Britney Spears does not support Netflix’s new ‘Britney vs. Spears’ documentary about her conservatorship.
via Page Six:
“This is another unauthorized documentary without her blessing or participation,” a source exclusively told us on Wednesday.
Netflix just released the trailer for the forthcoming documentary — due out on Sept. 28 — which looks to explore the global pop star’s 13-year conservatorship battle.
“No one would talk. Until they did,” a narrator can be heard saying in the clip.
Filmmaker Erin Lee Carr, who directed “Britney vs Spears,” said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Wednesday that she tried to get ahold of Spears, 39, for the project.
“I always hoped and dreamed and wished and prayed to the documentary gods,” she said. “I tried to contact her repeatedly. But I had to sit with the understanding that it was unlikely ever to happen.”
Carr said she even sent the “Overprotected” singer a letter and has “reason to believe that she was able to read it,” but added, “I think she’s focusing on her new beau.”
Spears recently got engaged to longtime boyfriend, Sam Asghari, after five years of dating.
It’s widely known that the “Oops! … I Did It Again” singer is not a fan of having the most traumatic moments of her life replayed onscreen.
After the heart-wrenching FX/New York Times doc, “Framing Britney Spears,” came out in February, an insider told us Spears could barely bring herself to watch it at first.
“She’s chosen not to watch it because she’s fed up with the conservatorship,” a source told Page Six right after its premiere.
However, after a few days passed, we learned Spears eventually caught a few scenes, which a source told us left her feeling “emotional.”
“There are parts of the film that were too hard and emotional for her to watch — the scenes that describe the most difficult times of her life, the relentless media circus and the harsh focus on her as a young mother,” an insider said. “But, she feels, for the first time in many years, that people are on her side and things will get better for her.”
Carr told the LA Times she made “the creative decision” to not utilize the “same imagery” that Spears found traumatizing.
“The incidents that happened in 2007 during one of the episodes at the hospital — you’re never going to see those,” the filmmaker said.
Meanwhile, Spears’ conservatorship issues are still playing out in real life.
Her attorney, Mathew Rosengart, filed new court documents on Wednesday, further explaining to the court why Britney’s dad, Jamie Spears, should be removed as her conservator immediately.
The next hearing in this case is scheduled for Sept. 29 — one day after the Netflix doc premieres.
We can’t wait for the day Britney can tell us what’s going on in her own words.
