“Maybe I didn’t support her the way the public would like to with a hashtag on a public
platform but I can assure you that I’ve supported my sister long before there was
a hashtag and I’ll support her long after.”
Jamie Lynn Spears just broke her silence days after her sister Britney Spears made an emotional
statement to a Los Angeles judge to terminate her conservatorship. Let’s get into everything
she said.
As fans know, last week, Britney Spears spoke out for the first time in 13 years about her
conservatorship and how she hopes it terminates.
In her emotional testimony, Britney said quote, “I've lied and told the whole world I'm
OK and I'm happy. I'm not happy. I can't sleep. I'm depressed. I cry every day."
Britney also noted many deeply upsetting restrictions she’s faced including the fact that she’s
been forced to use an IUD by her conservators
“I wanted to take the IUD out so I could start trying to have another baby, but this
so-called ‘team’ won’t let me go to the doctor to take it out because they don’t
want me to have children.”
And since then, celebs like Halsey, Andy Cohen, Mariah Carey, Khloe Kardashian, and so many
more have shown their love and support for Britney since her emotional and powerful testimony.
But fans have been anxiously awaiting to hear from a member of Britney’s family considering
in her statement she said quote, “I would honestly like to be able to sue my family.” She
didn’t name who specifically from her family, but Britney’s younger sister Jamie Lynn
Spears just spoke out and made it clear that she will always love and support Brit.
In an emotional series of IG stories, Jamie Lynn went into detail about why she hasn’t
spoken out about Britney’s conservatorship case until now.
“The only reason I haven’t before is because I felt like until my sister was able to speak
for herself and say what she felt she needed to say publicly that it wasn’t my place
and it wasn’t the right thing to do.”
Jamie Lynn continued on saying that now that Britney has said what she needed to say, now
she can follow her lead and say what she needs to say.
"Since the day I was born, I've only loved, adored and supported my sister. I mean this
is my freaking big sister, before any of this bull****.”
Jamie Lynn said that she doesn’t care what Britney does or if she wants to continue her
career or continue to grow her family because she quote, “has nothing to gain or lose
either way.”
“This situation does not affect me either way, because I'm only her sister who's only
concerned about her happiness."
Jamie Lynn noted that she’s made a "very conscious choice" to only participate in Britney’s
life as her sister and has quote “paid her freakin bills since she was 10 years old.”
She also made it a point to distance herself from other members of her family, like possibly
their dad Jamie Spears who has been in question for benefiting from Britney’s conservatorship
while running it.
“Not that I owe the public anything, because my sister knows I love and support her. And
that’s the only person I owe anything to. I'm not my family. I'm my own person. And
I'm speaking for myself.”
Jamie Lynn concluded her video saying how proud she is of Britney for using her voice
and made sure to add that they have had many conversations about this in private, despite
Jamie Lynn not speaking out on social media prior to this video.
I'm so proud of her for using her voice. I'm so proud of her for requesting new counsel
like I told her many years ago - oh, not in a public platform but just in a personal conversation
between two sisters.”
Jamie Lynn said that she supports her sister in ending her conservatorship if that’s
what will make her happy.
And fans have been reacting to Jamie Lynn’s video since she posted her IG stories.
Many are calling her out for taking over a decade to speak up and victimizing herself
in her video.
Others showed support for Jamie Lynn and thanked her for finally speaking out.
Regardless of how you feel about what Jamie Lynn had to say, I think we can all agree
on one thing… We need to Free Britney!
We’ll keep you guys posted if we hear from any other members of Britney’s family on
her ongoing conservatorship battle.
For more on Britney Spears, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
And let us know down in the comments below what you think of what Jamie Lynn Spears had
to say. As always, I’m your host Renee Ariel,
you can follow me on socials @ReneeAriel, and I’ll see ya next time!