Leave Britney Alone!
She’s trying her best!
Becoming the new-age version of Chris Crocker was certainly not on my 2023 bingo card, but here we are.
Listen, I’m going to need you guys to show Britney Spears some grace. I know her online antics have left something to be desired as of late. Nevertheless, she’s well within her rights.
Some Britney History
For those too young to remember, Britney Spears dominated the pop charts for the entire first decade of this century. Britney had it all: a thriving career, great looks, fantastic dance moves, a string of classics, and, let’s not forget, a super cute pop star boyfriend.
Nevertheless, we all know how that ended; Britney was accused of cheating on Justin Timberlake with her choreographer, Wade Robson. Although most people probably don’t get it, that started her slippery slope into mental instability.
If you’re at all a Britney fan, you have heard various accounts of Britney’s mental health state after her breakup with JT, and let’s just say it wasn’t good. Indeed, although she “had it all” by societal standards, I truly believe that a large part of her identity was tied to being Justin Timberlake’s girlfriend. Once that was over, she struggled to understand who she truly was.
Whether she made the mistake of cheating on him or not, he was her first serious/adult relationship, and I believe, in her head, there was no way their story didn’t end with a princess wedding and a few children.
I mean, what’s the point of being a pop princess if you don’t have a prince? And to her and many others, Justin Timberlake was her only perfect match. I’m sure they’re still together in an alternate universe and have a house full of singing, dancing babies with curly afros. Unfortunately, we’re stuck in this one.
In my humble opinion, Britney Spears clung to her ex-husband and child’s father, Kevin Federline, simply because she couldn’t bear being alone. I believe she planned to get back with Justin eventually, but he made it painfully clear that he had long since moved on from her.
So, the first attractive man who showed her attention hit the jackpot; as luck would have it, it was none other than one of the most hated men ever to grace a background, K-Fed.
Either way, she linked up with K-Fed, got pregnant/married, and the rest is unfortunate pop-cultural history.
At any Rate
Let’s call it what it is: K-Fed used Britney and threw her away. Trapped in a loveless marriage with a background dancer with horrible gambling and shoe habits, Britney started acting out in various ways, including smoking cigarettes and even driving with her baby in the car without a car seat.
Either way, it seems their relationship was horribly toxic, and once it was over, she totally slipped off the cliff into psychological oblivion. She had a very public mental breakdown that, in my opinion, she has yet to recover from.
But honestly, we can blame everything on K-Fed. Being rich and famous is a lot for anyone, but especially a young woman who was essentially the breadwinner of her family from her mid-teens. Frankly, the world is always less than kind to young women as they grow and develop.
So, even though Britney has always been gorgeous and talented, there were surely times when the world told her everything she never wanted to hear about her looks, body, personality, etc. Let’s also not overlook the fact that she was sexualized very early in life, which can also cause psychological damage.
Either way, as we all know, she essentially became a Disney Princess locked in a castle under a conservatorship that required her to ask permission for everything from getting married to going to Starbucks — all. In contrast, she was considered competent enough to keep performing and making millions of dollars for herself and many others.
Indeed, even after her mental breakdown, she was forced back onto the stage, where she gave some of the worst performances of her life. South Park even made fun of how things played out.
Watch that video here:
Just Imagine…
Now, can you imagine going from the best relationship in your life to one of the worst, getting divorced, and losing custody of your kids, as well as your finances, while still being expected to perform for millions?
And rather than being given the time and space to rest and recover, you are medicated, secluded from society, and forced to return to work. Lastly, it literally took for your fans to pressure the courts to free you from a detrimental situation you had been stuck in for years. Do you think you might be a little stir-crazy? Or maybe you’d make bad decisions when trying to reclaim your life? Of course!
Presently, she is recovering from her third failed marriage and still does not seem to be addressing her underlying mental health issues. So, yes, her antics as of late have been a tad questionable, but I truly believe she needs some help and a better support network rather than more public scrutiny.
Put yourself in her shoes; her life has been difficult for quite some time. Nevertheless, since she’s beautiful, rich, and famous, she has gotten minimal sympathy. Not only that, but she isn’t even able to enjoy her fortune or celebrity status. This puts her in a worse position than most people could possibly imagine.
Leave Britney Alone!
Look, I know even after everything I said, most of you will find no sympathy for poor Britney. And I do get it; there are certainly worse circumstances.
Nevertheless, if you can’t find any sympathy for her, just leave her be! Britney has been through a lot of emotional trauma and is simply trying to find her new normal. She deserves the space and time to do just that.
Of course, if she needs additional professional intervention, I’m all for that as well. However, I would love it if you could all stop making fun of her and judging her so harshly.
Indeed, as the saying goes, why be mean when you can be quiet?!
Are you people ever going to leave Britney Alone?
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