Britney Spears shares real reason for accepting custody of her father (Photo by Chris Farina/Corbis via Getty Images)
Britney Spears revealed in her new memoir, The Woman in Me, that she accepted her controversial conservatorship of nearly 14 years for a single, emotional reason: “I did it for my children” admits the singer in the work, which hits stores this Tuesday.
Spears has two children, Jayden and Sean Prestonwith her ex-husband Kevin Federline. The artist temporarily lost custody in 2007 after going through a divorce and struggling with mental health issues. A year later, the California judge created a trust that controlled his life and finances and was directed by his father. Jamie Spears. In her book, Britney argues that honoring this legal agreement allowed her to return to her children. The conservatorship ended up regulating every aspect of her life, including her career, her diet, and her birth control decisions, and she was even banned from drinking coffee.
“Thanks to following the rules, I was reunited with my children”Spears writes in her autobiography, in which she also recalls begging the judge for “someone else” to be in charge of her and not her father.
“Because I followed the rules, I was reunited with my children,” Britney Spears explains in her memoir
“Even though I asked the court to literally appoint someone else, my father got the job.”
After years of feeling like a “robot,” Britney finally gained her freedom in 2021, largely thanks to the “#FreeBritney” movement launched by her followers. In her book, Britney reflected on what it means to be free and how it has brought her much happiness.
“Freedom means being silly, having fun and having fun on social media… being able to make mistakes and learn from them… Not having to act for anyone. Be just as beautifully imperfect as everyone else. And I have the ability and the right to seek happiness in my own way.”
“Freedom is being silly, having fun and having fun on social media… being able to make mistakes and learn from them…” reflects Britney Spears in “The Woman in Me”
However, Spears suggests that the conservatorship was necessary (at least on paper). The paparazzi’s obsession with her personal life and the depression that developed during her pregnancy made her a time bomb. Now, in her book, Spears calls on mothers who find themselves in a similar situation to take care of their mental health, both for their own sake and that of their children.
“Unfortunately, mental health wasn’t talked about as much back then as it is today,” Spears writes. “I hope that any new mother reading this who is going through a difficult time seeks help soon“.
In her book, Britney Spears admits that she suffered from postpartum depression (Photo: Twitter/@fre_bretney_S)
CBS contacted the psychiatrist Jessi Gold, who assured that the postpartum depression that Britney experienced was related to “what it means to be a mother, what it means to be a woman, what it means to have problems connecting to something with which you “So, so connected.”, gold stocks. . “I think it would be even worse if people said negative things about you and you didn’t know how to process it because your brain is already negative.”
“That night I gave them materials. Shaving my head was a way of telling the world, ‘Screw you,'” Spears says of the night she shaved her head. Photo © 2017 x17/The Grosby Group EXCLUSIVE
Britney collapsed at the infamous moment while shaving her head. “I was cornered. As always, I was followed by these men hoping I would do something they could photograph. The night I gave them material, shaving my head was a way of telling the world, “Screw you.”“, he describes in his memoirs. After giving the paparazzi what they wanted, the conservatorship began, and although it seemed like the best option, Spears saw her love of music as a bad joke.
“With guidance, they made it clear to me that those days were over. I had to grow my hair out and get back in shape. I had to go to bed early and take the medication I was prescribed… As for my passion for singing and dancing, it was almost a joke at the time.”