A clip of Britney Spears talking about her conservatorship has reappeared after 8 years.
The “Toxic” singer appeared on the show Jonathan Ross Program returned in 2016 to promote his album, Glory, and in the new clip, she talks about the conservatorship she’s under and how it hindered the creative process behind the album.
“The new album, I understand, you’re more involved in this music than the previous ones? So you’ve taken control. You’re more in control of your music than before? Why did it take you so long? Why did you wait until now? Ross asked Spears.
“Yeah, there are a lot of reasons, but I won’t go into the whole story,” Spears replied.
Ross then interrupted the singer to remind her that viewers already knew “a lot” about her history, seemingly referring to her very public breakup in 2007. However, he did consoles her and notes that she doesn’t need to “revisit” anything she didn’t do. feel comfortable with.
“Ever since the conservatorship… I feel like a lot of things have been planned for me to do and, you know, told what to do. And I’m kind of like, with this [album]I wanted to make it my baby and I wanted to do it myself, and I was very strategic about how I did it and, um, yeah, that’s why it meant so much to me ,” Spears said.
Ross went on to ask Spears if she was “happy” and in a “good place,” to which she smiled and replied, “Yes, sir.”
At the time of the interview, Spears was not allowed to discuss her conservatorship and her commentary was cut from the finale before it aired. Spears has since been freed from it and talked about her time on the show with Ross in her memoir, The Woman In Me.
“I even mentioned the conservatorship on a talk show in 2016, but somehow that part of the interview didn’t air. Huh. It’s interesting,” she says in the book.
Jonathan Ross ShowIts parent channel, ITV, has yet to respond after the clip was rebroadcast or share why it was cut.
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