Britney Spears’ brother Bryan discusses ‘frustrating’ aspects of pop star’s conservatorship

Britney Spears’ older brother Bryan Spears discussed the ‘frustrating’ aspects of the conservatorship their father Jaime has in an expansive interview in which he also touched on family friction and the #FreeBritney movement.

The producer, 43, appeared Thursday on the As Not Seen on TV podcast, a day after a hearing in Los Angeles in the ongoing case over the conservatorship, which Bryan said the Grammy-winning singer, 38, ‘always wanted to get out of.

‘It’s very frustrating to have – whether someone’s coming in peace to help or coming in with an attitude, having someone constantly tell you to do something has got to be frustrating,’ the McComb, Mississippi native said of the arrangement.

He added that the conservatorship – which was implemented in 2008 amid a public pileup of personal and professional struggles for the pop star – has been ‘a great thing’ for the family, who continue to hope ‘for the best’ when the dust settles surrounding the issue.

Outside of court Monday, members of the #FreeBritney movement – which aims to see the Toxic artist released from the conditions of the conservatorship – congregated in support of the Lucky singer.

‘I don’t quite know what their meaning is,’ Bryan, the older sibling of Britney and Jamie Lynn, said of the movement, which has gained traction online. ‘I don’t follow it that well. But I am aware that they feel like it’s, maybe she’s being confined or held against her will in some capacity, but I can’t really speak for them.

Bryan had a diplomatic take on the ongoing arrangement, not offering a strong take on how it should be handled moving forward, but rather looking back on how it was an essential at the time.

‘She’s been in this thing for quite some time now,’ he said. ‘Obviously there was a need for it at the beginning that I assume everyone knows the issues that were going on, and now they’ve made some changes and all we can kinda do is hope for the best.’

He added: ‘In the beginning, it was hard … what I think kind of got us all through it, all of us have been pretty close all these years. I mean, normal fights, normal, “Alright, I’m mad at you for a week” family stuff, but nothing ever major where everyone quits speaking …we haven’t ever had that.’

He said that his family ‘came together’ amid the difficult circumstances, ‘and not everybody agreed with it either.’

‘Everyone had their own opinion,’ he said, ‘but in the end, I think we made the right choice – how it proceeds from here? I don’t know.’

He said his father has ‘done the best he could given the situation he was put in,’ and that the family has worked ‘to keep it all going.’ 

Insiders told The Blast on Thursday reported that the hearing was delayed after four people were able to illegally get into the court’s digital system, leading the judge to postpone the hearing.

The interlopers ignored the judge’s request to log off, leaving the judge ‘frustrated with the situation,’ sources told the outlet, and the proceedings were delayed until next month.

Britney was slated to appear over a digital stream but was not present at the hearing in any way, The Blast reported, citing court docs.

The …Baby One More Time singer was not one of the 10 people who appeared in any capacity, according to court docs, as her father Jamie and mother Lynne were among those in attendance. In Wednesday’s proceedings, according to the outlet, Jamie successfully asked the judge to lock up the ongoing conservatorship from public view, a request he made March 12, on the brink of the coronavirus shutdown.

‘The Court grants the motion to seal the transcript, conditionally seal the Status Report filed pending a further motion, and the motion to clear and close the courtroom,’ court docs read, according to the outlet.