Nick Lachey ‘thrilled’ about Britney Spears’ conservatorship wins

Nick Lachey is voicing his help for fellow teen pop sensation Britney Spears as she fights to regain management of her life.

“For all of us who knew Britney … all of us do not forget that little lady who began out on this journey,” the 98 Levels singer, 47, informed Web page Six in an unique interview whereas selling his function as a choose on Fox’s new actuality singing competitors sequence, “Alter Ego.”

Lachey stated that he’s happy with the “…Child One Extra Time” singer — who shattered business data upon her musical debut at age 16 — for the strides she’s made in the conservatorship battle against her estranged father, Jamie Spears.

“All of us should be joyful,” the boy band icon stated, additionally pointing to Britney’s recent engagement to model-actor Sam Asghari after practically 5 years of relationship.

Throughout a landmark court docket testimony on June 23, the “Poisonous” singer, 39, described her conservatorship as “abusive.” She later stated she needs to see dad Jamie, 69, be charged with “conservatorship abuse.”

Britney additionally expressed her need to get married and take away her IUD contraceptive — allegedly mandated by her conservatorship — so she will have extra youngsters. (She already shares sons Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.)

“All of us should reside our lives and reside our truths. I’m thrilled for her that she’s lastly beginning to break via in her personal private life,” Lachey stated of Britney. “And greater than something, who’re any of us to evaluate what makes another person joyful?”

Britney’s subsequent listening to within the authorized battle towards her dad — who, in 2008, established the restrictive authorized association that dictates her private, medical and monetary affairs — is about to happen on Sept. 29. 

With solely days to go earlier than the court docket showdown, Lachey shared a message of help for Britney: “Keep true to your self and keep sturdy.”

He went on to acknowledge the unprecedented media consideration and subsequent struggles that Britney has confronted all through her profession. 

“I don’t suppose anybody can actually really recognize the quantity of scrutiny and the quantity of stress that Britney’s felt in her life and the long-term outcomes of that. She’s been via loads, she’s needed to endure loads and she or he’s needed to course of loads. At this level, you simply need individuals to be joyful,” added Lachey.

“You need peace and happiness for individuals you care about. So, I’d simply encourage her to remain sturdy and hold preventing and discover the trail that really makes her joyful.”

Britney has been on a piece hiatus since January 2019, refusing to carry out as long as her father has any say in her profession. But when she ever decides to return to the recording studio, Lachey is retaining his fingers crossed for a collaboration with 98 Levels, who launched a remix album this yr and are within the midst of touring.

“We’d love that. I keep in mind being in our lawyer’s workplace displaying us ‘…Child One Extra Time,’ the video, earlier than it even got here out. I used to be like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this lady’s going to be an enormous success.’ Clearly, I’m not proper about many issues, however I used to be proper about that one,” he recalled.

“In fact, we’d welcome and like to alternative to collab together with her.”

Web page Six confirmed earlier this month that Jamie filed a petition to end the conservatorship following years of staunch resistance and an Aug. 30 submitting from Britney Spears’ lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, which accused his shopper’s father of extorting $2 million in alternate for stepping down from his supervising function.

Britney’s controversial conservatorship — which has been examined in a number of documentaries — will be further explored in Netflix’s upcoming film, “Britney vs Spears.”

Because the #FreeBritney motion rages on, Lachey has been in a position to replicate on his favourite reminiscences with Britney — which he stated embody working into her at small exhibits earlier than she grew to become the undisputed Princess of Pop.

“Once we all first began out, we truly did fairly a couple of festivals with Britney and performances with Britney. It was simply enjoyable. All of us have been form of on the identical journey collectively,” he stated. “And all of us cheered for one another. It was such a cool time in music, and there was room for all of us, and we have been all having fun with the journey.

“However I believe if I needed to choose one particular reminiscence of Britney, it was doing these exhibits early on once we have been all simply struggling to interrupt via after which watching her ridiculously intense rise to superstardom.”

“Alter Ego” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.