For no reason other than to make you cackle with evil laughter, do enjoy this NBC promo for Thursday's Britney Spears sit-down with Matt Lauer. It's an intense look at Britney Spears: "defiant, determined, and emotional." Indeed — she's blubbering like we've never seen her blubber before. And her misuse of air quotes is positively heartbreaking. We've watched it four times already.

You can only imagine what must have been going through Lauer's head. The man really took one for the team this time.

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