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At the end of the last century, there was a female star in the American pop music scene that no one knew, and she just came out and became a hit, and in that era when the Internet was not yet popular, all the propaganda means served her.
You may not know if the United States has changed presidents, but you must have heard his songs, she is Britney Spears. Her famous song Baby One More time even set a sales miracle of 13 million copies that year. However, in recent years, there have been more and more negative news about Britney Little Sweet, lost soul, poor spirits, out of shape and so on. On her social media, there were many photos of her with smoky makeup, eyelids rolled up, and the same pose.
Many fans eagerly asked, "Britney, what the hell is wrong with you?" In 2020, Britney's 13-year-old son, Jaden, publicly blamed his grandfather in a live broadcast, when a fan left a message saying: I want to kill your grandfather, And Jaden's reply was: "I want to do this too." In 2021, the New York Times produced the documentary "Framing Britney", which exposed britney's tragic experiences over the years. Today we will talk about what really happened to this international superstar.
Britney Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in Kentwood, Louisiana, a beautiful and quiet town. Britney's father, Jamie. Spears is an engineering contractor and his mother, Lynn, is a teacher. Britney is the second oldest in the family, with an older brother Brian who is 4 years older than her above and a sister 10 years younger than her below. Although Britney's economic conditions are not very rich, she is also a harmonious and well-off family.
When she was a child, Britney would follow her parents to a nearby church every week, and when she was 5 years old, she first sang in the church, and almost everyone in the town knew this cute little girl, but no one thought that she would make a sensation in the world in the future. In 1989, with her mother's beautiful dream, Britney came to Atlanta to participate in the draft for the Mickey Mouse Club (MMC) of the Disney Company. Although Britney, who was only 8 years old at the time, was not selected, the show's producers saw her outstanding singing talent and began a three-year special training for her. In the past three years, Britney has undergone rigorous and professional training, laying a solid foundation for her future acting career. After three years of training, in 1992, spears, who was less than 11 years old, finally became a full member of the "Mickey Mouse Club" and began a tour of the country, singing, dancing, and tv.
Britney has always been the pride of her mother, Lynn, and of course, fathers are proud to have such a wonderful daughter, but in contrast, fathers are more concerned about how much wealth their daughter's talent can bring. In 1993, the Mickey Mouse Club was dissolved. Britney returned to her hometown and attended a regular secondary school. But Britney, who couldn't forget the excitement of singing and dancing on stage, soon returned to the stage, and in 1996, became a signed artist under Jive Records.
In 1999, Britney released her first album, Baby One More Time, which sold 13 million copies that year. In the music video of the song, she dances energetically in the school hallway in her school uniform. Britney's youth and sexiness soon became a benchmark for her peers, and some people who are younger will also listen to Britney's songs and recall their memories of youth. In that era when the boy band was popular, Britney was like a batch of dark horses that suddenly killed and quickly captured everyone's hearts.
In 2000, Britney released her second album, Oops!... I Did It Again" sold 1.32 million copies in its first week. In October of the same year, Britney toured Europe, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair even attended the scene.
Britney is like a contradictory mixture, in her you can see the cute and sweet side, and you can see the sexy and hot side. There's nothing inherently wrong with being sexy, britney female fans are saying, we're all girls, and if you say you don't want to be sexy, you're lying.
But the trouble is that soon after Britney became famous, the White House broke the news that Clinton cheated on intern Monica Lewinsky Monica Lewinsky. The scandal that shocked the whole country made the attitude towards sexy girls in the United States suddenly become conservative, and people began to morally kidnap Britney Spears, believing that her innocence and sexiness were "disturbing mixtures" that would teach bad children. There are even talk show hosts who talk openly about Britney's breasts in interviews, and no male star has ever been asked such a sharp and sensitive question.
Britney's personality at that time was very strong and assertive, she was not willing to deliberately cater to anyone, nor did she want to be a marionette of the agency, she was still wearing a tight top and hot pants, singing youth love songs. Her image is highly controversial, but people still can't help but like her.
In 2000, Britney, whose career was in full swing, fell in love with her boyfriend, justin Timberlake, a popular singer. However, this relationship, and even the next few relationships, did not become a plus in Britney's life, but caused a great impact on her career and psychology.
