Britney Spears Says She Shaved Her Head To “Push Back” Against People Who Controlled Her Body

Britney Spears is spilling all the early 2000s tea in her upcoming memoir, even diving into what led her to shave her head.

When Spears popped out with a shaved head in 2007, the media swarmed and ran with the narrative that the singer was acting erratically. This also coincided with her conservatorship, which took effect in 2008. However, Spears says getting rid of her hair was an act of rebellion.

“I’d been eyeballed so much growing up. I’d been looked up and down, had people telling me what they thought of my body since I was a teenager,” Spears wrote in part of her memoir, “The Woman in Me,” adding, “Shaving my head and acting out were my ways of pushing back.”

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Unfortunately, under her extreme conservatorship, Spears says she was forced to regrow her hair and get back in the gym. The 41-year-old also claims she was given medication that she didn’t always know what it was, something she has shared in the past. That time in her life left Spears feeling unhappy despite still releasing successful albums and going on a Las Vegas residency.

“I would do little bits of creative stuff here and there, but my heart wasn’t in it anymore. As far as my passion for singing and dancing, it was almost a joke at that point. Thirteen years went by with me feeling like a shadow of myself,” Spears wrote.

She also took aim at her father, Jamie Spears, who had much control over Spears’ finances during her tumultuous years, saying the thought of it makes her “feel sick.”

“The Woman in Me” will arrive on bookstore shelves on October 24th.