Britney Spears says documentaries about her conservatorship are 'the most insulting thing I ever saw in my life,' according to reports
- Britney Spears reportedly denied claims that documentaries based led to the end of her conservatorship.
- Just Jared obtained screenshots of Spears' statement, which she shared Saturday on Instagram, according to Yahoo Entertainment.
Britney Spears denied that the numerous documentaries made about her helped end her conservatorship, calling the claims the "saddest" and "most insulting thing I ever saw in my life."
On Saturday, blogger Just Jared shared a transcript and screenshots of Spears' now-deleted statement, which Yahoo! Entertainment reports were posted on her Instagram the same day. According to the screenshots, the singer opened the lengthy statement by saying she feels like "America has done a wonderful job at humiliating me."
She went on to talk about the amount of press she's received in recent years and compared it to that of other celebrities.
"I've never felt more bullied in my life in this country it's insane … and come on seriously is it honestly legal to do that many documentaries about someone without their blessing at all??! Seriously though, think about it … I've never seen that many documentaries done on a person … Will Smith, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez," she wrote.
"Not one person on the face of this earth would people – a network, TV production or anyone for that matter – dig up that much negative footage and do hour specials claiming its 'HELPING ME.' REALLY ???" Spears wrote. "It was the most insulting thing I ever saw in my life and every person I have spoken to has said it's why the conservatorship ended … REALLY ???"
The star then questioned the legality of the documentaries, calling the tone of the films "embarrassing."
Spears continued: "That's the saddest thing I ever saw in my life … so people not only get away with what they did to me, not even coming close to sharing what they really did to me, but they can expose me on such an embarrassing tone claiming its to 'Help me' …. I'm not sure why people think it's legal to completely humiliate me."
The pop star previously voiced her displeasure with the movies made about her life, conservatorship, and legal battle with her father and conservator, Jamie Spears. Insider's Kim Renfro reported last year that Spears said she "cried for two weeks" after watching a portion of "Framing Britney Spears," a Hulu and New York Times documentary, in the caption of a now-deleted Instagram post.
Though some have speculated that Spears doesn't write her own Instagram captions, her social media manager denied the theory, writing on Instagram in February 2021 that no one is "suggesting" Spears post certain things. Her post was also later deleted.
Following Spears' testimony in court, which she claimed in her most recent deleted post was the reason she believes she was freed, a judge terminated her 13-year conservatorship in November 2021. Since then, Spears suffered a miscarriage in May and married Sam Asghari, her boyfriend of six years in June.
E! reported that most of her estranged family was not invited to the wedding. Spears briefly referenced her relationship with her family in her recently deleted post, according to Just Jared.
"Every person jumps on board with these heartbreaking documentaries and forget the 13 years in my conservatorship … making up for some of my past they literally have no remorse at all. They have always treated me like that, literally that's exactly what my family did to me," she wrote. "They threw me away and treated me like nothing ... "
Representatives for Spears did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.