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>>> SWITCHING GEARS, ONE OF THE
OTHER BIG STORIES WE EVEN
FOLLOWING THIS WEEK, BRITNEY
SPEARS LEGAL FIGHT TO END HER
CONSERVATORSHIP AND TAKE BACK
HER LIFE.
>> BRITNEY SPEARS POSTING FOR
THE FIRST TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA
YESTERDAY SINCE HER EXPLOSIVE
TESTIMONY, WRITING TO FANS, I
APOLOGIZE FOR PRETENDING LIKE
IVE BEEN OKAY THE PAST TWO
YEARS.
I DID IT BECAUSE OF MY PRIDE AND
I WAS EMBARRASSED TO SHARE WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME.
>> "NEW YORK TIMES" SENIOR STORY
EDITOR AND COCREATOR OF FRAMING
BRITNEY SPEARS DOCUMENTARY, LIZ
DAY, JOINS US NOW FOR A DEEPER
DIVE INTO WHAT IS NEXT.
LIZ, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
HI.
>> HI.
WE JUST SAW THAT INSTAGRAM POST
THAT SHE POSTED YESTERDAY
PRETENDING, AS SHE SAID, THAT
EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
TELL ME THIS.
I GUESS IT ACTUALLY HELPED HER
AS AN OUTLET TO SHARE HER
EXISTENCE.
SHE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT, AFTER
EVERYTHING WE LEARNED ON
WEDNESDAY, THE FACT THAT SHE
WOULD GET BACK ON INSTAGRAM AND
TRY TO SPEAK ON HER OWN.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING.
AS YOU NOTED, SHE SAID
PRETENDING EVERYTHING OKAY
REALLY HELPED HER FEEL BETTER.
AND SHE EVEN MADE A JOKE, YOU
KNOW, SAYING WHO DOESNT USE
THEIR INSTAGRAM FOR MAKING THEIR
LIFE SEEM BETTER THAN IT REALLY
IS.
AND WE DONT KNOW EXACTLY WHATS
GOING ON WITH HER INSTAGRAM,
WHERE SHES ALWAYS WRITING THE
CAPTIONS, BUT IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE MOVING
FORWARD WHETHER IT STARTS TO BE
MORE OPEN ABOUT WHATS REALLY
GOING ON WITH HER LIFE.
>> SO LIZ, WEVE BEEN HEARING
ABOUT THIS AND YOUVE BEEN
REPORTING ON THIS #FREE BRITNEY
MOVEMENT FOR A WHILE NOW.
SO HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS
GROUND SWELL HAS LED TO WHERE WE
ARE RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK A LOT.
AND I THINK THEY REALLY FEEL
VINDICATED BECAUSE FOR A LONG
TIME, THEYVE BEEN TRYING TO
SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON, YOU KNOW,
WHETHER BRITNEY IS DOING OKAY
AND ALSO THE CONSERVATORSHIP
SYSTEM AT LARGE.
AND THEYVE BEEN DISMISSED AS
CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
SO I THINK TO HEAR FROM BRITNEY
DIRECTLY VALIDATING A LOT OF
WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS REALLY
POWERFUL.
>> AND I THINK HEARING BRITNEY
ACTUALLY COME OUT AND SPEAK
PUBLICLY, IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS
JUST SORT OF SQUEEZING
EVERYTHING THATS BEEN HAPPENING
IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS INTO,
YOU KNOW, THESE FOUR PAGES THAT
SHE WAS READING FROM.
I MEAN, HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU
THINK IT WAS FOR EVERYONE ELSE
TO HEAR FROM HER, YOU KNOW, AND
JUST TO HEAR IT IN HER OWN
WORDS?
>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY
POWERFUL.
ONE OF THE MOST WRENCHING THINGS
SHE SAID IN COURT WAS THAT SHES
NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
SHE DIDNT THINK PEOPLE WOULD
BELIEVE HER.
SO TO SEE THE GROUND SWELL OF
SUPPORT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC
AND CELEBRITIES LIKE ANDY COHEN
OR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, I THINK
MAY ACTUALLY REALLY HELP.
>> WHAT ABOUT ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS, JAMIE SPEARS, HER
FATHER, WE KNOW HE RELEASED A
STATEMENT DURING THE HEARING
SAYING HE WAS SORRY TO SEE HER
DAUGHTER SUFFERING AND IN SO
MUCH PAIN AND HE LOVED BRITNEY
AND HER SISTER.
BUT SINCE THEN, HES DECLINED TO
COMMENT.
>> AND WE HAVENT HEARD FROM HER
FAMILY, AS WELL.
>> YEAH.
ITS BEEN INTERESTING THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE HAVENT HEARD MUCH FROM
THE FAMILY AND THAT MAY CHANGE.
WE DONT REALLY KNOW.
YOU KNOW, JAMIE SPEARS, HER
FATHER, HAS LONG SAYS HE LOVES
HIS DAUGHTER AND THAT HE IS ONLY
ACTING OUT OF HER BEST
INTERESTS.
BUT EXPERTS POINT OUT THAT THERE
IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHEN
HE MAKES MONEY OFF THE
CONSERVATORSHIP.
SO IF HE SIGNS UP FOR HER TO DO
A DEAL, IS IT BECAUSE ITS IN
HER BEST INTEREST OR IS IT
BECAUSE HE CAN GET A PERCENTAGE
OF THAT MULTI MILLION DOLLAR
DEAL.
>> AND, LIZ, THROUGH YOUR
REPORTING, YOU GLIMPSED INSIDE
HER WORLD.
WHETHER THIS CONSERVATORSHIP
ENDS OR NOT, HOW DOES THIS
IMPACT HER CAREER AND, REALLY,
HER PERSONAL LIFE?
BECAUSE FORGET ABOUT THE CAREER,
FORGET ABOUT ALL THIS OTHER
STUFF.
THIS IS A PERSON, YOU KNOW, THAT
WERE TALKING ABOUT.
NOT JUST A -- YOU KNOW, AN
ENTITY.
>> YEAH.
I THINK ITS HARD TO KNOW WHAT
IS GOING ON INSIDE THE HEAD OF
THE JUDGE OR THE OTHER LAWYERS.
BUT I THINK THAT HEARING THE
POWER OF EMOTION AND HEARING
DIRECTLY FROM BRITNEY REALLY
RAISES THE STAKES IN THIS CASE.
SO ITS NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THE NUANCE OF THE LAW AND
KIND OF WONKY STUFF LIKE THAT.
ITS REALLY MORE POWERFUL AND
EMOTIONAL THAN THAT.