Britney Spears & Russell Brand Read Each Other's Naughty Minds In VMA Spot (VIDEO)

Britney Spears and Russell Brand did their best to ignore the sexual tension elephant in the room in a 2008 Video Music Awards spot, and now they're conveying their desire for one another telepathically in a promotion for this year's VMAs.

"Should I have played it up more when he was flirting with me last year?" Spears, poolside in a white bikini, asks herself. "I have to admit, there is something sexy about his dangerous ways."

Back in his hotel room, Brand can hear her lustful thoughts! "Britney," he thinks, hoping she can read his mind. "This is the voice of your mind. Go to Russell's hotel room and abandon yourself. Give yourself to him, Britney. Sleep with Russell!"

Brand's off-color monologue ruffled some feathers when he hosted the VMAs last year, but he will be back this year for a repeat performance live from NYC on Sunday, September 13.

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[ChaiKat]

I almost didn't recognize him with his hair brushed.

[podios]

Was going to read this article, but then remembered that I have to rearrange my sock drawer.

[Ariadne]

Has she given up clothes entirely? I haven't seen her in anything but a bikini for a month now.

[applehead]

Brrrrritttt kneeeeeee

give your uncle applehead one million dollerz, please.

[bensisco]

Good one. I can't post mine though. So, I'll just think it.

[shotgunblast]

Britney Spears not saying a word....mm­mmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmm

[rightsize2005]

tweetle dee tweetle dumb

[hellostats]

Anyone remember his joke from last year?

"[Sarah Palin] was forcing her teenage daughter to have a baby because she is so anti-abortion."

"But also, as a Republican she is pro-execution so she is going to give her the electric chair for being a little sIut."

One of my favorites.

[shotgunblast]

Sigh......

[Tyler-Durden]

hah! i like it

[llovejim]

are these shows even relevant anymore? britney spears, and whoever that guy was? i am trying to imagine a world where this kind of "music" would be any less worth paying attention to....

[shotgunblast]

Voice in Brit Brit's head......­..CHEETOS.­.....CHEET­OS......ST­ARBUCKS...­.CHEETOS..­.....

[stanblack]

Funny in a not laughing way. It's MTV.

[Paula Ann]

Russell, please....­..........­.you are so much more funny than that

[Bushisgone]

I don't get it

Why is it every time I see Brittany now she is in a Bikini???

[shotgunblast]

That's not a problem. That's a good thing.:^)

[Copeword]

So, did Britney follow the voice's advice?

[EmeraldWorld]

Wow, that was lame. Who even watches the VMAs anymore? Last I checked, MTV barely even played music videos anymore.

[batterycharged]

Is it just me or does Britanny look like a mobile home mom? Not attractive at all.

[CLASSWARWELOST]

It's you.

[Ward Adams]

It's you, elitist.

[DixieMelody]

"Mobile home mom."

A most polite way to spin it.

[shotgunblast]

She looks tasty to me. Even if she smell like Cheetos.