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Over the last few months, a social media movement has been growing calling for singer Britney Spears to "be freed" from the conservatorship held by her father.
Fans of the 38-year-old 'Toxic' singer have recently been taking to social media to voice their renewed concern for Britney's wellbeing following her recent social media posts during the pandemic lockdown.
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The hashtag "#FreeBritney" has subsequently been making the rounds on social media - with posts like the one below amassing millions of views:
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Fans have speculated that Britney may be suffering due to the conservatorship she has been under for the past 12 years.
She was first placed under a conservatorship back in 2008 after suffering a series of mental breakdowns, which required medical intervention.
Per NME, the singer has had much of her personal affairs – including her finances, mental health, and music career – controlled by legal guardians (largely her father) under the terms of the conservatorship.
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Now, Britney's father, Jamie Spears, has finally broken his silence on the movement and opened up about his daughter's conservatorship.
In an interview with The Post on Saturday, the pop star's father reportedly described the call to '#FreeBritney' as "a joke".
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"All these conspiracy theorists don't know anything. The world don't have a clue," he told the publication. "It's up to the court of California to decide what's best for my daughter. It's no one else's business."
Jamie also slammed claims that he has been stealing money from his daughter's estate, to which he said: "I have to report every nickel and dime spent to the court every year. How the hell would I steal something."
Addressing his daughter's passionate fanbase, Jamie Spears said: "People are being stalked and targeted with death threats. It's horrible. We don't want those kinds of fans. I love my daughter."
The Post noted that the father did become emotional making the statement.
He closed by saying: "I love all my kids. But this is our business. It's private."
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Britney's brother, Bryan, also spoke out about the movement last month in an interview on the As Not Seen on TV Podcast.
"She’s been in this thing for quite some time now. Obviously there was a need for it in the beginning," Bryan Spears explained. "Now they’ve made some changes and all we can do is hope for the best."
While he said that some fans believe his sister is being "held against her will in some capacity," he insisted that the conservatorship has been "a great thing" for their family and said they "keep hoping for the best".
"We kind of came together and not everybody agreed with it either; everyone had their own opinion like, maybe we should do it this way or that way," he continued. "But at the end I think we made the right choice."
You can watch the entire interview below:
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Bryan went onto say that their father Jamie has "done the best he could, given the situation he was put in", and said that the had to "work together as a family to keep it all going."
"One person might be on stage and doing this, but it’s a sacrifice from everybody," he added. "Everyone is putting in, to some degree, a little bit to keep everything going."
Britney Spears' younger sister, Jamie Lynn, has taken to Instagram to passionately defend her pop star sister from speculation over her mental health.
When responding to a follower who commented on Britney's "OBVIOUS mental illness", the Zooey 101 actress responded by describing her sister as a "strong, badass, unstoppable woman."
