Howard Stern now supports the Free Britney movement, despite years of playing at Britney Spears

Howard Stern revealed this week his support for Britney Spears and the fan-led #FreeBritney movement on his radio show Sirius / XM.

The 67-year-old shock admitted in the air that he had been influenced to support the 39-year-old pop legend after watching the documentary New York Times Presents, Framing Britney Spears.

The move is a significant aspect for the host, who has mocked Spears on his radio show for years.

“I think I’m Free Britney now, I think I’m full of Free Britney,” Stern said as he spoke to longtime co-host Robin Quivers.

The radio was not convinced that Spears was capable of managing his massive property, but he pointed out that other famous men were not separated from their wealth like her.

He compared her to men who had public mental health problems or substance abuse, including Shia LaBeouf, Gary Busey and Charlie Sheen, along with music colleagues such as Ozzy Osbourne and Kanye West.

– Ozzy [Osbourne] he bit the head of a bat in a business meeting. He takes care of his own finances, ‘he said.

Framing Britney Spears examines the career of the singer Toxic from a contemporary perspective.

Many fans of the singer were outraged at some of the interviews she did at the beginning of her career, including a scene with a European journalist asking her about her breasts.

Diane Sawyer was attacked by viewers (and even the hosts of The Talk) for excerpts from her 2003 interview with Spears, in which she questioned her about breaking up with Justin Timberlake and alluded to rumors that she had cheated on him.

“You broke his heart.” You did something that caused him so much pain, so much suffering. What you did?’ the journalist asked the singer, then only 22.

Timberlake was also criticized for his actions during his breakup with Spears, including his choice to present a similar look to Britney in his Cry Me A River video and his public comments about their private affairs.

The singer recently issued a vague public apology to both Spears and Janet Jackson, whose breasts exposed her to Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004. Her career was significantly affected, but Timberlake never faced similar consequences.

Stern’s support for Spears’ efforts to end his conservatory flies in the face of some of his previous public statements about it.

In 2012, he commented on Britney’s competence as a judge at X Factor during a press conference at The Friars Club in New York City.

“I think we’ll agree to see it, to see if it can work through this,” he said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“I think Britney will sit there and eat a lollipop and wear a sexy outfit… I’ll adjust to see what kind of train wreck it is, absolutely.”

In 2003, Stern asked Fred Durst, the leader of Limp Bizkit, if they had sex when he was invited to the show.

Durst suggested that they connect to the lyrics of an original song from his rap-rock band: “It’s not strange to be scared to admit / On the first night, the dog Limp hit him.”