"I felt a disturbance in the force": Fans react after Britney Spears deletes Instagram account

Britney Spears has reportedly deactivated or deleted her Instagram account. In the November 2 report, People noted that the pop icon deactivated her account on Sunday amid an online dispute over her ex-husband's memoir. Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline, released his memoir, You Thought You Knew, on October 21.

In the book, Federline talked about their marriage and Britney Spears' relationship with their sons. The former husband also made cheating and other serious allegations in the memoir.

According to People, before deactivating her account, Spears had turned off comments on posts about her sons. In her recent posts, she talked about her sons. The multi-platinum artist also opened up about how the 13-year-long conservatorship affected her mental health.

Although the exact reason why Britney Spears deleted her account remains unclear, many netizens expressed their concerns. An internet user remarked that the development was expected and wrote,

"I felt a disturbance in the force."

Another user lashed out at Britney Spears' ex-husband and other people who allegedly "exploit" the pop star for "clout."

An X user empathized with the singer and urged people to leave her alone.

Other netizens supported Spears' decision to take a break from Instagram while expressing concerns about her recent social media activity.

However, many X users did not seem surprised by Britney Spears' move and noted that she had deactivated her social media accounts multiple times previously.

Britney Spears clapped back at her ex-husband's claims in his memoir

Prior to the release of the book, Kevin Federline appeared in a few interviews and also shared excerpts from it with several media publications. In the memoir, he made some accusatory claims about Britney Spears's behavior as a parent.

The singer also responded in her October 16 X post. Spears accused her ex-husband of profiting off her "pain."

"To be loved unconditionally and with a naive heart like mine, always being threatened or made to believe I'm the bad one as they profit off my pain... I 100 percent beg to differ with the way he is literally attacking me in his interviews... I know his book will sell loads more than mine. If you really love someone then you don’t help them by humiliating them," she wrote.

Earlier in another tweet, Spears called out her ex-husband for "gaslighting" her. She also opened up about her relationship with her boys.

"The constant gaslighting from ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting. I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys. Relationships with teenage boys is complex. I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life," Spears stated.

The pop singer added that her sons had "always witnessed the lack of respect" towards her. Spears also called the claims in the book "white lies" and urged people not to pay attention to tabloid reports.

"Trust me, those white lies in that book, they are going straight to the bank and I am the only one who genuinely gets hurt here. I will always love them and if you really know me, you won’t pay attention to the tabloids of my mental health and drinking," she added.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline married in 2004 and divorced in 2007. They share two sons. Federline's memoir came two years after the pop artist released her memoir, The Woman in Me, in 2023.

Edited by Anuj Singh Kushwaha