Britney Spears

2022 - 8 - 29

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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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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 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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'They made me feel like nothing' | Britney Spears addresses ... (eNCA)

Britney Spears on Sunday released a lengthy audio message concerning the controversial guardianship that kept her primarily under her father's cont...

The conservatorship began in 2008. And I'm 30 years old, living under my dad's rules. The 22 minutes of audio of Spears' voice remain available online, however.

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Britney Spears Details Alleged Family Abuse, Says She Had a ... (Complex)

In an extensive message, Britney Spears detailed the abuse she faced during her conservatorship, while also revealing that she had a “secret relationship.”

And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships!” wrote Lynne, who Britney accused of “doing nothing” to help her during the conservatorship. “Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes! “I was told I was fat every day,” she added. She’s since gotten [married to Sam Asghari](https://www.complex.com/music/britney-spears-sam-asghari-get-married-in-intimate-home-ceremony), but in her message, Spears revealed that at one point she had a “secret relationship” in which she spoke with an unidentified individual about escaping the country together. Britney recalled doing lengthy Las Vegas residency during the conservatorship, a time in which she recalled acting like a “robot.” “My performances, I know, were horrible,” she added. I couldn’t have cash,” Spears added.

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Britney Spears Posts Audio Message Calling Conservatorship ... (CNET)

Here's what Spears says in the newly released audio. And how her mother Lynne Spears responded.

I love you so much, but this talk is for you and me only, eye to eye, in private." Your rejections to the countless times I have flown out and calls make me feel hopeless! I couldn't process how my family went along with it for so long." Because I couldn't go where I wanted to go … "I know now, it was all premeditated," Spears said. She also says she believes the conservatorship was "premeditated."

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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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'They made me feel like nothing': Britney Spears addresses ... (News24)

Britney Spears on Sunday released a lengthy audio message concerning the controversial guardianship that kept her primarily under her father's control for ...

"They made me feel like nothing, and I went along with it," Spears says, describing being fat-shamed. The 22-minute audio recording remains available online, however. "I woke up this morning, and I realised there's a lot going on in my head that I haven't shared with anyone," Spears said in the raw, emotional recording obtained by On Sunday, Britney Spears released a lengthy audio message concerning the controversial guardianship that kept her primarily under her father's control for more than 13 years. - Britney Spears released a lengthy audio message concerning the controversial guardianship that kept her primarily under her father's control for more than 13 years. - "I woke up this morning, and I realised there's a lot going on in my head that I haven't shared," Spears said in the since-deleted recording.

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Britney Spears & Elton John Planning 'Huge Production' For New ... (Hollywood Life)

Britney Spears and Elton John are planning a 'huge production' for their 'Hold Me Closer' music video. Get EXCLUSIVE details here.

The jam has a techno-infused beat and has fans of both artists singing along and dancing to it in social media videos and beyond. The singers are planning a “huge production” for the project and are “ready” for it, according to a source. She is ready for this video, and she is now ready to get back to her music.

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Britney Spears, Elton John working on 'Hold Me Closer' music video ... (The News International)

Britney Spears and Sir Elton John are reportedly planning a music video for their latest collaboration Hold Me Closer.The hotly released track, which jumped ...

“Of course, it is going to be a huge production, but Britney is now ready for this. “But nothing has been formulated, yet, in terms of a storyline, and /or concept.” She is ready for this video, and she is now ready to get back to her music.

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Britney Spears and Elton John's new track shoots to number 1 (STLtoday.com)

'TMZ' reports that Britney Spears has made a remarkable comeback, once again reaching the top of the music charts. Her collaboration with Elton John, ...

1 on the charts. 1 on iTunes in the United States. In 35 countries, including England, the song has reached No.

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Britney Spears and Elton John team up for ICONIC collab Hold Me ... (PINKVILLA)

Britney Spears returns to the music scene after 6 years with a collab feat Elton John.

I am so grateful that I got the opportunity to work with you and your legendary mind.” He went on to gush about the Toxic singer, "I love her dearly and am delighted with what we've created together.” After their first meeting, a subsequent tweet from Spears expressing her love for John's hit song Tiny Dancer fanned the flames on a possible collab. As for Britney, she also talked about working with John, “I was so honoured when the incredible Sir Elton John asked me to join him on one of his most iconic songs. Within hours of its release, the song charted No 1 on numerous charts as expected since the Gimme More singer was coming back with a single after a long 6-year hiatus. [Elton John ](https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/ed-sheeran-reveals-elton-john-calls-him-every-single-morning-amid-battle-covid-19-931593)AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in 2014.

