Not even setting a date with hunky fiance Sam Asghari has slowed Britney Spears’ roll — specifically, her camera roll.
In a series of recent Instagram posts, Britney has bared her glorious body while hiding her baby bump.
Some things are private, after all, even in the age of social media.
But according to some concern trolls flooding the comments under her posts, Britney should keep her whole body under wraps — because she’s a mom. What??
“Photo dump of the last time I was in Mexico BEFORE there was a baby inside me,” Britney captioend one set of photos.
She then asked: “Why the heck do I look 10 years younger on vacation?”
The pics themselves show Britney, her hands covering the tips of her breasts and a pink heart emoji covering her genitals, flaunting her full frontal self.
The music legend posted a series of iterations of the same photo under different lighting filters.
“Don’t underestimate the power of doing it myself and shooting with a selfie stick!!!” Britney captioned another batch. “Photo dump before there was a child inside me “
In another post, Britney wrote: “I love you all SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO much!”
For many years, Britney Spears was unable to post whatever she wanted, because she had little to no actual control over her life.
She was spied upon, forcibly sterilized, forbidden from marrying or driving her car, and forced to take powerful medications against her will.
The collective support of millions (and a first-rate attorney) helped her to fight for her freedom. Now, she’s exercising that freedom by living her life.
Or, to hear a small but vocal minority of concern trolls tell it, Britney’s thirst traps are a “cry for help” and somehow unbecoming of a mother.
“This is starting to get uncomfortable,” commented one judgmental weirdo.
Another seemed to long for the reign of Jamie Spears, thoughtlessly writing: “Someone please take her phone.”
“This girl she is sick, she is crying for help,” another declared without explanation.
“We don’t need to see this,” a controlling troll insisted, “and we don’t need to see it 5 times in a different filter.”
And then, of course, came the inevitable mom-shaming.
“Please have a little respect for yourself and your children,” one commenter wrote without showing any respect themselves.
“This is public. Do you want your son’s friends seeing this type of thing?” the troll continued. “You are better than this.”
Britney’s sons are teens. Their friends can see any naked woman they want through the internet, and probably aren’t setting their sights on 40-year-olds.
“What are you doing stop it,” another of these weirdos demanded.
Another controlling commenters wrote: “Oh no Britney don’t do this things.”
Given recent horrible news, it’s no surprise that a lot of people out there feel entitled to tell a woman what to do with her own body.
What’s interesting is that there are, of course, untold thousands of Instagram accounts that display this much — and more — on a daily basis.
There are accounts that don’t ever post without a full naked butt in the picture.
Is it ageism that has people singling out Britney? Is it ableism, because of her mental health? Or do people just love to harsh a famous person’s vibe? Maybe … it’s all three.
