"Brit's in damage control mode now. She's been talking to the folks at Maxim about doing a photo shoot," a friend of the pop princess tells OK!

"She wants to be on the cover as quickly as they can shoot her."

Britney's decision to go for men's magazine cover stardom is based solely on her past success with selling herself as an object of desire. "It's worked for her since the video for 'Baby One More Time'," an industry insider explains to OK!. "The last thing she did that really reminded America of her allure was her sexy Roling Stones cover rom October 2003, so the idea of another high-profile cover is completely logical."