The pop star, 40, shared a slew of nude photos on Instagram on Monday—prompting a debate that spilled onto Twitter.
Britney Spears fans have spoken out in the star’s defense, after her latest slew of nude photos sparked a social media debate about her mental health. The pop star,40, has experienced a host of major life changes over the past 12 months, including getting engaged to partner Sam Asghari, successfully fighting for freedom from her 13-year conservatorship, and announcing her pregnancy. Amid the many headline-making moments, Spears has been sharing—and later deleting—photos on Instagram showing herself in various states of undress. The „Toxic“ singer continued that trend on Monday, when she posted a string of photos that showed her posing completely nude, with heart emojis and her hands protecting her modesty. In all, she shared three uploads with multiple images. However, the posts were met with criticism from a number of Spears‘ followers, with one alluding to her recently dissolved conservatorship as they wrote: „Starting to think those who were in control perhaps should have stayed in control.“ Meanwhile, another commented: „Anyone else here legitimately concerned?“ Taking the conversation to Twitter, photographer and makeup artist Matt Bernstein shared a screenshot of the critical comments as he defended the singer. Bernstein wrote: „I swear people forget that Britney was in a prison of her father’s design for the past 13 years. she missed the years when we were all terrible at instagram and used those tacky in-app filters. she’s feeling herself. let her be.“ When a follower asked why people are „mad that [Britney is] able to express herself,“ Bernstein opined that it was because „they hate autonomous women but frame it as ‚concern.'“ One Twitter user pointed out that the reaction was nowhere near the same when Kim Kardashian famously posed nude for Paper magazine back in 2014.
