Britney Spears has reportedly had ‘a fascination with knives’ and slept with ‘one under her bed’ amid ‘constant fear of being institutionalized again’
Britney Spears has reportedly “had a fascination with knives,” and at one point TMZ revealed she slept “with one under her bed” for fear of being “institutionalized again.”
A year and a half after finishing her 13-year conservatory, which she previously described as “abusive” in explosive courtroom testimony, a source claimed the pop star, 41, remains in “terrified” that “someone will enter.” strap her to a stretcher in the middle of the night and take her to a psychiatric ward.’
After regaining control of her own personal and financial affairs in 2021, the site claims that those caring for the mother-of-two have “compiled a list of recommendations” for Spears, including keeping her away from guns and “not driving alone.” ‘.
The singer, who revealed in 2021 that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, is said to have a “constant fear of being readmitted.”
Despite the recommendation, the Gimme More hitmaker recently shared a video of her skillfully using a large knife chopping fruit in the kitchen while making fresh watermelon juice.
Anxious: Britney Spears has reportedly had ‘a fascination with knives’ and at one point revealed to TMZ that she ‘slept with one under her bed’ for fear of being ‘re-institutionalized’
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Grammy Award winner’s representatives for comment.
Last year, Britney’s younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, claimed in her tell-all book that her sibling once locked them in a room together while holding a knife.
In a passage from her memoir, Things I Should Have Said, the Zoey 101 alum, 32, recalled Britney telling her she was “scared” before grabbing “big knife from the kitchen” and pulling her to her room and she ‘locked both’. .’
“She put the knife in the nightstand drawer and just repeated, ‘I’m scared,'” Jamie Lynn recalled. “I knew something was wrong and I was powerless to do anything about it.”
While discussing the claim to an episode of Alex Cooper’s podcast, Call her daddyin 2022, the former child star clarified that she “never felt like it [Britney] would harm ‘her’ or ‘whatever’.
“It just felt weird. And I didn’t understand,” she said of the incident that allegedly took place in 2004, shortly after Britney’s marriage to Jason Alexander, which was annulled within 55 hours.
Jamie Lynn would have been only 13 at the time and Britney 22.
Britney vehemently denied the alleged incident between them on Twitter.
Traumatized: A year and a half after finishing her 13-year conservatory, which she previously described as “abusive” in explosive courtroom testimony, a source claimed the pop star, 41, remains in “terrified” that “someone will come in the middle of the night, tie her to a stretcher and take her to a psychiatric ward’
Despite a recommendation to keep her away from guns, the singer recently shared a video of her skillfully using a large knife chopping fruit in the kitchen while making fresh watermelon juice (seen above last month)
“I’ve never been near you with a knife, or would I ever think of doing such a thing!!!” Britney tweeted in 2022. “The only knife I’ve ever seen you home with was carving the biggest chunks of pumpkin I’ve ever seen in my life and it was way too big for me to cut.”
Britney then expressed that she was hurt by the allegations, saying she was ‘really confused’ as to why Jamie Lynn made that up ‘because frankly it’s not nice’ that she’s lying.
After the release of her book, Jamie Lynn defended her choice to tell the story, pointing out that her book is “not about her” sister.
“I can’t help the fact that I was also born Spears and some of my experiences involve my sister,” she wrote on Instagram. “I worked hard before I was even a teenager, and I built my career despite just being someone’s little sister.”