Rumors false about Britney Spears on Sesame Street
{{date|October 25, 2007}}
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[[w:Britney Spears|Britney Spears]] will not appear on the legendary [[America]]n children's program ''[[w:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]]''.

When contacted today, [[w:Sesame Workshop|Sesame Workshop]] press representative Ray Hammerman replied that the rumours were, "not true, there are no plans to have her on as a guest."

Sesame Workshop Vice President of Corporate Communications Ellen Lewis backed up this statement, adding that the show is "not in production until Feb. 2008".

Published reports in British tabloid newspaper ''The Daily Star'' suggested Spears was to improve her image by appearing on the show. She was to perform a "dumbed-down" version of her hit single "[[w:Toxic (song)|Toxic]]", with [[w:Oscar the Grouch|Oscar the Grouch]], a character that lives in a trash can. "Toxic" was released in 2003.

Spears faces losing complete custody of sons two-year-old Sean Preston and one-year-old Jayden James.

''The Daily Star'' did not respond to Wikinews about their reasoning for the story.

''Sesame Street'' has featured well over [[w:List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street|300 celebrity guest stars]] in its 38 seasons.

The most recent season saw guests [[w:Alec Baldwin|Alec Baldwin]], [[w:Tyra Banks|Tyra Banks]], [[w:James Blunt|James Blunt]], [[w:Miri Ben-Ari|Miri Ben-Ari]], [[w:Richard Belzer|Richard Belzer]], [[w:Chris Brown|Chris Brown]], [[w:Anderson Cooper|Anderson Cooper]], [[w:Ann Curry|Ann Curry]], [[w:Ellen DeGeneres|Ellen DeGeneres]], [[w:Tina Fey|Tina Fey]], [[w:Charles Gibson|Charles Gibson]], [[w:Cuba Gooding, Jr.|Cuba Gooding, Jr.]], [[w:Mariska Hargitay|Mariska Hargitay]], [[w:Ice T|Ice T]], [[w:Matt Lauer|Matt Lauer]], [[w:Fred Newman|Fred Newman]], players of [[w:The New York Jets|The New York Jets]], [[w:Howie Mandel|Howie Mandel]], [[w:Christopher Meloni|Christopher Meloni]], [[w:Conan O'Brien|Conan O'Brien]], [[w:Sarah Jessica Parker|Sarah Jessica Parker]], [[w:Ahmad Rashād|Ahmad Rashād]], [[w:Rachael Ray|Rachael Ray]], [[w:Al Roker|Al Roker]], [[w:Diane Sawyer|Diane Sawyer]], [[w:Jon Stewart|Jon Stewart]], [[w:Sugarland|Sugarland]], [[w:Meredith Vieira|Meredith Vieira]], and [[w:Brian Williams|Brian Williams]].
{{New2|Since publication of this story, ''The Daily Star'' has removed this article (some time before noon ET). They have offered no explanation of their mistake to Wikinews, despite multiple requests.}}{{haveyoursay}}

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Britney Spears will not appear on the legendary American children's program Sesame Street.

When contacted today, Sesame Workshop press representative Ray Hammerman replied that the rumours were, "not true, there are no plans to have her on as a guest."

Sesame Workshop Vice President of Corporate Communications Ellen Lewis backed up this statement, adding that the show is "not in production until Feb. 2008".

Published reports in British tabloid newspaper The Daily Star suggested Spears was to improve her image by appearing on the show. She was to perform a "dumbed-down" version of her hit single "Toxic", with Oscar the Grouch, a character that lives in a trash can. "Toxic" was released in 2003.

Spears faces losing complete custody of sons two-year-old Sean Preston and one-year-old Jayden James.

The Daily Star did not respond to Wikinews about their reasoning for the story.

Sesame Street has featured well over 300 celebrity guest stars in its 38 seasons.

The most recent season saw guests Alec Baldwin, Tyra Banks, James Blunt, Miri Ben-Ari, Richard Belzer, Chris Brown, Anderson Cooper, Ann Curry, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Charles Gibson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Mariska Hargitay, Ice T, Matt Lauer, Fred Newman, players of The New York Jets, Howie Mandel, Christopher Meloni, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ahmad Rashād, Rachael Ray, Al Roker, Diane Sawyer, Jon Stewart, Sugarland, Meredith Vieira, and Brian Williams.
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