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Britney Spears Didn’t Actually Move to Mexico

The pop star claimed she had left the U.S. to escape the paparazzi.

Britney Spears didn’t move to Mexico— despite the video of Spears saying she did, a source told The Hollywood Reporter. The singer originally told fans that she moved to Mexico to escape the “incredibly cruel” paparazzi. “It really kind of hurts my feelings that the paparazzi make my face look like I’m wearing like a white Jason mask, and it doesn’t even look like me,” Spears said on Tuesday. “They’ve always been incredibly cruel to me, the paparazzi and pictures and the way they’ve illustrated me to be in some of it. I know I’m not perfect at all, by any means, but some of it is extremely mean and cruel, and that’s why I’ve moved to Mexico.” The clip was part of a longer video marking Spears’ 43rd birthday on Monday, which was also the day her divorce from Sam Asghari was finalized, according to TMZ.