Britney Spears frightened followers earlier this week when she posted a video wherein she was dancing with what seemed to be two giant kitchen knives. The priority was so intense that the L.A. Occasions reported that Ventura County, CA authorities carried out a wellness examine on the singer after somebody with private ties to Spears expressed concern in regards to the clip to the LAPD’s psychological analysis unit.
When the investigative unit arrived on Wednesday morning (Sept. 27) a Ventura County sheriff’s deputy reportedly obtained a name from Spears’ legal professional reassuring authorities that she was not in peril, with a member of her safety crew additionally reportedly confirming that the not too long ago divorced star was high-quality.
Captain Dean Worthy of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace instructed Billboard that they despatched out a sergeant who’s conversant in Spears from earlier calls at her residence, who was instructed by a member of Spears’ safety crew that she was high-quality and didn’t want to converse to him or have him come as much as the home. Worthy additionally stated that Spears’ legal professional stated this was “an overreaction for her expressing herself on social media.” After confirming with “two impartial people who carefully know [Spears]” that she was of sound thoughts, “we did our due diligence to examine her well-being and we didn’t imagine that she was in any hurt in anyway,” Worthy concluded.
“I do know I spooked everybody with the final submit, however these are pretend knives that my crew rented from Hand Prop store in LA. These aren’t actual knives. Nobody wants to fret or name the police,” Spears wrote in an Instagram submit on Friday morning (Sept. 29) alongside one other bikini knife dance clip. “I’m making an attempt to mimic certainly one of my favourite performers Shakira … a efficiency I used to be impressed by !!! Cheers to us dangerous ladies who aren’t afraid to push boundaries and take dangers 💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼!”
The newest police name on Spears comes after the singer stated she was “alive and nicely” and requested followers to provide her privateness following an earlier wellness examine in January after Britney deleted her Instagram web page, spurring fear from her followers.
In an edited caption on the unique knife video — which seems to have been taken down — Spears defined, “I began enjoying within the kitchen with knives immediately !!! Don’t fear they’re NOT actual knives !!! Halloween is quickly !!!” The submit went viral and followers had been immediately involved for the singer’s security. Except the addition of the cutlery, the dancing video was common for Spears, who has a well-established popularity for posting dance movies.
As for the knives, in a knife-free submit on Wednesday, Spears defined that there was cause for the sooner clip. “Loosen up in regards to the knives I’m copying Shakira!” she stated, seemingly in reference to Shakira’s current Video Vanguard efficiency on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards wherein she danced with knives.
Spears posted a brand new video on Friday morning (Sept. 29) wherein she pivoted away from the knife discuss to advertise her upcoming tell-all memoir, The Lady in Me, due out Oct. 24.
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