Britney Spears has deleted a social media post where she slammed Halsey's new video, Lucky.

The singer had originally spoken out about Halsey's new single which pays homage to Britney's 2000 single, Lucky.

In the first post she stated that she felt "harassed, violated and bullied" by Halsey's video interpretation and that it made her look like a "superficial pop star."

She wrote, "For obvious reasons I'm very upset about the Halsey video. I didn't know an artist like her and someone I looked up to and admired would illustrate me in such an ignorant way by tailoring me as a superficial pop star with no heart or concern at all...I'm speaking with my lawyers today to see what can be done on this matter. It feels illegal and down right cruel."

Shortly afterwards, she deleted the post, and wrote a new one, saying, "Fake news !!! That was not me on my phone !!! I love Halsey and that's why I deleted it !!!"

Halsey re-tweeted Britney's post, and wrote, "and I love Britney!!!! I always have and always will

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