BRIT’S BREATHER
Lawyer: Her break from stage may be permanent
Britney Spears may not do it again.
At least that’s what the singer’s manager has reportedly said.
“I don’t want her to work again ’til she’s ready, physically, mentally and passionately,” longtime manager Larry Rudolph told TMZ. “If that time never comes again, it will never come again. I have no desire or ability to make her work again. I am only here for her when she wants to work. And, if she ever does want to work again, I’m here to tell her if it’s a good idea or a bad idea.”
The “Baby One More Time” singer, 37, was supposed to begin a Las Vegas residency in February, but it was postponed after Jamie Spears, her father and manager, had a health crisis.
Jamie Spears has been the conservator for his daughter for a decade. On Friday, Britney Spears testified in a closed courtroom in a status hearing about her conservatorship. That came after she spent 30 days at a mental health facility, allegedly triggered by problems with her medicine.
A Spears rep reached by the Daily News had no comment.
She took to social media last month to address rumors she was held in the mental health facility against her will.
“Hi, guys. Just checking in with all of you who are concerned about me. All is well,” Spears said in an Instagram video posted April 23. “My family has been going through a lot of stress and anxiety lately, so I just needed time to deal. But don’t worry, I’ll be back very soon.
At Friday’s hearing, the conservatorship was left in place pending a followup status shape to take the reins, Rudolph told TMZ.
“As the person who guides her career — based on the information I and all of the professionals who work with her are being told on a needto-know basis — from what I have gathered it’s clear to me she should not be going back to do this Vegas residency, not in the near future and possibly never again,” he told the celebgossip site. udolph, a forentertainment r yer, who has ped Miley us, Justin Timlake, Toni Braxand DMX, said is only given dical informathat directly acts the singer’s eer, the outlet orts. Spears was -thirds of the y through reher Vegas residency when her dad got ill late last year. Rudolph said it’s always been up to the pop star when she wanted to work and when she didn’t. “Last summer, when she wanted to tour, she called me every day,” he revealed. “She was excited. She hasn’t called me in months. Crickets. She clearly doesn’t want to perform now.”