Mariah Carey lent her personal support to Britney Spears as she fought to be freed from her conservatorship. 

The pop superstar was under the legal arrangement from 2008 until November this year, rendering her unable to manage many aspects of her personal and financial affairs. 

During her campaign to end the conservatorship, Britney received much high-profile support, with Mariah telling NME she got in touch with the singer as it felt like “the right thing to do”.

“I’m not sure it’s an affinity,” she replied, when asked if she related to Britney due to the controlling music industry and family betrayals she’d also experienced. 

“I think everybody on this planet deserves to be free and what they did to her, what I saw, was horrific. 

“So I reached out to her through a mutual friend because I wanted her to know: ‘Guess what? You’re not alone.'”

In her memoir, ‘The Meaning of Mariah Carey’, the Someday hitmaker claimed her sister Alison drugged her with Valium, offered her cocaine and tried to sell her to pimp when she was only 12.

She also discussed her controlling marriage with first husband, former Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola, and working to the point of exhaustion.

Britney hasn’t released new music since 2016’s ‘Glory’, but it was recently reported the Toxic star is looking to get back to work and discussing new projects 

After her long- term manager Larry Rudolph quit in July, Britney is apparently eyeing Bobby Campbell to take the reins going forward, with insiders revealing she “has a lot of respect for the working relationship Bobby has with Lady Gaga”.

“Britney thinks they might make a good team,” they said. “It is early days but she feels there is potential. The ideas being discussed include a greatest hits album with new bonus tracks, and live dates which are being seen as her farewell tour.”