Britney Spears has opened up about her admiration for Madonna, calling the pop icon “wise, incredibly strong and gentle” in a recent Instagram post.
Posting a striking portrait of Madonna from her 2003 collaboration with photographer Steven Klein, taken during the X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS era, Britney reflected on the singer’s iconic presence.
“This picture is clearly an understanding ‘DO NOT PISS HER OFF’,” Britney wrote. “I admire and look up to Madonna more than anyone… wise, incredibly strong and has remained gentle and genius. Again… DO NOT PISS HER OFF !!!”
The post also included a nod to Britney’s alter ego, “Xila River Red Rose,” which she sometimes references in personal reflections. Madonna, 67, liked the post but has not yet publicly responded.
Britney and Madonna first collaborated musically on the 2003 hit Me Against the Music and made global headlines the same year when Madonna kissed Britney and Christina Aguilera at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Beyond praising Madonna, Britney shared insights into her personal growth following the end of her 13-year conservatorship in November 2021.
“It’s been a long time for me… Yet, we’re honestly all the same under our mask we secretly wear every day… Vulnerability, fragility, insanity, real innocence… but also confusion, depression, extreme hurt, anger… stuck in our heads,” she wrote.
“Sometimes the spiritual animal is the only way to cross to the other side… it’s the most unknown powerful existence there is, yet it’s usually defined as ‘dangerous’.”
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