Washington, Sept 14: Pop star Britney Spears’ old buddy/ pop singer Joey Fatone has expressed a deep concern for his troubled friend after her poor performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept 9, 2007.

The former 'N Sync star asserted that he was shocked to see Britney’s ill-advised stage performance that opened the VMAs in Las Vegas.

Fatone, who was one of Spears' closest friends when she was new in the music industry, urged Britney to seek serious help.

Fatone, who is now a TV presenter in America, has suggested Britney to get help before ‘anything tragic happens’.

"It looked like she was really lost. A lot of people really want her to seek help. There's something not right there, something needs to obviously be done before anything tragic happens,” Contactmusic quoted Fatone, as saying.

"She's a great girl. I've known her for many years," he added. (With Inputs from ANI)