Britney Spears Returns to Instagram With Racy Photo After Deleting Account

Oops, she did it again! Britney Spears has returned to Instagram with a sexy photo less than a week after seemingly deleting her account.

The “Toxic” singer, 43, reactivated her Instagram on Friday, November 8, to pose in black-and-white lingerie while giving her followers a sneak peek at her closet. Spears also got a bit philosophical as she reflected on her whirlwind year.

“So much has happened this year, it’s crazy … I try to live within my means and the book, Draw the Circle is an incredible perspective. Get your ballerina 🩰, circle, and own your boundaries,” Spears wrote.

The Grammy Award winner continued, “It’s incredibly strict and somewhat of a form of prayer but with so many endless possibilities in life, it’s important to do you and keep it simple. I know there is a confusing side too. The devil is in the details but we can get to that later.”

Spears’ social media return came six days after she appeared to deactivate her Instagram account on Sunday, November 2. Fans who tried accessing her Instagram received the message: “The profile you’re looking for doesn’t exist.”

Us Weekly reached out to Spears for comment at the time.

Spears has been embroiled in controversy over the publication of her ex-husband Kevin Federline’s tell-all memoir You Thought You Knew in October. Federline, 47, specifically raised concerns about Spear’s Instagram posts both in his book and in promotional interviews.

In an excerpt from the book obtained by Us, Federline worried “history [was] repeating itself” as he drew comparisons to Spears’ public behavior following their 2007 divorce. Spears was ultimately placed under a 13-year conservatorship that was only terminated amid public pressure from the “Free Britney” movement in 2021.

“With her newfound freedom, I saw history repeating itself,” Federline wrote. “Her social media posts became more erratic. There were the infamous videos of her dancing with knives, cryptic rants and wild behavior that was impossible to ignore.”

Federline alleged that his and Spears’ two sons Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, “quickly learned to avoid social media” because of the backlash they’d face by responding to their mother’s fans.