How Britney Spears’ Father Controlled Her Circle of Friends
When Jamie Spears was appointed as his pop icon-daughter Britney Spears’ conservator in 2008, he wasted no time cleaning house, removing several longtime members of Britney’s team.
The move was initially seen as a protective father trying to rein in his “out of control” daughter. Spears’ life was quickly unravelling, with her losing custody of her two young sons to her ex-husband Kevin Federline in 2007. She was photographed out partying, infamously shaved her head (reportedly to avoid a positive drug test during the aforementioned custody battle), and got into a number of altercations with paparazzi who had been relentlessly harassing her.
Spears, then 26, was subsequently placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold following a January 2008 incident where she locked herself in a bathroom with her sons, refusing to come out.
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