsession with celebrity culture, and it's an obsession that won't die down no matter how far she goes off the rail," said Steven Corfe, a co-curator of the show. "We love to put people up on a pillar and we love even more to shoot them down."