● Failed feelings and crazy paparazzi
Britney and Justin Timberlake met as early as a young man at the Mickey Mouse Club, because they were similar in age, both looked good-looking, and were once considered "golden children". At the same time, people still like to talk about Britney's sexiness and purity, and britney was openly asked on one show, are you still a virgin?
The relationship between Britney and Justin lasted less than 3 years before it ended. Later Britney was almost pinched into the image of a slut. No one knows the specific reason for their breakup, but Justin took the lead and made a song on his album about women's infidelity, and the actress in the MV looks a lot like Britney.
For a while, both the public and the media pointed the finger at Britney, believing that her infidelity caused the relationship to break up. It wasn't long before Justin said on a radio show that he had been on Britney, which was contrary to Britney's words about maintaining chastity before marriage, making her image even more plummeting.
In a 2003 interview with the ABC Primetime Thursday, the host was sharp,accusing Britney of deeply hurting Justin and mentioning that maryland's governor's wife even said that if she could, she would have shot Britney in the truth. Britney breaks down and cries on the show, but even so, she doesn't say a single bad word about Justin.
In January 2004, Britney and her childhood friend Jason Alexander flashed marriage in Las Vegas, and then divorced 55 hours later, and jason also took Britney's $4 million divorce fee. Years later, in an interview, Jason mentioned that his marriage to Britney was annulled because of Britney's mother. On the day they registered, Britney's mother rushed to Las Vegas, kicked Jason out of the hotel, forced them to divorce, and bought Jason a ticket home. If that's the case, then Britney's parents have been involved and interfering in their daughter's life ever since.
In October 2004, Britney married her dancing accompanist, the little-known Kevin Federline. This is Britney's second marriage, and Kevin is an out-and-out scumbag. Approaching Britney in the first place may have been for Britney's fame and fortune. At the time of his engagement to Britney, Kevin's ex-girlfriend was pregnant with his second child. But Britney says she craves love, craves intimacy, and she desperately wants to build a family of her own. The year after the marriage, Britney gave birth to her eldest son, Sean. At the peak of her career, britney's courage can almost be described as invincible.
But the facts also prove that Britney is really entrusted to non-people, Kevin smoked and drank after marriage, did not return home at night, did not work for a long time, spent Britney's money, and cheated on Britney during her pregnancy. The paparazzi were also like cats that smelled fishy, frantically digging up black material on Britney.
Britney, who was pregnant with her second child, went shopping for coffee and was followed by a group of paparazzi, and her newborn eldest son was also frightened. Britney quickly got into the car, and the paparazzi kept tapping the window. In a hurry, Britney only wanted to flee the scene quickly, she put her son on her lap and drove away, so she left this photo that was criticized by the whole people, and everyone said that Brunland was an unqualified mother, completely disregarding the safety of her children. This is undeniable, Britney's behavior of holding the child like this is quite dangerous, but should we also notice that the husband Kevin next to him is sitting empty-handed in the co-pilot, why doesn't he come to drive, why doesn't he hold the child, and why doesn't the public blame him?
After this photo, all kinds of negative news about Britney's poor care of the child emerged, and gossip magazines all took a magnifying glass to pick out Britney's mistakes. Even, in order to catch the eye, there are tabloids that Britney does not love two children at all, saying that Britney thinks that two children is her biggest "mistake". The more shocking the public is, the more it can bring a lot of income to the paparazzi. At that time, a single black photo of Britney could sell for $1 million.
Perhaps feeling that such a life was too tiring, britney filed for divorce in 2006, just weeks after Britney gave birth to her second son. Kevin threatened britney to pay $26 million in divorce fees, citing sex videos he had made. After completing their divorce in 2007, the two began a battle for custody and custody of their two children. According to Britney's mother, Britney suffered from severe postpartum depression after giving birth to her young son.
But the paparazzi did not let go of her meaning, as long as Britney dared to go out, almost every time she would be photographed, she did not have any privacy, and could not have her own private space. In an interview, Britney cried and said that her biggest wish was for the paparazzi to leave her alone.
In January 2007, Britney's aunt, Sandra Covington, passed away. Family upheavals, combined with unsatisfactory circumstances in life, almost brought Britney to the brink of collapse, and a month later, Britney shaved her hair. At this point, maybe she just wants a fresh start, maybe she just wants to tell the public that I won't be swayed by your opinion. But in any case, the impact of this matter on the public is really too great. After gossip magazines exposed the photos, headlines like "Britney is crazy" and "Britney's psychological breakdown" were everywhere.
