{"id":2177,"date":"2026-05-14T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/britney-spears-rep-addresses-singer-barking-wielding-knife-at-la-restaurant\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:02:08","slug":"britney-spears-rep-addresses-singer-barking-wielding-knife-at-la-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/britney-spears-rep-addresses-singer-barking-wielding-knife-at-la-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears&#8217; rep addresses singer barking, wielding knife at LA restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127772716.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Britney Spears\u2019 rep is shutting down claims that the Princess of Pop potentially posed any danger during <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/14\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-barks-yells-wields-knife-at-la-restaurant-after-rehab\/\">her bizarre restaurant scene<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no point did she put anyone in danger with a knife,\u201d they continued. \u201cShe was cutting her hamburger in half.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Britney Spears\u2019 rep shut down reports that the singer put restaurant goers  at Blue Dog Tavern \u201cin danger\u201d with her bizarre knife-wielding behavior on Wednesday night. (Seen above is the singer at the Sherman Oaks restaurant Wednesday night).  <span class=\"credit\">TMZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThis is completely blown out of proportion. Britney was enjoying a quiet dinner with her assistant and bodyguard,\u201d the statement reads.  <span class=\"credit\">TMZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Reports surfaced Thursday morning that the 44-year-old singer \u201cwas raising her voice, screaming and even barking at times\u201d in a \u201cchaotic\u201d scene during her Wednesday night visit to Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks neighborhood of LA.<\/p>\n<p>Spears reportedly dined at the restaurant with a woman and a man. At one point, a restaurant patron told TMZ the singer walked by their table with a knife, prompting fears that she might harm someone with the sharp utensil.<\/p>\n<p>The man with Spears was also said to have lit up a cigarette near the door, prompting staff to ask him to put it out. <\/p>\n<p>By the end of the scene, an eyewitness said the singer\u2019s table looked \u201clike a toddler had been there.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>On Thursday, sources claimed the singer was \u201craising her voice, screaming and even barking at times\u201d during her Wednesday night visit and left her table looking \u201clike a toddler had been there.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">TMZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The reports come just a month after the \u201cToxic\u201d singer (pictured above posing for a photo in a brown top and black choker) checked herself into a rehab facility following her March DUI arrest.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@britneyspears<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The update comes just a month after Spears\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/12\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-checks-into-rehab-for-substance-abuse-weeks-after-dui-arrest\/\">checked herself into a rehab facility<\/a> following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/05\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-arrested-for-dui\/\">her March DUI arrest<\/a>. She was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/30\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-spotted-for-first-time-since-finishing-rehab-following-dui-charge\/\">seen for the first time<\/a>\u00a0on April 30 after completing her rehab stay.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cRehab was a great opportunity for her to ground herself,\u201d the source shared.<\/p>\n<p>A second source told us that the singer \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/15\/celebrity-news\/how-britney-spears-sons-helped-her-come-out-of-spiral-and-enter-rehab\/\">whose sons reportedly pushed her to enter rehab <\/a>\u2014\u00a0is \u201ccontinuing counseling remotely.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spears (seen above posing in an orange dress) was first seen out in public after her rehab stint on April 30.   <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@britneyspears<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>At the time, a source told Page Six that Spears (seen above dancing with knives in a photo from a September 2023 video) was doing \u201creally well\u201d after her stay.  <span class=\"credit\">britney spears\/ instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, the \u201cGimme More\u201d hitmaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-pleads-guilty-in-dui-case-days-after-leaving-rehab\/\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0to a charge from her DUI arrest on May 4, though she did not attend the court hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Spears\u2019 attorney took a deal in exchange for the singer\u2019s charge to be reduced to \u201cwet reckless,\u201d which is common in cases for first-time offenders with a low blood alcohol count and no prior crashes.<\/p>\n<p>The judge ordered Spears to a one-year informal probationary grant and to complete a three-month alcohol school. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/14\/celebrity-news\/britney-spears-rep-addresses-singer-barking-wielding-knife-at-la-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britney Spears\u2019 rep is shutting down claims that the Princess of Pop potentially posed any<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127772716.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}