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Britney Spears rejects offer for Oprah Winfrey tell-all interview (Jacaranda FM)

In a now deleted YouTube video that was released on Sunday, Britney Spears spoke on a few things including that she was offered loads of money to have a tell- ...

[Jacaranda FM empowers female entrepreneurs with a grand prize worth over R500,000](https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/breakfast-martin-bester/jacaranda-fm-empowers-female-entrepreneurs-grand-prize-worth-over-r500000/) But things have changed. ['They made me feel like nothing': Britney Spears addresses conservatorship](https://www.jacarandafm.com/news/entertainment/they-made-me-feel-nothing-britney-spears-addresses-conservatorship/)

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Britney Spears, Elton John planning 'huge production' for 'Hold Me ... (Geo News)

Britney Spears and Sir Elton John are working to create a music video for their song Hold Me Closer as per recent reports. The hotly released track, ...

“Of course, it is going to be a huge production, but Britney is now ready for this. “But nothing has been formulated, yet, in terms of a storyline, and /or concept.” She is ready for this video, and she is now ready to get back to her music.

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How Britney Spears' relationship with her parents fell apart (Daily Mail)

The conservatorship resulted in a 13-year-long battle amongst the family and exposed how toxic the star's family was. DailyMail.com is looking back on how ...

Under the rules of the probate conservatorship, Jamie now has equal control over her estate to a third party and an attorney, Andrew Wallet. Britney in 2008 for a custody hearing as part of her split with Kevin Federline. I just don't want to say the wrong thing. 'And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships! However, just three years later in 1993, the star became one of the members of the popular Disney show. 'It was always, like, ''I don't know what to say. But away from the spotlight, Britney claims she was being 'abused' by her 'controlling' father Jamie, now 70, who was struggling with his own alcohol addiction issues. 'My dad may have started the conservatorship 13 years ago … She said: 'It is clear to me that James P. But, as it turns out, when the cameras stopped snapping, and the studio lights went down, Britney's family life was far more dark and complicated... My mom and dad, bottom line, do not get along. 'My brother was a football player.

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Britney Spears says her family 'threw her away' (Independent Online)

The 40-year-old pop star's conservatorship ended last year, and the 'Gimme More' singer has now opened up about her relationship with her family.

"They threw me away. Otherwise, why weren't they outside my doorstep saying: 'Baby girl, get in the car, let's go'?" The “Oops!…

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Britney Spears Calls Conservatorship 'Demoralizing' in Candid ... (CNET)

Here's what Spears says in the newly released audio. And how her mother Lynne Spears responded.

I love you so much, but this talk is for you and me only, eye to eye, in private." Your rejections to the countless times I have flown out and calls make me feel hopeless! I couldn't process how my family went along with it for so long." Because I couldn't go where I wanted to go … "I know now, it was all premeditated," Spears said. She also says she believes the conservatorship was "premeditated."

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Britney Spears And Elton John's Collaborative Single Begins To Hit ... (Forbes)

On Friday (August 26), the pop superstar joined Elton John on the collaborative “Hold Me Closer,” which is already trending toward becoming a huge hit in a ...

24 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart, which is something of a blend of the other two pop radio lists. Over on the Adult Contemporary radio chart, “Hold Me Closer” also lands the top debut, as it comes in at No. It is one of only two new arrivals on the tally, and it’s off to a fantastic start, as it is already inside the upper half of the list. Spears was credited on a cut by ALTEGO which melded Ginuwine’s “Pony” with her “Toxic,” and which climbed to No. In about a week, Billboard should announce where “Hold Me Closer” debuts on the Hot 100 and various other charts, but for the moment, it’s new to three radio-focused tallies, which operate on a different timetable than all other lists. On Friday (August 26), the pop superstar joined Elton John on the collaborative “Hold Me Closer,” which is already trending toward becoming a huge hit in a number of nations.

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'Iconic and Amazing': Inside Britney Spears' Comeback Duet With ... (Rolling Stone)

Andrew Watt, who produced the Britney Spears and Elton John duet "Hold Me Closer," explains how the song came together.

