American pop superstar Britney Spears, 40, announced on Monday that she was pregnant with her third child five months following being freed from the guardianship of her father because of his psychological problems.
“I took a pregnancy test… Uh well… I’m expecting a baby”, wrote on Instagram the singer revealed as a teenager by several planetary hits including “…Baby One More Time”, in 1998 .
Soon a new baby following the American justice in Los Angeles decided on November 12 to give him control over his personal life by ending this guardianship exercised mainly by his father Jamie Spears.
A measure taken in 2008 due to psychological disorders and which the star has described as “abusive” in recent months.
– “Traumatized” –
Britney Spears had struck a chord by telling the Los Angeles court in June that she was “traumatized” by this guardianship which prevented her from having her IUD removed, when she wanted to have other children.
On Monday, on her Instagram post – preferred communication channel since 2008 – she evokes under a photo of a cup and pink carnations her past pregnancies and the fact of having already fallen into “perinatal depression”.
“I have to say it’s absolutely awful… Women didn’t talk regarding it back then… with some considering it dangerous for a woman to complain regarding it when ‘she was carrying a baby,’ the singer wrote.
Britney Spears, who turned 40 on December 2, is the mother of two boys, now teenagers, of whom her ex-husband Kevin Federline has obtained primary custody.
On Instagram, she even mentions the possibility of being pregnant with twins and calls her fiancé Sam Asghari – 28-year-old sports coach met in 2016 on the set of a clip – “my husband”.
– $60 million –
His fortune is estimated at some 60 million dollars and his fans are waiting for a new album and concerts. Her last record, “Glory”, dates back to 2016 and she performed 250 shows at her home in Las Vegas between 2013 and 2017 before putting her career on hiatus in 2019.
In the early 2000s, experts point out, many young women who quickly became world stars did not always feel protected once morest the psychological pressure exerted by the tabloid press.
Britney Spears’ turmoil and fragility had come to light following her divorce in 2006: a TV presenter at the time made her cry live by mocking her on her motherhood while she was pregnant with her second son .
Then in 2007, chased by paparazzi, she was found wandering in the car in a gas station, driving barefoot with her child on her knees.
Paternal guardianship was imposed on him in February 2008.
Released and once more pregnant, Britney Spears gave no date for the birth or for her marriage. Asked by TMZ in December regarding the couple’s plans, future husband and father Sam Asghari replied: “Making a baby. Making a lot of babies.”