Ex-Manager: 'Britney Spears Is In Great Shape'

Britney Spears's ex- manager, Larry Rudolph, has spoken out about his recently rekindled relationship with his former charge.

As Entertainmentwise reported previously, the pair have taken steps to re-establish their rocky relationship, which went south last year when Britney blasted him in a bizarre on-camera rant.

Whilst Rudolph is tight-lipped about career matters, he was happy to dish on the new-and-improved Britney on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS FM radio show.

He told the host: "I've seen her a few times over the past week or two. I've spent some time with her just socially. I've gone up to the house. I've sat with her. She's in great shape."

"I couldn't be happier to see the condition she's in. But this is not a time to talk about business with her."

He added: "What she needs now is she needs the public to be on her side and root for her, because she deserves it and that means a lot to her."

As for that much-mooted comeback, Rudolph praised Britney's turn on How I Met Your Mother and said the sometime-singer should "do another little thing like that" soon.

In terms of the future, he said "I can't think of a situation where somebody's been set up for a bigger comeback than that girl."

Let's hope he's right.