Britney Spears Rings in the New Year By Passing Out In Crowded Vegas Nightclub; K-Fed Starting to Look 'Somewhat Less Gross' By Comparison

As some of you may have heard by now, Britney Spears apparently took an impromptu siesta while hosting a New Year's Eve Party at Pure, the nightclub at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas. The widely publicized nap took place early Monday morning, shortly after Spears enjoyed the luxury of not having to ruin another New Year's by "grossly making out" with Kevin Federline.

Worried critics are afraid the pass-out will soon become fodder for the tabloids, thereby constituting the latest in a string of incidents in a would-be bid to lose a slam-dunk custody battle against Spears' ex-husband.

Fortunately, Team Britney was quick to come to Spears' defense, insisting that the hard-partying divorcee wasn't drunk—she was just completely and utterly exhausted from her month-long bender.

In fact, Britney's reps vehemently denied reports that the former pop star had passed out due to an overabunddance of alcohol, resulting in her needing to be carried out of the nightclub. Instead, they blamed the sudden bout of narcilepsy on "too much good mothering," insisting Brit was merely tuckered out from all the good parenting that hosting a New Year's Party in Vegas without your kids entails.