Meanwhile, ex-husband Kevin won't let Britney visit the child again until the issue of child custody is in conclusion. Once Britney came to her ex-husband's door and begged to see the child, Kevin still did not open the door. On the way home, the lost Britney was once again chased and blocked by the paparazzi, and this time she couldn't stand it, she grabbed an umbrella and smashed it into the paparazzi's car. There is no doubt that the photos were reported the next day, once again causing a national crusade. At this time, Brany was more like a "crazy woman in the attic" in the public mind than a national idol.
I don't know if it was because of the negative news, in October 2007, Britney lost custody and custody of her two children. In January 2008, even visitation rights were withdrawn.
However, Britney's pain is a source of wealth for unscrupulous media and TV shows, and in a certain quiz TV show, the title set by the program team is, what has Britney lost over the years?
Everyone is taking pleasure in making fun of, taunting, and exposing Britney's scars. On January 31, 2008, Britney was forcibly taken to a psychiatric center for overdosing her medication. While she was hospitalized, Britney's father, Jamie Spears, filed an application in court to obtain "temporary custody" of her daughter. In October 2008, this "temporary custody" was converted into "permanent custody". Such operations are actually very rare in the United States. Custody laws for adults are basically only used on the dying elderly who cannot take care of themselves, who cannot eat, dress, or even have dementia, so they need to be supervised. However, Britney was only 26 years old at the time, and even if she had mental illness, she was not so bad that she could not take care of herself. Still, the court granted Britney Britney's father's claim for custody.
Initially, her father's intervention saved Britney to some extent. Even in a state of extreme mental deterioration, Britney's ability to do business was not affected in the slightest. With the help and planning of her father, in 2008, Britney won MTV's Best Female Music Video, Best Pop Tape, and Best of the Year awards for her single "Piece of me". The father's supervision, coupled with active psychological treatment, made people see Britney back on track. Britney hopes to be recognized by a judge to return some custody of the child to her. What she didn't expect was that there was a bigger trap waiting for him ahead.
● A manipulated life
Britney's father didn't spend much time with britney growing up. His father was an alcoholic and drug addict and later went to a drug rehab center. After the early years of the construction contract business yellowed, I studied cooking, and then tried to open a gym, but all failed. Britney's parents divorced when she was 12 years old, and her relationship with her father has always been frosty, compared to her mother's much better. But Britney's mother wasn't even on the court's list of custodian candidates. In this way, under the judgment of the court, Britney's freedom of life and all her property were given to her father and a woman named Andrew. Piro's lawyers are in charge. Britney wasn't allowed to go out on her own, couldn't decide who to see and what to do. Unable to freely hire a lawyer and be monitored 24 hours a day by her personal bodyguards, her guardian has the right to view all her personal privacy, including medical records, and can communicate with doctors on her behalf and arrange all her work and performances.
During all the years of being supervised, Britney never got a real break, but became a complete working machine. Some fans have counted her workload over the years: released 4 albums, 3 global tours, 4 years of Las Vegas casino residency, full-time judges of the "X-Factor" program, and opened a number of branded perfumes and a lingerie production line. The average annual revenue reached $138 million. But the public assets are only 60 million, and some media have disclosed that most of Britney's property has been transferred by her father. In addition, Britney also has to use 1.5% of her total income as a "guardianship commission". After doing so much intense work, the court and Britney's father still thought she was in a poor mental state and unable to make sane decisions. Admittedly, 13 years ago, when Britney was in crisis, her father's involvement really helped her. But now that so many years have passed, the father still refuses to let go, and it is difficult to judge whether he is out of love for his daughter or whether he regards her as a cash cow for Nijin Doujin.
In fact, Vivian Solin, a lawyer familiar with guardianship law, has long argued that once the ward enters the guardianship system, it is difficult to get out, and he has never seen any ward successfully terminate the guardianship by free will. In the video of Rosenhann's experiment, I once asked the question, how can a mentally healthy person prove that he is not crazy? A normal person, so to speak, I'm going to take a few days off, eat a whole bunch of junk food, have a cocktail party with friends, and then sleep for a day and a night, and no one will say anything. However, if you have a mental or mental illness, similar behavior will be regarded as a legal judgment and must be supervised. Under such conditions, Britney's physical and mental health can be interpreted as "the guardianship system works". Conversely, any small mistake she made would be used as evidence that it was not appropriate to release her from custody.
