Britney Spears' Rep Confirms Singer Is "Alive And Well" After Death Hoax
Posted on Mon Dec 26th, 2016 8:07am PDT By X17 Staff
You can't have BritBrit, 2016!
Britney Spears is NOT dead -- her rep confirmed the fact after someone hacked one of Sony Music’s Twitter accounts and tweeted to the world that the popstar had died.
Early Monday morning, Sony Music Global’s verified Twitter account tweeted to 613K followers: "RIP @britneyspears #RIPBritney 1981-2016."
The account then tweeted, "britney spears is dead by accident! we will tell you more soon." Of course the Internet had a melt down but luckily it was just a hox.
Later in the day on Monday, CNN reporter AnneClaire Stapleton dispelled the rumor when she tweeted: “Britney Spears is alive and well, her rep tells CNN. It appears @SonyMusicGlobal erroneously tweeted her death. Sony rep says no comment.â€
But the "Toxic" singer wasn't the only one whose account was hacked -- Bob Dylan’s verified account paid tribute to the supposedly dead Spears. The account tweeted, “Rest in peace @britneyspears."
Both the tweets have been removed from Sony Music Global. The account later explained the hack when it tweeted: "we saw a new IP logged in to the account a few minutes ago and the tweet is posted by a new IP so @britneyspears is still alive #OurMine."
We're so glad that this isn't true. We just couldn't take any more bad news in 2016! As proof of life, here she is testing out Snapchat filters with new boyfriend Sam Asghari on Christmas Day.