{"id":450419,"date":"2026-02-05T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450419\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:43:08","slug":"britney-spears-says-shes-lucky-to-be-alive-after-how-her-family-treated-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450419\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears says she&#8217;s &#8216;lucky to be alive&#8217; after how her family treated her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britney Spears candidly admitted that she\u2019s \u201clucky to be alive\u201d after surviving the way her family treated her. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs people, all we really want is to feel connected to each other and never feel alone,\u201d the pop star wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUWsa7sEox4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">via Instagram<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those of you in your family that have (sic) said to help you is to isolate you and make you feel unbelievably left out \u2026 they were wrong. We can forgive as people but u don\u2019t ever forget.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears vulnerably shared that she\u2019s \u201clucky to be alive\u201d because of the way her family treated her.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>The hitmaker took to Instagram to vulnerably open up about her past on Wednesday. Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYearning and longing for contact is always crucial !!!\u201d Spears, 44, continued. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly lucky to even be alive with how my family treated me once in my life and now I\u2019m scared of them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cToxic\u201d songstress explained that \u201cit\u2019s weird how God works in mysterious ways,\u2019 adding, \u201cMy friends, what do you think he is saying today ???\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause to be totally honest with you, no matter what he says, they will never take responsibility for what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hitmaker concluded that she hadn\u2019t \u201cdanced in a month,\u201d saying, \u201cI broke my toe twice!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A rep for Britney wasn\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those of you in your family that have said to help you is to isolate you and make you feel unbelievably left out \u2026 they were wrong,\u201d she wrote.  FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can forgive as people but u don\u2019t ever forget,\u201d Spears continued. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Britney was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/britney-spears-conservatorship-timeline-why-she-has-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">entangled in a 13-year conservatorship<\/a> under her father, Jamie Spears, from 2008 to 2021, giving him control over her finances, medical decisions and personal and professional proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Before her conservatorship ended, she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/06\/24\/heres-how-britney-spears-begged-the-court-to-end-her-abusive-conservatorship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testified against her father<\/a>, claiming that he forced her to embark on her 2018 \u201cPiece of Me\u201d tour\u00a0and Las Vegas residency. <\/p>\n<p>The Grammy winner claimed Jamie drugged her with a \u201cvery strong\u201d drug known as lithium when she wasn\u2019t cooperating during rehearsals for her residency.<\/p>\n<p>Britney also stated Jamie forced her into rehab and threatened her not to see her kids \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/britney-spears-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Preston Federline and Jayden James Federline<\/a> \u2014 if she didn\u2019t cooperate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYearning and longing for contact is always crucial !!!\u201d the \u201cToxic\u201d songstress added.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly lucky to even be alive with how my family treated me once in my life and now I\u2019m scared of them,\u201d she said. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the \u201cCircus\u201d singer shared she was required to be on birth control and prohibited from getting married or having another baby.<\/p>\n<p>Britney vulnerably opened up about her conservatorship in her 2023 memoir, <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1668009048\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWoman-Me-Britney-Spears%2Fdp%2F1668009048%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F02%2F04%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fbritney-spears-says-shes-lucky-to-be-alive-after-how-her-family-treated-her%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cThe Woman in Me,\u201d<\/a> claiming that her sole purpose was \u201cfor no other reason than to<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/10\/20\/britney-spears-claims-dad-jamie-used-her-image-for-cash-flow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0help [her family\u2019s] cash flow.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Court filings showed Jamie\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/12\/19\/jamie-spears-got-40k-loan-days-before-britney-conservatorship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">awarded himself around $6 million<\/a>\u00a0throughout the years of Britney\u2019s conservatorship.<\/p>\n<p>Britney remains<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/12\/05\/entertainment\/britney-spears-is-not-reconciling-with-dad-jamie-despite-leg-amputation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0estranged from Jamie<\/a>, with an insider telling Us Weekly in September that there was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/11\/celebrity-news\/inside-britney-spears-relationship-with-her-family-4-years-post-conservatorship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no chance of reconciling <\/a>despite the latter\u2019s health issues. <\/p>\n<p>Spears didn\u2019t mention any family members by name. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>She was under a 13-year conservatorship from 2008 to 2021. britneyspears\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>However, she\u2019s worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/05\/parents\/britney-spears-rebuilding-bond-with-mom-sons-before-holidays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201crebuilding\u201d her bond <\/a>with her mom, Lynn Spears, over the years, though the source told the outlet their relationship is \u201cvery fragile\u201d with communication \u201cevery few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Britney and her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, their relationship has reportedly been on the mend <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/01\/14\/britney-spears-denies-holding-jamie-lynn-in-room-with-knife\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following their famous feud<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCriminal\u201d singer is closest to her brother, Bryan Spears, who<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/08\/22\/britney-spears-brother-bryan-helping-amid-sam-asghari-divorce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> moved in with her <\/a>shortly after her split from ex-husband Sam Asghari in August 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britney Spears candidly admitted that she\u2019s \u201clucky to be alive\u201d after surviving the way her family treated her.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[9645,236,5654,4032,91,94,88,13439,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-450419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-britney-spears","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-families","11":"tag-celebrity-feuds","12":"tag-celebrity-news","13":"tag-celebrity-social-media","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-family-feuds","16":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}