Los Angeles- Britney Spears needs a big comeback move. The VMA’s are high risk but with some major airbrushing perhaps she could swing a big-time comeback within the pages of Playboy. Many have speculated that since she flashes paparazzi on a regular basis – it would likely benefit her to go in a classy mag like Playboy to give her career a boost.

But Star Magazine claims that Playboy has said no to the wild child starlet. Star reports that in her quest to resurrect her stalled career, pop star Britney Spears turned to Playboy for help.

The only problem: The popular men’s magazine didn’t want her! “They [told her] that she’d need to clean herself up and get in shape to be Playboy-centerfold quality,” says a friend of the singer. Being spotted several times going commando didn’t help.

Now Britney may have to hope that magician Criss Angel can make her career re-appear from the ash heap on which it has landed.