Joe Scarborough received backlash as he recited numbers from a recent poll that suggests Donald Trump's popularity has dropped among non-Republicans

Britney Spears revealed she was "glad" to have lost the lead role in The Notebook to Rachel McAdams, prompting casting director Matthew Barry to share her audition tape with The Daily Mail. In the two-minute long video, Spears says, whilst her eyes well up with tears, "I prayed for you to die in the war, really. Well, not die. I would have felt completely horrible if you would've died. But I kinda didn't want you to be alive anymore because I couldn't bear the thought of you being with somebody else, or of us never seeing each other again. So I gotta go, okay?" Barry told The Daily Mail the pop star "wasn't just good, she was phenomenal." "It was a tough decision," he continued, reflecting on Spears' audition. "Britney blew us all away. Our jaws were on the floor. I was blown away. Absolutely blown away. She brought her A-game that day." Since the sharing of Spears' audition, people have praised her acting but ultimately agreed that it should have been McAdams that got the part. "Love Britney down and she looked adorable but Rachel McAdams was just born for the role", the top comment under the tape read: "I mean [obviously] Rachel is perfect in this role, but I'm actually really impressed with [Britney's] audition", wrote another. This sentiment was prevalent throughout the reactions to Spears' tape. "Rachel was perfect and iconic for the role. HOWEVER... seeing this I now understand why Britney was considered for the role", one user shared. It seems Spears agrees that role should have gone to McAdams, writing in her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me "Even though it would have been fun to reconnect with Ryan Gosling after our time on The Mickey Mouse Club, I'm glad I didn't do it," she writes. "If I had, instead of working on my album 'In the Zone' I'd have been acting like a 1940s heiress day and night." Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

In a viral moment after the show, Taylor Swift was seen running backstage into Travis Kelce's arms for a kiss

A social media user said, 'Ahhh, I listen to Peach Candy every week! So glad y'all didn't forget about it'

Hopkins shared his experiences working in the field, where he had spent the majority of his life

Michael Strahan joined his Fox colleagues on the streets of Manhattan for his punditry gig on NFL

Beyonce discloses daughter Blue Ivy worked through criticism to evolve into an impressive performer

The series ran for ten seasons on Fox from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000, and is the first of six television series in the 'Beverly Hills, 90210' franchise

All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?

Michael Bublé joined the Foo Fighters for a special rendition of 'Haven't Met You Yet'.

The ‘Dogglyand’ rapper posted on his social media page about his decision to quit marijuana for good

According to string theory, there are at least 10 dimensions of space, most of which are impossible for humans to perceive.