Overview
- On Dec. 28, Spears posted a sarcastic Instagram message criticizing relatives and directly mentioning niece Ivey before signing off, "Godspeed, friends."
- People reports she spent Christmas Day in California with her younger son, Jayden, 19.
- Jamie Lynn Spears shared a Dec. 25 photo from Louisiana that included Lynne Spears, Jamie Lynn’s family, and Spears’ elder son, Sean Preston, 20, which outlets said her post appeared to address.
- Us Weekly reported via an unnamed source that Spears felt "really hurt" Preston chose not to join her and Jayden for the holiday.
- Coverage places the exchange in the context of family estrangement following the end of Spears’ 13-year conservatorship in 2021, alongside recent signs of rebuilding chiefly with Jayden.