Britney Spears Said She's Bullied and Gaslighted in a Somber Tweet: Is She Okay?

Britney Spears appeared to have had enough of overzealous fans in a statement she released on Thursday in reaction to a recent police visit prompted by supporters. It appears now that the singer is no longer pleased that fans are concerned about her well-being, feeling their actions are starting to become too intrusive.

The 41-year-old pop icon, who recently deactivated her Instagram account once more, posted on Twitter about her difficulties keeping her privacy and how she felt "gaslit" and "bullied."

Although she emphasized that police never "entered" her residence and remained at her gate, she stated that the situation had gone "a little too far."

Fans of the singer are more concerned than normal after she was reportedly witnessed having a "manic" meltdown in a restaurant with her husband Sam Asghari, 28, earlier this month. In contrast to her typical Instagram uploads, Spears's Twitter message was uncharacteristically somber and quiet.

She began, "As everyone knows the police were called to my home based on some prank phone calls,' she began. 'I love and adore my fans this time things went a little too far and my privacy was invaded." She then said the police came and left when they found no issue, and the whole thing left her feeling unsettled and a bit offended.

The encounter with police enforcement regarding the prank phone calls left her feeling harassed.

As she completed her remarks, it appeared like Spears was urging her supporters to take a more distant and polite position toward her. She said that during this period in her life, she sincerely hopes that the public and her devoted fans will respect her privacy in the future.

The latest statement from Spears comes after she was rumored to be upset with fans following a police welfare check. The singer was approached by authorities at her Thousand Oaks residence after deactivating her Instagram account for the seventh time in less than a year, a move that alarmed many of her fans. Ventura County Sheriff's Office deputies eventually decided that 'there was no reason to suspect she was in danger, but Spears, 41, was reportedly outraged by their unannounced visit.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge decided in November 2021 to remove Spears from the restricted conservatorship that had governed her life for almost a decade. As the trial came to a close, some fans and journalists voiced concern that the public could "kill Britney again," as music journalist Gerrick Kennedy described it in an October 2021 column.

It proved to be a prescient warning; she may be free, but neither the media nor the general public appear to have learned how to leave her alone.