Overview
- Spears’s Instagram account became inaccessible on November 2, with no official explanation from her or her team, while her X profile remains active.
- In an October 7 video, she appeared with bruises and bandages and wrote that she suffered a fall on a friend’s stairs, prompting a wave of concern from followers.
- On October 19, she posted and later removed messages recounting traumatic experiences during her conservatorship and asserting lasting harm, including a claim of brain damage.
- The disappearance from Instagram coincided with media attention on Kevin Federline’s late‑October memoir, to which she responded on X on October 15 by accusing him of gaslighting and detailing limited time with her sons.
- A representative said she is focused on her children and avoiding sensationalism, as fans and mental‑health groups voice concern and observers note she has deactivated and reactivated Instagram repeatedly since 2022.