Britney Spears has left little to the imagination as she opens up about what she describes as “the hardest years” of her life, reflecting on the period when she was separated from her two sons.
In a pair of Instagram posts, 43-year-old pop star stood naked with her back to the camera, gazing out of a window with her long blonde hair cascading over a small tattoo on her back. “We’re just people so fragile and human,” she wrote on Sunday.
Spears revealed that her “secret to survival” during those years was “denial and a lot of tears.” She also described her marriage to actor and personal trainer Sam Asghari as a “fake distraction” that masked the pain of being away from her children.
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Spears has been estranged from her sons Sean Preston, 19, and Jayden James, 18 – whom she shares with ex-husband Kevin Federline, following the conservatorship that controlled much of her life until its termination in November 2021.
She and Asghari married in 2022 but separated two years later.
In a separate post, Spears expressed gratitude for what she called simple freedoms. “Today I thank Jesus for food… it feels like telling others NO, owning my body, and letting them REALLY know where I’m from,” she wrote.
“My soul has never experienced food like this a day in my life… so silly and embarrassing, I’m going to eat cookies and ice cream now… God bless you all.”
