Britney Spears has reportedly checked into a mental health facility in the United States, amid growing concerns over the health of her father.
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TMZ reports that the famed pop icon placed herself in the care of the facility around a week ago, and will reside there for a total of 30 days.
Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, is said to be in poor health following a spontaneous colon rupture last November. At the time, Britney abruptly put her planned Britney: Domination Las Vegas residency show on hold in order to care for her father. Jamie has reportedly undergone two surgeries to correct “major” intestinal issues, the second of which was recent and has resulted in significant complications.
A few hours ago, Britney posted a text image to Instagram stating “fall in love with taking care of yourself, mind, body, spirit,” and added “We all need to take time for a little ‘me time.’”
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Britney’s life and finances have been held under a conservatorship headed up by her father since 2008, following on from when Britney suffered a much-publicised mental health slide. By all accounts that conservatorship has been immensely successful for Britney both as a brand and as a person, with deep fears held that if the legal arrangement were to dissolve for any reason that Britney would be in danger of sliding again.
Jamie Spears is said to have been instrumental in getting Britney back to full health during that initial episode.
Here’s hoping Britney gets all the help she needs and gets back on her feet ASAP.
