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Britney Spears is nothing like Kim Kardashian. She makes that clear in a new cover story for Elle, where she discusses her laid-back style philosophy: "I love my jeans and my sweats — I'm really just a tomboy at heart. So it's really hard for me to be like Kim Kardashian and be makeup-and hair-ready every time I go out of my house. I'm not a believer in that, you know?" [OK Magazine]
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