Have you heard the latest asinine comments from Britney Spears regarding her marriage to dancer Kevin Federline?

We hit a little bit of reality, hardcore, after the first three weeks. But we handled it fine, and now things are starting to go really smooth.

Before we got married we were on tour, and we were just like kids, ordering room service, saying, ‘Let’s go out tonight.’

Then, all of a sudden, you have this home, you have the kids [Federline's children Kaleb and Kori], you have to get the diapers, get the dog to the vet. It’s this reality.

Like omigod, I have to tell the maid to buy diapers and get the poolboy to walk the dog? Can’t I just make out with Kevin all the time? Being married sucks.

The comments–or portions of them–have been widely reported in the MSM, including the Washington Post, MSNBC, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the Richmond Times Dispatch. It has also been making the rounds in the blogosphere (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here).

Just one tiny problem: Spears never said these things.

The quote first appeared in a spoof written by Catherine Lucey of the Philadelphia Daily News. To its credit, the Washington Post issued a correction today.