‘I cried for 2 weeks’: Britney Spears speaks out about documentary release
When in doubt, dance. Preferably to Aerosmith.
Britney Spears believes it. The former Las Vegas Strip headliner and international recording star is grooving it up on her Instagram page, while concurrently telling her worldwide following, “I cried for two weeks” after the release of “Framing Britney Spears” in February.
“I still cry sometimes!!!” Spears posted. She related that she has not watched the documentary of her oft-troubled personal life and career. “My life has always been very speculated …watched … and judged really my whole life!!!” she wrote. “For my sanity I need to dance to @iamstevent every night of my life … to feel wild and human and alive!!!”
Spears tagged Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler’s Instagram page. The pop superstar is shown dancing in this post, throwing it down as the Aersomith hit “Crazy” plays in the background.
We trust Instagram will not flag that video for any licensing violations. Spears and Tyler are both managed by entertainment-industry power player and Las Vegas resident Larry Rudolph.
“I didn’t watch the documentary but from what I did see of it I was embarrassed by the light they put me in … I still cry sometimes!!!!” Spears related. “I do what I can in my own spirituality with myself to try and keep my own joy … love … and happiness!!!! Every day dancing brings me joy!!!”
The “Framing Britney Spears” documentary has been streaming on FX and Hulu since mid-February. The New York Times project returned to Spears’ early years, covering her days on “The Mickey Mouse Club”; through her turbulent relationship with Justin Timberlake; her 55-hour Vegas marriage to her friend Jason Alexander; and the legal wrangling with her father, Jamie Spears, over the conservatorship managing her life and finances.
The superstar continues to send messages directly to fans on social media.
“I’m not here to be perfect … perfect is boring,” Spears posted “ … I’m here to pass on kindness!!!!”
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