After Britney Spears Claimed That Comments She Made About Her Conservatorship Were Cut From A 2016 TV Appearance, The Never-Before-Seen Footage Has Finally Aired

On Saturday, fashion writer Philip Logan took to X to share his shock at the network casually including the segment in a 30-minute “best bits” compilation episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, called The Jonathan Ross Show: Special Guests. 

Posting the clip to the social media site, Philip simply wrote: “OMG!! ITV just aired the clip of @britneyspears on the Jonathan Ross show taking about the conservatorship!!.”

In the new footage, Jonathan is discussing Britney’s latest album with the star when he asks: “You are more involved in this musically, I understand, than previous works, so you’ve taken control. You’re more in control of your music than before?”

“Yes,” Britney replies, to which Jonathan inquires: “Why did it take you so long? Why did you wait until now to do it?”

“Well, uhm, there’s a lot of reasons,” Britney says, appearing uncomfortable. “But I won’t get into the whole story.”

“Well, we know a lot of the whole story, so we don’t have to go over the whole story,” Jonathan counters. “Or, you know, what we think we know.”