Spears pans documentaries
LOS ANGELES: Pop singer Britney Spears spoke out yesterday about recent documentaries about her life and career, calling them ‘‘hypocritical’’ because they rehash her personal problems while criticising the media for reporting them the first time.
Walt Disney Co’s FX network and The New York Times released Framing Britney Spears in February.
The documentary examines the 39yearold singer’s meteoric rise to fame as a teenager, the ensuing media scrutiny and her widely publicised breakdown.
This month, the BBC released The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship in Britain. It will debut in the United States and Canada on May 11.
In a social media post, Spears did not name either documentary but said, ‘‘so many documentaries about me this year with other people’s takes on my life. These documentaries are so hypocritical . . . they criticise the media and then do the same thing.’’
The BBC said yesterday its documentary ‘‘does not take sides and features a wide range of contributors’’; a New York Times spokesman declined to comment.
Spears is in a court battle seeking to replace her father as her conservator. He was appointed to the role in 2008 after she was admitted to hospital for psychiatric treatment.