West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler ‘Meant No Disrespect’ in Reenacting Britney Spears’ Twitter Note About Jamie Lynn

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Saying sorry. West Side Story star Rachel Zegler apologized for reenacting Britney Spears‘ Twitter note to her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, in the midst of their highly publicized feud.“Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Britney and am rooting for her always.

While I meant no disrespect whatsoever, I should have thought about how this could be perceived, and I’m so sorry for upsetting or disappointing anyone,” Zegler, 20, wrote via Twitter on Monday, January 17. “This is not a situation to be taken lightly, and we should all be lifting Britney up in this pivotal time.”The Golden Globe winner concluded her post by thanking everyone for “hearing her out” as well as offering “a big thank you to all who held me accountable.”Zegler sparked controversy days prior for filming herself performing a dramatic reading of the Spears sisters’ social media interactions about their family’s up and downs.

Her video has since been deleted.Britney, 40, made headlines on Friday, January 14, after sharing a lengthy Twitter post refuting claims made by her younger sister, 30, about their relationship. “Jamie Lynn … congrats babe!

You’ve stooped to a whole new level of LOW,” the pop star wrote. “I’ve never been around you ever with a knife or would I ever even think to do such!!!”Britney’s post appeared to reference a passage from Jamie Lynn’s book, Things I Should Have Said, in which the Zoey 101 alum alleged that her older sister had once locked them both in a room with a knife on her hand.“She was paranoid and erratic,” Jamie Lynn wrote in her memoir about the “Toxic” singer’s behavior after her 2006 split from Kevin Federline. “One time, she said to me, ‘Baby, I’m scared,’ and took a large knife from the kitchen, pulled me along to my