One week after Britney Spears made headlines for being photographed outside L.A.'s Chateau Marmont walking barefoot with a blanket wrapped around her as emergency service vehicles gathered, the pop star was back on Instagram doing what she loves: dancing. In a clip posted on May 8, wearing a Spears cropped white blouse and tiny neon bikini bottoms smiled from ear to ear as she shimmied around to Kings of Leon and Nelly Furtado songs.
On the surface, it seems like business as usual for the 42-year-old star. But sources tell us that behind the scenes, people in her inner circle are worried. Spears has exhibited troubling behavior since her August 2023 split from ex-husband Sam Asghari. One source says the incidents including what occurred at the Chateau Marmont in the early morning hours of May 2 - are "scary and very reminiscent" of the singer's chaotic behavior in 2006 but notes that "they are nowhere near that level."
Spears' romance with Paul Richard Soliz, whom she hooked up with shortly after her split from Asghari, 30, has also been cause for concern. Soliz, a handyman, was hired to work at Spears' California home in 2022 but was fired a few months later when his criminal record was discovered. "He's the root of a lot of her problems," says the first source. Soliz was at the Chateau Marmont the night of Spears' incident, with an insider previously telling Us that "Britney was upset... [because] Paul was trying to leave after visiting her room."
Those closest to Spears "have tried to put a team around her with the best medical help they can," reveals the first source, adding that the "Toxic" singer isn't accepting their help at least for right now. "They hope that eventually she will."
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