Britney Spears

2022 - 8 - 30

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Britney Spears shares new allegations about conservatorship: 'My ... (The Guardian)

Singer says the 'extent of my madness' was 'playing chase with paparazzi' and claims the conservatorship was 'all premeditated'

“Finally, I think they just knew I wasn’t going back.” Prayer and being able to hire her own lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, helped her through it, she said. Under the terms of the conservatorship, she wasn’t allowed to get married or manage her own birth control, she told the court. “I have an amazing song right now with one of the most brilliant men of our time, and I’m so grateful. But it was really tricky because I just had to play this role that everything was OK all the time and I had to go along with it because I knew they could hurt me.” She claimed that the noise made by the growing #FreeBritney movement meant that the facility’s owner had to let her out. I was told I was fat every day, I had to go to the gym … “Why have therapy when it’s forced and in a militant, almost prison-like way?” At one rehearsal, as she previously alleged in her June 2021 testimony at a court hearing on the conservatorship, she refused to accept some new choreography. However, she claimed she was then forced to go on tour. “All I remember is that I had to do what I was told. It was pure abuse and I haven’t even really shared even half of it,” said Spears. “They threw me away – that’s what I felt like, my family threw me away,” she said.

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Britney Spears Posts Pointed Addendum to 22-Minute Voice Memo ... (Billboard)

Britney Spears added to her 22-minute voice memo, saying 'it's not about pleasing others or driving yourself crazy on what others think.'

A reminder to some of you who may have gotten what I said confused … Plus, Britney being Britney, she posted a short video of her in a yellow dress dancing to Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” and “being a f—ing ray of sunshine… “You can lose your individuality on a fake tale of how other people may percieve you and some idiots like me fall into the trap cause unfortunately I do care,” she wrote on Sunday night (August 28).

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Britney Spears' Mom Lynne Spears Reacts to Allegations in Her ... (Cosmopolitan.com)

Lynne Spears responded to Britney Spears' allegations in a 22 minute since-deleted YouTube video about her conservatorship, posting a brief statement on ...

She continued, "Your rejections to the countless times I have flown out and calls make me feel hopeless! And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships! In an Instagram post, Lynne wrote “Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes!

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Britney Spears shared a 22-minute video about her conservatorship ... (Mamamia)

Britney Spears YouTube Video is taking off, with the singer detailing the story behind her conservatorship and her dad's "abuse" against her.

Only now, around ten months on since that monumental ruling, has Britney decided to come forward with her side of the story. Then in late 2021 after the #FreeBritney movement gained increasing momentum, Britney was granted freedom. She even had an IUD inserted which was completely against her wishes. [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/britney-spears-youtube-video-message-conservatorship-family-mother-1235352929/) has reached out to a representative for Britney to verify the authenticity of the YouTube message. And the details shared can only be described as bombshell allegations. [ Britney Spears ](https://www.mamamia.com.au/hold-me-closer)shared the full story behind [her conservatorship](https://www.mamamia.com.au/britney-spears-conservatorship-end/) – a story we had never fully heard of until now.

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After Britney Spears Dropped A Video With New Allegations, Mom ... (Cinema Blend)

Britney Spears made several allegations against her family in a now-deleted video, and her mom Lynne has responded.

Earlier this year, she also had a [public dust-up with her sister](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/britney-spears-is-going-after-jamie-lynns-memoir-again-this-time-with-her-lawyers) Jamie Lynn, who, like her mother, claimed Spears [doesn’t respond to private messages](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/after-britney-spears-accuses-her-of-being-a-scum-person-jamie-lynn-spears-fires-back) and instead uses social media to talk about family issues. [new husband Sam Asghari](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/britney-spears-just-released-some-real-fairytale-footage-from-her-wedding-and-paris-hilton-is-here-for-it) has been very supportive of his wife, whether it be about the pictures and videos she’s dropped on social media or her coming to terms with her past. [officially ended late last year](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/britney-spears-pens-message-to-fans-after-being-released-from-her-conservatorship), the singer has both enjoyed her new found freedom and spoken very openly and transparently about her past. Most recently, she had a [very public war of words](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/after-very-critical-social-media-posts-involving-kids-both-britney-spears-and-kevin-federline-changed-course) with her ex-husband Kevin Federline over custody issues and how often she’s seeing their shared children. She claimed the matriarch of the family could have gotten a lawyer to help her, and instead, would either “hide” or say “we’re praying for her” but not actually offer any support. Last night, Britney Spears posted and then deleted a twenty-plus minute video in which she talked extensively about her personal life and the time she was under a conservatorship.

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Britney Spears Turned Down an Oprah Winfrey Interview (Vulture)

Britney Spears discusses her conservatorship in an audio message on Twitter and how she turned down an Oprah Winfrey tell all in a 20 minute voice memo.

