Craig Ferguson refrains from mocking Britney

‘Late Late Show’ host sees vulnerability, not comedy, in shaved head photos

Reed Saxon / AP	Craig Ferguson said, "For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it. We shouldn’t be attacking the vulnerable.”

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updated 11:23 a.m. ET Feb. 20, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Craig Ferguson decided not to poke fun at Britney Spears for at least one night.

The host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show” told viewers Monday that after seeing photos of the 25-year-old pop star’s shaved head, he reconsidered making jokes at the expense of the “vulnerable.”

Spears made headlines over the weekend when she shaved her head at a Los Angeles hair salon and then went to a tattoo parlor where she had a pair of lips put on her wrist. Spears shaved her head Friday, the same day as reports on TV and Web sites that she had briefly checked into a rehabilitation center.

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“For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it,” Ferguson said. “It should be about attacking the powerful — the politicians, the Trumps, the blowhards — going after them. We shouldn’t be attacking the vulnerable.”

Ferguson recalled his battle with alcoholism and said he worries Spears may be having troubles of her own.

“Now I’m not saying Britney is alcoholic, I don’t know what she is — alcoholic or not — but she clearly needs help,” he said.