Britney Spears is vowing not to perform “on any stages anytime soon” as long as her father remains in control of her conservatorship, she wrote Saturday in a lengthy Instagram post.
“This conservatorship killed my dreams … so all I have is hope and hope is the only thing in this world that is very hard to kill … yet people still try,” Spears wrote, adding that her “so-called support system hurt me deeply.”
USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Britney Spears, Jamie Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears for comment.
A probate judge allowed Britney Spears on Wednesday to choose her own attorney, the first big change in her case since she unloaded in court last month, condemning the “abusive” conservatorship.
Judge Brenda Penny granted Spears’ request to hire Mathew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, to represent her in the pop star’s ongoing effort to be freed from her 13-year conservatorship, under which she has little control over her finances or important life decisions.
Spears, 39, who dialed into the hearing, spoke for about 15 minutes and became emotional, saying she wants an “investigation” of the alleged abuse.
She also reiterated that she wants her father out as a co-conservator, and that she refuses to undergo more medical assessments, which she called “stupid psych tests.”
“I’m not willing to sit with anybody at this point to be evaluated,” she told the judge. “I want to press charges for abuse. Instead of investigating my capacity, I want an investigation on my dad.”
In her Instagram post, the pop icon said she would “much rather share videos” online of herself dancing in her living room than “onstage in Vegas.”
“Look I’m not gonna be performing on any stages anytime soon with my dad handling what I wear, say, do, or think!!!! I’ve done that for the past 13 years,” she wrote. “I’m not gonna put on heavy makeup and try try try on stage again and not be able to do the real deal with remixes of my songs for years and begging to put my new music in my show for MY fans … so I quit !!!”
Britney Spears performs with a snake during the finale of the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.“Hope is all I have right now,” Spears concluded, calling out those who criticized her latest dancing video in comments. “You’re lucky I post anything at all … if you don’t like what you see, unfollow me !!! People try to kill hope because hope is one of the most vulnerable and fragile things there is.”
