Britney Spears has caused concern over a recent Instagram video, in which she is seen dunking her face in a cake during her birthday week earlier this month.
The singer - who recently turned 41 on December 2 - sported a bright red Christmas jumpsuit in the festive video.
The short clip sees her drink what appears to be champagne, gyrate on the floor, do her signature hair flip dance move, and hold up her middle finger to the haters. At the end of the video, she dunks her face in birthday cake, rubbing the icing down her front as she poses for the camera.
Eartha Kitt's 'Santa Baby' song plays in the background of the video, which has since been deleted from Spears' social media. The week of her birthday also saw her Instagram account deactivated, which she claims to have accidentally done herself, having inadvertently pressed "the wrong button," TMZ detailed.
Several fans took to social media after viewing the video, with one person writing: "Gotta admit this video did kinda creep me out."
"Poor girl. So talented, so much to give. This is painful to watch," another user added.
Though, not everyone considered the video to be peculiar, with many netizens chiming in that Spears is allowed to live her life as she pleases following the termination of her 13-year conservatorship in 2021.
"She owes the world nothing. She doesn't have to 'give' anyone anything, regardless of her talents. She's given enough. She can live however she wants now," someone tweeted.
"People cannot understand someone who truly does not care anymore what her image is or what people think of her. She's having fun and letting loose and it's not a esthetically pleasing it's messy and fun. We don't ever show our true sides just the filtered ones [sic]," another person added.
Spears' unconventional behavior has taken the spotlight across social media platforms - predominantly Instagram - following the end of her traumatic conservatorship last year.
Her father Jamie and attorney Andrew Wallett became her legal conservators following concerns over her mental welfare in 2008 - effectively ruling her life through controlling both her financial and career choices, as well as major personal matters.
The conservatorship saw Spears' ability to remarry and even visitation rights to her two sons controlled and managed.
In June 2021, five months before her conservatorship was legally terminated, she told a court via BBC: "I want to be able to get married and have a baby. I was told right now in the conservatorship I am not able to get married and have a baby."
The 'Toxic' singer even added that she wasn't allowed to remove her IUD, and was therefore unable to start a family with her longtime partner Sam Asghari.
Following the end of her conservatorship, Spears has openly spoken about her experiences and has regularly taken to social media to spread messages of positivity.
