Jamie Spears Says He’d Love To See Britney Spears Get Out Of Her Conservatorship
The #FreeBritney movement’s motives and goals are simple: they literally just want to hashtag-free Britney Spears from her nearly 13-year-long conservatorship. Specifically, to free Britney from the control of her father, Jamie Spears. Britney herself has made it very clear that her wish would be for either her father to step away from her business, or at least be made to work with a third party to prevent him from executing any shady business moves. Britney’s backup wish was granted last month when a judge decided that Jamie would have to co-conserve with Bessemer Trust. Still, anyone familiar with the #FreeBritney movement, or those who watched Framing Britney Spears, probably think it would be in Britney’s best interest to just do away with the whole conservatorship thing altogether. Guess what? Jamie Spears claims that he’s totally right there with all of you, and also absolutely, sincerely wishes that Britney was free. Hmmm…where’s that Hot Dog Guy meme when you need it.
Jamie has been on the defensive ever since Framing Britney Spears came out and made him look like Mama Rose’s Louisiana cousin, which is to say: not good. It’s more than implied that Jamie has been exploiting his daughter’s talents for his own personal financial gain and that his role in her conservatorship really only helps to benefit him and not her. Jamie’s attorney offered up an official statement to CNN about his position on everyone screaming about the possibility of Britney finally being free and would like you to mentally suspend reality long enough to believe he wants the conservatorship to end. You know, even though he’s been fighting to keep it in place, and even going so far as to attempt to bring back his friend Andrew Wallet to help him run things. But who’s keeping track of those little details, really.
“[Jamie] would love nothing more than to see Britney not need a conservatorship. Whether or not there is an end to the conservatorship really depends on Britney. If she wants to end her conservatorship, she can file a petition to end it. Jamie is not suggesting that he is the perfect dad or that he would receive any ‘Father of the Year’ award. Like any parent, he doesn’t always see eye-to-eye on what Britney may want. But Jamie believes every single decision he has made has been in her best interest.”
Oh cool, so all Britney has to do is file a petition asking to be removed from her metaphorical conservatorship chains? I see. But if only it were that simple. If there’s one thing I learned from Framing Britney Spears, it’s that that’s usually not a successful move. A conservatee is rarely granted a release from their conservatorship because it’s very easy for the people in charge to argue that they’re under control for a reason. There’s also the fact that Britney is reportedly afraid of her dad, and anyone who has ever felt victimized in any way knows it’s a risky-ass move to challenge a person who holds power as her dad does.
Of course, Britney’s conservatorship battle is far from done, and we have no idea how this will turn out. But I will say that Jamie’s statement does read like a sample paragraph copied from the Conservator’s Gaslighting Handbook. With that being said, I look forward to seeing if he continues this angle in the future. I’m predicting it will go a little something like this…
“Your honor, as you’ll see from my last statement, I don’t even want to be a conservator! It’s Britney’s fault. I don’t know why she won’t ask the court to free herself. I’d much rather be making cheese grits and shopping for jorts at Costco. I mean, really, it should be called the #FreeJamie movement.”
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