“She was so free and improv-ing over it,” he says. “She was like, ‘OK, where do I go to record?'” he says. John added new piano lines, including a bit of Rhodes — duetting with himself, half a century apart — and played around with the verses to “The One” with a new melody. Ultimately, Watt was excited to hear her falsetto on the song, which he likens to her singing on “Toxic,” and the way her voice harmonized with John’s. And it was really awesome to witness and see her be so powerful and crush it. “She wanted to speed up the record a little bit, and we did that. “She knew exactly what she wanted to do,” he says. “Elton reached out, and she loved the idea and wanted to do it.” The producer — who first met John in 2019 when working on the Ozzy Osbourne song “Ordinary Man,” which featured the two singers together — had originally picked “Tiny Dancer” “not only [because it’s] one of my favorite songs of all time but one of the greatest recordings/songs/ballads literally ever.” But he mostly wanted to listen to the original multi-tracks. John had met Spears at the 2014 Oscars viewing party for his AIDS foundation, and she had [tweeted the following year](https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/657026334988697600) about her love of “Tiny Dancer.” “I was just like, ‘If this sucks, no one will ever have to hear it,'” he says, chuckling. On the song, John and Spears sing the verses to John’s 1992 single, “The One,” octaves apart, as an elastic guitar line stretches around the vocals and enfolds them. It’s a feel-good moment thanks to Spears’ trademark adlibs (a “baby” here and there) and melismatic melodies.

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Lynne Spears Responded After Britney Spears Claimed She Had To ... (BuzzFeed News)

Lynne Spears Responded After Britney Spears Claimed She Had To Draw “Six Galls Of Blood Every Week” At A Mental Health Facility While Her Family Were At Her ...

Your rejections to the countless times I have flown out and calls make me feel hopeless!” she continued, before going on to claim that she’s “tried everything.” “I remember the main thing of when I was in that place was that my heart felt like it was frozen, like it was stuck inside. And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships!” she began. “So I did it, I went to the place, I was scared out of my mind,” she says. “I remember my dad calling me on the phone and I was crying. Britney continues, “I’m honestly more angry at my mom because I heard when reporters would call her at the time and ask questions of what was going on. “The whole thing that made it really confusing for me was these people are on the street fighting for me, but my sister and my mother aren’t doing anything. And I went along with it because I was scared and fearful.” “All I do remember is I had to do what I was told. “I was a fucking machine. “The main thing I do remember when I first started was my dad’s control. The singer publicly testified that under the conservatorship, she was forced to have an IUD in order to prevent her from having more children and wasn’t allowed to get married, among other claims.

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Britney Spears bombshell audio only 'fraction' of what she'll write in ... (Geo News)

The singer made a lot of revelations in her voice memo including that she was offered “lots of money” for an interview with Oprah Winfrey and that she almost ...

“This is just a fraction of what she is going to say in her book. “She knows that the intended recipients heard this.” The singer made a lot of revelations in her voice memo including that she was offered “lots of money” for an interview with Oprah Winfrey and that she almost fled US with secret beau.

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Britney Spears says her family 'threw her away' (Purdue Exponent)

"I do feel victimised after these experiences and how can I mend this if I don't talk about it?" Britney accused her sister Jamie Lynn Spears and her mom Lynne ...

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Britney Spears' voice memo was a glimpse of what she's planned for ... (The News International)

Britney Spears only shared a glimpse of what she will write in her upcoming memoir in her recently released bombshell audio, claimed source.

“This is just a fraction of what she is going to say in her book. “She knows that the intended recipients heard this.” The singer made a lot of revelations in her voice memo including that she was offered “lots of money” for an interview with Oprah Winfrey and that she almost fled US with secret beau.

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'Hold Me Closer' Producer Says It Was 'Awesome' to Watch Britney ... (PEOPLE.com)

Britney Spears and Elton John released an updated version of his hit "Tiny Dancer" last week.

The track comes after last year's release of "Cold Heart," which reworked "Rocket Man" with the help of Dua Lipa. I'm in the tub right now and I'm about to go have the best day ever and I hope you're well." He continued: "And it was really awesome to witness and see her be so powerful and crush it. Those moments are so 'her' and so much of her personality," he said. She wanted to speed up the record a little bit, and we did that," he said. But after a call from John, she quickly agreed, as "Tiny Dancer" is one of her favorite songs.

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