
 
 Does Hillary Clinton want a piece of Does Hillary Clinton want a piece of Britney Spears 
 
 While campaigning in Nevada for the upcoming Democratic caucus, Hillary Clinton met up with the singer. 
 
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 Spears, of course, is stationed in Las Vegas for her Piece of Me residency show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The two met up for a quick photo opportunity. 
 
 "Being in Vegas for #PieceOfMe is amazing for so many reasons...; Especially today...; because I had the incredible opportunity to meet @HillaryClinton!!" Spears captioned the photo on Instagram. "Such an inspiration and beautiful voice for women around the world!!! This woman had an intense presence and I felt very honored to meet her!!!" 
 
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 Check out the photos below. 
 
 
 
 
 
 See Britney Spears through the years: 
 
 

 Neither the conservators nor her managers or lawyers will discuss her status, and Ms. Spears did not respond to multiple requests seeking an interview. 
 
 While it is not possible to get an accurate sense of someone’s mental state from afar, Ms. Spears’s friends and former associates said in interviews that, for her, the conservatorship has become an accepted fact of life — not a cage but a protective bubble that allows her to worry about her true passions: music and her children. 
 
 “If anyone knew the real Britney, they would know that she would rather be remembered for being the great mother she is rather than the artist she is,” said David Lucado, a former boyfriend whose relationship with Ms. Spears foundered in 2014 amid charges of infidelity that Mr. Lucado denies. “And if anyone could see her interactions with her kids, they would know that there is no need for a conservatorship over Britney’s personal life.” 
 
 Since the conservatorship began, some restrictions have been eased. More far-reaching rollbacks were discussed several years ago but never occurred, according to a person who has been involved in Ms. Spears’s care who spoke on the condition of anonymity. 
 
 Ultimately some of the people who would help to decide whether to end it are the conservators and doctors who now help oversee it, many of whom receive fees from Ms. Spears’s estate for their work on her behalf. 
 
 Ms. Spears’s status and progress are measured by a court investigator for her case, who is assigned to file reports on her progress once every other year. (Those under conservatorship are not required to regularly appear in front of a judge after their conservators are appointed.)
– The Britney Spears of today is so different from the head-shaving, window-smashing Britney Spears of 2008 that she's almost unrecognizable—yet she's still under a conservatorship. In an extensive piece, the New York Times traces Spears' journey over the past eight years, noting that today, the 34-year-old has a wildly successful Las Vegas residency and a new album coming out this year, and is now the kind of person who says things like "I’m in a real good place in my life" in interviews. So, is she ready for the conservatorship to be lifted? Spears hasn't said much of anything publicly about the conservatorship since it was first put in place, at which point she compared it to something even worse than a jail sentence. But there are signs it could be time for it to come to an end. For one thing, her conservators (her father and a lawyer) used to work hard to protect her from having to testify in lawsuits against her, but on Monday, they allowed her to testify against Sam Lutfi, who says she owes him money after agreeing to let him act as her manager in 2007. The Times notes that the experience went "without incident." But the newspaper also looks at all the money that changes hands as part of the conservatorship—her estate has paid $6.9 million to the conservators and other lawyers helping to manage her affairs; her court-appointed lawyer has been awarded more than $2 million in fees since 2008 for his work with her; her dad takes in more than $130,000 per year. "As long as she is bringing in so much money and as long as the lawyers and conservators are getting paid, there is little incentive to end it," notes one expert. Click for the full piece (or check out pictures of Britney with Hillary).