Britney Spears has opened up about her long-time admiration for Madonna.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, the pop star posted a portrait of the Material Girl singer from her 2003 collaboration with Steven Klein titled X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS.
In the accompanying caption, Britney explained that she liked the stoic expression Madonna conveyed in the image.
“This picture is clearly an understanding ‘DO NOT P**S HER OFF’,” she wrote, before referring to the mysterious “Xila River Red Rose” moniker she sometimes calls herself. “I admire and look up to Madonna more than anyone… wise, incredibly strong and has remained gentle and genius. Again… DO NOT P**S HER OFF !!!”
Madonna, 67, “liked” the post but has not yet publicly responded to the praise.
Previously, Britney and the Queen of Pop collaborated on the 2003 song Me Against the Music.
They also hit headlines around the world the same year when Madonna kissed the Toxic hitmaker and Christina Aguilera on the lips while opening the MTV Video Music Awards.
Elsewhere in her Instagram post, Britney opened up about her “spiritual animal awakening” following the end of her 13-year conservatorship, which lasted until November 2021.
“It’s been a long time for me… I know the wild ones more than anyone !!! Yet, we’re honestly all the same under our mask we secretly wear every day !!! Vulnerability, fragility, insanity, real innocence… but also confusion, depression, extreme hurt, anger… stuck in our heads,” the 44-year-old continued. “We go through all of these and sometimes the spiritual animal is the only way to cross to the other side… it’s the most unknown powerful existence there is, yet it’s usually defined as ‘dangerous’!!! (sic).”
