Britney Spears was pictured on Saturday driving her white Mercedes in Los Angeles a day before she slammed her sister Jamie Lynn saying ‘may the Lord wrap your mean a** up in joy today’ with a very biting post on Instagram.
The 39-year-old singer was driving with her boyfriend Sam Asghari, 27, in the passenger seat and a bodyguard in the back.
Spears went for a drive as she hopes for a speedy end to her 13-year conservatorship, which has seen her limited to spending $2,000 a week of her $60 million fortune.
The open road: Britney Spears, 39, was seen going for a drive in her white Mercedes on Saturday amid her escalating feud with father Jamie Spears and sister Jamie Lynn Spears
Woman in red: Earlier on Sunday, Jamie Lynn Spears, 30, posted photos to Instagram of herself in a scarlet blazer and mini skirt
Seeing red: Later, Britney appeared to shade her sister in a dancing video set to Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy, which may have been a comment about Jamie Lynn
Sam shared a clip of the afternoon drive to his Instagram Stories. As he filmed from the passenger seat, the pop superstar sang along to her song Lonely, from her 2001 album Britney.
She showed she still had all the inflections down perfectly in the bridge as she built up toward the third and final verse.
‘Think of times you made me cry / You had me so confused,’ she sang, with emotion dripping from her words.
It’s unclear if Britney or Sam saw any connection in the lyrics to her current situation, or if she merely enjoyed singing along to one of her deep cuts.
Before switching lanes, her hand with her red nails could be seen reaching down to turn up the volume ahead of the more intense chorus.
Company: Spears’ boyfriend Sam Asghari, a 27-year-old Iranian actor and personal trainer, was in the front passenger seat of her car
Legal victory: Spears on Wednesday won the right to appoint her own lawyer — something she celebrated with a joyous Instagram post of her doing cartwheels
Part of an explosive statement Britney delivered in court last month included her complaints about restrictions on who she was allowed to drive with.
‘All I want is to own my money and for this to end and for my boyfriend to be able to drive me in his f***ing car,’ she told Judge Brenda Penny.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Britney was now allowed to be together with Sam in the car, or if she had to drive because he’s still not allowed behind the wheel with her in the car.
Sing-along: Sam shared a clip of the afternoon drive to his Instagram Stories. As he filmed from the passenger seat, the pop superstar sang along to her song Lonely, from her 2001 album Britney
Note for note: She showed she still had all the inflections down perfectly in the bridge as she built up toward the third and final verse
Turn it up! Before switching lanes, she reached down to turn up the volume ahead of the more intense chorus
Following her relaxing drive, Britney seemed to have fired another salvo in her ongoing feud with her younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears, 30, which she had brought into the open just the day before.
Earlier on Sunday, Jamie Lynn posted photos of herself in a scarlet blazer that was unbuttoned at the top, plus a matching mini skirt.
‘May the peace of the Lord be with you, and your spirit ✌❤️ ,’ she initially captioned the post, according to Just Jared.
But then Britney seemed to blast her sister in another of her dance videos shared later in the evening to Instagram.
Peaceful: ‘May the peace of the Lord be with you, and your spirit ✌❤️ ,’ she initially captioned the post, according to Just Jared
The Womanizer singer was dressed in a red sports bra with green patterned shorts as she showed off some impressive moves scored to Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy, which she had previously made her own choreography for.
Although her red top may have been inspired by Jamie Lynn’s outfit, Britney didn’t leave any doubt that she was calling her sister out with her caption.
‘May the Lord wrap your mean a** up in joy today,’ she wrote, presumably referencing her sister’s caption about ‘the Lord.’
‘PS RED [rose emojis]!!!!!,’ she continued. ‘Pssss … this is Bad Guy part 2 … same song new dance… if you don’t like it … don’t watch it !!!!!’
The confrontational final line was reminiscent of her long text post from Saturday, which ended with: ‘If you don’t want to see my precious a** dancing in my living room or it’s not up to your standards … go read a f***ing book !!!!!’
After Britney shared her Instagram post, Jamie Lynn edited her caption to simply be a peace sign and heart emoji, while keeping the comments off, as she has with all of her recent posts.
Fighting words: ‘May the Lord wrap your mean a** up in joy today,’ she wrote, presumably referencing her sister’s caption about ‘the Lord’
Backing down: After Britney shared her Instagram post, Jamie Lynn edited her caption to simply be a peace sign and heart emoji, while keeping the comments off
In her post from Saturday, which also took aim at Jamie Lynn, Britney began by defending her many dancing videos posted to her Instagram account and explaining that her father Jamie was the reason why fans could only see her perform at home for now.
‘Look I’m not gonna be performing on any stages anytime soon with my dad handling what I wear, say, do, or think!!!! I’ve done that for the past 13 years,’ she said.
