If you saw "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," you know who Russell Brand is. If you didn't, you're going to be very lost watching the MTV Video Music Awards September 7th, as Brand is hosting.

Of course you remember last year's VMAs, at which a certain Ms. Britney Jean Spears embarrassed her family with a lackluster (I'm being kind; it's this new thing I'm trying) performance.

This year, Britney is back bitch, and she and Russell Brand are moving on and ignoring the elephant in the room. The following promo is hilarious, mostly because, for once, Britney is the one looking uncomfortable. Watch as she slyly tries to scoot away from Brand -- a vast improvement as, mere months ago, it most likely would have been the other way around.

I can't tell if Britney is actually performing this year, or what is going on, and frankly, I don't care. The promo is very cute, and Britney handles herself nicely.

Wait -- first Paris, now Britney? These former objects of scorn and ridicule need to stop trying to endear themselves to me or I'll have nowhere to direct my snark but at the general public. And that could get messy.