{"id":452796,"date":"2026-05-30T14:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/452796\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:22:19","slug":"britney-spears-admits-to-emotional-issues-after-dui-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/452796\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears admits to &#8217;emotional issues&#8217; after DUI arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britney Spears opened up about \u201cemotional issues\u201d following her DUI arrest and rehab stint.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOops I Did It Again\u201d songstress took to Instagram in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ItzBritneyWhore\/status\/2060200406274228638\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a since-deleted post <\/a>to reflect on her \u201cinteresting\u201d year, noting that she experiences a surge of emotions in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a lot of emotional issues that come up in my kitchen,\u201d she wrote in the lengthy text upload. \u201cI have no idea why\u2026I guess that\u2019s usually where we as a family all come together to celebrate, pray and cook.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She also noted she did \u201ccrafts there.\u201d The Grammy winning hitmaker recalled once painting through the night and creating a stained glass lamp, which gave her \u201cthe most peaceful feeling\u201d and she kept in her kitchen for three months.<\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post that her year has been \u201cquite interesting\u201d (as seen above).  Instagram\/@britneyspears<\/p>\n<p> She also wrote that she has \u201cemotional issues\u201d come up in the kitchen.  Instagram\/@britneyspears<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c\u2026Baby One More Time\u201d hitmaker wrote that she was \u201cin love\u201d with her creation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOk I get its a f\u2013king broken lamp with\u00a0shattered glass pieces put together somehow to create light\u2026 but I found myself wanting to go to the kitchen after years of not wanting to\u2026l was excited to go to the kitchen in the middle of the night to eat my cereal or snacks \u2026 something very demure to me and one of a kind,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She was seemingly devastated when a housekeeper \u201caccidentally\u201d threw her beloved creation out, but wrote that she was \u201cused to people taking [her] things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the post, Spears, 44, wrote that she\u2019s \u201cnever done so many arts and crafts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She reflected on creating a stained glass lamp she was \u201cin love\u201d with, but was thrown out.  Instagram\/@britneyspears<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStay one step ahead with all the exclusive tea on your favorite reality TV stars!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Virtual Reali-Tea with Danny and Evan, our must-read newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A rep for the singer did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The pop star\u2019s social media thoughts come over two months after her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/05\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-arrested-for-dui\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 4 DUI arrest<\/a> after being seen allegedly driving \u201cerratically\u201d in Ventura County, California. <\/p>\n<p>The singer was later seen in footage at the scene\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-fails-sobriety-test-in-dui-arrest-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">failing a field sobriety test<\/a>\u00a0and claiming she had only had one mimosa earlier that day. <\/p>\n<p>A police report also showed that the singer claimed to have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-listed-drugs-taken-before-dui-arrest-as-she-boasted-she-could-drink-4-bottles-of-wine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taken several prescriptions<\/a>, including Adderall, Lamictal and Prozac.<\/p>\n<p>Spears\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/12\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-checks-into-rehab-for-substance-abuse-weeks-after-dui-arrest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">checked herself into rehab<\/a>\u00a0the following month, and after <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/30\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-spotted-for-first-time-since-finishing-rehab-following-dui-charge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exiting the facility<\/a> later in April, was said to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/30\/celebrity-news\/inside-britney-spears-fresh-start-after-rehab-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">be \u201cdoing really well.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Spears was arrested for DUI in March. She\u2019s pictured above in footage taken at the scene and is said to be \u201cdoing really well.\u201d  BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Spears, seen above in a recent social media upload, attended rehab and pleaded guilty to a \u201cwet reckless.\u201d  Instagram\/britneyspears<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s healthy and happy and feeling very positive and excited to start afresh,\u201d an insider told Page Six at the time. \u201cRehab was a great opportunity for her to ground herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her lawyer, Michael Goldstein, appeared in court on her behalf earlier this month to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-pleads-guilty-in-dui-case-days-after-leaving-rehab\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accept a \u201cwet reckless\u201d offer<\/a> for the singer. <\/p>\n<p>The mom of two is expected to complete a three-month alcohol school tint and to a one-year informal probationary grant. <\/p>\n<p>A source told us in April following her release from rehab that Spears is \u201clooking forward to a bright future,\u201d while another source claimed she\u2019s \u201ccontinuing counseling remotely.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britney Spears opened up about \u201cemotional issues\u201d following her DUI arrest and rehab stint. 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