Britney Spears took aim at her father, Jamie Spears, in a long, since-deleted social media post over the weekend that was meant to celebrate her sons' birthdays. The 44-year-old pop star reflected on the travel restrictions imposed by her parents during her conservatorship before asking why "god took my father's legs away."
"But you all know me I've forgiven and been the bigger person always RIGHT. I wonder why god took my father's legs away?" Spears wrote.
Jamie Spears has reportedly had only his right leg amputated above the knee, the result of a severe bacterial infection. The Daily Mail reached out to representatives for both Britney and Jamie Spears for comment but had not received a response.
The 'MURICA' post
"Did he take my name away and existence in MURICA HOME OF THE FREE !!" Spears continued in the post. "Murica" is slang for America often used in a satirical or derogatory way to mock extreme patriotism, nationalism, or stereotypical rural and Southern culture, according to Dictionary.com.
Spears began the lengthy post by describing the photo attached to it, which showed her in a purple print bikini at what looked like a warm vacation spot, holding the hand of her eldest son, Sean, who was pushing her youngest son, Jayden, along with his hand.
"He's pushing Jayden when I started to use my own feet not guided by anyone. For some reason as a baby he always did that, I thought it was cute…," she wrote.
15 years of restricted travel
Spears said that for 15 years she was "never allowed to say my name in the land of the free and travel spontaneously," and that her parents decided where and when she could travel. Her conservatorship, which gave her father control over her finances and personal affairs, ended in November 2021 after 13 years.
Since then, she has made frequent trips to Cabo San Lucas and other coastal spots in Mexico for holidays and birthdays.
"So I guess going to Mexico the last 5 years… Although my friends would say this place isn't that great, I was always on cloud 9. I could feel my inner child 100 percent awaken and never felt so alive," Spears wrote.
"My damn life… it's crazy these are just words but if people honestly knew the difference in my spiritual connection when I flew out of the country they would nod and understand..[sic]"
She ended the post on a lighter note: "Ps… cus I can go wherever I want now, SO GRATEFUL!! Pss… was that our first conversation? Nice to meet u all!!"
Celebrating her sons
Spears spent much of the weekend celebrating her boys, whose father is her ex-husband Kevin Federline. Sean Preston turns 21 on Monday, September 14, and Jayden James turned 20 on Saturday, September 12.
To mark her youngest son's birthday, Spears shared a separate, heartfelt message saying she hoped to be the best mother in the world.
"Happy birthday to my handsome young boy oh dear lord we have this beautiful thing called life in front of us, it's such a beautiful delicate thing," she wrote. "I hope I can be the best mommy in the world every day of ur life!!!!"
Jayden pushes back on clone theory
In July, Jayden spoke out during a livestream to reject conspiracy theories claiming his mother had been replaced by a clone.
"I hop on TikTok and I see this one video that has 1.2 million likes, and the caption is like, 'The biggest theory ever: Is Britney Spears still alive?' Like, bro, you can go to her page and see her right now," Jayden said.
He branded the idea "ridiculous" and said the clone theory shows how "exaggerated and fake" rumors can spread. "People know how gullible people are, and they use that to their advantage. If it has a lot of likes, they [believe] it. They don't even research it. They're just, 'Wow, yeah, it's crazy. I believe it though,'" he said.
Rebuilding a relationship
Spears has had periods of estrangement from her sons over the years, but the family has been rebuilding their relationship in recent times.
Earlier this year, Sean and Jayden made their runway debut in the Vetements menswear Spring/Summer 2027 show at Paris Fashion Week, with their mother supporting from afar.
"Oh my God, she was so nervous for us," Jayden told Vogue when asked about his mother's reaction. "She was just looking out for us and making sure that this was what we wanted to do. She wasn't there with us, but she sent us flowers to our hotel as a good luck thing, and called and texted us so many times. It was good to have that and to carry that with us before we went out there."
Britney had every confidence in her sons, Jayden said: "I feel like she knew we had it. She was like, 'Yeah, you guys are my sons. You've got this.'"
He added: "Right before we were about to walk out, I remember Preston and I just looking at each other and nodding our heads, because we weren't close enough to give each other a pep talk. I would've been really, really messed up if Preston wasn't doing it with me."
