Just a couple of days ahead of the Tuesday, October 24 launch of Britney Spears’ book, she had something to say.
Britney had temporarily deactivated. The at times exaggerated coverage of The Woman In Me was getting to be too much.
But she had one final message before her tell-all memoir hits bookshelves.
“See you in Hell!”
Late last week, Britney deactivated her Instagram. She has done this before and certainly will again.
As her song goes, it’s her prerogative.
Very clearly, the public scrutiny over the few excerpts that have come out from her memoir, The Woman In Me, was a bit too much. She wanted a break, so she took it.
But, somehow, Britney opted to return just ahead of The Woman In Me hitting bookshelves.
That time away gave her time to become excited for the book launch, it seems.
Because Britney shared a photo by photographer Marta Blue featuring a heart-shaped cake with lit candles. The cake frosting reads: “See you in Hell!”
Her post’s caption only includes two things: a credit to the photographer, and two emojis of nails receiving nail polish.
Just like the information desk emoji, the application of nail polish emoji conveys that one is either sharing information — or has information that they are not yet sharing. It can also mean that someone is letting strong feelings go unspoken.
In this case, it means that Britney has decided to shrug off the weird and toxic negativity surrounding her and her book in the media.
“My book’s purpose was not to offend anyone by any means,” Britney unnecessarily clarified in a text post just a few days earlier.
“That was me then,” she noted. “That was in the past.”
Britney explained: “I don’t like the headlines I am reading. That’s exactly why I quit the business 4 years ago.”
“Most of the book is from 20 years ago,” Britney emphasized. “I have moved on, and it’s a beautiful clean slate from here!”
She admitted: “This is actually a book I didn’t know needed to be written.” She’s seen all of this from first person. It’s easy to forget that much of the world only guesses at her struggles and private pain.
“Although some might be offended,” Britney acknowledged. “It has given me closure on all things for a better future.”
“Hopefully, I can enlighten people who feel particularly alone in most cases,” Britney aspired. “Or hurt, or misunderstood.”
She clarified: “My motive for this book was not to harp on my past experiences.
Britney laments that this is something that “the press is doing, and it is dumb and silly.”
“I have moved on since then,” Britney summarized. That’s very fair!
Still, for those of us interested in learning about what Britney has gone through, the book drops Tuesday, October 24.
I preordered mine ages ago. How about you?
Britney Spears Returns to Instagram, Says “See You In Hell” Ahead of Book … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.