Paris Hilton says she will ‘always support and love Britney’

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Paris Hilton has said she will “always support and love” Britney Spears as she defended the singer following her conservatorship testimony.

Spears last month made a series of startling accusations including that the conservatorship prevented her from starting a family. The singer also said she “didn’t believe” socialite Hilton’s allegations of abuse at boarding school as a teenager.

Hilton was sent to Provo Canyon School, where she says she was mentally and physically abused by staff.

The comment was interpreted as the singer saying she simply did not believe that Hilton was telling the truth, but Hilton, 40, said in an episode of her ‘This Is Paris’ podcast that it was clear Spears, 39, was not calling her a liar.

“She meant when she saw it, she couldn’t even believe it. What she said was, people hear that, ‘It’s Britney Spears, it’s Paris Hilton. They have these perfect lives. Who is gonna believe? I didn’t even believe Paris, who’s gonna believe me?’”

Hilton added: “I think it was just a misunderstanding on the media’s part”.

The media personality described Spears’s June 23 testimony as “hard to hear,” adding “it broke my heart”.

Alongside a clip of the podcast, Hilton said she will “always support and love Britney”.

She wrote on Instagram: “She is so kind and sweet, and she deserves her freedom. I’ve been saying #FreeBritney for a long time, and I will keep saying it until she is free.

“We all need to use our voices to protect victims of abuse. She is so incredibly brave and an inspiration for speaking her truth. I know personally how hard it is to come forward to tell your story, and so I hope Britney knows that she is so loved and supported by the world right now.”

Spears has called for her conservatorship – a complex legal arrangement she was placed under in 2008 following a series of mental breakdowns – to be terminated.

Hilton is one of the celebrity backers of the #FreeBritney movement, alongside A-list stars such as Cher, Miley Cyrus and Mariah Carey.

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