By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-06-01 13:15:30 | Updated at 2026-06-08 00:10:28
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Britney Spears made a cryptic post about 'mean girls' in the aftermath of her DUI arrest nearly three months ago.
Following her brief stint in rehab, the pop star, 44, took to Instagram with a pointed message spread across two distinctly different social media posts.
Earlier this week, she also shared a since-deleted post about how 'this year has been quite interesting' and opened up about experiencing 'a lot of emotional issues.'
'If you're one of those mean girls pointing and laughing and looking at your phone in the audience just look up today…,' she wrote in the caption of the post she shared on on Thursday, May 28.
Alongside what appeared to be a throwback photo of herself when she was a child, she seemingly referenced her self-given moniker, Xila Maria River Red, and wrote: 'River sends you guys a message!!!!!!!!'
The young child in the heavily filtered snapshot seemed to be holding up their middle finger.
Britney Spears took to Instagram with one of her usual lighthearted dancing videos earlier this week but paired it with a cryptic caption about 'mean girls'
On the same day, she also posted a video of herself dancing poolside at a luxurious villa and flashing her cleavage in a pink minidress.
She tousled her bleach blonde beach waves before accentuating her curves in a dramatic display.
She twirled around in front of the camera as she showed off the sparkly sequined halter dress before stepping out of the floor-to-ceiling glass doors.
After briefly disappearing off-camera, she sauntered back into view.
'When I moved out of the country for a while I changed my name for some reason and the mean girls stopped laughing!!!!! D*** I miss it there,' she penned in the caption.
Her post came on the same day she alluded to the 'interesting year' she has had, seemingly referencing her recent, headline-making activities.
Back in March, Spears was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and subsequently checked into a substance abuse rehab for three weeks.
In early May, she took a form of plea bargain known as a 'wet reckless,' a colloquialism for a DUI charge reduced to reckless driving.
She also shared what appeared to be a throwback photo of when she was younger. The child in the picture seemed to be holding up their middle finger
She referenced her nickname, and addressing the 'mean girls,' she said that 'River sends you guys a message'
In her dancing video, she wore a pink minidress with a plunging neckline. At one point, she was seen heavily emphasizing her chest before continuing to move and twirl
In the caption of the reel, she also penned another caption about 'mean girls.' She also revealed she 'moved out of the country for a while' and 'changed [her] name for some reason'
She was sentenced to 12 months' probation, plus a $571 fine and mandatory attendance at 30 hours of DUI classes spread across a three-month program.
In her new Instagram post, she sidestepped her legal issues in favor of a freewheeling account of her 'arts and crafts' experiments with stained glass.
In her Instagram post, Spears touched on the 'emotional issues' she suffers in the kitchen, which she noted was 'usually where we as family all come together to celebrate, pray and cook....'
'This year has been quite interesting… I've never done so many arts and crafts and it's sort of embarrassing ok so I might have went a bit coo coo in the nest when I honestly believed I could create my own stained glass …,' she continued.
Spears said she arranged 'bits and pieces of broken glass' on 'white sheets,' but 'unfortunately' for whatever reason was unable to use the 'glass blowing machine' she owns.
She confessed: 'I have a lot of emotional issues that come up in my kitchen… I have no idea why… I guess that's usually where we as family all come together to celebrate, pray and cook and well for some reason I did my crafts there…'
The video appeared to be one she previously recorded at a luxury villa in Mexico
She smiled brightly as she danced. In her caption, she noted that she 'misses' being where she was
Her post comes nearly three months after her DUI arrest; pictured in April 2018
Spears recalled painting through the night, and when she completed a stained glass lamp she switched it on to observe the results of her handiwork.
The experience evidently made a forceful impression as 'to my surprise it was by no means perfect but my heart and whole body became one with it and I melted with the soft pink and purple glow before me as if I fell in love,' she wrote.
'Ok I get its a f***ing broken lamp with shattered glass pieces put together somehow to create light… but I found myself wanting to go to the kitchen after years of not wanting to…l was excited to go to the kitchen in the middle of the night to eat my cereal or snacks … something very demure to me and one of a kind,' she added.
Her handmade lamp apparently gave her 'the most peaceful feeling' and remained 'in [her] kitchen for 3 months.'
'I never moved it from when I first made it,' she added before accusing her housekeeper of having 'accidentally' thrown the lamp out 'as if it was a napkin,' sighing that she was 'used to people taking my things' now.
