“This is me being happy.” The conundrum behind the #FreeBritney movement. – Mamamia

In 2008, Spears told MTV she was not a fan – “it’s too in control,” she told the publication.
“If I wasn’t under the restraints I’m under, I’d feel so liberated,” she said. “There’s no excitement, there’s no passion … Even when you go to jail, you know there’s the time when you’re going to get out. But in this situation, it’s never-ending.”
That is the only public statement she has made about her conservatorship. 
A 2016 article by The New York Times detailed the extreme control her conservator holds: “Her most mundane purchases, from a drink at Starbucks to a song on iTunes, are tracked in court documents as part of the plan to safeguard the great fortune she has earned but does not ultimately control.”
Despite the extreme constraints she lives by, Britney has also managed to resurrect her career under her conservatorship. Since 2008, she has released three albums, been a judge on X-Factor and done several live shows, particularly in Las Vegas. 
According to Business Insider, her net worth is $US 59 million.
In 2009, fan site Breathe Heavy began an unofficial campaign, Free Britney. The site condemned the conservatorship, before the owner was contacted by Britney’s father who furiously asked them to stop.
A decade on, the movement was revived. In April 2019, a playful podcast called “Britney’s Gram” – devoted to analysing the singer’s Instagram in a light-hearted fashion – released audio from an anonymous paralegal who was involved in Spears’ conservatorship. The paralegal said Spears had stopped taking her medication in January 2019, and had since been checked into a mental health facility. The podcast’s hosts – comedians Tess Barker and Barbara Gray – used the anonymous tip-off to theorise why Spears had been noticeably absent from social media at the time. 
The “Free Britney” movement took off, even attracting high profile names including Miley Cyrus. 
For the people that are still not sure if Miley Cyrus said “Free Britney” rather than “Queen Britney” or “Sing with me” etc here is a clearer video (via katyalxo on Instagram) pic.twitter.com/zG7o8c4Ky6
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