Britney Spears is assuring her overprotective fans that her loneliness isn’t killing her.
The 41-year-old pop icon addressed rumors Friday that she’s battling her mental health and needing an intervention, while admitting she takes Prozac for depression “and that’s about it.”
“I didn’t die, people. I didn’t die,” Spears emphasized in a clip posted to Instagram. The statement comes a day after TMZ quoted a source “in regular contact with Britney” who warned, “I’m afraid she’s gonna die.”
“I’m here, I’m alive, yeah, I’m very much alive and well, and I’ve got my fur here,” Spears said as she showed off her white shawl accessory in Friday’s video.
“You see I’m feeling myself? Yeah, feelin’ myself,” she sing-songed Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé’s 2014 hit.
“I’m here. I’m pleased, and I’m well, and that’s it. That’s it. Liberty skip-skip-skip-skip-skip,” she signed off.
The “Toxic” singer provided fans with more assurance of her wellbeing within the video’s caption.
“This week within the news it said that I almost died and that I even have a manager and ‘doctors’ !!!” Spears wrote.
“I don’t have a management team nor will I ever again in my life !!! I don’t have “medical doctors” !!! I take Prozac for depression and that’s about it !!! I’m a particularly boring person !!!”
“It frustrates me to know that any news outlet would say any of this !!! It’s worse than a cruel joke because people actually consider these things and all of my efforts in improving with my little routine of prayer and therapy seems to not count for anything when people can say things which are incredibly fallacious !!!” she continued, referencing the general public’s ongoing interest in her post-conservatorship life.
“Anyhow change of the topic … enough drama … I’m into diamond gowns and funky fashion in the mean time !!! Good Morning !!!!!?” Spears concluded.
The Post has contacted Spears’ attorney for comment.
Her video follows Page Six’s confirmation Thursday that Spears’ family and friends were in talks to host an intervention for the pop star over a medication-related issue. But a source told the outlet that the intervention never took place since it was deemed “unnecessary.”
“Unfortunately, there’s lots of hysteria within the media immediately, but Britney is advantageous, and far of this has been overblown and grossly distorted,” the insider shared.
In accordance with TMZ, Spears did comply with meet with a health care provider — even though it is unknown if it was a therapist or physician — and the meeting “went well.”
Spears denied she was in need of an intervention Thursday, sharing on Instagram, “It makes me sick to my stomach that it’s even legal for people to make up stories that I almost died.”
She added that she’s doing “the very best she will” and that she probably has to stop posting on Instagram because “there’s obviously lots of individuals who don’t wish me well !!!”
Her husband, Sam Asghari, 28, also addressed the rumors in a Thursday statement to Access Hollywood, claiming his wife “is in full control of her life and can proceed to make all decisions involving her care no matter circumstances.”
“Speculation on her health is inappropriate and may end immediately,” he noted.
Just last month, Spears was filmed getting upset while fans recorded her at a restaurant. Weeks later, fans called the police to perform a wellness check on the “Stronger” star after she deleted her Instagram.
Officials confirmed to Page Six on the time that Spears was not in any type of danger. Spears later said that her fans had gone “too far” by calling the police.
Spears has famously struggled with mental health challenges up to now. In 2007, the then-25-year-old songstress took a razor to her brown locks when a stylist refused, coming out of a salon bald.
Shortly after, amidst her split from Kevin Federline, she was swarmed by paparazzi at a gas station, and in retaliation, smashed a photographer’s automobile with an infamous green umbrella. She was also admitted to a mental clinic in 2019.