With the rise of social media such as Instagram and Tiktok, people's access to celebrities' personal lives is no longer limited to gossip tabloids. Britney also gradually began to share small fragments of her life on social media accounts, but it was not known whether it was due to embarrassment or that even her Instagram account was supervised by her father, and Britney never mentioned the issue of custody. Some fans began to wonder if there was some other hidden message in Britney's post.
On January 4, 2019, Britney canceled all her work and disappeared from public view for months, citing her father's poor health and her desire to be able to stay with her family. However, the subsequent revelation of an anonymous lawyer completely exploded public opinion. Lawyers say Britney was once again sent to a mental nursing home, and it was not voluntary at all, amounting to house arrest because Britney rebelled against her father's wishes and wanted to be released from custody.
One fan left a message on Britney's tiktok saying that if you need help, just wear a yellow top in the next video. Britney's next video actually wears a yellow blouse, but in the video, she doesn't say a word, just dangles at the camera.
Fans immediately understood Britney's distress signal and spontaneously organized a massive "Free Britney" campaign. Britney's mother also stepped forward to say she thought ex-husband Jamie was controlling their daughter. Due to too much pressure from public opinion, lawyer Andrew Piro resigned as a custodian, and Britney's father became the sole guardian.
On June 23, 2021, during the custody trial, Britney spoke to the judge via voice how she had been abused by her father and his work team over the past 13 years. After the voice content was circulated online, it caused an uproar. I will put the address of the original audio at the top of the message area, and interested friends can listen to the full text.
Britney mentioned in her statement that she was in custody and completely lost the right to use her property, and she was confiscated her passport, bank card, cash, and mobile phone. Required to work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, the 2018 tour and the 4-year residency in Las Vegas were forced to sign up, and she had to perform on stage even with a fever of 40 degrees. Even simple vacations, manicures, massages, etc. are not approved, and in California, locked up sex workers are not as miserable as she is.
Most creepy is that Britney also said she was forced to have a birth control ring placed so that she could not get pregnant again. She also wants to be able to have her own family and her own life like other ordinary people. "Forced contraception" is the most puzzling of the series of restrictions that Britney has suffered. Spears fans say it's crazy if you can force a woman to be sterilized under the guise of protection. Britney herself also said that if a person has the ability to work normally, make money, and pay others a salary, then what reason is there to impose compulsory custody on her?
But, as lawyer Sorrene once said, it's not so easy to get rid of custody. After several hearings, her father's custody of Britney was extended first to February 2021 and then to September 2021. But the good news is that on August 12, perhaps under public pressure, the father said that in due course he would relinquish his guardianship and resign as property administrator at his daughter's request. But when is this time? The father also said that for so many years, he has met his daughter's requirements within the scope of his ability, while also protecting her best interests, no matter what title he has in the future, he will always be Xiao Tiantian's father.
Her father's relief allowed Britney to see the dawn of freedom. The documentary "Framing Britney" is like a reckoning with the people who have hurt Britney in the past many years, and people hope to save the former American Dreamgirl from the quagmire of life.
Britney's tragedy seems to echo the saying, "The world seeks you to the highest point in order to eventually destroy you with their own hands." Water can carry a boat and can overturn a boat, young and famous, and no one around to guide her correctly, accompanied by the love of the whole people is people's endless snooping on her private life. After the launch of "Framing Britney", I don't know if years of grievances were finally seen by people, Britney cried for two weeks, she said, my life has always been speculated, watched, tried, insulted, and embarrassed by the media, and it is still the same today.
American singer Hayley. Nicole. After watching the documentary, Hayley Nichole Williams said, "No one in today's artists endures the torment of misogyny like Britney." But without her commitment, our culture's perception of mental health would not have reached the level it is today. ”
To this day, Britney's custody case is not completely over. The biggest wish of today's fans is that in the near future, she will be able to control her life freely. By then, she will still be the dazzling star who returned from the wind and waves.
The latest news, on September 29, 2021, the "Sweetie" Britney guardianship case finally came to an end. Her father is no longer Britney's guardian and property administrator! Our Britney is finally free!