Britney Spears has apologized to her fans for "pretending to be ok" over her conservatorship.
The singer, 39, took to Instagram for the first time since making her bombshell revelations to a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday (June 23) about the effect her conservatorship has had on her life.
She said that she was sorry for pretending that her life was a "fairytale" when it wasn't.
"I believe as people we all want the fairy tale life and by the way I've posted … my life seems to look and be pretty amazing," she wrote.
She posted this alongside a quote that's attributed to Albert Einstein, per Page Six, which reads: "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
"I apologize for pretending like I've been ok the past two years," she continued. "I did it because of my pride and I was embarrassed to share what happened to me… but honestly who doesn't want to capture [their] Instagram in a fun light!!!!"
The Grammy-winner continued: "Believe it or not pretending that I’m ok has actually helped … so I decided to post this quote today because by golly if you're going through hell … I feel like Instagram has helped me have a cool outlet to share my presence … existence … and to simply feel like I matter despite what I was going through and hey it worked."
On Wednesday, the singer told the courtroom via a video link that her father Jamie's control of her conservatorship has been abusive.
"The control he had over someone as powerful as me, as he loved the control to hurt his own daughter 100,000%. He loved it," she testified, according to a transcript of her statement published by Variety.
"I packed my bags and went to that place. I worked seven days a week, no days off, which in California, the only similar thing to this is called sex trafficking."
She added: "Making anyone work against their will, taking all their possessions away - credit card, cash, phone passport - and placing them in a home where they work with the people who live with them. They all lived in the house with me, the nurses, the 24-7 security."
Britney testified that if she didn't "work from eight to six at night...seven days a week, no days off" that she wasn't allowed to "see my kids or my boyfriend."
Associated Press reports that a long legal process must now take place before Britney can be freed from the conservatorship.
