Britney Spears Reveals Why She Shaved Her Head in 2007 _ E! News

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00:00 Britney Spears reveals why she shaved her head during a turbulent time in her life.

00:05 In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Obtained by People, the pop icon reportedly reflects

00:11 on what she was thinking during her infamous head shaving incident back in February of 2007.

00:17 Britney reportedly writes, "I'd been eyeballed so much growing up. I'd been looked up and down,

00:21 had people telling me what they thought of my body since I was a teenager.

00:25 Shaving my head and acting out were my ways of pushing back."

00:29 Nearly a year after her public breakdown in February of 2008, Britney was placed in a

00:35 court-ordered conservatorship, which granted her father, Jamie Spears,

00:39 control of her financial and personal decisions. According to People, the "Piece of Me" singer

00:44 claims in the memoir, "Under the conservatorship, I was made to understand that those days were now

00:49 over. I had to grow my hair out and get back into shape. I had to go to bed early and take whatever

00:54 medication they told me to take." Britney also alleges that she faced a "professional" rut

01:00 under the conservatorship, despite recording four albums and headlining a Vegas residency.

01:05 She reportedly says, "I would do little bits of creative stuff here and there, but my heart

01:10 wasn't in it anymore. As far as my passion for singing and dancing, it was almost a joke at that

01:16 point. Thirteen years went by with me feeling like a shadow of myself. I think back now on my father

01:22 and his associates having control over my body and my money for that long, and it makes me feel sick.

01:27 Think of how many male artists gambled all their money away. How many had substance abuse or mental

01:32 health issues. No one tried to take away their control over their bodies and money. I didn't

01:37 deserve what my family did to me." Back in September of 2021, Jamie was removed as Britney's

01:43 conservator. In court documents at the time, lawyers for Jamie said, "As Mr. Spears has said

01:48 again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter. If Ms. Spears wants to terminate the

01:54 conservatorship and believes that she can handle her own life, Mr. Spears believes that she should

01:59 get that chance." The conservatorship was ultimately terminated in November of that year. E! News has

02:05 reached out to a rep for Jamie Spears regarding Britney's claims in her book, but did not

02:09 immediately hear back. Britney's new memoir, "The Woman in Me," is set for release on October 24.

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