Britney Spears Voices Family Fears in Instagram Post

Britney Spears expressed deep fears and lingering trauma from her family's past actions in an Instagram post on Wednesday, stating she feels lucky to be alive and now fears them for their role in isolating her under the guise of help.

The 44-year-old singer shared the message alongside an image of a baby holding an adult's hand, emphasizing a universal desire for connection. "As people, all we really want is to feel connected to each other and never feel alone," Spears wrote. She criticized family members who claimed isolation was for her benefit, adding, "For those of you in your family that have said to help you is to isolate you and make you feel unbelievably left out they were wrong. We can forgive as people but u dont ever forget. Yearning and longing for contact is always crucial." Spears went on to say she is "incredibly lucky to even be alive with how my family treated me once in my life and now Im scared of them," reflecting that they will never take responsibility for their actions despite what she described as divine intervention in her life.

The post comes more than four years after the end of Spears' 13-year conservatorship, which began in 2008 and placed control of...