Gozde Derelli
@gozder
I don’t think people knew how much the #FreeBritney movement meant to
me, especially in the beginning. Toward the end, when the court hearings were
going on, seeing people advocating for me meant a whole lot. But when it rst
happened, that got my heart, because I was not okay, not at all. And the fact that
my friends and my fans sensed what was happening and did all that for me,
that’s a debt I can never repay. If you stood up for me when I couldn’t stand up
for myself: from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Reklam
When I’d sung the song “Overprotected” so many years earlier, I’d had no idea what overprotection was. I’d learn soon, because once I made it clear that I wasn’t going to keep doing Vegas, my family made me disappear.
I appeared on Good Morning America, did the Christmas-tree lighting in
Los Angeles, shot a segment for Ellen, and toured through Europe and
Australia. But again, the question was nagging at me—if I was so sick that I
couldn’t make my own decisions, why did they think it was ne for me to be out
there smiling and waving and singing and dancing in a million time zones a
week?
I’ll tell you one good reason.
The Circus Tour grossed more than $130 million.
In my old life I’d had freedom: the freedom to make my own decisions, to set
my own agenda, to wake up and decide how I wanted to spend the day. Even the
hard days were my hard days. Once I gave up the fight, in my new life, I would
wake up each morning and ask one question: “What are we doing?”
And then I would do what I was told.
my mom was there, too. It was like my mom wouldn’t even look at me because I was ugly now. It just proved that the world only cares about your physical appearance, even if you are su ering and at your lowest point.
Reklam