Britney Spears’ Father Battles Life-Threatening Illness

Jamie Spears, father of pop icon Brit­ney Spears, fought a dan­ger­ous bac­te­r­i­al infec­tion that left him hos­pi­tal­ized. Dis­cov­ered with the infec­tion, doc­tors rushed Jamie to an infec­tious dis­ease facil­i­ty. After inten­sive treat­ment, he now recu­per­ates as an out­pa­tient while regain­ing strength.

This health scare proved sim­i­lar to Jamie’s past ordeal. In 2018, his colon sud­den­ly rup­tured, requir­ing emer­gency surgery and a month-long hos­pi­tal stay to sur­vive. Brit­ney loy­al­ly sup­port­ed Jamie through his recovery.

When Jamie grew crit­i­cal­ly sick again, a dis­traught Brit­ney put her career on hold. “Near­ly los­ing my father over­whelmed me with wor­ry,” she said. Their bond remains tight­ly knit despite past con­flicts in her conservatorship.

Dur­ing his lat­est health cri­sis, Brit­ney stayed by Jamie’s side. Their fam­i­ly has faced strug­gles but sticks togeth­er in dif­fi­cult times. Brit­ney pre­pares to share her sto­ry in her upcom­ing mem­oir releas­ing this fall.