Britney Spears apologises
Britney Spears has apologised to her fans for pretending she's okay, when she's not.
It follows the shocking revelations made in her recent court hearing on her conservatorship.
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Taking to Instagram, the singer shared a picture of a quote which read, 'If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairytales.'
'If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairytales.'
In the caption, Britney wrote, 'I just want to tell you guys a little secret'
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'I believe as people we all want the fairy tale life and by the way I’ve posted my life seems to look and be pretty amazing,' she continued.
'I think that’s what we all strive for !!!! That was one of my mother’s best traits …'
'no matter how shi**y a day was when I was younger … for the sake of me and my siblings she always pretended like everything was ok.'
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'I don’t want people to think my life is perfect...'
Britney went on, 'I’m bringing this to peoples attention because I don’t want people to think my life is perfect because IT’S DEFINITELY NOT AT ALL'
'and if you have read anything about me in the news this week … you obviously really know now it’s not !!!!'
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'I apologize for pretending like I’ve been ok the past two years …'
'I did it because of my pride and I was embarrassed to share what happened to me …'
'but honestly who doesn’t want to capture their Instagram in a fun light!!!!'
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'Believe it or not pretending that I’m ok has actually helped … so I decided to post this quote today because by golly if you’re going through hell... I feel like Instagram has helped me have a cool outlet to share my presence … existence … and to simply feel like I matter despite what I was going through and hey it worked …'
'so I’ve decided to start reading more fairy tales !!!!!' Britney concluded.
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The court hearing
On Wednesday, Britney appeared in an L.A. court and pleaded with the judge to end her father's conservatorship.
Her dad, Jamie, has been in control of her affairs since 2008 after a series of public breakdowns.
Now, 13 years on, Britney, "just [wants her] life back."
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Britney said, "My dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship, including my management - they should be in jail."
"It's not ok to force me to do anything I don’t want to."
"The conservatorship should end. I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive."
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Read more of what Britney had to say here.