I have way more people on my side than you, you don’t even have a lawyer.” Britney expanded on her struggles in [getting legal representation](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/britney-spears-kevin-federline-sons-videos-lawyer.html), claiming her phone would be “tapped” when she would call and try to meet with counsel. She explained that when she was forced to go to a [mental-health facility in 2019](https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/whats-going-on-with-britney-spearss-mental-health-crisis.html), she didn’t have a choice in the matter. [Britney Spears](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/britney-spears-elton-john-hold-me-closer-tiny-dancer.html) was [initially excited](https://www.vulture.com/2021/11/britney-spears-shares-post-conservatorship-thoughts-online.html) to tell her story in a sit-down interview with someone like Oprah Winfrey back in November 2021, she instead decided to do it herself on YouTube on Saturday night. I feel like the scare tactic and how badly they treated me in the end, I think they thought I was gonna come begging back to work. “I have offers to do interviews with Oprah and so many people. She also wrote about her experience [working with Elton John on “Hold Me Closer,”](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/britney-spears-elton-john-hold-me-closer-tiny-dancer.html) perhaps hinting at a return to music.

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Britney Spears Says She Felt Her Family 'Threw Her Away' in ... (The Cut)

Britney Spears uploaded a 20-minute YouTube describing how she felt during her conservatorship, and claiming her mother was involved from the beginning.

Speaking of her time in the facility, Spears claimed that she was forced to give “six vials of blood” every week and work all day without breaks. Spears detailed a time during her Vegas residency when she says she was in a “secret relationship” with a man who “wanted to just leave the country with me and we had it all set up to just leave.” At the time, she said, “My biggest fear was: What would my dad do if I did do something wrong? Spears claimed that she called her father, crying, but all he told her was to listen to the doctors. “I remember everything got really weird and quiet, and all the directors and producers went in the back room and just spoke, and that was it,” she said. [Spears](https://www.thecut.com/2022/01/jamie-lynn-spears-abc-news-interview.html), who continued to post on Twitter after the video was taken down, is now out of her conservatorship, but her court battles continue. “I remember one of the guys was on an interview on the street and he said, you know, ‘I could be totally wrong, and if I’m wrong, I’ll be really embarrassed and I’ll just go have a drink somewhere.’ He said, ‘But I do feel like they’re doing something to her right now, and I’m not really sure what it is, but that’s what my heart says.’” Spears called the #FreeBritney movement “confusing,” because her family didn’t appear to respond or do anything. According to the singer, the facility was forced to let her go after the #FreeBritney movement gained steam. “I literally spoke in a British accent to a doctor to prescribe my medication, and three days later there was a SWAT team in my home,” she said. The singer claimed that when she was first hospitalized by her parents, she was completely sober. She seemed to confirm the rumors that she had been in contact with Oprah Winfrey about an interview, but “getting paid to tell your story — I feel like it’s kind of silly.” She added, “I’m here just to open myself to others and try to shed a light on — if anyone out there has ever gone through hardships or whatever it is — just to put a light on it, and so that person doesn’t feel alone. Spears opened the video saying that she woke up the morning of the recording feeling the need to tell her story. “I haven’t really had any outlet to share completely [and] openly for so long,” she said.

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Britney Spears skips the flashy interview, shares new perspective on ... (The A.V. Club)

In a since-removed audio message, Spears spoke at length about her family making her feel "not even human"

“To me, it was like they secretly honestly liked me being the bad one—like I was messed up, and they kind of just liked it that way. She recalled being told she was “fat” and made to feel like she was “nothing,” admitting to phoning it in during performances: “I was a robot, honestly. I do feel victimized after these experiences and how can I mend this if I don’t talk about it?” Spears said, revealing that she had kept quiet for so long because of a fear of judgment or others’ disbelief. But no longer: “If you’re a weird introvert oddball like me, who feels alone a lot of the time, and you needed to hear a story like this today so you don’t feel alone, know this: My life has been far from easy, and you’re not alone.” Spears repeated multiple times on the record that she didn’t understand the conservatorship or how she was treated at the hands of her family: “Honestly to this day, I don’t know really what I did. That’s what I felt—I felt like my family threw me away.” I didn’t give a fuck anymore.” She added, “It was demoralizing. Her fans and the [memoir](https://www.avclub.com/britney-spears-15-million-dollar-book-deal-simon-schu-1848575488?_ga=2.33967973.55624759.1661777948-1488648406.1652714420) may be [delayed](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjk0dfdjez5AhW2jokEHeS-CI4QFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fstyle%2F2022%2F07%2Fbritney-spears-memoir-is-complete&usg=AOvVaw29u6YKwjUi3WvjAndvYI4U) by a paper shortage, but that hasn’t stopped her from getting her story directly to her fans. “The whole thing that made it really confusing for me is these people are on the street fighting for me, but my sister and my mother aren’t doing anything,” Spears reflected. It was pure abuse.” (A 2021 New Yorker kind of silly.” (Forthcoming memoir notwithstanding.) Subsequently, she went through each stage of the conservatorship, claiming that “it was all premeditated”: “A woman introduced the idea to my dad, and my mom actually helped him follow through and made it all happen.

