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

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

The 67-year-old athlete admitted on the air that he was influenced to support the 39-year-old pop legend after watching the New York Times Presents documentary Framing Britney Spears.

The change is a significant turnaround for the presenter, who has been mocking Spears for years on his radio show.

“I think I’m free, Britney now, I think I’m totally free, Britney,” said Stern while talking to his former co-host, Robin Quivers.

The radio was not convinced that Spears was capable of managing his enormous assets, but he pointed out that other famous men did not have their fortunes cut like her.

He compared it to men who had public mental health problems or substance abuse, including Shia LaBeouf, Gary Busey and Charlie Sheen, along with other musicians like Ozzy Osbourne and Kanye West.

‘Ozzy [Osbourne] bit a bat’s head at a business meeting. He’s in charge of his own finances, ‘he said.

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

Many fans of the singer were outraged by some of the interviews she gave earlier in her career, including a scene with a European journalist who asks her about her breasts.

Diane Sawyer was criticized by viewers (and even by The Talk presenters) for excerpts from her 2003 interview with Spears, in which she questioned her about her break with Justin Timberlake and suggested that she betrayed him.

– You broke his heart. You did something that caused you so much pain, so much suffering. What did you do?’ asked the journalist to the singer, then only 22 years old.

Timberlake was also criticized for his actions at the time of his break with Spears, including his choice to present a look-a-like Britney in his video Cry Me A River and his public comments on his private affairs.

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

Stern’s support for Spears’ efforts to end his guardianship contradicts some of his previous public statements about her.

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

“I think we’re going to tune in to see it, to see if it can work through the thing,” he said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

‘I think Britney is going to sit there and eat a lollipop and wear a sexy outfit … I’ll call to see what kind of train wreck she is, for sure.’

In 2003, Stern asked Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst if they had sex when he was a guest on the show.

Durst implied that they had gotten the lyrics to a new song from his rap-rock band: ‘It’s not funny to be afraid to admit / The first night made Limp’s dog get it right.’