Sarah Silverman

Wouldn't it be great if every time one of our favorite celebrities had a meltdown, Hayden Panettiere were there to weigh in on it?

Similarly, if every time a celebrity were asked a question about Sarah Silverman, the foul-mouthed comedian magically appeared?

Well, Hayden Panettiere was at LAX last night, returning from the VMAs in Las Vegas, when celebrity news photographers started asking her about - what else - Britney Spears' awful VMA performance and Sarah Silverman's jokes.

Regarding Silverman's effect on Spears, Hayden just turned around and said, "You can go ask her yourself, she's right there!"

Sure enough, there she was! What a neat trick! You don't see cheerleader Claire Bennet pulling off anything that cool on Heroes.

The photographer then went over and asked Sarah Silverman if she thought she was hard on Britney Spears.

"I hope not," she replied, simply.

Asked if she thought her routine (calling her kids mistakes, making references to Britney's oft-exposed vagina) threw Britney off, Sarah explained, "Since I didn't do any of my jokes until my performance, it couldn't possibly have."

Another Britney Spears excuse out the window. Sorry, Chris Crocker. We know you were holding out hope that this one was true.

As expected, Sarah Silverman kept 'em laughing as host of the 2007 MTV Movie Awards.

The funnywoman opened the show with a hilarious and potty-mouthed monologue in which she accused Spider-Man 3 of being racist (really) and told Jack Nicholson, "You have literally been in every single one of my favorite actresses!"

But the most ridiculed celebrity of the evening was Paris Hilton, who took hits from Silverman as well as Dane Cook, who cracked, "Paris Hilton was so offended by Sarah Silverman's opening remarks that she checked herself into jail early."

Amy Winehouse gave the best performance of the evening when she rocked the house with her sultry tune "Rehab."

The Best Close Call of the night was Jessica Biel presenting the Best Kiss award (along with Kevin James and Adam Sandler), for which none other than Cameron Diaz was a nominee for her smooch with Jude Law in The Holiday.

Luckily, Talladega Nights' Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen took home the golden popcorn in that category, avoiding a potentially awkward run-in.

Diaz, meanwhile, had plenty of love for Shrek the Third costar Mike Myers who she presented with the MTV Generational Award.

After a gushing speech in which she said that Myers made her laugh harder than anyone she'd ever met, she coquettishly asked the audience, "Should I shag him now? Or should I shag him later?"

Justin Timberlake, Diaz's ex and Biel's current love, wisely avoided the evening, opting not to attend the awards. If you didn't catch the show either, see a list of the winners below:

BEST MOVIE: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
BEST VILLAIN: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
BEST PERFORMANCE: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Jaden Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
BEST KISS: Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
BEST FIGHT: Gerard Butler vs. "The Uber Immortal," 300
BEST SUMMER MOVIE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET: Transformers
MTV GENERATIONAL AWARD: Mike Myers