Britney Spears Changed Her Name To River Red After 'Regretful' Tattoo

Britney Spears announced that she is now River Red. The 41-year-old pop icon posted a picture of Mars on her social media account before changing her name on Instagram. "A bright one … easy does it !!! Thank you, childhood friend, I found my ball … don’t underestimate the power of purity !!!" she proclaimed to her 41.6 million followers. "I see right through it all … it has liquid and is wet … it’s playful and has mass !!! I changed my name to River Red !!! Yet the fire is where it illuminates … to stare at it and jump right in with no fear at all !!!! S***. Now I have to find my FORK !!!" Fans immediately took to Twitter to express their concern for the celebrity, who recently had a fresh tattoo in her hotel room. In the meantime, Britney debunked rumors that her new tattoo was for her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake on Instagram on Thursday. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Image credit: Hollywood Life[/caption] Furthermore, the pop star announced she had gotten a new tattoo around the same time she uploaded a video about the former N*Sync man, which she has now taken down. Britney has since stated that the two photos were completely unrelated and that it was just a coincidence. The hitmaker shared a brief note on her Instagram Stories: "Just to clarify... my tattoo had nothing to do with an ex in the past !!! I simply did it because I wanted to !!! The pic with my ex is a time where there was less confusion on what it meant to be together ... it is what it is !!!" Also read: Popular Hollywood heartthrob, James Marsters, looked unrecognizable at a premiere in Los Angeles Moreover, Britney shared several old photos of herself and Justin, who she dated from 1999 to 2002, playing basketball. She wrote in the now-deleted caption: "When we used to shoot hoops TOGETHER … that’s when miracles happened."

 

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Soon after, Britney Spears released a video of herself getting a tattoo in Hawaii while on vacation, which she later regretted. The Baby One More Time singer was accompanied by a tattoo artist when she was spotted in her hotel room. In addition, before the tattoo artist began working on her arm, she danced about her apartment in the video. She penned: "Tattoo in Maui 3 days ago !!! Can’t show it because it sucks !!! Like really really sucks !!! S**t !!! Psss … I have to fix it !!!"