Doja Cat explains why having her hair compared to Britney Spears' head-shaving meltdown bothers her

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Doja Cat opened up about why comparisons to Britney Spears circa 2007, when the pop star infamously shaved her head during a breakdown, irk her while gracing the cover of Variety.After being likened to the Toxic singer, 41, online following her decision to buzz off her long locks and eyebrows in August, the Kiss Me More hitmaker, 27, called out online trolls for insinuating that her drastic haircut indicated she was struggling with her mental health. 'It's so incredibly disrespectful for people to be minimizing what Britney went through and make a joke out of something that was very serious and a big deal in her life,' the Grammy winner said.She continued: 'Every time I see a comment like that, I can't compute what's happening, other than it's just an awful thing.'The Woman crooner was referring to Spears' challenges with her mental health battle over the past decade, and mandated psychiatric care while placed under a conservatorship by her father, Jamie Spears.

Speaking up: Doja Cat opened up about why comparisons to Britney Spears circa 2007, when the pop star infamously shaved her head during a breakdown, irk her while gracing the cover of VarietyLike the former Mouseketeer, Doja has publicly struggled with her rapid rise to fame and navigating the spotlight.

Last year, she retracted her emotional outburst about announcing her plans to quit music after receiving criticism for canceling her set at Paraguay's Asunciónico festival due to flooding.

The Los Angeles native, who went viral making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager, went on to note that when she shaved off all her hair, she remembered thinking: 'Get this s**t off of me.' 'I needed to change something,' she said.