Police performed a wellness examine on Britney Spears on Wednesday after the pop star posted a video of herself dancing with knives, regulation enforcement confirmed to HuffPost.
TMZ and NBC Information first reported the information.
Somebody who knew Spears personally ― not a involved fan ― known as police to precise issues, in keeping with a spokesperson with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace in California.
“We usually don’t do issues like that when followers name in and have issues about celebrities and what’s mentioned or executed on social media,” Dean Worthy of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace informed HuffPost on Thursday. “Nonetheless, we’ve added the data and decided this particular person was not merely a fan. Somewhat this particular person was shut with Miss Spears and had a relationship and knew her on a private foundation.”
The regulation enforcement officer ― who is aware of Spears and has checked on her on the home beforehand ― left after Spears’ head of safety and her legal professional every assured him the singer was OK, Worthy mentioned.
Spears’ head of safety mentioned over an intercom that the star was “completely advantageous” and didn’t wish to speak to the officer in particular person, in keeping with Worthy. Her legal professional then known as the officer.
Her legal professional “mainly echoed the identical perception because the safety head that she was completely advantageous and that this was an overreaction to her video which is simply her expressing herself,” Worthy mentioned. As such, Worthy mentioned that they had “enough data” to find out that Spears was not in hurt’s method.
Many sides of Spears’ life ― her relationships, psychological well being points and a protracted battle with conservatorship ― have performed out on public show. And whereas the singer recurrently posts movies of herself dancing on social media, her inclusion of two butcher knives in her most up-to-date video prompted concern from followers, regardless of her saying that the knives weren’t actual.
Spears immediately responded to her followers’ issues on Tuesday by telling them to “loosen up” and that she was solely paying tribute to Shakira’s MTV Video Music Awards efficiency earlier this month.
A consultant for Spears didn’t reply to a request for remark. However an unnamed supply near the singer informed NBC Information the wellness examine and fan concern was “overblown.”
“She was expressing her freedom as she continues to do,” the supply informed NBC Information, including that Spears is doing “advantageous.”
In January, a bit of over a 12 months after the top of her conservatorship, Spears followers known as police to request a wellness examine over issues for her psychological well being. On the time, Spears mentioned she was portrayed unfairly by the media.
“The police by no means entered my residence and once they got here to my gate they rapidly realized there was no difficulty and left instantly,” Spears mentioned. “This felt like I used to be being gaslit and bullied as soon as the incident made it to the information and being portrayed as soon as once more in a poor and unfair mild by the media.”
A couple of week later, Spears informed her followers on Instagram that she was doing nice.
“Since everybody thinks they know my story. THINK AGAIN !!!” she wrote. “Nope I’m not having a breakdown … I’m who I’m and transferring ahead in my life [after her 13-year conservatorship ended]. I’ve by no means felt higher !!!”
