Britney Spears is an iconic, household name, and holds the unofficial title of Queen of Pop, though Mariah Carey may have something to say about that.
Britney has been in the public eye since the late 1990s going on 20 years of performing after entering the music scene as a solo artist in 1998, although she did make appearances on children’s singing shows, starring in The Mickey Mouse Club in 1992.
Britney has been the standard for other artists to look up to, whether it be her unforgettable denim outfit duo with Justin Timberlake, her “I’m A Slave 4 U” 2004 MMVA performance with a boa constrictor around her neck, or quite frankly, that she is still able to perform on the stage after 20 years of being in the music business.
Everything has not always been fun and games for Britney though.
2007 will always be remembered as the year when Britney had a meltdown which included the shaving of her head and bashing in a car window with an umbrella while screaming at the paparazzi.
At that point, she had been a performer for 15 years with no breaks and in the spotlight for a decade.
Britney has also been criticized for her live performances as she has been known to lip-sync her songs as she performs strenuous dance routines, including a Vegas residency at the Planet Hollywood hotel where she would perform almost nightly, yet not singing any of the actual words.
So, why is Britney Spears still such a concern in the public eye?
Comedian Heather McMahan has an entire Instagram highlight dedicated to the pop star labelled “Britney 911,” addressing many concerns about her physical and mental health.
Heather hypothesizes that Britney has not aged mentally past 18, as she spent all of her younger years performing and never getting to be a child.
Weird videos are posted to Britney’s social media accounts, including one of her working out with tiny doll furniture in her home gym. She also says that Britney has a dead look in her eyes and as Heather says, “all she wants is to be is a high school cheer coach in Louisiana but there are too many people on her payroll”.
Britney’s latest venture in the news was due to her doctor dying suddenly at the beginning of the month after reports of her conservatorship case and not being given appropriate treatment came out, which comes just months after her cancelling her Vegas residency as her dad had fallen extremely ill.
Her dad has been involved in a court case as he was to be her conservator and is to watch for the welfare of the children, though it is a hard responsibility as he is not allowed near Britney and ex-husband Kevin Federline’s children since he allegedly grabbed then 13-year-old Sean.
Britney seems to be involved in a ring of people who try to control her to keep the money flowing as they all are on her payroll, and as soon as she tries to be the almost 40 year-old woman she is, something happens to incapacitate her.
Of course, no one has the inside scoop, but it seems that being managed by your parents and living in the spotlight since the age of 12 means never learning the life skills to be your own person, and Britney is trapped in a vicious cycle of people who don’t care about exploiting her and her shaky mental health as long as they get their bag at the end of the day.
Britney needs to be distanced as far as she can from these people so she can live a happy life with her kids out of the spotlight and into a better mental place.
