Debbie Gibson Defends Britney Against Moby Attack

By Rob Shuter Posted Jun 24th 2011 03:15PM

When Moby recently told Spinner that Britney Spears and Ke$ha don't make "music" but rather "advertising for ringtones," no one came to the pop stars' defense. But now the original pop princess, Debbie Gibson, tells me Moby should zip it and stop taking himself so seriously.

"He should pick on someone his own size," Debbie tells me, joking about the diminutive Moby. "First of all, for any artist to slam any artist, I think is wrong, because art is subjective, you know? I can look at a painting and think it's the most beautiful thing and someone else can go, 'It looks like a 3-year-old made that!'"

Her main take-away on Moby's comments are that he just needs to lighten up. "That's just somebody taking themselves way too seriously," she told me.

Debbie who is about to hit the road with ex-rival Tiffany admires artists like Britney and even thinks it was probably a good decision on her part to be so sexual-ized at such an early age.

"There's something that's a little smart that they come out as sexual creatures at 15, because they don't ever have that awkward transition," Deb explains. "I'll never forget ... I got hate mail because I wore black in a video. But people wanted to keep me in bright colors and denim my entire life."

You can get tickets to see Debbie and Tiffany at Deborah-Gibson.com and if you go, expect to hear their hits as well as songs that inspired them when they were both conquering the charts.

Debbie even wanted to send a personal invite to Moby himself. "Moby, come to the show because I guarantee that you have never seen me live and you don't really know what I do. So come to the show and let me know what you think."

For my complete interview with Debbie (as well as Steve-O, see below clip), tune into 'Naughty But Nice' exclusively on HDNet at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday.