'Toxic' workplace! Britney Spears to be fired from 'The X Factor': report

'Toxic' workplace! Britney Spears to be fired from 'The X Factor': report

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‘The X Factor’ judge Simon Cowell, contestant Carly Rose Sonenclar, and judge Britney Spears attend the season finale news conference on Dec. 17. Cowell wanted "crazy Britney, but he got boring Britney," one source reportedly said.

Oops, he did it again.

“The X-Factor” co-creator Simon Cowell is on the verge of firing Britney Spears after just one season in the judge’s chair, US Weekly reports.

“Britney will get the boot,” an insider told the mag.

“Producers wanted her for the long haul, but it isn't working.”

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Spears, who was signed along with Demi Lovato amid much fanfare for the Fox singing competition show’s second season, earned $ 15 million for her critically panned run. 

Fellow judge L.A. Reid â€" a veteran by the show’s standards - already announced his departure to focus on his record label responsibilities.

An “X Factor” offical told the Daily News that Cowell has not talked about Spears’ â€" or anyone else’s â€" future on the show.

“No one has discussed next year’s judging panel yet - any reports otherwise are complete speculation,” a show spokesperson said.

But Fox sources said Cowell was not pleased with Spears’performance overall, which lacked ... outlandishness.

“He wanted crazy Britney, but he got boring Britney,” another source told US Weekly.

The TV/music mogul’s rep said Cowell was “uncontactable,” Thursday â€" just as pictures surfaced of him frolickling on a beach in Bardados with his former fiance, Mezhgan Hussainy.

It’s been musical chairs on the “The X-Factor” â€" a huge hit in Cowell’s native Britain â€" since it debuted on this side of the Atlantic in fall 2011.

Cowell cleaned house after the first season of the Americanized version of the show. Last January, he axed judges Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones.

The 53-year-old then opened up the purse strings to sign some big bold names to compete with his former show, “American Idol,” and NBC’s upstart “The Voice,” each of which boasts celebrity singers in the judging seats.

Hiring Louisiana native Spears was considered a particular coup because of the 31-year-old pop star’s troubled history of meltdowns, antics and eccentricities, like the time she shaved her head in 2007 after her divorce from backup dancer Kevin Federline.

Then there was a period when she spoke only in the voice of “Family Guy” cartoon baby Stewie, the time she drove around with a baby on her lap and that moment of paparazzi ecstacy when she showed the world, in a flash, that she was not wearing panties.

Cowell had defended his judge early in the season on a conference call with reporters. She’s been “a lot better than everybody thought,” he said at the time.

But the Dec. 20 second season finale was watched by only 9.6 million viewers, down 18 percent from the first season finale.

Spears’ bland delivery - her repeated use of the word “amazing” become a running gag for online recappers - didn’t help the “Toxic” numbers.