During Sunday’s Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A Primetime Special, the talk show queen flexed her interviewing skills and dug up some serious royal dirt from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who had previously been prevented from speaking their truth publicly. Meghan opened up about suffering from suicidal ideation and being blocked from getting mental health treatment by “The Institution,” as well as about feeling like she didn’t have a voice throughout her time as a senior royal. The former Suits actress and the Prince also spoke about racism they suffered at the hands of members of the royal family. Spears, in the public eye, has been perceived to largely also have been silenced by a family: Her own. The singer remains under a conservatorship controlled by her father, Jamie Spears. The arrangement was initially made after her highly-publicized mental health struggles in 2007 and 2008 and meant to be temporary. However, despite Britney requesting her conservator be changed, Jamie remains in control of her finances, and in many ways, her life. The #FreeBritney movement, largely emboldened by the recent New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears documentary, have been fiercely vocal on Twitter asking for Winfrey to sit down with the pop star. “Say it with me now: ‘CBS Presents Oprah With Britney Spears,’” one Twitter user wrote. Another said, “I hope after this interview Oprah and Meghan march over to Britney’s house and free her too.” Others tried to manifest the sitdown. Some tried to appeal directly to Winfrey herself, while others speculated on how monumental the hypothetical interview would be. Within Framing Britney Spears, some outrage emerged at the invasive and often disrespectful and degrading questions she was forced to field as a teen and a young woman, which contrasts greatly with how Winfrey treated the Sussexes: With inquisitiveness, but also warmth and respect. As it stands, there are no plans currently for a Winfrey feature on the “Toxic” singer, but we can dream. Next, get all the details you need about Britney Spears’ net worth and the details of her conservatorship.