‘I’d much rather share videos YES from my living room instead of onstage in Vegas…’
She added that some guests were so inebriated that ‘they couldn’t even shake my hand,’ and she said others had smoked so much marijuana that she ‘ended up getting a contact high.’
The Toxic singer also wrote that she was ‘not gonna put on heavy makeup and try try try on stage again’ if she couldn’t perform the original versions of her songs that appeared on her albums.
Instead, she had been forced to do ‘remixes of my songs for years’ and hadn’t been allowed to ‘put my new music in my show for MY FANS… so I quit!!!’
Bad blood: Britney laid into her father Jamie Spears and sister Jamie Lynn in another angry Instagram post on Saturday, explaining that she wouldn’t perform in Vegas until her dad was off her conservatorship; seen with Jamie Lynn at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards
That’s all for now: Britney said her fans could only look forward to dance videos from home until her father wasn’t making her financial decisions for her in his role as conservator
Not her choice: She also complained that she wasn’t allowed to sing her new material and had to perform remixes of her classic tracks; seen in 2018 at the announcement of her Vegas residency
Britney reserved some special fury for her sister Jamie Lynn Spears, 30, who made a surprise performance at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards to cap off a tribute with a performance of her sister’s song Till The World Ends.
In video of the performance, the songstress joins her mother in standing and clapping along with the song, but she appears to look less than enthused.
‘I don’t like that my sister showed up at an awards show and performed MY SONGS to remixes!!!!!’ she admitted. ‘My so-called support system hurt me deeply!!!!
‘This conservatorship killed my dreams,’ she continued, ‘so all I have is hope and hope is the only thing in this world that is very hard to kill … yet people still try!!!!’
Awkward: Britney hugged her sister after the show and was seen clapping, but she looked less than enthused in video of the event
Britney also reiterated how uncomfortable recent documentaries, including the New York Times Presents documentary Framing Britney Spears, had drudged up painful memories.
‘I didn’t like the way the documentaries bring up humiliating moments from the past… I’m way past all that and have been for a long time!!!!’
The entertainer even defended her love of fairy tale endings and told ‘women’ who ‘say it’s weird’ to ‘go f*** yourself.’
‘As I said … hope is all I have right now … you’re lucky I post anything at all,’ she added.
‘People try to kill hope because hope is one of the most vulnerable and fragile things there is!!!! I’m gonna go read a mother f***ing fairy tale now!!!!’ she concluded on a confrontational note, adding the postscript, ‘Psss if you don’t want to see my precious a** dancing in my living room or it’s not up to your standards … go read a f***ing book!!!!!’
The day before, Britney had shared her outrage at the ‘people closest’ to her who had failed to help her in her time of need.
The pop superstar lashed out in a lengthy Instagram post at people in her orbit who had only started speaking out in support of her after her conservatorship received heavy public scrutiny.
Despite her angry tone, she avoided mention any specific names, simply writing that they ‘know who [they] are,’ though she may have been referring to her father and sister based on her most recent post.
Spears posted a short text snippet summarizing her position.
‘Never forget who ignored you when you needed them and who helped you before you even had to ask,’ it read.
She went into more specifics in her lengthy caption and sounded notably more upset than she usually allows herself to be on social media.
‘There’s nothing worse than when the people closest to you who never showed up for you post things in regard to your situation whatever it may be and speak righteously for support … there’s nothing worse than that!!!!’ she wrote.
Furious: She called out people she cared about who ‘never show up’ when she needed them. ‘Did you put your hand out when I was drowning???? Again … NO,’ she wrote angrily
Though she didn’t name names, Britney indicated they were part of her closest inner circle by calling them ‘the people you love the most.’
‘How dare you make it public that NOW you CARE … did you put your hand out when I was drowning????’ she continued. ‘Again … NO …’
The Toxic singer added that the people she was targeting likely knew she was mad at them.
‘If you’re reading this and you know who you are … and you actually have the nerve to say anything about my situation just to save face for yourself publicly!!! If you’re gonna post something …. Please stop with the righteous approach when you’re so far from righteous it’s not even funny,’ she added, before adding, ‘And have a good day!!!!!’
After airing her grievances, Britney added words of encouragement to others who were dealing with a lack of support: ‘If you’re reading this today and you can relate …. I’m sorry because I know what it’s like … and I send you my love!!!!’
The entertainer’s post arrived a day after her sister Jamie Lynn Spears posted a message to her Instagram Stories reading: ‘Dear Lord, can we end this bulls**t once and for all? Amen.’
The Zoey 101 star took to Instagram a day after her older sister won the right to appoint her own lawyer and moved one step closer to ending her 13-year conservatorship.
