In early March, Britney Spears was arrested for suspicion of a DUI in Los Angeles. The cops held her overnight and she was briefly hospitalized as well. Following her arrest, Britney was regretful and many hoped that this was a wake-up call. Weeks after her arrest, Us Weekly’s sources called out Britney in a big way, saying that she had been “struggling with pills” for several years, and that she loved going to Mexico so could get all of her pill supplies. It’s been a sad situation all around and there have been conversations about what can be done for her with her consent. Well, someone finally got through to her? Britney has now entered rehab.
Britney Spears has entered a treatment facility following her DUI arrest last month. A rep for the pop star confirmed to PEOPLE on Sunday, April 12, that Spears, 44, voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility.
Spears was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol (DUI) in Ventura, Calif., on March 4. She was released the next day, and a rep for the singer told PEOPLE in a statement that the “unfortunate incident” was “completely inexcusable.”
“Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time,” the statement read. “Her boys are going to be spending time with her. Her loved ones are going to come up with an overdue needed plan to set her up for success for well being.”
Spears shares sons Sean Preston and Jayden James with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
The arrest marked yet another setback for Spears, whose erratic social media presence has drawn concern from fans in the wake of her conservatorship ending in 2021. In October 2025, Federline, 48, expressed urgent worry for the pop star in his memoir You Thought You Knew, writing that he felt it was “time to sound the alarm” on her behavior.
“It’s become impossible to pretend everything’s OK. From where I sit, the clock is ticking, and we’re getting close to the 11th hour,” he wrote. “Something bad is going to happen if things don’t change, and my biggest fear is that our sons will be left holding the pieces.”
The thing about voluntary rehab stays is that Britney can change her mind and check out any time she wants. Which has been the larger problem for Britney post-conservatorship – her new freedom meant that she could and would change her mind about her treatments, her medication, her user boyfriends, her bodyguards and the team around her. There’s been a lack of stability overall because Britney keeps firing people and changing her mind about everything. Still, I hope she sticks with rehab. I think she’ll enjoy the process, honestly. It will give her some structure, she’ll be seen by doctors and therapists, and hopefully she’ll get clean and change her life.
Photos courtesy of Britney’s Instagram and Backgrid.
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- Hollywood, CA – Ron Rolleston and Britney Spears attend the 4th Annual Hollywood Beauty Awards at Avalon Hollywood in Hollywood, California. Pictured: Britney Spears BACKGRID USA 25 FEBRUARY 2018 BYLINE MUST READ: MediaPunch / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- ** RIGHTS: ONLY UNITED STATES, BRAZIL, CANADA ** Las Vegas, NV – Britney Spears announces her new residency, “Britney: Domination” at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. She will perform 32 shows at Park Theatre starting in February 2019. Pictured: Britney Spears BACKGRID USA 18 OCTOBER 2018 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Los Angeles, CA – Britney Spears keeping herself hydrated after getting her sweat on with a yoga class. Pictured: Britney Spears BACKGRID USA 27 JUNE 2019 BYLINE MUST READ: WAGO / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Thousand Oaks, CA – Britney Spears gets the shopping bug at Nordstrom! Pictured: Britney Spears BACKGRID USA 28 JUNE 2019 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
I’m hoping that she will stick this out and that the program captures her and really changes her mindset and habits.
Good for Britney.
I hope it works for her – given that she’s doing it on her terms (I hope) perhaps she might stay with it.
Yes. The fact that it was her decision and not being forced it a big factor. I hope she sticks it out and can turn her life around. It’s not easy.
I hope it was her decision and that she truly wants to make changes for herself. The fact that she’s going now when she has court proceedings pending makes me concerned that this is more of a legal strategy than something that she actually wants to do.
I am relieved to hear this. I hope that she can find a structured program to stick to in order to stay sober. And that through sobriety she can work through the trauma of her past and find inner peace.
This. She has to have some serious and unaddressed trauma to care so little for her own well being.
She was literally pimped out as a child and became the cash cow for her whole family. It creates a messed up dynamic. Of course there is trauma. Same thing happened to Nick Carter and his siblings, and three of them have ODed.
Let’s hope it’s a real rehab and not some place like Promises Malibu where it’s all for show. Tiger Woods went all the way to Switzerland to maintain his privacy. I hope Britney gets the same wherever she is.
Wishing her nothing but the best! 💗
With her wealth there are so many things she can do in life including travelling the world & taking in other cultures, volunteering, becoming a voice coach etc. she reminds me a lot of Elvis who also ended up isolated & alone in a big house, addicted to pills & booze. She has the resources to do so many good things in this world. I hope she finds a new path forward.
Sounds a little like you’re trying to victim blame. Wealth and fame just causes different problems, doesn’t make things easier.
Hopefully it works out well for her.
It is gross, that you believe you are qualified to speculate on whether any individual should be admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis into rehabilitation. I’ve worked for many years in mental health in many capacities and a significant amount of assessment and work goes into that decision. This is the equivalent of you speculating on what kind of cancer treatment would be best. None of this was said about Justin Timberlake or about Tiger Woods. It is extremely disappointing that this site is so I’ll informed and unethical on the way it speculates about a woman’s mental health trauma and addiction treatment. I can assure you that patronizing speculation only serves to reduce the likelihood someone will access support. It serves to increase mental health stigma. And more egregiously serves to increase the likelihood of danger to someone and danger to the public. On essence you are not helping and you are making the job of someone like me, much much more difficult. If you are struggling with addictions, you are worthy of love and belongjng and support. Everyone needs to be held accountable for their actions. But accountability should never include someone not qualified to speak about mental health, speculating on your treatment plan. That should be between you and your health care team. I hope the writer’s do more to educate themselves on how this kind of speculation is not only harmful to those struggling with trauma and addictions; harmful to those of us working in mental health. But that it is most harmful to the safety of the general public as a whole. You know not what you are doing here
I struggled through addiction and mental health problems, have stayed in an inpatient mental health hospital and in a rehab for alcohol addiction. Both of those stays were very much my own decisions. I am gratefully almost two years sober, while working a twelve step program, and I attend regular therapy sessions and keep up on my mental health medications. I have been reading this site for years. This article or any article I have read on here has never swayed my decision to ever get help. In fact, when articles about either of these topics do come up, I find the comment section here a safe place to discuss my journey with other readers. I don’t feel stigmatized. I feel seen. I don’t see what the author wrote that that was so harmful. Speaking as someone who is on the other side of your desk at your job.