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to feel so very unnerved by Britney’s Instagram?

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Lesserspottedmama · 05/12/2020 18:19

Just that. I rarely use Instagram but found myself scrolling Britney Spears account today. It’s incredibly unnerving. She is clearly very very unwell. I found some of her videos disturbing and hard to watch.

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FestiveChristmasLights · 13/12/2020 12:51

It’s rumoured her boyfriend is employed by her father, as a carer?
She certainly doesn't live alone.

I get the impression that whilst she might technically live alone, that she has 24/7 care in a similar way someone who lives in a care or nursing home does. I also think that whilst her boyfriend might be a boyfriend that he is also an employee who looks after her and it’s not a typical relationship.

Bluntness100 · 13/12/2020 12:55

She doesn’t live alone, she lives with a medical/care team who provide her with 24/7 care. She’s clearly very close to her care manager as that’s the woman she wants to take over her conservatoire from her father.

todayIdrankmilk · 13/12/2020 13:01

I've never looked at her Instagram but 10 years is a long time to be under a conservator ship. I thought she would be well now and in control of her own life ( I'm
Not a fan so don't know much about her after all these years)

brunetteonthebus · 08/02/2021 09:58

A new documentary, not sure if it's available in the UK yet but sounds interesting.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/framing-britney-spears-the-court-battle-the-protests-and-the-glee-in-her-suffering-12207958

Emmav2020 · 08/02/2021 14:25

Heyy sorry to just jump on.

Ive just finished the documentary its on you tube for anyone in the uk to watch. Its disturbing. Her family, esp her dad is driven by money. Not much input in her upbringing until he saw a chance to get his hands in her fortune. Give it a watch. Ive been following her situation for years now. Seems her sister is just as greedy as her dad. She had no chance with the family she has x

brunetteonthebus · 08/02/2021 18:59

Ah @Emmav2020 I just tried to watch it on YouTube and it says it's blocked in the UK!

Emmav2020 · 08/02/2021 19:14

@brunetteonthebus yes just been blocked. My sister was half way through and stopped and then saodnit was blocked. Saod available early spring. Glad i watched this morning. Family will probs have the whole thing blocked soo x

Quirrelsotherface · 08/02/2021 19:27

Seems her sister is just as greedy as her dad. She had no chance with the family she has

What was the sister's part in it? Where is her mum in all of this? So sad if she hasn't got anyone on her side Sad

Emmav2020 · 08/02/2021 19:54

@Quirrelsotherface her sister is very much for her dad. At one point she tried to get her hands on britneys britneys to but soon back downed from oressure of the free Britney. Her mum has no part in it but is very much for her to be free from it all. At one point in the documentary when brit was little earning money her dad was not bothered about what she had to do but the money went to him. He said when she is older and worth a fortune she has to buy him a yacht or boat. He had no involvement in much of her upbringing or early success, was nowhere to be seen. Reports are that he was an alcoholic going of with different women behind her mums back x

Emmav2020 · 08/02/2021 19:57

Also what is mention is that her 'boyfriend' sam has been hired by her team to pretend hes her other half. Hes oaid so spend time with her x

Quirrelsotherface · 08/02/2021 20:02

Awful. You can see in her eyes that it's not her. Compare to her earlier pics and videos, looks like a completely different person and that's not just age, there is nothing behind her eyes.

ktp100 · 08/02/2021 20:09

She's always danced like that, jerky etc. I don't find the dancing vids weird at all. I mean, I wouldn't post them if I were her as they're not great and people are judgemental but if she loves just putting on music and going with the whole 'interpretive dance' thing then who's she hurting, really? It could be the thing that helps her ground herself most and who are any of us to judge it?

She's always looked a hot mess when dressing herself. She's clearly not good at it (as many of us aren't) so the difference to when she's had hair/makeup done for tv etc is stark. She's a Mum - again, are we all sitting around dressed up with a full face of make up and our hair perfect? Nope!

The details of the conservatorship are really sad. She must be rather unwell for it to stand after all this time and it's really shit for her that the man with all of the control (her father) she has a terrible relationship with now.

Signs seem to point to her being bi-polar but none of us really know so we're all guessing. Again, sad for her that the World is watching so closely as this has clearly fed into her episodes before.

As for the photo - I mean, misguided maybe but hardly anything to panic over.

I say leave her be and maybe try championing her more rather than expecting her to fit into the 'box' of a typical pop-star. She clearly doesn't, and never did.

noirchatsdeux · 08/02/2021 20:31

I heard/read ages ago that the basis of the granting of the conservatorship was because she was diagnosed with a very rare early-onset form of Alzheimer's and was only going to get worse.

hollieberrie · 08/02/2021 20:53

Just watched it. Very sad. Her dad seems horrid

brunetteonthebus · 08/02/2021 20:58

How did you watch it @hollieberrie? (Or are you not in the UK?) I want to see it but I'm not going on a dodgy site to see it, YouTube have got it blocked here.

hollieberrie · 08/02/2021 21:03

I watched it on a pirate link
I googled watch Framing Britney spears online and eventually I found one

Emmav2020 · 08/02/2021 21:13

@hollieberrie he really does doesnt he. Shes there cash cow. Seems there not lenient or even giving her a chance to proved shes a little better now. Funny how shes not even aloud to drive anymore but fit enough for world tours and residences in Vegas raking in everyone around her a load of money. In her early career she was so in control and into everything that went into any projects she did yet now she has barely any say in what she does. So sad. Feel sorry for her boys aswell having there mum exploited in an horrendous and humiliating way x

SoulofanAggron · 08/02/2021 21:30

Yes, there's the #FreeBritney movement that thinks the conservatorship should be lifted and is a money-making scheme by her dad, but I don't think they put people under one of those unless they're quite poorly, and in theory it should be lifted/loosened when they get a bit better. It's all a balance.

Britney didn't want her dad as conservator. They'dve been better all round to get a professional to do it, it would maybe mean she has a better relationship with her family.

hollieberrie · 08/02/2021 21:38

@Emmav2020 Agreed, cash cow is exactly it.
It's hard to know how unwell she is.. but it's very sad to see her living her life that way.

Welikebeingcosy · 08/02/2021 21:48

Aren't we all spinning in circles at home, posting on social media and doing whatever we can to cheer ourselves up and making a lot less effort with our appearances?

Esse321 · 08/02/2021 21:59

britneyspearsmedia.ru/the-new-york-times-presents-framing-britney-spears/

documentary is available here

Shampops · 08/02/2021 22:22

Britney is the golden goose for her greedy family. Been the breadwinner since she was put on the stage as a tiny child. Pushy stage parents doesn't even come close to describing it. Lindsay Lohan is another one who's paying the price for having similarly awful parents, desperate for her to achieve fame at a young age.

Babochan88 · 08/02/2021 22:38

I’m laughing at the irony of this discussion. This intrusive speculation is PART of the reason things are the way they are. Us the public thinking we have a right to know what’s going on in her life and creating our own ignorant and superficial judgements. Leave this poor woman alone. Who knows what’s going on in her life.

user1473878824 · 08/02/2021 22:39

@Sparklesocks

Could you provide some examples?
Pretty much every post.
Sanchez79 · 08/02/2021 22:42

I'm not going to speculate about what might be going on for Britney, but I will say she comes across as extremely sweet, likable and gentle - she reminds me of a young woman I know who has a learning disability, a refreshing lack of inhibition that whilst obviously makes her extremely vulnerable, also makes her very endearing.

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