LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The highly anticipated memoir of Britney Spears was released on Tuesday, October 24. The 41-year-old singer is currently in the spotlight for the various experiences and challenges she has encountered in her personal life and music career.
One of the most captivating aspects of Britney’s story is the alleged trauma she has endured, which has now become a widely discussed topic online. A fan on X with the handle @breatheonmiley shared the 'Toxic' singer's narrative of her experience at the 'Piece of Me' residency in Vegas.
The fan wrote, "Britney Spears explains the lack of energy and passion during her Piece of Me show."
Britney Spears unveils her traumatic experiences
During Spears’ four-year residency in Las Vegas for the 'Britney: Piece of Me' show, she faced criticism for her apparent lack of interest in the performance.
Spears grew disenchanted with the show when her father and team refused to allow any changes to it, per Billboard. Consequently, she was quietly staging her own protest on stage.
"In the most demoralizing moments of my Las Vegas residency, I wore tight wigs, and I'd dance in a way where I wouldn't move a hair on my head. Everyone who was making money off me wanted me to move my hair, and I knew it—and so I did everything but that," Spears said.
"When I look back, I realize how much of myself I withheld onstage, how much by trying to punish the people who held me captive I punished everyone else, too including my loyal fans, including myself. But now I know why I'd been sleepwalking through so much of the past thirteen years. I was traumatized," the singer added.
She ended, "By holding back onstage, I was trying to rebel in some way, even if I was the only one who knew that was what was happening. And so I didn't toss my hair or flirt. I did the moves and I sang the notes, but I didn't put the fire behind it that I had in the past. Toning down my energy onstage was my own version of a factory slowdown."
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Online fans responded with the speed of a soaring rocket. A fan tweeted, "I remember seeing her 100th show there and being disappointed and esp in the wig, it didn’t even look like her. And yes she was like she wasn’t even there, just doing the motions. Now all makes sense as to why and it’s heartbreaking."
Another wrote, "So so heartbreaking." "I felt the part “Everyone who was making money off me wanted me to …." noted another.
One fan claimed, "Celebrities too go through a lot...'everyone who was making money off me' that part got me."
"I don’t like to see this poor Britney," claimed another.
"When I seen her in Vegas I felt her restriction, she was someone who I idolized growing up and she was right in front of me and was disappointed in the lack of energy, but now it all makes sense," mentioned another fan.
