Britney Spears has drawn a striking parallel between her own life and Disney’s Maleficent, saying she feels as though she “lost her wings” and “suffered brain damage” during a difficult period in her past.
The 43-year-old pop icon shared a lengthy and emotional post on Instagram over the weekend, alongside a photo of herself riding horseback.
“My back… my blades… my wings… remember the movie Maleficent such an incredible movie!!!!” Spears wrote. “Remember the king tried to kill her but instead a guy secretly took her wings… but anything from the father in heaven… the real father whom is the one I only claim who loves unconditionally…”
While she said the film doesn’t directly relate to her life, Spears suggested it reflected on her own struggles during and after her 13-year conservatorship, which ended in 2021.
“I had a traumatic experience… where for four months I no longer had my private door and illegally was forced to not use my feet or body to go anywhere,” she wrote. “It did more than hurt my body… trust me there’s A LOT I didn’t share in my book.”
The singer, who released her bestselling memoir The Woman in Me last year, said she still keeps painful details private because they remain “incredibly painful and sad.”
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In ..., Spears described feeling as if her sense of self and creativity were stripped away:
“I do feel the logic and mindfulness in my body as ONE was 100 percent murdered and destroyed… I couldn’t dance or move for five months… but it made me remember how to fly.”
The Toxic singer recalled her strength as a young mother, remembering swimming with her two sons, Sean and Jayden, “on my back till they were 4 and 5.”
Referencing Maleficent, Spears said the character was “considered a villain but actually one with mother nature… animals would bow to her,” calling the film “brilliant.”
“I do feel like my wings were taken away and brain damage happened to me a long time ago 100 percent… I have of course moved on from that troubling time in my life and I’m blessed to be alive,” she added.
Spears’ post comes amid renewed public scrutiny following allegations made by her ex-husband Kevin Federline in his recently released memoir, where he made severalshocking claims, including her of infidelity and drug use. The former couple, who divorced in 2007, share two sons together.