Speaking out: Britney’s post arrived a day after her sister Jamie Lynn Spears prayed on Instagram that ‘the bulls**t will end’ amid her family’s ongoing conservatorship drama
Touching: The Zoey 101 star, 30, posted a message on her story reading: ‘Dear Lord, can we end this bulls**t once and for all? Amen’, as Britney battles to have their father Jamie’s control on her life relinquished; Britney and Jamie seen in 2003
Speaking out: Jamie has previously spoken out about her sister’s situation, saying last month: ‘I’m so proud of her for using her voice. If ending the conservatorship… or whatever the hell else she wants to do to be happy — I support that’
Jamie Lynn has previously spoken out about her sister’s situation, saying last month: ‘I’m so proud of her for using her voice. If ending the conservatorship… or whatever the hell else she wants to do to be happy — I support that…
‘I am so proud of her for requesting new counsel like I told her to do many years ago. I’m not my family, I’m my own person. I’m speaking for myself.’
Britney’s mother Lynne Spears, 66, also shared a cryptic biblical post after the news of her daughter’s court victory.
She shared a Bible verse from the Gospel of John to her Instagram on Friday, telling her 41k followers: ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.’
Others who are further removed from Britney’s inner circle, including the rapper Iggy Azalea and her childhood friend Jason Alexander, whom she was married to for 55 hours, have recently spoken out about her conservatorship.
Optimism? Britney’s mother Lynne Spears, 66, also shared a cryptic biblical post from the Gospel of John after the news of her daughter’s court victory: ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it’
After Britney shared her celebratory video on Wednesday, her boyfriend Sam Asghari shared a message of support for the star.
Showing his love for Britney and the #FreeBritney movement, Iranian–American personal trainer and actor Sam Asghari, 27, wrote underneath: ‘Internet is about to explode!’, amid her bid to have her father Jamie relinquish control of her life.
Britney had earlier addressed the court by phone in an emotional plea for freedom, and the right to chose her own legal representation.
She then posted the video which first showed her horse riding in an arena on a lead rein. The video then showed her cartwheeling for joy beside a pond.
Britney captioned the clip: ‘Coming along, folks… coming along!!!!! New with real representation today… I feel GRATITUDE and BLESSED!!!…
‘Thank you to my fans who are supporting me … You have no idea what it means to me be supported by such awesome fans !!!! God bless you all !!!!!’
Happy days: On Wednesday, Britney shared a clip on Instagram of herself doing cartwheels and horseriding as she celebrated winning the right to appoint her own lawyer and move one step closer to ending her 13-year conservatorship
Sweet: Showing his love for Britney and the #FreeBritney movement, Iranian–American personal trainer and actor Sam Asghari, 27, wrote underneath: ‘Internet is about to explode!’, amid her bid to have her father Jamie relinquish control of her life
Reaching out: Sam was throwing his support behind his long-term girlfriend
She then added: ‘Pssss this is me celebrating by horseback riding and doing cartwheels today!!!! #FreeBritney’.
Sam — her boyfriend of three years — then added his Internet comment, in his latest loyal show of display for the star he has supported through the case.
Hours before, the singer told a court in LA that she wants her father charged with conservatorship abuse, during a hearing in which a judge agreed to her appointing her own lawyer, to bring about an end to the arrangement.
Speaking on the phone, an emotional Britney said: ‘I would like to charge my father with conservatorship abuse. I want to press charges against my father today. I want an investigation into my dad.’
Happy couple: Britney is seen with her boyfriend Sam at the 2019 Daytime Beauty Awards in September 2019 in Los Angeles. On Wednesday he also posted (right) ‘Free Britney’
Joyous: On Wednesday, Britney posted an Instagram clip of her cartwheeling with joy after her court hearing
She described once again the torment of her conservatorship, in a repeat of her explosive June 23 testimony.
Britney claimed her father and others involved in the conservatorship had threatened her, and added: ‘There should be no threats to me at all, ever. I have serious abandonment issues.’
She said that her car keys, hair vitamins and coffee had been taken from her.
She tearfully told Judge Brenda Penny, according to Sky News: ‘Ma’am, that’s not abuse, that’s just f****** cruelty. Excuse my language but it’s the truth.’
Britney then told the court: ‘I thought they were trying to kill me. If this is not abuse, I don’t know what is.’
Lost: Britney’s parents Jamie and Lynne are seen in November 2012. They had divorced in 2002
Britney’s boyfriend shows his support
Britney Spears‘ boyfriend posed in a ‘Free Britney’ message on Instagram on Wednesday, as the pop singer celebrated winning the right to choose her own lawyer.
Support: Sam Asghari wore a ‘Free Britney’ T-shirt on June 23, and posted the message again on July 14
Asghari, 27, a personal trainer and actor, has previously voiced his dislike of Britney’s father, saying in February this year: ‘In my opinion, Jamie is a total d**k.’
