Britney Spears is pushing back after photos of her riding through Los Angeles traffic with part of her body out of a vehicle’s sunroof drew renewed criticism.
Page Six reported that Spears responded on Instagram after she was photographed on the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
TMZ reported that the singer was seen Thursday with her upper body outside the sunroof of a moving Mercedes G-Wagon.
Spears Said “Nothing Is What It Seems”
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Spears addressed the reaction in an Instagram post, writing that “nothing is what it seems.” Page Six reported that she framed the moment as playful and suggested the public was seeing only a brief snapshot of her life.
“What people see is two seconds of insanity of me arching me to the lords !!!!!” Spears wrote, according to Page Six. “Yet the days and hours of my reality !!!!!! Nothing is what it seems.”
She also appeared to joke about the backlash, adding that she may need to come out of the roof “quite a bit more.”
A Source Framed the Moment as Brief and Nostalgic
TMZ reported that Spears was seen on the 101 Freeway while the SUV was traveling through Los Angeles. The outlet noted that Spears was not driving the vehicle.
Page Six reported that the moment happened near Studio City and that Spears was seen through the vehicle’s roof before the SUV exited the freeway and stopped at a gas station.
Page Six reported that a source described the sunroof moment as brief and tied to childhood nostalgia, not as something Spears intended to be reckless.
The source said Spears used to do something similar as a child growing up in the South and enjoys warm summer wind in her hair. TMZ also cited a source close to Spears who said she is “doing well.”
TMZ connected the freeway sighting to Spears’ recent legal situation, reporting that she is currently unable to drive after a May plea deal reduced a DUI charge to a “wet reckless” charge and resulted in 12 months’ probation.