{"id":4400942,"date":"2021-05-03T19:01:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T23:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4400942"},"modified":"2021-05-03T20:33:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T00:33:37","slug":"britney-spears-criticizes-documentaries-dancing-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/05\/03\/britney-spears-criticizes-documentaries-dancing-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Slams &#8216;Hypocritical&#8217; Documentaries That &#8216;Highlight&#8217; Her Most &#8216;Traumatizing&#8217; Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Britney Spears wrote about people being interested in &#8216;the negative&#8217; parts of her life, just two days after the BBC premiered a new controversial documentary about her.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/britney-spears\/\"  ><strong>Britney Spears<\/strong><\/a>, 39, is speaking out against recent documentaries made about her in her latest Instagram post. The singer shared a video that included clips of her dancing at two different times and added a long caption about how she thinks the media has been focusing more on the &#8220;negative&#8221; times in her life rather than the &#8220;amazing&#8221; moments. She also called the unnamed documentaries, which most likely includes the BBC&#8217;s<em> The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship<\/em>, &#8220;hypocritical.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CObQJasgGew\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CObQJasgGew\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\"  target=\"_blank\"  > <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CObQJasgGew\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\"  style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\"  target=\"_blank\"  >A post shared by Britney Spears (@britneyspears)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">&#8220;Geez !!!! 2021 is definitely way better than 2020 but I never knew it was gonna be like THIS \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33 !!!! So many documentaries about me this year with other people&#8217;s takes on my life &#8230; what can I say \u2026 I\u2019m deeply flattered !!!!&#8221; the caption began. &#8220;These documentaries are so hypocritical \u2026 they criticize the media and then do the same thing \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14????? Damn \u2026 I don\u2019t know y\u2019all but I\u2019m thrilled to remind you all that although I&#8217;ve had some pretty tough times in my life &#8230; I&#8217;ve had waaaayyyy more amazing times in my life and unfortunately my friends \u2026 I think the world is more interested in the negative \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f !!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">&#8220;I mean \u2026 isn&#8217;t this supposed to be a business and society about THE FUTURE \ud83e\udd27\ud83e\udd27\ud83e\udd27 ????&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Why highlight the most negative and traumatizing times in my life from forever ago ???? I mean DAMN \u2026 on a lighter note \u2026 this is a video of me dancing \ud83d\udc83\ud83d\udc83\ud83d\udc83 !!!! I have so many trips I&#8217;m looking forward to taking this summer and I can&#8217;t wait to dance in different studios \ud83d\udc6f\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83d\udc6f\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83d\udc6f\u200d\u2640\ufe0f !!!! I&#8217;m hoping to get a miniature koi pond in my backyard as well \ud83d\udc20\ud83d\udc20\ud83d\udc20 !!!! I know I&#8217;m weird but hey \u2026 it&#8217;s the little things you know &#8230; and I&#8217;m so grateful for my beautiful backyard !!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4400976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4400976\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4400976\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Britney-Spears-Slams-Documentaries-Trauma-SS-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C942\" alt=\"Britney Spears\" width=\"620\" height=\"942\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4400976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Britney Spears looking great during a previous event. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">The blonde beauty went on to praise her garden in Los Angeles and quoted old pal <strong>Paris Hilton<\/strong> at the end of her message before mentioning &#8220;Billy B&#8221;, who is believed to be <strong>Billy Brasfield<\/strong>, the makeup artist <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/04\/02\/britney-spears-writes-social-media-posts-instagram-framing-documentary\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >who claimed<\/a> she told him she didn&#8217;t have control over her previous <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/03\/30\/britney-spears-reacts-documentary-cried-two-weeks-video\/\"  >Instagram post<\/a> that criticized FX\/Hulu&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/02\/05\/britney-spears-free-conservatorship-interview-documentary\/\"  ><em>Framing Britney Spears<\/em><\/a> documentary, which premiered in Feb. &#8220;I don\u2019t actually talk to Billy B AT ALL so I\u2019m honestly very confused \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 !!!&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;This is my Instagram !!!! PSSSSS no paparazzi guy \u2026 I didn\u2019t want you and your crew following me around !!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Although Britney didn&#8217;t mention <em>Framing Britney Spears<\/em> or <em>The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship<\/em> in her new lengthy post, they are two of the most famous documentaries made about her in the last year, and many of her fans have been speaking out against some claims they include. BBC&#8217;s doc, which premiered on May 1, discussed a report that claims her dad <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2019\/01\/04\/who-is-jamie-spears-britney-spears-dad\/\"  ><strong>Jamie Spears<\/strong><\/a> suggested she may have dementia when filling out paperwork to keep conservatorship over her estate, which was established in 2008. FX&#8217;s doc highlighted the struggles she had with media over the years as well as the #FreeBritney movement her fans started after believing she&#8217;s being unfairly controlled by her father and team.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">In her previous Instagram post about <em>Framing Britney Spears<\/em>, Britney admitted she &#8220;cried for 2 weeks&#8221; over how she was portrayed in the film and felt &#8220;judged, insulted, and embarrassed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">\u201cI didn\u2019t watch the documentary but from what I did see of it I was embarrassed by the light they put me in\u2026I cried for two weeks and well\u2026.I still cry sometimes!!!!&#8221; she wrote in part of the message, which was posted on Mar. 30. &#8220;I do what I can in my own spirituality with myself to try and keep my own joy\u2026love\u2026and happiness!!! Every day dancing brings me joy !!! 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