Britney Spears‘ mother Lynne has set off rumors of a reconciliation as she was seen touching down in Los Angeles ahead of Christmas.
When Britney first embarked on her career as a child star in the 1990s, it was Lynne who traveled with her and looked after her.
The pair have had a publicly fraught relationship in recent years, poisoned by Lynne’s alleged role in Britney’s controversial conservatorship.
However tensions later cooled between the pair, to the point that Lynn was one of the guests Britney’s 42nd birthday party last December.
Their feud flared up again this May, when Britney was escorted out of the Chateau Marmont by medics and furiously accused Lynne of having ‘set up’ the incident.
Now, though, it appears that Lynne may spend the holiday season with her daughter, as she was seen arriving at LAX this Saturday, in footage obtained by TMZ.
Britney Spears ‘ mother Lynne has set off rumors of a reconciliation as she was seen touching down in Los Angeles ahead of Christmas; pictured together in 1999
Britney recently claimed on Instagram that she has moved to Mexico, though insiders subsequently insisted that she has not in fact shifted abroad.
Lynne, who lives in Louisiana, kept an enigmatic smile on her face she strolled down the sidewalk at LAX this week, but did not answer questions about whether she was in Los Angeles to visit Britney or whether she was planning to travel to Mexico to see her.
Last December, just before New Year’s, a source explained why Britney had not spent Christmas with her mother in spite of their reunion at the pop star’s birthday party.
‘Britney is open to repairing her relationship with Lynne but she wants things to unfold organically and not force anything,’ a source told Us Weekly.
The insider insisted Britney was ‘in a really good place’ and maintained she ‘would love to continue maintaining her relationship with her mom.’
However the Toxic hitmaker apparently also hoped ‘to take her time’ with the healing process and ‘doesn’t feel like there’s a need to rush anything.’
The source added: ‘Britney understands that her mom would have loved for her to visit for Christmas but she just felt like it was too soon.’
Last year, Britney released an explosive bestselling memoir called The Woman In Me, launching barbs at such targets as her parents, her ex Justin Timberlake and her sister Jamie Lynn, whom she accused of having been a ‘total b****’ at the age of 11.
The pair have had a publicly fraught relationship in recent years, poisoned by Lynne’s alleged role in Britney’s controversial conservatorship; pictured 2000
However tensions later cooled between the pair, to the point that Lynn was one of the guests Britney’s 42nd birthday party last December
Britney came under Jamie’s conservatorship in 2008 after her infamous months-long mental breakdown, culminating in a standoff with the authorities that ended when over a dozen police officers escorted her to the hospital.
Shortly after the end of the conservatorship, Britney publicly turned on Lynne, furiously accusing her mother of having come up with the idea of the arrangement.
However they had apparently begun mending fences by Britney’s birthday last December, when she was seen in a social media picture cuddling up to Lynne on the sofa.
At the start of this May, Britney was seen being accompanied out of Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont by medics, setting off concerns she was suffering a ‘mental health crisis.’
Britney issued a statement hours later, posting Instagram videos of her swollen and ‘twisted’ right ankle and appearing on the verge of tears.
Claims had been swirling that Britney hurt her ankle during an altercation with her on-off ex Paul Richard Soliz, a felon who was once convicted of second degree robbery.
However Britney maintained that she simply fell while attempting to ‘do a leap’ at her hotel room, which the paramedics ‘illegally’ entered, creating an ‘unnecessary’ ‘scene.’
She also claimed: ‘I know my mom was involved !!! I haven’t talked to her in 6 months and she called right after it happened before the news being out !!!’