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Britney Spears posts 22-minute audio addressing conservatorship ... (CNN)

Britney Spears, who last November celebrated a legal victory that freed her from a 13-year conservatorship that controlled her personal and professional ...

"I have an amazing song right now with one of the most brilliant men of our time and I'm so grateful," Spears said her YouTube post. I have tried everything," , she later clarified those comments, writing, "A reminder to some of you who may have gotten what I said confused ...

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Britney's 'strategic' move in taking down audio clip (9Homes)

The leader of the powerful, worldwide 'Free Britney' movement said he believes the star has a strategy in place after taking down a revealing audio clip ...

"It meant a lot. "Britney is very strategic. She meant for her fans to hear what she wanted to say," he said. "She is writing a book, she has a No.1 song with Elton John - I believe she is going to come back and come back better than ever." "She had people by her side, unfortunately it wasn't her family." Spears also mentioned she was offered a lot of money for a sit-down interview with the likes of Oprah, but "she didn't want any of it".

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Lynne Spears 'hopeless' after Britney's conservatorship video (Los Angeles Times)

In a voice memo she posted Sunday before deleting it, Britney Spears shared disturbing details about her conservatorship. But Lynne Spears wants a word.

I love you so much, but this talk is for you and me only, eye to eye, in private.” “Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes! And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships! I don’t ever remember getting a text from you !!!” “It was always like, ‘I don’t know what to say,’ ‘I just don’t want to say the wrong thing,’ ‘We’re praying for her,’” Britney said. Spears recalled missing out on parties and drinks with friends and having no access to her own money and car keys.

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Chris Dawson awaits murder trial verdict, Britney Spears makes new ... (ABC News)

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as ...

Serena Williams will kick off what is likely to be the last event of her farewell tour, where she will headline opening night in a first-round clash with Montenegro's Danka Kovinić. In the tape she reportedly said her mother Lynne Spears helped make "it all happen". On social media, Lynne Spears has said that she tried to help her daughter The aircraft In a Twitter thread, Ms Tame said she first went to police over the messages earlier this year, but added, "our reactive justice system is too slow and nothing's changed" They won't try to launch it again until September 2 at the earliest The singer-songwriter has reportedly shared —and then deleted — a 22-minute voice recording in which she outlined new allegations about the 13 years she spent under a conservatorship controlled by her father. NASA “It’s dead ice. "Of the 34 injured, nine are between life and death. By Tom Williams Seven Australian tennis players will be in action on day one of the US Open at Flushing Meadows today, including Nick Kyrgios who will play his friend and doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis.

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Britney Spears shared chilling claims about conservatorship in ... (CBS News)

"I haven't wanted to share this because it's unbelievably sad, offensive, abusive – and honestly, would anybody believe me?" she appeared to say in the ...

[ posted a message about her daughter on Instagram.](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch02gBsuaVG/) "Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes! "I was told I was fat every day, I had to go to the gym. She also asks: "How can I mend this if I don't talk about this?" "And that's the last thing they wanted for me." Supporters attended protests and showed up to Spears' court dates during her legal battle to end the conservatorship. Spears said in the recording she didn't know what she did to deserve this punishment. I was kind of like in this conspiracy thing claiming and treating me like a superstar, and yet, they treated me like nothing." And I haven't even really shared even half of it." Spears loves his daughter" and was doing what was in her best interests, "whether as a conservator or her father." Spears has posted frequently about the situation on social media, and has also spoken negatively about her family members and their involvement in the conservatorship. When Jamie Spears was suspended from the conservatorship in September 2021, his attorney said in a statement that "Mr. In the recording, Spears says she has been offered several opportunities, including an interview with Oprah, to share her story.

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Britney Spears Said Her Conservatorship Was A Huge Setup In A 22 ... (BuzzFeed News)

"I haven't wanted to share this because it's unbelievably offensive, sad, abusive, and honestly would anybody believe me?"

And the one time I speak up and say no in the rehearsals to a fucking dance move, they got pissed." I had to go to the gym," she says. Still, she felt like she had to continue to "play this role" and "go along with" what her father and his associates wanted her to do. While on the phone with her dad, Spears says, she was crying as she asked why she was being sent away. While working on her ninth studio album Glory, which was released in 2016, Spears says she "started to get a spark back" and regained more confidence in herself. She recalls "everything got really weird and quiet" as the show's producers went into a room to talk. But still, she was living under her father's rules, she says, and wasn't allowed to go out with friends or her dancers. Spears says the hospitalization left her "completely traumatized out of my mind," but she quickly went back to work after it, making a guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother and starting production on her sixth studio album, Circus. In the recording posted on Sunday, Spears says she has been offered opportunities to share her story for money, like in a sit-down interview with Oprah, but she feels like getting paid to speak her truth was "kind of silly." "Literally the extent of my madness was playing chase with paparazzi, which is still to this day one of the most fun things I ever did about being famous," Spears says. "I honestly still to this day don't know what really I did," Spears says. She also recounted what it was like to work and live under the arrangement and shared more details about when she was allegedly forced into a mental health treatment center in early 2019.

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