Elton John Hopes 'Hold Me Closer' Duet Will Restore Britney Spears' Confidence: 'Britney Was Broken'

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KATIE Price has come under fire from fans for sharing a video of daughter Bunny wearing heavy makeup on holiday. In a new TikTok video Katie, 44, and Bunny, eight, dance a routine to Britney Spears and Elton John's new collaboration Hold Me Closer.

Britney Spears’ mother is sharing her thoughts about the recent bombshell audio posted by the singer on Sunday, which detailed difficult moments of her conservatorship, in which Britney says she felt abandoned by her mom, Lynne Spears.The audio comes after Britney turned down many interview offers, including one with Oprah. Now Lynne is responding to what Britney revealed, including many situations of abuse.“Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes!” she wrote.

Lynne Spears is responding to her daughter’s shocking since-deleted YouTube video.

Britney Spears' mum has hit back at claims made by the singer in a deleted audio clip about her conservatorship.The pop star, 40, posted a 22-minute voice memo on Sunday night, August 28, revealing new allegations about the legal arrangement that controlled her life for 13 years. Britney was involuntarily placed under the conservatorship by a court in early 2008 in response to her erratic behaviour and personal problems.

directly with her fans.The pop star posted and then deleted about the experience, containing just audio and no visuals, to on Sunday in which she detailed the years of “pure abuse” and emotional turmoil. She explained that she wanted to post the video, “honestly just to open myself to others and try to shed a light on if anyone out there has ever gone through hardships—just to put a light on it so that person doesn’t feel alone because I really know what that feels like.” She added that from the very beginning her conservatorship made no sense to her and escalated rapidly, alleging that the entire situation was a “premeditated” plan by her family to put her under their control.

Raw emotions. Britney Spears got candid in her latest claims against her family, accusing her parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, of “set[ting] up” her conservatorship and alleging that she suffered from such “pure abuse” at their hands that she felt like her family “threw [her] away.”

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Britney Spears has posted — and deleted — an unsettling video to her YouTube account about her 13-year-long conservatorship.

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Britney Spears has accused her family of having "literally killed" her by placing her under a restrictive conservatorship for more than a decade. In a 22-minute audio message published to her YouTube channel but subsequently deleted on Sunday, the Toxic singer slammed her dad Jamie and her mother Lynne for the legal arrangement brought in following her 2008 breakdown that lasted until November 2021. "How did they get away with it?" Spears, who recently returned to music with an Elton John duet on Hold Me Closer, asked.

Britney Spears' mother Lynne has said she has tried her best to support her daughter in a message urging the star to have a conversation in private. It comes after audio was reportedly posted on Spears' YouTube account, criticising her parents over her now-ended controversial conservatorship, in a clip that is no longer available.

Britney Spears' mother, Lynne, has broken her silence amid an ongoing feud between the pop star and her entire immediately family. On Sunday, the "Hold Me Closer" singer shared a now-deleted bombshell YouTube audio clip, in which she stated that she felt abandoned by her mother during her 13-year conservatorship.  "Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes!" Lynne, 67, captioned the Instagram post, which features an old black-and-white photo of the mother and daughter in happier times, smiling.

Instagram to hit back at her daughter Britney Spears', 40, recent claims where she accused her mother of conspiring with her father Jamie to put her under the legal conservatorship.The Toxic hitmaker's mother claimed throughout her daughter's life that she "tried [her] best" to support her, while also declaring that she "would never turn [her] back" on her daughter.Lynne shared a black and white unearthed snap of the mother and daughter smiling together along with a message in view of her 58,000 followers.She penned: "Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes! And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships!"I have never and will never turn my back on you! Your rejections to the countless times I have flown out and calls make me feel hopeless!"I have tried everything.

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Britney Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, is speaking out after the singer made a series of bombshell claims about her 13-year conservatorship in a lengthy audio file, which she released publicly on YouTube over the weekend. In the 22-minute clip — which has since been made private, though the audio of it has been reposted online — Britney issues a series of accusations against her family members, including parents Lynne and Jamie Spears, and expresses deep hurt and anger. «I felt like my family threw me away,» she says at one point. Lynne took to Instagram on Sunday with a response of her own, sharing a black and white throwback shot with her daughter. The pair are seen arm-in-arm, laughing, as they walk through a wooded area in the photo. «Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes! And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships! I have never and will never turn my back on you!» Lynne captioned the post.

Britney Spears doesn't want to do a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. The 40-year-old pop star gained control of her multimillion-dollar fortune and various aspects of her life when a conservatorship governed by her family was terminated back in 2021 after 13 years but despite receiving several lucrative offers, she thinks her story is "beyond" the concept of a sit-down interview. She said: "I really don’t think any of that is relevant, getting paid to tell your story.

Britney Spears' mother has begged the singer for a private talk after claiming her previous efforts to make contact have been rebuffed. Lynne Spears posted an emotional note on Instagram aimed at her pop star daughter - insisting she feels "hopeless" after after her calls and offers to visit were rejected and she insisted she wants a face-to-face meeting so they can talk through their problems and make amends.

Britney Spears has shared a new lengthy voice memo online about her conservatorship and life since it came to an end last year.Last November, Britney was finally freed from her conservatorship after 13 years after an extensive campaign from lawyers and fans. In July 2021, Britney called the conservatorship “abusive”, and that September, the star’s father was suspended from his role as her conservator, with the conservatorship ending after Jamie filed paperwork agreeing with his daughter’s wishes for it to end.Spears has been publicly critical of her family since September, saying, “I know the conservatorship is about to be over but I still want justice!!! I’m only 5’4″ and I’ve played the bigger person my entire life… do you now how hard that is???”Now, she has taken to Twitter to post – and then delete – an extensive voice note about the conservatorship.“I’ve had tons of opportunities — Oprah, interviews — to go on a platform and share the hardships and just really anything that’s going on in my mind,” Spears said on the Sunday evening post (August 28). “I really don’t think any of that is relevant, getting paid to tell your story.