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Britney Spears Said She Didn t Mean To Be Critical Of Anybody But It Is What It Is After Body-Shaming Christina Aguilera s Dancers In A Fatphobic And Disgusting Instagram Post
“Wtf Britney? This is extremely fatphobic, fat people aren’t your props to use to show off how skinny you are. This doesn’t sit right with me.”By by Leyla MohammedBuzzFeed News StaffPosted on September 14, 2022, 11:49 amTwitterFacebookLink
Britney Spears has addressed her controversial Instagram post about how to look thin with a new lengthy statement shared to her page
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If you missed it Britney sparked tons of backlash on Tuesday when she reposted a quote that claimed the only way to look thin is to hang out with fat people
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I found there was only one way to look thin hang out with fat people read the message
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And in the caption alongside the quote Britney also name-dropped Christina Aguilera s dancers claiming that she would ve looked extremely small onstage had they been supporting her
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I wish I could have chosen the nannies for my children my dancers I mean if I had Christina Aguilera s dancers I would have looked extremely small she wrote
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I mean why not talk about it Don t you think my confidence would have been a bit better if I could choose where I lived ate whom I called on the phone dated and who was on stage with me she questioned
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It s hard sometimes now I see how much of my womanhood was stripped away at that time and every person sat back and didn t say a thing Anyways I will be here talking bout things people NEVER talked about she added
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Within moments of the post going live Britney s message was met with tons of critical comments calling her out for the disgusting message
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You can speak YOUR truth without making an effort to offend someone one person wrote I m so disappointed added another
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What the fuck is this Fatphobia Why would you want to take up less space after what you ve been through Why would you want to put anyone down or make anyone feel small Use your platform responsibly Do better wrote one user while another echoed This meme is disgusting How dare you post this for millions of young girls to read
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Going on to call the entire thing toxic some people even revealed that they d unfollowed Britney as a result of the post while others noted that it could ve been harmful to people who experience eating disorders
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This is so toxic Gotta pass on this one yikes one person read Is the only thing that gives a woman confidence how thin she is Sad said another
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And things only escalated further after it was reported that Christina herself had apparently unfollowed Britney too
Pop Crave @PopCrave Christina Aguilera has unfollowed Britney Spears after Spears body-shamed Aguilera and her dancers in a recent Instagram post. 07:15 PM - 13 Sep 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @PopCrave
Meanwhile over on Twitter fans were equally as critical of Britney s post labeling the message extremely fatphobic
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ummm wtf Britney this is extremely fatphobic fat people aren t your props to use to show off how skinny you are this doesn t sit right with me one person tweeted
#FreeKesha @rsernacne2 ummm wtf Britney? this is extremely fatphobic, fat people aren’t your props to use to show off how skinny you are. this doesn’t sit right with me. and ppl are definitely going to drag her for this too. https://t.co/UZjyjclkQb 11:14 PM - 12 Sep 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @rsernacne2
just because she s britney spears doesn t mean the fatphobic post was at all okay wrote another
CRYBABY @evamtlmn just because she’s britney spears doesn’t mean the fatphobic post was at all okay 02:21 PM - 13 Sep 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @evamtlmn
Well after all the backlash Britney — whose name ended up trending on Twitter — actually addressed the subject herself claiming that she wasn t trying to be critical of anybody
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By no means was I being critical of Christina s beautiful body it is what it is I flew to see her show once and the main thing I noticed was the difference of our people on stage she wrote in a separate Instagram post
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By no means did I even mention Christina look at my post I was inspired by her show and she is a beautiful woman of power Thank you @xtina for inspiring me she said
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Britney went on to explain that her post was a projection of her insecurities which she said stemmed from her years spent living under her conservatorship — something that many fans had presumed
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Much of Britney s life was tightly controlled by her father and a group of lawyers under the legal arrangement which was in place from 2008 until November 2021
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To be honest I m not trying to be critical of anybody What I posted is a projection of the insecurities I deal with all the time as a result of how my parents and the media have treated me she wrote
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I would never intentionally body shame anybody because I know what it feels like I struggle with this because of how I feel about myself not because I hate how anybody looks she continued
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I feel like my family knew I was insecure and people were trying to purposefully feed into this insecurity by not letting me have a choice in the people who were on stage with me she said
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Britney concluded by expressing her gratitude towards her fans for standing by her as she comes to terms with her new life post-conservatorship I appreciate you all being understanding with me as I figure out this new life I m living she wrote
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Shortly afterward some Instagram users thanked Britney for addressing the backlash and explaining the reasoning behind her message
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I understand you ve been through so much Sometimes we lash out in the wrong way Knowing this and admitting to it so soon after everything you ve been through is so kind one person wrote Love the transparency added another
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However others maintained their frustration at the singer not only urging her to delete the post but also to apologize to Christina s dancers
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Ehhhhhh nope sorry The quote is fat shaming and so are the comments regarding Christina s dancers Love you to death but just delete it and apologize instead of trying to talk your way out of it one user wrote
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Perhaps an apology to the back up dancers #justathought said another
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