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Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

For more than a decade, Britney Spears was trapped in a conservatorship that gave her father incredible power over every aspect of her life. It’s hard not to wonder: How did she go from pop princess to prisoner? With the recent publication of Britney's memoir, we revisit this season looking for answers. In this episode, Britney is a little girl with big dreams. She wants to sing and dance her way out of Louisiana. But when she’s catapulted to global fame, will it turn out to be more than she bargained for?

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can
0:01.8	convince the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.6	Hey Riches, if you're like us, you've been waiting in line
0:10.9	to get your hands on a copy of Brittany Spears new memoir The Woman in Me.
0:14.6	Yeah, waiting in line or putting something in your Amazon cart, same difference.
0:18.8	Yeah. But now that her conservatorship is finally over, Brittany is telling her story in her own words and she is claiming
0:25.0	her freedom.
0:26.0	She is.
0:27.0	And to celebrate, we're bringing you a rerun of one of our earliest seasons, Free Brittany.
0:31.6	We tell you all about how Brittany became a massive star and how the world
0:34.8	ignored her pain. Our girl has definitely been through it but at least she's finally
0:39.6	on the other side. Amen. Amen. It's January 30, 2008, and Brittany Spears is at her home in Beverly Hills.
0:54.3	She lives in a gated community.
0:56.0	There are gorgeous views of Los Angeles down below.
0:59.3	Not that she can see them because the house is surrounded by privacy hedges.
1:03.0	Her neighborhood is called the summit,
1:05.0	which is a little ironic because right now Brittany's close to rock bottom.
1:09.0	For a decade, Brittany's been America's biggest pop star, but right now she's exhausted.
1:16.6	She spent months in the courts fighting to keep custody of her kids, but a few weeks ago she
1:21.8	lost that fight.
1:23.0	Damn, I'd be pacing the floors too.
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