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Published 10:28 06 Oct 2020 GMT
Britney Spears has taken to Instagram to say she wants fans to see the real her, and has shared photos to show the difference between "Instagram versus reality".
The 38-year-old pop star posted several pictures of herself wearing glasses, a checked shirt, and jeans, and said she often feels "insecure" when photos are taken of her without feeling prepared.
"Instagram versus Reality!!!! I wanted to show you what I really look like on a daily basis," Spears captioned the post. "I can get insecure when photos are taken of me that I'm not prepared for… so I have always put so much effort into my appearance."
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She continued by saying that "sometimes it's nice to not try so hard and pull down your walls every now and then… It takes a lot of strength to do that."
The singer then added a "fun fact" about herself, revealing that instead of cheerleading, she played basketball when she was at school. The Toxic star said she was the point guard and "called the shots" but "dear God we sucked… we only won 3 games each season."
And many of Britney's 26.5 million followers adored the candid and relaxed snaps:
However, other Instagram users were left concerned for the singer, and took to the comments section to voice their worries:
This comes after Spears was proffered support by the American Civil Liberties Union after a court ruled that her father Jamie Spears remains the sole conservator of her estate.
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 by her father back in 2008 after suffering a series of mental breakdowns, which necessitated medical intervention.
The hashtag "#FreeBritney" has subsequently been making the rounds on social media.
The singer has had much of her personal affairs – including her finances, mental health, and music career – controlled by legal guardians (largely her father, Jamie Spears) under the terms of the conservatorship.
Now, the ACLU has publicly reached out to the singer. "The ACLU has since publicly reached out to Britney after the non-profit organization tweeted: “People with disabilities have a right to lead self-directed lives and retain their civil rights. If Britney Spears wants to regain her civil liberties and get out of her conservatorship, we are here to help her," they wrote.
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The organization then proceeded to share an article published on aclu.org, titled “How Conservatorship Threatens Britney Spears’ Civil Rights."
Conservatorship "is the court weighing into the person’s life and saying you, as a person with a disability, are no longer able to make decisions about yourself and livelihood – such as where you live, and how you support and feed yourself – and we are putting someone else in charge of making those decisions. Because it’s such an extreme step to take, it’s really supposed to be a last resort," Zoe Brennan-Krohn, staff attorney with the ACLU’s Disability Rights Project, wrote in the article.
"We don’t know if Britney Spears identifies herself as a person with disabilities, or what, if any, diagnoses she has received,” Brennan-Krohn added.
"But by virtue of being under a conservatorship, we know that the court has determined that she is disabled, and has stripped away her civil rights because of that disability. So it’s inherently a civil rights/civil liberties issue," she continued.
"What we don’t know is what the info the court had, what Britney has said about what she wants specifically, what other options have been tried, or what her lawyers have said," she added.
"So while it’s possible that this is an example of a thoughtful conservatorship that was implemented as the last resort and is being reviewed carefully, thoroughly, and regularly, that is not the norm for conservatorships, and it appears inconsistent with what we see of Britney publicly."
