Britney Spears’ Team Rejects “Ridiculous” Knife Claims as Singer Speaks After DUI and Rehab

Britney Spears’ representatives have pushed back hard on a wave of social media claims that she behaved erratically with a knife at a restaurant, as the singer has also made her first public comments since her DUI arrest and time in rehab.

The allegations surfaced online earlier this week after one diner said they had been seated near Spears and witnessed behavior that left them fearing for their life. The post described what they called an “INSANE dining experience” and insisted it was “not a joke.” From there, TMZ published a report repeating the claims, saying the pop star was allegedly “screaming” and “barking” inside Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks, California, and that she walked past a table with a knife in her hand.

A spokesperson has now firmly denied that version of events, saying Spears was at the restaurant for “a quiet dinner with her assistant and bodyguard.”

“She was simply telling the story about how her dog was barking at the neighbours. At no point did she put anyone in danger with a knife,” the spokesperson told Billboard.

“She was cutting her hamburger in half,” they added. “This constant attack on everything that she does and this is exactly what happened 20 years ago when the media tried to depict Britney as a bad person. This is ridiculous and it needs to stop now.”

The restaurant story arrived just after Spears managed to avoid jail time in her DUI case, following a guilty plea to a lesser misdemeanor charge of reckless driving. She was arrested on March 4 after police pulled her over on suspicion of driving under the influence, following reports of erratic, high-speed driving. Prosecutors later charged her with misdemeanor DUI.

At a hearing last month, the matter was resolved through a plea deal. Spears received 12 months of informal probation, along with court-ordered conditions that include vehicle searches if requested by law enforcement, DUI education classes, and continued regular mental health treatment.

A month earlier, Spears had voluntarily checked herself into a rehabilitation facility. She also addressed the situation publicly at the time, posting a video of herself dancing with her 19-year-old son Jayden Federline and thanking fans for their support.

Now, in her first comments since pleading guilty, Spears has framed the stretch as part of what she called her “spiritual journey.” In a now-deleted Instagram caption reported by Rolling Stone, she wrote, “I’m so damn thankful to my friends and so many new beautiful people I have met through my spiritual journey,” adding that it was “all a blessing in disguise.”

TMZ reported that Spears left the rehab centre in Maine after less than three weeks. In the same Instagram post, she also wrote, “I still have to learn how to be kind to myself and the way I speak to myself. It’s a never ending journey and sometimes I just stop, look up and say wow God I think that was you and smile on!!!”

The DUI case was not Spears’ first brush with arrest behind the wheel. In 2007, she faced charges in a hit-and-run case, though those charges were eventually dropped and a jury later acquitted her of driving without a valid California license.

Since then, Spears has published her memoir, The Woman In Me, a book that drew major attention on release for its candid account of her career, relationships, 13-year conservatorship, and personal life.