Variety interview with Framing Britney Spears director

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2021/tv/news/britney-spears-documentary-conservatory-free-britney-movement-1234902053/amp/

You reached out to Britney’s family members, but none of them participated in this piece. Why not?

A legitimate reason that she and her family wouldn’t speak to any media outlet right now is that they’re in the middle of what looks to be gearing up to be a court battle, and it’s standard for lawyers to advise their clients not to speak to the media when they’re in the middle of that. We reached out to everyone in every way we could imagine — through publicists, lawyers, family friends, people who lived on their street. We wanted to make a big attempt for everyone.

The documentary states that you are unsure if your request for Britney’s participation ever made it to her. What should viewers take away from that?

We tried every which way to get a smoke signal to Britney about the documentary, but there is such a tight circle around her that we don’t know if she got those requests or not. We didn’t get a “no” from her. We never got anything from her.

It’s very rare that Britney talks to the media these days. Why is that?

If you’ve done any interview with her for the past five to ten years, it was under careful watch from her handlers. We’ve heard from a lot of people in newsrooms that if you want to interview Britney, her team has final cut over what’s in the piece. A lot of news outlets wouldn’t agree to that, ethically — so you can’t have a journalist ask her how she’s feeling. The only thing you can see is her Instagram.

Do you know how much control she has over her Instagram and social media?

It’s unclear how much of that she controls. A lot of celebrities have social media managers.

Many of Britney’s fans believe she is sending secret messages through her social media. Based on your reporting, do you believe that she is sending a cry for help from her Instagram?

The thing about that is you can’t ask Britney if she needs help because there’s such a tight cone of silence around her that is enabled by the conservatorship. One of the things that a conservator of Britney’s person can do is limit who visits her, they can provide 24/7 security for her, so if you call Britney’s publicist or manager, you’re not going to get an interview. It feels like her Instagram is the only place you can actually hear from her. I look at Britney’s Instagram every day to see if there’s a new post and if I can look into it. We don’t know what’s in her head, and she never talks about the conservatorship, so I understand why fans are wondering if she’s sending messages through her social media.

It’s shocking to watch that footage. Today, a female celebrity would talk back to the journalist asking those inappropriate questions, and the journalist would be canceled on social media for asking the question.

It wasn’t that long ago. These were between 2000 and 2008. To think that now, it would never happen, it’s really surprising. This wasn’t deep history when this was happening.

You are right in that there was always a narrative that she was a puppet. From your reporting, what did you learn about how in control she was over her career in the early days?

From everyone I spoke to, it was described to me that she helped contribute creatively to her image. It wasn’t put on her. This didn’t make it into the final cut, but during an interview, I was told that one time Britney and her stylist were in the green room for a morning show and Britney turned around and took scissors and made her shirt into a crop top. The stylist said, “That’s Britney! We can’t control her.”

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This is so sad. I hope the C-Ship will end this year and she can release another album.

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They need to let her go free omg

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11 hours ago, BabylonChristmas said:

“That’s Britney! We can’t control her.”

 Still crying over this. At least the entire world's eyes are on her and the conservatorship. Today is the third consecutive day she is trending 

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1 hour ago, bryanspears said:

 Still crying over this. At least the entire world's eyes are on her and the conservatorship. Today is the third consecutive day she is trending 

She deserves nothing but the very best in this world. I hope she gets free from this awful conservatorship soon. Free Britney! 

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1 hour ago, bryanspears said:

 Still crying over this. At least the entire world's eyes are on her and the conservatorship. Today is the third consecutive day she is trending 

where is she trending?

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1 hour ago, Dulo Peep said:

where is she trending?

Shes been trending world wide on twitter since friday. Friday was "Framing Britney Spears", Saturday was "Britney Spears", and today is "We are Sorry Britney"