Britney Spears Was ‘Just Trolling People’ With Knife Dance: Source

Britney Spears had fans worried after sharing a video on her Instagram page of her dancing with knives, but a source tells ET that the singer is “doing great.”

“She was just trolling people and doing ‘performance art’ in her knife dance video,” the source adds.

Spears, 41, posted the first video of her dancing with knives on Instagram on Monday, writing in the caption: “Today I started playing in the kitchen with knives.”

After apparently sparking concern, she later updated the post and added: “Don’t worry, they are NOT real knives!!! Halloween is soon!”

A day later, she shared Another video of her dancing, without knives., trying to calm the concerns of his fans. “Calm down with the knives I’m copying Shakira 🙈!!!” she captioned the post, referencing the singer’s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month.

According Us weeklyAuthorities were asked to conduct a welfare check after Spears’ video of her dancing with knives was reported.

“Someone close to Britney had seen the video posted on social media of her dancing and twirling with knives in her hands and was really concerned about her mental well-being,” Capt. Dean Worthy of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office told The Associated Press. half. Thursday.

Worthy noted that the call came from an anonymous individual who has a close relationship with the singer and was examined before one of the department’s sergeants conducted a welfare check.

“Normally we wouldn’t respond to calls from fans about a celebrity unless we truly believed there was a credible threat,” the officer said. “However, we vetted this individual through the LAPD…and determined that he is someone who knows Britney personally.”

Worthy explained that officers spoke to Spears’ security team at her home in Thousand Oaks, California, via intercom to inform them that she was “fine” and that “nothing was wrong.” Authorities also spoke with Spears’ attorney.

“They didn’t want to let the officer in to physically see her,” Worthy added. “There is no criminal activity, so we are not going to force ourselves into the house if there is no crime. Being a danger to yourself is not a crime. I think we did our due diligence by going and responding and speaking to two people .that they are close to her and that they told us enough that she is fine.”

On Friday morning, Spears apparently responded to the officer’s visit sharing another video of her dancing with knivesoffering a longer explanation behind their posts.

“I know I scared everyone with the last post, but these are fake knives my team rented from the Hand Prop store in Los Angeles,” he wrote. “These are not real knives. No one needs to worry or call the police. I’m trying to imitate one of my favorite artists, Shakira… a performance that inspired me!!! Cheers to the bad girls we don’t have afraid to do it. Push the limits and take risks 💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼!”

Fans’ concerns arise amid the pop singer’s divorce from her husband. Sam Asgariand her brief relationship with her former housekeeper, Paul Richard Soliz. asgari She filed for divorce on August 16, after a year of marriage.

Last month, Spears was seen with Soliz when were photographed In Los Angeles. He was in the passenger seat and Spears was behind the wheel when paparazzi photographed them in their white Mercedes-Benz coupe.

Earlier this month, a source told ET that Spears had stopped seeing the former housekeeper, saying, “Britney is doing well since her affair with Paul ended. She was given counseling to stay away from him and They told him it wasn’t good.” for her.”

ET previously reported that people close to the pop star felt Soliz was not “good for her.” As for why she insisted on seeing him, albeit briefly, even though her friends weren’t supportive of the relationship, the source said Spears liked him because he made her “feel like he was acting as her protector.” “And she found comfort in that.

“Sam is doing everything he can to take care of himself, both physically and emotionally, by getting back out there and playing on the field a little,” the source added.

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