Britney Spears comment from Jonathan Ross Show finally airs after eight years
The IndependentSign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A clip of Britney Spears discussing how she felt about her conservatorship has aired for the first time, after it was edited out of an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show eight years ago. Why did you wait ‘til now to do it?” open image in gallery Britney Spears on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show' Hesitating slightly, Spears responded: “Well, there are a lot of reasons, but I won’t get into the whole story.” Ross interjected to reassure her that viewers knew “a lot” of her history, including her mental health issues that became the subject of a tabloid frenzy in 2007, adding that she did “not have to go over” anything she didn’t feel comfortable. “And I was just like, for this I want to make it my baby, and I want to do it myself, and I was very strategic about the way I did it, and, um, yeah, that’s why it means so much to me.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up The “Toxic” singer was notoriously prevented from mentioning her conservatorship in public, possibly explaining why her remarks were cut from the final episode. open image in gallery Britney Spears was prevented from discussing her conservatorship in public Another guest shared on X/Twitter: “She really looked like she wanted to talk about it but Jonathan changed the subject cuz he couldn’t talk about it.” Spears herself also mentioned the edit in her bestselling 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, recalling: “I even mentioned the conservatorship on a talk show in 2016, but somehow, that part of the interview didn’t make it to the air.” “Huh,” she added.