For at least one day, Britney Spears was the fastest human on Earth.
Seriously! But until she revealed she was kidding — and we knew that, didn’t we? — it was still fun to wonder if it was true or what she was exactly talking about on Instagram.
Isn’t that all we need right now? Some entertainment, even if it might not be real?
Anyway: Spears posted a since-deleted Instagram post in which she claimed to have run a 5.97-second 100m dash. That’s pretty incredible when you consider Usain Bolt holds the world record at 9.58 seconds (!!!).
Here’s the original post, in which she said she usually runs a “6 or 7.”
is… Britney Spears claiming to have run a sub-6-second 100 metres?!? pic.twitter.com/K4Sq55nvHI
— Liam (@LiamLambrini) March 25, 2020
So here’s what I think: either she mistook what a 100-meter run was or she was just trying to stir up some internet hilarity. It appears it was the latter, because her latest post on Instagram cleared it up:
“Obviously I was joking about running the 100 meter dash in 5.97 seconds …. the world record is held by Usain Bolt which is 9.58 seconds …. but you better believe I’m coming for the world record.”
Ha!
This just gives us all an excuse to watch Bolt again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiQ-4TFeeO8
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