Following reports of an incident between pop icon Britney Spears and Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, the recent No. 1 NBA draft pick addressed the incident to reporters on Thursday afternoon, detailing his perspective of the encounter. Later in the day, Spears issued a statement, in which she described being slapped by a member of Wembanyama’s security team after approaching the player in a hotel restaurant.
“Traumatic experiences are not new to me and I have had my fair share of them. I was not prepared for what happened to me last night. I recognized an athlete in my hotel lobby as I was heading to dinner,” Spears’s statement read.