When Britney announced her Domination residency in Las Vegas back in October 2018, she was supposed to perform, too. As it turns out, the singer was supposed to give both a performance and an interview during the residency announcement, but instead, she simply kept walking past the stage and didn't say a word to anyone. Eleven weeks later, she cancelled the residency and took "an indefinite work hiatus," citing Jamie's health issues.
The idea that Britney is "a puppet who just gets moved around and told what to do is incredibly inaccurate." According to Britney's former backup dancer and tour director, Kevin Tancharoen, the singer was very much "in control of a lot of decisions" that pertained to her career before her conservatorship. "When I was involved in all of those years, we would present a lot of ideas and she would have to like them, she would have to approve them. She was very creative. She was the one who knew what she wanted to do, or her people would make [what she wanted] happen for her," he said. "She was the boss."