Fans of Britney Spears are now accustomed to the pop star’s extremely expressive dances on Instagram. However, a peculiar video of the singer flinging butcher knives while spinning around this week caused some onlookers to term it “disturbing,” which alarmed the singer’s fans quite a bit.
The knives were fake, she claimed in the caption of the weird video, but the clink, clink sound two butcher knives produced as they collided tells a different tale.
Today, I started using knives to play in the kitchen! They are NOT actual knives, so don’t worry! It’s almost Halloween, she noted in the caption.
As the post’s comments section was disabled, followers immediately flocked to X (formerly Twitter) to voice their worries.
Britney Spears’ most recent video features her dancing with swords. What follows a gun? The woman urgently needs assistance, a user tweeted.
“Britney Spears’ health is poor. posting strange films, the most recent of which featured dancing while using kitchen knives. She needs mental assistance, a second person said.
Britney reassured followers yesterday in an Instagram post that she was merely copying Shakira, another performer, to allay their concerns.
“Lighten up about the knives, I’m copying Shakira,” she joked in the caption.
Shakira did indeed dance on stage while holding two knives during this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The singer’s dancing earned a lot of praise, with one Instagram user calling it “life-changing.”
Britney’s knife dance has inspired a ton of humorous memes, even though it hasn’t exactly garnered the same level of acclaim as that.