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Hey Exhale, I recently had an interview with the amazing Sandra Song for Paper Magazine regarding the #FreeBritney movement. 

I'd love for you guys to check the full article out. 🙏 

I'll copy + paste my quotes below for you as well. I hope I made you guys proud and that I articulated things in a way that shines a positive light on this ongoing situation.

Let me know what you think.
 

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"You wouldn't want that to happen to anyone, let alone someone you idolize," Jordan Miller explained. "It was this whole avalanche and tidal wave of emotion, and I think people tried to counter what had been reported with like, 'We need to free her from this situation.'"

Miller — who started Breathe Heavy as a Britney fan site in 2004 — said he first used the term "Free Britney" in a 2009 post arguing that her rights had been taken away before asking why there wasn't an independent conservator.

"I would sign off all my Britney posts at that time [with] 'Free Britney' and exclamation points and was a very die hard stan," Miller said, reflecting on the backlash he initially received from people who argued that he didn't know what he was talking about.

"But I always felt like something was there," he said. "Where there's smoke, there's fire. Even when I was young, I was like, 'How could this be happening to such a visible iconic and famous pop star?'"

And though the term itself faded over the years, Miller explained that the term was "re-energized" by his post about Britney's Gram's voicemail, and has since become the rallying cry for a growing number of fans demanding answers about Britney's autonomy and well-being within the conservatorship.

"Here's the thing, it wasn't a movement until last year," he said. "It was a term that existed but the movement itself, it needed all of these ears and circumstances to build on top of one another for it to then be deemed like, 'We need to have a movement as a fan base.'"

 

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Miller and BibleGirl both alluded to a 2009 MTV documentary on the star called For the Record — which was filmed to promote Britney's sixth studio album, Circus, but is now "almost impossible to find" online — as evidence that "gives a lot of fleshed-out context and understanding that there is a bit of a contentious dynamic between Britney and her father," per the latter.

As Miller added, a clip from the documentary, in which Britney talks about her life, shows her "crying about a situation that she's still in." She says, "It's never-ending," adding that "there's no excitement; there's no passion."

 

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"I think that was their attempt at transparency and resulted in Britney crying, and I think that's one reason perhaps why [her team is] like, 'Yeah, we don't want to do that again,'" he said. However, Miller also pointed toward speculation surrounding her 2016 Jonathan Ross Show interview and an alleged letter from the star that was shared by For the Record photographer Andrew Gallery as further indication that things weren't as they seemed.

"I wouldn't say there's a thing that's like, 'This is the straw that broke the camel's back.' It's been death by a thousand cuts. It's just been so many instances over the years of like, 'This isn't right,'" he said.

That said, Miller admitted there is a "very valid argument" that hinges on fans not knowing all the ins-and-outs of the arrangement. He believes that all this speculation — including "all of the conspiracy theories" — hasn't been helped by the fact that "there has been no transparency" from Britney's team.

"[On one hand], you have Jamie Spears saying it's a conspiracy theory, which is, if we had a scale of one to 10, that's a 10. That is the most," Miller said."He's Britney's father, he has inside information, he knows what's going on, he is a conservator. So he's calling this entire movement a conspiracy and that's not fair."

He continued, "And then you have the conspiracy theorists who were like, 'She's posing in a yoga pose and it spells out the word help.' And it's like, that's not helping. These extremes are ultimately what gets people so conflicted. The general public, it gets them so confused."

 

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Meanwhile, Miller said he thinks there's also a "theme of control" at play, speculating that it could be because Jamie "feels so protective over her that it's warped over time."

Now Miller argues that Jamie thinks he's the only one who can protect Britney, "and he's so close to the situation that he can't see the full scope of what's happened. Yes, you may be protecting her, but what a way to live. Is that truly living if things go about this way?"

 

 

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As for Miller, while he also agreed that all of the recent developments have been encouraging, he also acknowledged that Britney likely wouldn't be getting out of the conservatorship in the near future. In the meantime, he believes the members of the #FreeBritney movement should keep advocating for her, especially as others argue that they should just "'leave it to the court system.'"

"There are countless examples in popular culture history where the family or the court system failed that artist. And I'm not saying that that's what's happening to Britney, I'm just saying that has happened," he said. "It almost feels like you're just turning a blind eye and just like, 'Yeah, yeah, everything is going to be fine.' Well, there's a mountain of evidence over the last decade and then some to point to the fact that things aren't necessarily right."

 

 

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Hey Exhale, I recently had an interview with the amazing Sandra Song for Paper Magazine regarding the #FreeBritney movement.  I'd love for you guys to check the full article out. 🙏  I'll cop

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Very correct but  that her father is the only one who can protect her! ... and yes, a smart person has known since 2008 that something does not work and is wrong.

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Very correct but  that her father is the only one who can protect her! ... and yes, a smart person has known since 2008 that something does not work and is wrong.

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I'm glad that you remained fairly neutral in your interview.  This is an interesting time to witness... A Britney Spears Fan discussion board getting all of this publicity.  Who would have seen this coming 3 years ago???

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1 hour ago, Jordan Miller said:

 

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Do you think Jamie really can't see the full extent of what has happened and this situation?I have already said that your statements have been correct and diplomatic but that phrase has surprised me.

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2 minutes ago, LLuvia said:

Do you think Jamie really can't see the full extent of what has happened and this situation?I have already said that your statements have been correct and diplomatic but that phrase has surprised me.

Yes. I think he's too close to the situation that he's having trouble taking a step back and seeing what it's transformed (crumbled, really) into and how it's ultimately hurting her (even though he likely believes he has good intentions).

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