Why Britney Spears suddenly deleted her Instagram

Britney Spears shocked fans by deleting her Instagram account just days after she announced her engagement on the social media platform.

Britney Spears has deleted her Instagram account.

Britney Spears is sending a “powerful” message by deleting her Instagram amid her 13-year conservatorship, a source exclusively told the New York Post.

“She’s happy and in a great place,” the source said, adding, “and silence can be a powerful thing and a powerful message”.

The insider affirmed, “This was her decision”.

The source also shared that the Overprotected pop star, 39, is taking some time away from social media “in light of the successful path that she’s been on and continues to be on [following] the news of [her engagement]”.

Spears and her longtime boyfriend, Sam Asghari, got engaged on Monday after five years of dating.

Britney is engaged. Picture: britneyspears/Instagram

The sparkling ring. Picture: britneyspears/Instagram

In one of her latest Instagram posts, Spears said the proposal was “worth the wait”.

Our insider also noted that major celebs take social media breaks “all the time,” and this shouldn’t be viewed as something negative for Spears.

Aside from her engagement, another major win the Toxic singer has seen recently is her father, Jamie Spears, finally taking steps to terminate her conservatorship.

Britney shared at court hearings over the summer that she deemed her conservators to be “abusive,” and controlling of many aspects of her life.

The Lucky singer’s social media has sparked many concerns from her diehard fans, who speculated whether Britney was sending secret cries for help in her posts.

One of Britney’s Insta posts. Picture: Instagram

Britney and Sam.

Britney’s social media manager, Cassie Petrey, argued that the pop star is the mastermind behind all her posts.

“Britney creates her own posts and writes her own captions for Instagram,” Petrey wrote on her own Instagram earlier this year. “She finds the google images, Pinterest images, quotes, memes, and everything else herself. Nobody is suggesting any of that stuff to her. She generally edits the videos herself.”

A rep for Britney did not immediately return the New York Post’s request for comment.

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