Britney Spears deactivates Instagram amid posts and Federline feud

Britney Spears has deactivated her Instagram account after a string of posts that prompted concern from fans and came amid a public clash with her former husband, Kevin Federline. The pop star’s profile began directing users to an error message on Sunday, with her X account remaining active; it was not immediately clear whether Spears removed the page herself or whether Instagram suspended it.

The move follows weeks of posts in which Spears, 43, shared home videos and images that drew attention for visible bruising, a bandaged knee and cryptic captions about her sons, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19. In one October post she said she had fallen down the stairs at a friend’s house and described a recurring leg problem. In other messages she referenced having suffered brain damage during the period she was under a court conservatorship, which lasted from 2008 to 2021.

The social-media activity escalated after Federline, 47, published a memoir, You Thought You Knew, in late October. Federline’s book includes accounts that he says were provided by their sons and other family members, in which he alleges episodes of dangerous behavior while Spears parented young children. Among...