Britney Spears says that she has moved to Mexico in an attempt to get away from the paparazzi.
In a video posted to Instagram, Spears announced her sudden relocation in the midst of celebrating her 43rd birthday.
“It really kind of hurts my feelings that the paparazzi make my face look like I’m wearing like a white Jason mask," Spears explained in the video. "It doesn’t even look like me. They’ve always been incredibly cruel to me, the paparazzi, and pictures and the way they’ve illustrated me to be in some of it.”
“I know I’m not perfect at all,” she continued. “But some of it is extremely mean and cruel, and that’s why I’ve moved to Mexico.”
TMZ confirms that Spears did in fact touch down in Cabo San Lucas on December 3, while refuting her claim that she is actually moving there. The tabloid reports that sources say she is just in Mexico for a solo trip and that the relocation to Mexico is just one of the "quirky" comments she has made on the app of late (For example this video, where she admits, "I'm not turning 42, I'm turning 5 this year. I'm turning 5 years old, and I have to go to kindergarten tomorrow.")
In addition to her being the birthday girl on Monday (December 2), Spears also became newly single, as her divorce from Sam Asghari was officially finalized.
Watch the video below.