{"id":117205,"date":"2023-11-04T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=117205"},"modified":"2023-11-08T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:34:58","slug":"why-did-britney-spears-shave-her-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/why-did-britney-spears-shave-her-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Britney Spears Shave Her Head in 2007?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why did Britney Spears shave her head? How did her divorce from Kevin Federline lead to this event?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2007, Britney Spears shocked the world by shaving her head. Years later, she reveals in her memoir, <em>The Woman in Me<\/em>, the true reason why she changed her image, and it&#8217;s all due to her love for her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to learn more about this decision that changed Spears&#8217;s image forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spears-versus-federline\">Spears Versus Federline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Why did Britney Spears shave her head? The answer stems back to Spears&#8217;s marriage to Kevin Federline. Spears feels that she ignored the warning signs that Federline was pushing her away. She supported his ambition as an aspiring rapper, but once he started recording his album, he refused to see her. After their second son was born, Spears tried to find comfort in raising her children, but, <strong>although she didn\u2019t realize it at the time, she was experiencing postpartum depression.<\/strong> Because of Federline\u2019s extended absence and the never-ending pressure from the paparazzi, Spears had no consistent emotional support. Her only escape was the recording studio, where she produced her album <em>Blackout<\/em>, one of her favorites to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With her marriage seemingly doomed, Spears\u2019s attorney advised her to file for divorce before Federline did. Supposedly, this would spare her the humiliation of being publicly dumped for a second time. According to Spears, this was a mistake. <strong>Once again, the media painted Spears as the villain for splitting up a young family.<\/strong> Federline told the press that Spears was an unfit mother as they both sued for custody of their children. The media put everything Spears did under a microscope without giving Federline the same treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: While Federline didn\u2019t receive as much media scrutiny as Spears, the music business was vicious when it came to reviews of his debut album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/music\/playing-with-fire\/kevin-federline\/critic-reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Playing With Fire<\/em><\/a>. AllMusic called it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/playing-with-fire-mw0000567188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">too boring to even be worth laughing at<\/a>, while some critics ranked it as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/worst-albums-of-all-time-according-to-critics-2017-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the worst album of all time<\/a>. By comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/music\/blackout\/britney-spears\/critic-reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reviews of Spears\u2019s album <em>Blackout<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>were mixed but mostly positive. Years later, critics warmed to <em>Blackout<\/em>, calling it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/britney-spears-blackout-a-salute-to-her-misunderstood-punk-masterpiece-121525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her best work<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/music\/a63118\/britney-spears-blackout-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ahead of its time<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an act of rebellion, Spears shaved her head, throwing away her \u201cgood girl\u201d image, a choice that the tabloids pounced on. She tried using wigs to go incognito, but photographers followed her every step, even as Federline refused to let her see her children. Feeling the weight of all these pressures, Spears\u2019s composure in public began to slip. She describes an incident when a photographer provoked her and she attacked his car with an umbrella, giving the press the reaction they wanted. After this, her parents forced her into rehab for substance abuse (possibly for overusing her prescription Adderall, though Spears doesn\u2019t specify). She insists her problem wasn\u2019t substance abuse\u2014<strong>her problem was not being allowed to work through her depression and grief like a normal human being.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: These events took place in 2007, the year that marked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/12\/arts\/music\/britney-spears-documentary-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the height of the tabloid press\u2019s fascination with Spears and her personal life<\/a>. The media frenzy surrounding Spears at this time came under reappraisal after the release of the 2021 documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/framing-britney-spears.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Framing Britney Spears<\/em><\/a>, which called attention to the role the press played in causing Spears undue emotional stress. Some magazines, such as <em>Glamour <\/em>and <em>Us<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lamag.com\/featured\/apologized-to-britney-spears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apologized to Spears after the documentary came out<\/a>, but other media outlets did not. In 2007, one media figure who stood up for Spears was talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/craig-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Craig Ferguson<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/craig-ferguson-monologue-britney-spears-jokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused to mock Spears and instead called attention to his own past alcoholism<\/a>, insisting that people in Spears\u2019s circumstances need help, not ridicule.)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did Britney Spears shave her head? How did her divorce from Kevin Federline lead to this event? In 2007, Britney Spears shocked the world by shaving her head. Years later, she reveals in her memoir, The Woman in Me, the true reason why she changed her image, and it&#8217;s all due to her love for her children. 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