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Britney Spears reflected on feelings of loneliness in a post on Instagram on Wednesday, Feb. 4,
She shared that she feels “incredibly lucky” to be alive despite how her family “treated” her
“They will never take responsibility for what they did,” the singer wrote of her family
Britney Spears says she’s “lucky to be alive” after managing ongoing family tensions.
The singer, 44, opened up about her family and feelings of loneliness in a post on Instagram on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
“As people, all we really want is to feel connected to each other and never feel alone,” she began her Instagram caption. “For those of you in your family that have said to help you is to isolate you and make you feel unbelievably left out … they were wrong.”
“We can forgive as people but u don’t ever forget,” she continued. “Yearning and longing for contact is always crucial !!!”
Spears added that she believes she is “incredibly lucky to even be alive with how my family treated me once in my life and now I’m scared of them.”
Britney Spears on February 11, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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The “Circus” singer went on, “It’s weird how God works in mysterious ways.”
“My friends, what do you think he is saying today ???” she asked, before adding, “Because to be totally honest with you, no matter what he says, they will never take responsibility for what they did.”
In a post-script, Spears said she enjoyed a cheesecake with a neighbor and had not been dancing in a month because she broke a toe twice.
The recent post comes after years of Spears speaking candidly about her conflicting feelings toward family members, including dad Jamie, 73, mom Lynne, 70, and sister Jamie Lynn, 34.
During the holiday season, Spears shared a photo of a Christmas tree on Instagram with a caption that seemed to offer a sarcastic acknowledgement of her family’s holiday plans.
“Merry late Christmas to my beautiful family who have never disrespected me, harmed me, ever done anything completely unacceptable or caused unbelievable trauma, the kind you can’t fix…,” she wrote on Dec. 28. “To my dear sweet innocent family … so so sorry I was busy this Christmas but I will definitely show up and surprise you soon … I can’t wait.”
Spears concluded her note with a message to Jamie Lynn’s “beautiful” 7-year-old daughter Ivey, writing, “I just want to hold you, my love … Godspeed, friends.”
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On Christmas Day, Jamie Lynn published a family photo of herself, her daughters Maddie, 17, and Ivey, with Lynne and Spears’ son Sean Preston.
Spears shares Preston, 20, and son Jayden, 19, with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline. She spent Christmas with her son Jayden, a source previously told PEOPLE.
Britney Spears in 2017
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Spears opened up about the family’s complicated bond in her 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me. In the book, she said her “heart goes out” to Jamie Lynn for growing up in her shadow and for being a child of divorce.
In 2023, Spears and her mother spent the star’s birthday together. At the time, a source told PEOPLE that Spears was “still hurt, because she feels like her mom could have done more to help her,” but Lynne was “really making an effort to be in Britney’s life.”
Meanwhile, Spears has repeatedly spoken about the court-ordered conservatorship overseen by her father and a lawyer. The conservatorship began in 2008, and in June 2021, Britney spoke for the first time it as she challenged it in court. “I’ve lied and told the whole world I’m OK and I’m happy,” she said, adding, “I’m not happy. I can’t sleep. I’m depressed. I cry every day.”
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Jamie was removed from his role as Spears’s estate conservator in September 2021 after the singer’s lawyer asked the court to suspend him, and the entire conservatorship was eventually terminated that November.
In 2022, Spears’ former attorney, Mathew S. Rosengart, had objected to her paying any of her father’s legal fees. Jamie was accused of paying himself over $6 million throughout the conservatorship, surveilling his daughter and committing financial misconduct while he was a conservator, in court documents obtained by PEOPLE. Jamie has denied any wrongdoing.
The father and daughter settled the legal battle over legal fees in April 2024.
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