The backlash against Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, continues to mount.
While fans have flooded social media with "Free Britney" posts, memes, GIFs, and pleas
for a judge to free the songstress from her conservatorship for a while, there are also
plenty of other celebrities who are coming to the defense of the pop superstar.
In late June, the singer gave a chilling statement in court, which detailed her unhappiness over
the past 13 years while she's been under her conservatorship.
While we knew things were bad, it's safe to say that nobody realized how bad it's been
for Britney until she spoke to a judge, begging for her freedom back.
During her gut-wrenching statement, Spears shared she had been lying to the world about
being "OK" because she's been in denial about her situation.
She shared before stating that she hopes to "sue" her family for what they've put her
through, as Variety detailed,
"But now I'm telling you the truth, OK?
I'm not happy.
I can't sleep.
I'm so angry it's insane.
And I'm depressed.
I cry every day.
I'm not lying.
I just want my life back.
And it's been 13 years.
And it's enough."
Among many other things, Britney told the judge that her family would not let her remove
an IUD though she wants to start a family with boyfriend Sam Asghari.
Of the celebrities to come to Spears' defense was Andy Cohen, and he held nothing back.
Never one to keep quiet when it comes to something he believes in, Cohen unleashed on Britney’s
father Jamie Spears and the power he seems to hold over his daughter.
On his show "Watch What Happens Live," Cohen went all in during a regular segment where
he calls out the worst of the worst:
"Tonight's Jackhole goes to Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, who continues to have
a death grip on Britney's life, along with his attorney Andrew Wallet — yes, that is
his name."
Cohen then praised Britney for sticking up for herself as he described her testimony
as "defiant and angry."
The Bravo host also recapped Britney's testimony for fans who may not have caught it before
ending his heartfelt speech with a plea.
"How about we all start listening to Britney Spears?
Britney Spears is not a girl, she is a woman.
She certainly deserves a hell of a lot more than a low-rent 'Mommy Dearest' in a boxy
suit."
And it wouldn't be a Cohen speech if he didn't give a nod to one of Britney's hits,
"Britney, after the courage you showed today, you are 100 percent stronger than yesterday,
and Jamie, if you want to make money in the future, I suggest you better work, b---h."
Cohen is not the only celeb to support Spears.
Piers Morgan seems to have echoed in everyone else's sentiments regarding the conservatorship.
Instead of taking to a television program to speak on behalf of the pop star, Morgan
wrote a lengthy piece for the Daily Mail to express his frustrations over Britney's situation.
Morgan compared Britney's current state of affairs to her 2001 hit "I'm a Slave 4 U,"
speaking to the fact that Britney has no power or voice.
"Today, the song title carries a very different meaning for the deeply troubled star because
she's become a modern-day slave of the very worst freedom-denying kind."
He points out that at 39-years-old, Britney is a grown woman, and it's absurd that she
can't make her own choices, let alone have a baby with her boyfriend if that's what she
wants to do.
The British television personality wrote,
"It almost defies belief that any woman in America, the world's great superpower and
supposedly 'land of the free', should be subjected to such appalling treatment."
He also raised an issue with the fact that Spears can't see her friends, among several
other things.
"Britney said she's not allowed to see her friends, or have her boyfriend drive her in
a car — or spend her own money how she wants."
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