Britney Spears must be doing some damage control for some of her previous outrageous behavior. Earlier we reported that Britney has done her first interview and photo shoot in nearly two years, with OK!, the same magazine that she previously had a disasterous encounter with. Remember what her dog did to a Zac Posen dress?

And who can forget Britney’s horrid performance at the VMA’s?

MTV has just released two new TV spots featuring Britney Spears for September’s Video Music Awards ceremony.

Both clips show off a much-improved Britney as she hangs out VMA host British comedian Russell Brand — and a mammoth elephant, a reference to the one huge issue they never discuss: Britney’s near-disastrous performance at last year’s ceremony.

In the first commercial, Russell asks the pop superstar if he’s dreaming and asks her to pinch him… “harder.”

And then in the second clip, the two have a bit of fun with Russell’s relative anonymity here in the US, as Brit pretends to not be able to remember his last name. “You will remember that name, because pretty soon it’s gonna be your surname,” he tells the pop star coyly.