Singer Britney Spears took to her Instagram on Tuesday to address the end of her conservatorship and answer questions about what she’s going to do with her newfound freedom.
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“Well let’s see, I’ve been in the conservatorship for thirteen years,” said Spears, speaking directly to the camera just a day after she declared to be on “cloud 9” in the first weekend free of conservatorship.
“It’s really a long time to be in a situation you don’t want to be in. So I’m just grateful honestly for each day and being able to have the keys to my car, being able to be independent and feel like a woman, and owning an ATM card, seeing cash for the first time, being able to buy candles. It’s the little things for us women but it makes a huge difference,” she added.
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The singer went on to emphasize that, although being free from the conservatorship is “really nice,” she does not consider herself a victim.
“I lived with victims my whole life as a child, that’s why I got out of my house and I worked for twenty years, worked my ass off. I’m here to be an advocate for people with real disabilities and real illnesses. I’m a very strong woman, so I can only imagine what the system has done to those people.”
Spears says she hopes that her story will “make an impact and make some changes” in the “corrupt system.”
She also thanked her fans for #freebritney movement.
“You guys rock. Honestly, my voice was muted and threatened for so long and I wasn’t able to speak up or say anything and because of you guys and the awareness of kind of knowing what was going on, and delivering that news to the public for so long, you gave an awareness to all of them and because of you, I honestly think you guys saved my life in a way, 100 percent,” she said.
In the caption which accompanied the video, Spears made a reference to sharing her story with Oprah Winfrey, but it is not clear whether an interview is confirmed.
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After her conservatorship was terminated on November 12, Spears described the day as the “best day ever” and shared a video of fans celebrating. An L.A. judge granted a petition to terminate the 13-year arrangement, ruling “effective today the conservatorship of Ms. Britney Jean Spears is no longer required.”
Spears was first placed under conservatorship in 2008 with her father, Jamie Spears, overseeing. Jamie Spears was suspended as conservator of the pop star’s estate in September, with Rosengart having since launched a full-scale investigation into the alleged conservatorship abuse, reports Hollywood Reporter
The next hearing is set for January 19 to address pending accounting and other lingering issues.
