Britney Spears spills on 'shocking' reason behind moving abroad

Britney Spears is getting roped into clearing the air as she speaks out against the 'cruel' paparazzi in her latest birthday post.

The Toxic hitmaker, who recently celebrated her 43rd birthday while vacationing in Mexico, took to her Instagram to berate the paparazzi for recording her without consent.

Referring to the Friday The 13th character, she wrote in the caption, “It really hurts my feelings that the paparazzi make my face look like I’m wearing a white Jason mask."

Citing this as one of the reasons why she decided to leave town in the first place, the Princess of Pop further went on to add, “It doesn’t even look like me. They’ve always been incredibly cruel to me… the way they’ve illustrated me to be. I know I’m not perfect at all by any means, but some of it is extremely mean, and that’s why I’ve moved to Mexico.”

Spears, who previously confirmed that she'll "never return to the music industry," has been off the rails ever since she broke free from the shackles of her conservatorship battle with her father, Jamie.

Reflecting on the circumstances in her memoir, The Woman In Me, the 43-year-old wrote, “I became a robot. But not just a robot – a sort of child-robot. I had been so infantilised that I was losing pieces of what made me feel like myself."

Britney's conservatorship ran for thirteen years until it was ultimately terminated in November 2021.