Britney Spears did not adopt a child, contrary to what the pop superstar recently said on Instagram.
In a post shared to her Instagram on Saturday (July 12), Spears claimed that she had “adopted a beautiful baby girl.”
“Her name is Lennon London Spears,” the singer added at the time, captioning a video of herself dancing in a pink leotard and wide-brimmed hat. “Lennon today has on adorable dress !!! It says I’m NEW HERE !!!”
Billboard, however, has since confirmed that Spears did not actually welcome a new child through adoption. She may have just been trolling fans all along, having peppered her caption with winky-face emojis.
The musician is already a mother to two boys, sharing 20-year-old Sean and 18-year-old Jayden with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Her post comes a couple weeks after she shared a mirror selfie with Jayden, who looked all grown up while towering over his famous mother.
Though Spears and her kids had for years been largely separated from each other following Federline’s move with the boys to Hawaii, she and her youngest have been spending more time together ever since reuniting last Christmas.
“He is 6’3 and his hands are so big now !!!” Spears wrote of Jayden on Instagram in June. “How long am I going to be in shock ??? It’s so incredibly crazy, it’s not even funny !!! I’m blessed !!! Just please be careful with my heart too !!!”
And while Spears’ claim that she’d become an adoptive mother was surprising, it’s not the first time she’s said something on social media that turned out to be untrue. Last December, she told followers that she was moving to Mexico to escape “cruel” paparazzi and even said that she was in the process of “house hunting” there; however, The Hollywood Reporter later confirmed that she wasn’t actually leaving her home in the United States.
Months later, it looks like Spears might again be trolling fans about moving. In her post about adopting “Lennon,” the performer also claimed, “I’ve decided to move to Italy” — a statement she also punctuated with a few winky-face emojis.