Matt Lauer's Britney Spears Interview Has Even Worse Moments 'Framing Britney' Left Out

“I understand that every story needs a villain, but people have it so wrong here,” Jamie Spears, though his lawyer, Vivian Thoreen, said during the Feb. 25 episode of Good Morning America, nearly three weeks after Framing Britney Spears aired.

Mara Wilson penned an essay for the New York Times criticizing the treatment of young stars, including Britney Spears, Drew Barrymore and Amandla Stenberg, by the media and Hollywood.

"What if we made OJ: Made in America but for Britney Spears?" According to New York Times Presents executive producer and showrunner Mary Robertson, that was the pitch — from NYT senior story editor Liz Day — that kicked off the process of making Framing Britney Spears, a documentary that has brought the #FreeBritney movement to the mainstream and prompted a widespread reexamination of the media's treatment of the pop superstar. Since the documentary premiered on Feb.

Framing Britney Spears has reportedly broken UK viewing figures less than 24 hours after release.The documentary, presented by The New York Times, premiered on Sky Documentaries in the UK on Tuesday (February 16).According to Metro, over 220,000 people tuned in to watch the UK premiere on the first night it aired, which would make Framing Britney Spears the most-watched programme in the channel’s history.The film looks back on a number of interviews from the singer’s early career, and portrays

Framing Britney Spears documentary has gripped Britney fans across the globe. It explores the singer's meteoric rise to fame, how the media has treated her over the years and also looks at her long-standing legal arrangements and the #FreeBritney movement.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine After much anticipation, the New York Times' investigative documentary, Framing Britney Spears, finally landed in the UK on Tuesday night and, as expected, it was a tough watch for the pop star's fans.

Britney Spears herself talking. Framing Britney Spears, a new documentary produced by the New York Times looks back on the pop star's 28-year career and her attempts to remove her father from her controversial conservatorship - a court-appointed guardianship usually reserved for elderly and infirm people, or anyone who cannot make their own decisions.

Framing Britney Spears will be happy to know that the New York Times-led investigative film finally has a UK air date. Discussing Britney’s ongoing legal battle with her father Jamie Spears (not to be confused with the star’s sister, Jamie Lynn Spears), the documentary aims to piece together the timeline surrounding her conservatorship and will detail her battles with childhood stardom, music industry misogyny and insensitive global tabloids.

Britney Spears’ life, in a move similar to the one made by Hulu.According to Bloomberg, Netflix has enlisted filmmaker Erin Lee Carr for the forthcoming documentary.

Framing Britney Spears director Samantha Stark and New York Times senior editor Liz Day were in the middle of interviews about their when news broke that to Spears via an Instagram post. “I’m hopeful that everyone can learn a little bit from reexamining the past,” Day tells Glamour when asked about the statement from Timberlake, which came after a from viewers who felt the singer's actions following his public breakup with Spears was out of line.“It's very shocking," Stark tells Glamour of the

Justin Timberlake, who famously dated Britney Spears in the early ’90s, responded to the backlash he’s received following the Framing Britney Spears documentary from the New York Times that debuted on Hulu last week. Timberlake has been coy about his relationship with Spears. Many thought his “Cry Me a River” song and music video seemed to blame Spears for their breakup, using a lookalike actress.

Britney Spears documentary is on Hulu and causing a second look at the pop star's conservatorship and media scrutiny during the 90s and 2000s.  provides a look into the pop star's ongoing conservatorship battle with her father, Jamie Spears, as well as looking back at the now-39-year-old singer's treatment by the media over the years, particularly during the height of her stardom .Spears is aware of the documentary, which premiered on FX and Hulu earlier this month, a source tells ET.

Britney Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline has released a statement via his lawyer following the release of the “Framing Britney Spears” documentary.

EXCLUSIVE: The #FreeBritney movement is growing increasingly larger following the launch of FX’s Framing Britney Spears documentary.

Superstar Britney Spears has long lived a life in the limelight.  Shining an illuminating light on the pop star, "Framing Britney Spears," examines the singer’s career and the resulting conservatorship under father Jamie Spears following her public breakdown in 2008.