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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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LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 05/12/2020 18:43

Those dance videos are cringe.

If insta had been around when Whitney had her drug induced breakdown no doubt her feed would have been similar.

It looks like the feed of someone who is broken mentally. Very sad.

Emeraldshamrock · 05/12/2020 18:43

@FrancoBranco Well said it's disgraceful.

Thecherryontheverytop · 05/12/2020 18:44

@SleepingStandingUp

I dont know him, I dont know her, I dont know the dynamics of their relationship.

To me it looks like an awkwardly posed photo wheres hes framing her face with his hands..but it just looks awkward to me, his hand aren't even touching her though so I think it's a big leap to say its a photo of him with his hands around her neck like he's strangling her.

sofiaaaaaa · 05/12/2020 18:44

I think they let her post on socials to keep her public image alive (and therefore the money can keep rolling in)

TeachesOfPeaches · 05/12/2020 18:44

There is a #freebritney movement supported by people like Paris Hilton. Her dad has total control and she recently lost a court battle to give control to someone else. Think she was compared to being like someone in a coma. Very sad.

Lesserspottedmama · 05/12/2020 18:45

Emeraldshamrock - I think her life has really damaged her. I read that her children were only 3 months and 20 months or something when she lost all custody. That kind of thing must be hard to ever recover from.

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sofiaaaaaa · 05/12/2020 18:48

I’m sure her content is vetoed before it goes live though.

SleepingStandingUp · 05/12/2020 18:48

[quote Thecherryontheverytop]@SleepingStandingUp

I dont know him, I dont know her, I dont know the dynamics of their relationship.

To me it looks like an awkwardly posed photo wheres hes framing her face with his hands..but it just looks awkward to me, his hand aren't even touching her though so I think it's a big leap to say its a photo of him with his hands around her neck like he's strangling her.[/quote]
I don't know him, it's not a personal comment on him. But look where his fingers are at the back of her head, holding or in place. Then the hand in front. If Brittney was my friend posting that on FM it would make me feel uncomfortable. I think it's especially because of his hand round the back

SleepingStandingUp · 05/12/2020 18:49

This

to feel so very unnerved by Britney’s Instagram?
Thereluctantstepmother · 05/12/2020 18:51

Yanbu. Seriously weird.

Lesserspottedmama · 05/12/2020 18:53

@FrancoBranco - exactly this! She has made a huge amount of money, yet it seems her quality of care is horrendous. She should have a team of lovely people looking after her, taking her out places she wants to go to, giving all the best treatment and care.. lots of holistic stuff as well as meds and therapy.

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feelingmehmeh · 05/12/2020 18:53

What work has she had done on her face?

Still looks 35.

Sad that's shes still trying to be 17 years old. Very sad.

SonjaMorgan · 05/12/2020 18:53

I saw her Instagram a while ago and found it quite unsettling. The dancing is bizarre and she seems childlike. I have always been uncomfortable around her conservatorship, if she is that unstable then I believe keeping her out of the public eye would be for the best. I believe her son also lashed out towards Britney's dad on Instagram.

TinkerPony · 05/12/2020 18:53

"Today 18:45Lesserspottedmama
Emeraldshamrock - I think her life has really damaged her. I read that her children were only 3 months and 20 months or something when she lost all custody. That kind of thing must be hard to ever recover from."
Could she have suffer from postpartum psychosis given that her youngest was only 3 months old at the time?

sofiaaaaaa · 05/12/2020 18:55

It looks like he’s propping her up in that pic. Definitely a forced photo

user1481840227 · 05/12/2020 18:56

I don’t think there is anyone who could watch her videos and not come to the conclusion that she is very mentally unwell.

This is where all of the freeBritney stuff is coming from.
Perhaps she is mentally unwell and needs conservatorship...or maybe she's like this as a result of the conservatorship.

Is that kind of thing normal in America or is it only because she's so rich?
How is anyone supposed to mature and grow if they're not allowed to make their own decisions?
It's like she is being treated like an animal raised in the zoo who would be unable to return to the wild!

Userzzz · 05/12/2020 18:57

Sooooo strange! She must be on some heavy drugs.

Cba78 · 05/12/2020 18:57

It’s really very sad to see. There are conspiracy theories about it all, done say she doesn’t even post the videos/pics. She seems almost robotic and very childlike, I’ve never seen anyone like that before, it’s heartbreaking.
Does anyone know what her mental illness is? I’m not sure what happened to her but she was so full of life when younger.
I remember seeing her on interviews on Jonathan Ross and Loose women a few years ago, it was like she was reading off an auto cue, she really wasn’t there at all. I remember thinking how could they have her put out in the public like that? Where’s her mum and her sister in all this?

Userzzz · 05/12/2020 18:58

Jesus just watched a video of her dancing, she looks possessed!

Cba78 · 05/12/2020 18:58

*Some say

Thecherryontheverytop · 05/12/2020 18:59

@SleepingStandingUp

My bad, i didn't see him touching the back of her head, I though both hands were hovering around her head.
I dont think it would bother me though if a friend posted a photo like that unless there was other stuff going on to make me think he was controlling.

I'm not saying he's not like that, but I'm just saying based on that one photo it wouldn't bother me.

She does however seem stuck in the late 90's with her style and also with the way she is in general..its like she never grew up/moved past that stage?

SleepingStandingUp · 05/12/2020 19:01

@sofiaaaaaa

It looks like he’s propping her up in that pic. Definitely a forced photo
Yes it could be a keeping her in position thing. I still don't like it but maybe it is just cos the whole thing is weird. She's meant to be so damaged etc but she's got a partner who presumably she has a sexual relationship with? The coma comments bit she's ok to have a bf?
OctaviaOrange · 05/12/2020 19:02

Nobody's hands are round her neck? Honestly this is how things just become fake news. I've looked at the pic - talk about making something out of nothing

The conservatorship and medication I can't offer an opinion on as, you know, I'm not privy to her personal life - just like the rest of you.

Bluntness100 · 05/12/2020 19:06

I think it’s unfair to say she has had basic rights removed, or that her life has damaged her. From what was on the court documents, and only the initial summary was available when lodged,she has a mental illness she will never recover from, and it is likely genetic and only became apparent as she reached maturity.

She seemingly has no decision making ability, I think one of her lawyers stated asking her to sign a court document was no different to asking a coma patient, she has no capability.

It is very sad, but she has a care manager who lives with her, and many other staff, and the conservatoirship is to protect her.

She objects to her father doing it, but not the conservatorship it’s self snd wants her care manager to do it. However you need to remember she doesn’t have the ability to make that decision, or understand the consequences of it.

I’m sure there is stuff her father does she doesn’t like. What’s not understood is is he doing it in her best interests, and the courts, and the huge medical team the court put into independently assess her feel he is. And that she needs this. Hence why they have continued it.

The fact she might want to go do stuff, or be pissed her dad doesn’t let her, is actually irrelevant it’s whether she’s capable of doing that stuff and the decision to do it is in her best interests.

It’s like just because your five year old wants to go play with the big dog next door, doesn’t mean you will let them. Becayse you can assess the risk much better. Your five year old will be upset they can’t go play with rhe dog, but you know you’re saying no to protect them.

It’s very rare people are in the public eye this young, she was sixteen when hit me baby was released, and then it’s later found as they reach early adult hood that they have a serious mental condition that they can’t recover from.

wildraisins · 05/12/2020 19:07

The internet is so weird in that it keeps people famous long after they should have faded into obscurity.

Wouldn't really occur to me to look up Britney Spears, to be honest!