Britney Spears it has been the undisputed icon of pop culture for many years. The singer has been active in American show business since early childhood, and her professional successes have ensured her popularity and support from fans. Though Britney has been extremely successful over the past 20 years, unfortunately her personal situation became more and more complicated.
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No one seems to doubt that Britney Spears has gone through a lot in the past. The singer is one of the leading pop stars in the world, therefore during many years of career she had both ups and downs, which were happily reported in the colorful press. Until now, we probably all remember the moment when the artist, then regularly followed by dozens of paparazzi, shaved her head bald.
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Such an intense life undoubtedly affected the star’s psyche, and her father soon took care of her, Jamie Spears. Although nobody questioned such a solution at the time, this is how he began the tutelage over Britney’s life, which continues to this day. The thing is that it was to be only a temporary solution, and it has already passed since the court’s decision in this case almost 12 (!) years.
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In the passing months, action is becoming more and more popular #FreeBritney, which fans of the star initiated in social media. Many of them think that Britney is able to manage her own life, and her father intentionally prevents her from returning fully to independence, because he earns a good living over his incapacitated daughter. The artist herself never directly commented on the matter, which only aroused even greater stir among fans.
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So what is the point of the loud action #FreeBritney, which has already gained publicity on social media several times? To fully understand the essence of this matter, we must go back many years.
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Britney Spears began her career as a child, and the first turning point in her career was participation in the program The Mickey Mouse Clubwhere they took their first steps too Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling and her future and former boyfriend Justin Timberlake. Soon Britney began her musical career and almost from the very beginning she became an international star.
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Although the music of the star has always been pleasing to the ear and regularly visited radio stations, fans quickly noticed that in some songs the star tried to smuggle some hidden message. Britney, through her music, has repeatedly mentioned that she feels controlled and treated like a product, and her freedom is regularly violated. It could be felt especially between the lines of songs Lucky, Overprotected, Piece of Me, My Prerogative whether Circus.
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Although every young star finally goes through a period of rebellion, so a similar theme has been present in Britney’s work for years. However, the situation became more acute in 2005, when the singer wanted to decide on her own work. She announced her fifth album then Original Doll, and during an unannounced visit to the KIIS-FM station presented on the air, without the consent of management and the label, a song with the title Mona Lisa.
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In the end, the album never came out, and the song just became an addition to the DVD with the recording of a reality show with her participation. The point, however, is that the label clearly did not want Britney to be personally involved in her career. Two years later, the star was in the center of controversy after a nervous breakdown, as a result of which she shaved her head bald, drove a pink wig and attacked the paparazzi with an umbrella.
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In 2007, Britney not only struggled with her own demons, but also had to face media publications about herself that adorned tabloid covers almost every day. Every step she followed was followed by subsequent escapades, meticulously documented for the needs of the media. In 2019 in the document Britney Spears: Breaking Point it also came to light that security guards intentionally facilitated paparazzi access to the star in exchange for bribes.
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Ultimately in 2008 the star went to her father’s tutelagewho has been managing her career and assets. That is the court’s decision Jamie Spears he was to lead the life of his daughter, who was apparently unable to take care of herself. If his decision might have seemed right then, then sentenced guardianship – initially introduced only for a year – continues until today, and 38-year-old Spears does not have full control over anything that concerns her life.
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According to the court decision, Britney Spears to this day can not, among others leave home alone, vote in elections, hire your own lawyer, control your finances, manage your music career, give unauthorized interviews, use the phone and social media without permission or contact people who will not be thoroughly checked before. Everything, of course, as part of “caring” for the life of a 38-year-old star today.
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The potential consequences that Britney may have in case of insubordination are also important. If the guardianship rules were violated, the star would be sent to a psychiatric hospital, which happened at the beginning of 2019. Officially, Spears reported herself to the center, and the reason was supposed to be stress related to her father’s deteriorating health. Earlier, the star in turn canceled her residency in Las Vegas and announced that she would have a break from artistic activity.
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Britney Spears has serious problems
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Of course, there are people who think that Britney was held in an institution against her will. So claimed, among others podcast authors Britney’s Gramwho think that hospitalization of the star was a consequence of defying the father and refusing to continue taking medication. After leaving the hospital, the star assured fans that everything was all right, but in May she appeared at the first hearing on the abolition of paternal guardianship.
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After the May hearing, at which Britney and her mother, the court decided to look into the case. In September 2019, there were reports of alleged violence that Jamie Spears was about to commit to one of her sons, Seana Prestona. According to the portal The Blast in the influx of fury, the star’s father was supposed to even break down the door, which caused a huge commotion in the media. Since that time, Jamie has already received a three-year court ban on Britney’s sons.
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Interestingly, although Britney is not able to comment on any of the media reports on the subject, it her friends and family members were slightly more effusive. The mother of the star did not miss the action itself or the fans’ fears, because she liked and commented on social media posts related to the case several times. The sister of the star also subtly referred to the matter, and support for Britney was publicly communicated by many stars, including Cher, Miley Cyrus, Mario Lopez and her former friends Paris Hilton i Heidi Montag.
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It is worth mentioning here that the costs of guardianship over one’s own life are borne by Britney, and annually is allocated for this purpose over a million dollars. The star father himself earns more than that 100,000 dollars, not to mention paying the lawyer, which the artist never even hired. Jamie, however, remembers the needs of 38-year-old Britney, because he gives her “weekly wages” of around $ 1,500so that she can meet her basic needs. It is worth mentioning that the star’s fortune is estimated at … $ 250 million.
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For years, irregularities related to the father’s guardianship over Britney have also been said. In 2008, Jenny Eliscu was published in the magazine Rolling Stone argued that the star looked perfectly fit and mentally stable, which contrasted with court documents according to which Spears was to be “seriously disabled”. Her father was also supposed to argue that the guardianship would be … Britney was showing dementia.
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Doubts are also raised by the fact that in 2008, just two months after her stay in a psychiatric hospital, Britney returned to work almost immediately. Since then, she has released four music albums, went on tour three times and acted as a juror in the X Factor program, which according to fans, it does not indicate that it could not decide on its own. Fans believe that if the star was able to work and earn more millions, then mit can finally decide for itself what to do.
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Notwithstanding the continuation of this story and subsequent court decisions, #FreeBritney movement has become a reality, and star fans are not about to let go. Will the singer really regain her freedom as fans ask for it? We will probably find out in the near future.
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