Her struggles are once again in the spotlight. Her fans and management are on opposite sides. The battle of Britney Spears.
Britney Spears in April 2018 in Beverly Hills, Calif. The cancellation of a planned Vegas residency has once again put her mental-health struggles in the spotlight — and spawned a flurry of conspiracy theories from concerned fans. By Emily Yahr Emily Yahr Style reporter covering pop culture and entertainment Email Bio Follow May 17 at 10:19 AM Britney Spears walked out of a Los Angeles courtroom last week wearing a red skirt, black T-shirt and no shoes.
Amid reports last month that Spears, 37, checked into a mental-health facility, a #FreeBritney movement went viral — the flames fanned by a podcast that aired unverified claims she was unwillingly forced into treatment. Die-hard fans demanded the end to the pop star’s conservatorship, echoed by celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Rose McGowan. There are indications that Spears herself craves more freedom. At the hearing, she reportedly told a judge that “her father . . .
“She’s just a legend,” said writer Vanessa Grigoriadis, who wrote about the star’s travails for a 2008 Rolling Stone cover story. “Every generation has one massive, mass-market female pop star that people focus on. . . . Madonna was the ’80s into the ’90s, and Britney was the ’90s into the 2000s. For people who grew up with her, they’ll never forget her.”
Spears was clearly not thrilled with the conservatorship. In the 2008 MTV documentary “Britney: For the Record,” she compared the “restraints” on her life to being imprisoned: “Even when you go to jail, there’s the time when you’re gonna get out. But in this situation, it’s never-ending.” At the time, she was preparing to launch her second Las Vegas residency. Highly distracted and struggling to adjust to a new combination of medications, she started missing rehearsals. Eventually, she told her team she didn’t think she could be ready for the scheduled opening in February. “At some point, she called me and said, ‘I don’t think I can get this done to the level I need to get it done,’ ” Rudolph said.
But then in March, Wallet abruptly resigned as conservator, a couple months after asking the court for a pay raise. In a cryptic statement, the attorney said “substantial detriment, irreparable harm and immediate danger will result to the conservatee” if he wasn’t discharged from the assignment. In early April, People magazine reported that Spears was seeking “all-encompassing wellness treatment” at a facility in Los Angeles.
Despite the podcast’s posture of solidarity with the beleaguered and beloved star, it has drawn backlash from critics who note that the hosts have no firsthand knowledge into what’s going on in the life of a woman with a documented history of complex emotional struggles.
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