He posted his thoughts on Instagram at the time, adding: ‘I have zero respect for someone trying to control our relationship and constantly throwing obstacles our way.’
The pair met in 2016, when the Iranian-born actor was cast in the video for her song Slumber Party.
In February, he told People: ‘I have always wanted nothing but the best for my better half, and will continue to support her following her dreams and creating the future she wants and deserves.
A month later, he told Forbes he hoped to become a father soon.
‘My priorities in life are to remain humble and understand where I came from and where I’m going. I want to take my career to the next step when it comes to acting.
‘I want to take my relationship to the next step, as well. I don’t mind becoming a father. I want to be a young dad.’
Spears has two teenage sons, 15-year-old Sean and 14-year-old Jayden, whom she shares with ex Kevin Federline. The two were married from 2004 to 2007.
Breaking down, Britney then requested a short break to compose herself. She called for her father be removed from the complex legal arrangement and be charged with ‘conservatorship abuse’.
She wants the conservatorship terminated without the need for a medical assessment, but said her priority was ousting her father from his role while allowing co-conservator Jodi Montgomery to remain in the meantime.
Britney said: ‘My dad needs to be removed today and I will be happy with Jodi helping me’.
During her testimony, the judge asked Britney to slow down so the court reporter could take it all down: ‘I’m here to press charges. I’m angry and I will go there.’
Before she spoke, supporters of the #FreeBritney movement gathered outside Los Angeles Supreme Court for the hearing, where the star’s hand-picked attorney Mathew Rosengart was appointed to take over her case.
Judge Penny approved his request, meaning that for the first time since the conservatorship was brought in in 2008, Spears has a lawyer of her own choosing representing her.
On June 23, Spears told the court: ‘I haven’t really had the opportunity by my own self to actually handpick my own lawyer by myself. And I would like to be able to do that.’
Rosengart told the court on Wednesday he would be filing paperwork in the next few week to end the arrangement that has been in place since 2008.
Once the hearing concluded, Rosengart told a press conference on the steps of the courthouse that Jamie Spears should voluntarily step down as conservator.
He said: ‘We will be moving promptly and aggressively for his removal. The question remains, why is he involved? He should step down voluntarily because that’s what’s in the best interest of the conservatee.’
Rosengart praised Britney’s ‘courage, passion, and humanity’ for speaking out in court, and called her testimony ‘clear, lucid, powerful, and compelling.’
‘My firm and I will be taking a top to bottom look at what’s happened over the past decade,’ said Rosengart.
Rosengart’s argument was that the singer ‘is entitled to due process, which includes the right to a competent lawyer’, TMZ reported.
The argument was feared to present a challenge because the terms of the conservatorship mean Spears is prevented from signing any legally binding contracts without her father’s permission.
Rosengart argued against this, saying that Jamie should not have the power to reject her choice of lawyer – given that her lawyer is representing her in a case against Jamie himself.
Rosengart is well known as an attorney to the stars having represented a number of high-profile Hollywood clients, including Steven Spielberg, Ben Affleck and his brother Casey, Sean Penn and director Michael Mann.
Britney’s new lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, is seen on Wednesday speaking outside a Los Angeles courthouse where he was appointed as her legal representative
Judge Penny also agreed a petition filed by wealth management firm Bessemer Trust to remove itself as a co-conservator of Spears’ multimillion-dollar estate.
This comes after her longtime court-appointed attorney Samuel Ingham resigned in the wake of Spears’ bombshell court appearance on June 23 where she pleaded for the ‘abusive’ conservatorship to end.
Britney on June 23 told that she believed she was not allowed to choose her own attorney.
#FreeBritney fans have gathered outside Los Angeles Supreme Court (above) for Britney Spears’ latest conservatorship hearing where the star’s hand-picked attorney Mathew Rosengart will argue to take over her case
She said: ‘I was on tour in 2018. I was forced to do… My management said if I don’t do this tour, I will have to find an attorney, and by contract my own management could sue me if I didn’t follow through with the tour.
‘He handed me a sheet of paper as I got off the stage in Vegas and said I had to sign it. It was very threatening and scary. And with the conservatorship, I couldn’t even get my own attorney. So out of fear, I went ahead and I did the tour.’
She gave explosive testimony in last month’s hearing where she accused her father of controlling her life and fortune for the last 13 years and likened her situation to that of a sex-trafficked person.
Speaking out: More protestors marched in West Hollywood on Sunday to protest Britney’s years-long conservatorship
Fighting for his removal: The protestors were calling for the singer’s father Jamie Spears to be removed as her conservator. The position gives him total control of her finances
Standing with Britney: Numerous protestors had signs that repurposed the iconic lyrics to her best-known songs
