Britney Spears is back on Instagram three weeks after her DUI arrest.
Spears, 44, took to the social media site on Friday, March 27, with a video featuring her son Jayden, 19, whom she shares with ex-husband Kevin Federline. (The pair are also parents of son Sean Preston, 20.) The montage featured several clips of the mother-son duo posing in mirrors together. In one part, Spears energetically jumped beside Jayden before telling him, “I’m being very composed.”
In the caption, Spears added, “Thank you guys for all your support … spending time with family and friends is such a blessing !!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹. Stay kind !!!”
Earlier this month, Spears was arrested for driving under the influence near her home in Ventura County, California, Luxury Handbag Shopping confirmed at the time. She was taken into police custody on the night of March 4 and transported to a hospital to test her blood alcohol content. Spears was later booked and subsequently released on March 5.
Spears deactivated her Instagram account following her arrest.
“This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable,” Spears’ rep told Us at the time. “Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law, and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time. Her boys are going to be spending time with her. Her loved ones are going to come up with an overdue, needed plan to set her up for success for well-being.”
The pop star is due in court on May 4, according to online records.
Days before Spears returned to social media, she was spotted in public for the first time since her arrest. A photo obtained by fan page BritneysVault showed the “Toxic” singer ordering a beverage from Starbucks in the Malibu Country Mart shopping center on Sunday, March 22.
Spears’ run-in with the law came less than five years after her conservatorship was terminated in 2021. Her estranged father, Jamie Spears, had control of her personal, medical and financial decisions for 13 years before a judge brought the arrangement to an end.
In light of her arrest, a source exclusively told Us that Britney’s “family and team are looking into treatment options for both addiction and mental health.”
“But it won’t be easy to talk her into it unless she feels ready herself. You can’t force it,” the insider added. “They just need to have hope that she will take this arrest and its consequences seriously, which she seems to be doing so far. She has already expressed regret about what happened.”
The source added that Britney’s inner circle is “praying that she doesn’t get jail time for this,” which “would be the worst-case scenario.”
