Britney Spears, known worldwide as the “Princess of Pop,” shared an emotional message on her Instagram account on October 19, 2025, in which she claimed to have suffered “brain damage” as a result of traumatic experiences during her guardianship.
In her release, Spears recounted that for a period of four months “I no longer had my private door” and was “illegally forced to not use my feet or my body to go anywhere.” She added that this extreme confinement “hurt my body and the logic and consciousness in my body as ONE was killed and destroyed one hundred percent.”
Likewise, the artist confessed: “I know my dance posts may seem ridiculous, but they helped me remember how to fly. And she culminated the reflection with: “I feel like my wings were taken away and brain damage happened to me a long time ago, one hundred percent”.
However, she also clarified that she has managed to move forward and that she feels grateful to be alive: “Of course, I have already left behind that difficult period of my life and I feel lucky to be alive”.
This confession comes amidst the anticipation for the publication of Britney Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline’s memoir, You Thought You Knew. In it, Federline points out episodes of his family life and questions Spears’ behavior.
The book attributes to Spears such serious actions as “watching her children sleep while holding a knife in her hand” and cocaine use while breastfeeding, although these excerpts have been strongly contested by the singer.
Spears, for her part, responded by calling the claims “extremely painful and exhausting,” and warned that her ex-husband was profiting from false narratives.
Britney Spears: Physical, emotional and family sequelae
The artist links her physical after-effects – what she describes as “severe neurological damage” or “nerve damage” – to years of guardianship and control under her father, Jamie Spears. In previous publications, Spears admitted that “the trauma is still there and probably always will be.”
In his October 19 statement, he indicated that he lost the ability to move or dance for five months: “I could not use my body, I could not dance or move for five months”.
As for her relationship with her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James, Buzzy noted that she has always wanted a life around them, but that the complexity of relationships with teenagers has left her “demoralized.” She asked that they be with her, she stated that unfortunately they “always witnessed their father’s lack of respect for me.”
In her post, despite the emotional tone, Britney asked that her statements be taken seriously: “As silly as this sounds, I’m providing substance among all the crap being said about me.”
The image that accompanied her post shows her on her back, riding a horse, with her torso partially uncovered, along with a direct reference to the film Maleficent, which symbolically alludes to the loss of her “wings” during the darkest period of her life.
With this message, Britney Spears reopens the debate about the long-term effects of the guardianship that dominated much of her public and private life, and the physical and mental fallout she claims to experience. Her call is to recognize that fame, control and the system can leave traces that are not always seen head-on.
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