In a sudden move that sent shockwaves through her fanbase, Britney Spears deleted her Instagram account amid a tumultuous period of posts and a public dispute over her ex-husband Kevin Federline's memoir. On Sunday, November 2, Spears' Instagram profile vanished into thin air, accompanied by a message stating that her "profile may have been removed."
In recent weeks, fans had expressed concern after Spears, now 43, shared living room dancing videos but opted to turn off comments on posts that featured cryptic captions about her children, Jayden James, 19, and Sean Preston, 20. A video Spears shared on October 7 showed her with bruises on her arms and bandages wrapped around her hands and wrists. In the caption, she explained that she had fallen down the stairs and wrote about her two sons traveling back to Hawaii, where they reside with Federline, 47.
"My boys had to leave and go back to Maui," she wrote, before opening up about why she shares her dancing clips. "This is the way I express myself and pray through art… father who art in heaven… I’m not here for concern or pity, I just want to be a good woman and be better… and I do have wonderful support, so have a brilliant day !!!" She continued, "Psss I fell down the stairs at my friend’s house… it was horrible. It snaps out now and then, not sure if it’s broken but for now it’s snapped in!!! Thank u god."
In a more recent Instagram post shared on October 19, the pop superstar seemed to open up about spending four months in rehab in 2018 while under a 13-year conservatorship and the impact it had on her life. In the post, she claimed she suffered "brain damage." Spears posted a photo of herself riding a horse and compared her shoulder blades to "wings" in the caption, before writing about the film Maleficent.
"Remember the king tried to kill her but instead a guy secretly took her wings but anything from the father in heaven the real father whom is the one I only claim who loves unconditionally… anything holy is never forgotten," she wrote. "Her wings were holy so the king couldn’t take them not one person could say they were restored and hidden locked in a secret holy stained glass church… not that this has any relevance with me but I do find it incredibly interesting…"
The singer then spoke about enduring a "traumatic experience" that she says she wrote about "at the end" of her 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me. "Where for 4 months I no longer had my private door and illegally was forced to not use my feet or body to go anywhere," she said.
In Federline's memoir, You Thought You Knew, he shared various claims about Spears, their marriage, and her relationship with their sons. Excerpts from The New York Times, USA Today, and E! Online feature claims about Spears' behavior as a parent, allegations of cheating, and an expression of imminent fear that "something bad" will happen to her.
On October 15, Spears used an X to call out Federline for "constantly gaslighting" her and defended her relationship with their sons. "To be loved unconditionally and with a naive heart like mine, always being threatened or made to believe I'm the bad one as they profit off my pain…" her post began. "Oh dear Jesus show me there is a God and I can too be loved unconditionally and not have to be so perfect cause it's really interesting."
Spears also took aim at Federline's press appearances, accusing him of "literally attacking" her "in his interviews." "Why is HE SO ANGRY," she questioned, adding, "and what's scary is he’s convincing. It literally blows my mind the moments he stops before he cries are you f---ing serious…" A representative for Spears responded to Federline's memoir and the allegations in a statement shared with PEOPLE on October 14.
