Here's Why Britney Spears Declined 'Lots Of Money' For Oprah Interview

Britney Spears reportedly turned down offers for a sit-down interview from Oprah Winfrey and other TV personalities to tell her story following the termination of her 13-year conservatorship last year.

In a bombshell 22-minute audio clip Spears released via YouTube Sunday, the 40-year-old "Toxic" singer opened up about the "abuse" she experienced as a result of her conservatorship as well as the reason she rejected the opportunity to make "lots of money" by giving a tell-all interview. The clip has since been set to private.

"I get nothing out of sharing all of this," Spears said in the audio clip obtained by TMZ. "I have offers to do interviews with Oprah and so many people [for] lots and lots of money, but it's insane. I don't want any of it. For me, it's beyond a sit-down proper interview."

She explained, "I really don't think any of that is relevant, getting paid to tell your story. I feel like it's kind of silly."

In the voice memo, Spears, who just released the Elton John duet "Hold Me Closer" — her first new music since her 2016 studio album "Glory" — got candid about her experiences and offered a chronological account of the events that led her to be placed under a conservatorship, in which her father Jamie controlled her decisions and finances.

She described being "punished" by her father with the conservatorship in 2008 when she was 25. Spears alleged that her forced hospitalization at the time was "premeditated" and that she did not have drugs or alcohol in her system prior to being hospitalized, as was previously claimed.

"All I do remember is I had to do what I was told. I was told I was fat every day. I had to go to the gym, I had to just ... I never remember feeling so demoralized. They made me feel like nothing. And I went along with it because I was scared. I was scared and fearful. I didn't even really do anything," Spears explained of her "traumatizing" two-week hospitalization.

Spears also claimed that in early 2019, she was forced into a mental health facility, where she allegedly had to undress in front of others and attend "militant" forms of therapy.

"They literally killed me. They threw me away," she said. "I felt like my family threw me away. I was performing for thousands of people at night in Vegas, the rush of being a performer, the laughter, the respect ... I was a machine. I was a f–king machine, not even human almost. It was insane."

The pop superstar ended her message by explaining that she chose to open up and tell her story now so that people who are in similar situations "don't feel alone."

Spears previously spoke out about her conservatorship and her father during a court hearing in June 2021, in which she alleged that her conservators were "abusive" and "bullying" her, Page Six reported.

A month later, Jamie agreed to step down as her conservator, saying in court documents that he "does not believe that a public battle with his daughter over his continuing service as her conservator would be in her best interests."

Finally, after a lengthy battle over whether the singer was mentally sound enough to control her $60 million estate, Spears' conservatorship was officially terminated in November 2021.