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Britney Spears is assuring her overprotective fans that her loneliness isn’t killing her.
The 41-year-old pop icon addressed rumors Friday that she’s struggling with her mental health and needing an intervention, while admitting she takes Prozac for depression “and that’s about it.”
“I didn’t die, people. I didn’t die,” Spears emphasized in a clip posted to Instagram. The statement comes a day after TMZ quoted a source “in regular contact with Britney” who warned, “I’m afraid she’s gonna die.”
“I’m here, I’m alive, yeah, I’m very much alive and well, and I’ve got my fur here,” Spears said as she showed off her white shawl accessory in Friday’s video.
“You see I’m feeling myself? Yeah, feelin’ myself,” she sing-songed Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé’s 2014 hit.
“I’m here. I’m happy, and I’m well, and that’s it. That’s it. Liberty skip-skip-skip-skip-skip,” she signed off.
The “Toxic” singer provided fans with more assurance of her well-being in the video’s caption.
“This week in the news it said that I almost died and that I have a manager and ‘doctors’ !!!” Spears wrote.
“I don’t have a management team nor will I ever again in my life !!! I don’t have ‘medical doctors’ !!! I take Prozac for depression and that’s about it !!! I’m an extremely boring person !!!”
“It frustrates me to know that any news outlet would say any of this !!! It’s worse than a cruel joke because people actually believe this stuff and all of my efforts in getting better with my little routine of prayer and therapy seems to not count for anything when people can say things that are incredibly wrong !!!” she continued, referencing the public’s ongoing interest in her post-conservatorship life.
