How Britney Spears' Dad Forced Her To Have A Perfect Body
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00:00 In her
00:11 popular memoir, The Woman in Me, Britney Spears asserts that her father, Jamie Spears, tightly
00:17 controlled her eating habits during his time as her conservator.
00:22 And Britney states that her dad frequently commented on her weight, even calling her
00:30 fat, as well as he imposed a rigid diet on her, and he wanted to have control over keeping
00:35 her body in the perfect shape so that she could earn more money for him.
00:40 This is what Britney Spears goes on to write in her memoir, "The irony was that we had
00:44 a butler, an extravagance, and I would beg him for real food."
00:53 She at times even pleaded to get a burger or some ice cream to eat, you know.
01:04 However her appeals were reportedly turned down due to the strict directives from her
01:11 father.
01:12 Britney Spears goes on to make these claims in her book also,
01:15 "So for two years I ate almost nothing but chicken and canned vegetables.
01:20 Two years is a long time to not be able to eat what you want, especially when it's
01:25 your body and your work and your soul making the money that everyone's living off of.
01:31 Two years of asking for french fries and being told no, I found it so degrading."
01:37 I could imagine going two weeks without a burger, at least, right?
01:42 Just imagine two years.
01:43 Britney then reveals that since someone else controlled her food choices, she no longer
01:48 felt ownership over her body.
01:51 And she admits this, and I quote, "I felt scared.
01:54 I'll be honest, I was effing miserable."
01:57 Despite the rigorous diet though, she noticed that she was still gaining weight, which of
02:02 course is the opposite of what her father wanted.
02:05 And here's how Britney describes this strange phenomenon, you know, on such a strict diet,
02:10 but still gaining weight.
02:12 Here's what she said, "Even though I wasn't eating as much, he made me feel so ugly and
02:16 like I wasn't good enough.
02:18 Maybe that's because of the power of your thoughts.
02:22 Whatever you think you are, you become."
02:23 Her memoir goes on to expose even more details, and she said that she obeyed her father's
02:29 orders because she was so beaten down that she just surrendered.
02:34 And Britney reveals that she had grown used to people commenting on her body due to media
02:40 scrutiny and family discussions.
02:42 "Britney Spears has been faced with a decade-long nightmare, a Kafkaesque nightmare, orchestrated
02:48 by her father."
02:50 And despite her being able to carry children, as well as performing flawlessly on stage,
02:58 and in pretty good condition physically, she found it strange that every single calorie
03:07 that she put in her body was being monitored for somebody else's profit.
03:11 And she noted further frustration, saying that she was the only one who found this situation
03:17 completely unreasonable.
03:20 Other people were like, "Yeah, it makes sense that your diet is so restricted and your calories
03:25 are all being counted like this.
03:26 Yeah, it does."
03:27 She's the only one that was like, "What is this?"
03:30 And guys, take a listen to this excerpt from the book.
03:33 "My family would stay in Destin, a pretty beach town in Florida, at a ridiculously beautiful
03:40 condo that I bought for them and eat good-tasting food every night while I was starving and
03:47 working."
03:48 Wow, this sounds like slavery, guys.
03:52 In addition to all of that, Britney Spears also asserts that her father, Jamie, compelled
03:57 her to undergo rehab in 2014 during her Las Vegas residency, stating, "I'm Britney Spears
04:04 now."
04:05 And this, of course, insinuated it was pretty much all for financial gain.
04:09 Like he was in charge of her persona, and that was it.
04:13 She had to listen to him, whatever he said.
04:15 Although her 13-year conservatorship ended in November 2021,
04:19 "I'm so pleased and proud to say Jamie Spears is no longer a conservator."
04:29 Jamie was suspended from his guardianship responsibilities almost two months earlier
04:33 due to alleged abusive behavior.
04:37 That's where I'll end off this one, guys.
04:38 That's all the scoop I have for you.
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