Britney Spears says she found out about the #FreeBritney movement from a NURSE when she was forced into rehab against her will
Britney Spears first learned of the #FreeBritney movement from a nurse when she was in rehab in 2018, she has revealed in her upcoming memoir The Woman In Me, according to People.
The singer said she had no idea that supporters were outside her rebab facility chanting for her release until she was told to look out the window.
And she added that she was grateful to her fans for sticking up for her. ‘That was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen in my life,’ the mom of two wrote.
The movement was instrumental in getting Spears’ 13-year conservatorship removed.
The fan-led movement galvanized support and brought awareness to the draconian conditions the Circus singer was forced to live under.
Shocking: Britney Spears first learned of the #FreeBritney movement from a nurse when she was in rehab in 2018, she has reveals in her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me, according to People. Seen in 2018
Fan movement: The #FreeBritney movement was instrumental in getting Spears’ 13-year conservatorship removed; seen in 2021
On the outs: The fan-led movement galvanized support and brought awareness to the draconian conditions the Circus singer was forced to live under per her father Jamie Spears; seen in 2012
Britney’s father Jamie Spears, 71, sent the Toxic singer to a $60,000-a-month facility in Beverly Hills where she was put on lithium and allowed only an hour of TV per day.
‘My father said that if I didn’t go, then I’d have to go to court, and I’d be embarrassed,’ Spears wrote, adding that he threatened to make her look like an ‘idiot’ if she didn’t go along with it.
She continued: ‘They kept me locked up against my will for months. I couldn’t go outside. I couldn’t drive a car. I had to give blood weekly. I couldn’t take a bath in private. I couldn’t shut the door to my room.’
One day, a nurse showed her videos of the fans who rallied together to question the need for her conservatorship.
‘That was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen in my life,’ the mom of two wrote.
‘I don’t think people knew how much the #FreeBritney movement meant to me, especially in the beginning.’
Britney’s conservatorship was terminated in November 2021 and throughout her June 2021 testimony on her own behalf, the #FreeBritney movement was outside of the courthouse supporting her.
‘I just want my life back. It’s been 13 years, and it’s enough. It’s been a long time since I’ve owned my money,’ she testified according to Us Weekly.
‘And it’s my wish and my dream for all of this to end without being tested. … I would honestly like to sue my family, to be totally honest with you. I also would like to be able to share my story with the world, and what they did to me, instead of it being a hush-hush secret to benefit all of them.’
In her memoir, the Oops!…I Did It Again singer also writes about the specific incident that drove home her parents’ lack of support and led her to realize she no longer wanted to have a relationship with her family, including her parents Lynne Spears, 68, and Jamie Spears.
Support: Jamie sent the Toxic singer to a $60,000 a month facility in Beverly Hills where she was put on lithium and allowed only an hour of TV per day
Parents: ‘My father said that if I didn’t go, then I’d have to go to court, and I’d be embarrassed,’ Spears wrote, adding that he threatened to make her look like an ‘idiot’ if she didn’t go along with it; Jamie and her mom in 2012
Controlling: ‘That was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen in my life,’ the mom of two wrote. ‘I don’t think people knew how much the #FreeBritney movement meant to me, especially in the beginning’; mom and dad seen here
During the pandemic she traveled home to Louisiana to see her family after they reportedly stopped taking her calls and answering her texts.
The Hold Me Closer hitmaker stored some prized possessions in her parents’ home. While visiting them, she found out they threw away her beloved Madame Alexander doll collection as well as other items.
Britney also realized multiple binders containing years worth of her writing, including her early original poetry had also been thrown away.
This made Britney feel like her family had ‘thrown me away’ and she realized it was time for her to ‘find God’ and cut ties with her family.
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