Posted on 06/25/2021 10:44:25 AM PDT by conservative98
A past and potentially future leading Republican contender for the presidency is weighing in on behalf of Britney Spears as the 2000s pop icon tries to rid herself of her father’s heavy hand in a bitter conservatorship debate.
"#FreeBritney," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tweeted on Thursday.
"I just want my life back," Spears said. "All I want is to own my money and for my boyfriend to be able to drive me in his car. I want to sue my family."
During a virtual hearing in Los Angeles Wednesday, the "Toxic" singer gave 20 minutes of compelling testimony in which she said that her father, who was appointed her conservator in 2008, "loved" the control he had over her.
In March, Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, called for a congressional hearing on conservatorships, arguing the practice could deprive citizens of "personal freedoms" if courts were manipulated.
"I just want my life back," Spears said. "All I want is to own my money and for my boyfriend to be able to drive me in his car. I want to sue my family."
She told the court she had been forced to take lithium against her will, forced to use birth control, and forced to perform when she didn't want to.
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Go Cruz.
Spears has been under ridiculous micro control for 13 yrs.
She can’t even remodel her kitchen cabinets because her nut of a father said NO.
Name one other person this has happened to.
Congrats Texas, you have a serious idiot for a senator when Brittany Spears life means more than what that senile @sshole is doing to the country!
Sad commentary, isn’t it?
Ted just wants to be so cool.
Rather, he’s the fool.
Did what again exactly?
Ted Cruz did the right thing.
Meanwhile, Charlie Sheen and the like can be as nutty as they please....
and I don’t believe the very brain dead Sheen as been ordered to maintain chemical castration.
People here get stupid when a celebrity and winning the culture gets brought up. They think we should only care about politicians making laws and raising taxes.
You are on the outside looking in. Its far different when you are dealing with the toxic mess of a mentally ill person
She might not have been taking her meds and was in one of her manic phases.
Perhaps one solution is to let her prove what she is capable of..like give her 10 million and some freedom and see what happens...
It was just a jokey reference to one of Miss Spears’ well-known songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow
How about stop smearing her as mentally ill and let her live her life.
Someone on Ted’s staff is working for the DNC.
Ted, concentrate on Texas!
Maybe he’s still ‘being advised’ (wink) by that CNN gal.
and I don’t believe the very brain dead Sheen as been ordered to maintain chemical castration
You forgot HIV positive.
A manic phase for 13 yrs. What BS.
No one says .... athletes(particularly NBA athletes) have to be under micro financial control because so many of them wind up broke and homeless.
And certainly no one says... you idiots father 7 to 8 children you end up not being able to support. Therefore, court ordered chemical castration is mandated.
I don't trust anything or anyone coming out of the entertainment industry. Ms. Spears could be delusional, but she may be the 2021 version of Joe Valachi.
She is mentally ill. That is a fact.
Really? You are clueless.
Did you miss that they have made her take lithium. She absolutely could have manic episodes for 13 years unless she took a drug to stabilize.
God gave her talent..and a great burden to deal with during her life.
You’re mentally ill. That is a fact.
Dont be ridiculous. I have had to deal with someone who is mentally ill. You outsiders looking in have no idea what hell that whole family will have been through.
I dont think it has ever been disclosed what mental illness she has..lithium is used for bipolar..schizo..schizo-affective. Etc.
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