Britney Spears Reportedly Displays Unusual Behavior with Knife at Local Restaurant

In a recent Los Angeles outing, pop icon Britney Spears reportedly stirred up a scene at a local restaurant, just after exiting rehab and settling a DUI case.

According to eyewitnesses, the 44-year-old singer appeared visibly upset during her visit to the Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks, as reported by TMZ.

Observers noted a tense and peculiar atmosphere, with Spears allegedly raising her voice, shouting, and even mimicking barking noises.

During the visit, some diners expressed alarm when Spears walked by holding a knife, fearing she might inadvertently cause harm.

Witnesses also reported that Spears was accompanied by an unidentified man, with whom she shared food and exchanged affectionate words, including “I love you,” leaving some to wonder if her remarks were sincere or made in jest.

Restaurant staff reportedly had to intervene when Spears lit a cigarette near the entrance. 

The Daily Mail has contacted Spears’ representatives, as well as the Blue Dog Tavern, for comment. 

Britney Spears reportedly caused a stir during a night out at the Blue Dog Tavern in LA on Wednesday, just days after leaving rehab and resolving a recent DUI case

Sources describe a tense and unusual atmosphere as Spears reportedly raised her voice, yelled, made barking sounds and walked past a table holding a knife; (pictured in 2023) 

The Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks

According to the outlet’s sources, Spears was eventually escorted home by her security team. 

The insiders said diners didn’t realize the erratic behavior was coming from the pop star herself until after she had left. 

Left on her table was a crumpled, folded menu. 

The scene under Spears’ table also drew attention, with one witness remarking it looked ‘like a toddler had been there.’

As for her meal, sources say Spears ordered a burger and fries but ate very little, focusing mainly on the fries. 

Several items, including what appeared to be a glass of orange juice, were left untouched.

The unusual scene quickly became the ‘talk of the restaurant’, with one witness remarking that would ‘only happen in L.A.’

The incident follows Spears missing a rare family gathering on Saturday, where relatives had come together to celebrate her niece Maddie’s high school graduation. 

The singer has been riding a rollercoaster of chaos lately, pleading guilty to a DUI last week, just two months after her arrest. 

Left on Spears’ table was a crumpled menu

Witnesses say Spears shared food with an unidentified man accompanying her and appeared affectionate, telling him ‘I love you,’ though it was unclear whether the comment was serious or playful; (pictured February)

Only days before entering the plea, she left a substance abuse rehab facility after a three-week stay. 

The antics didn’t stop there: earlier this year, she was spotted tottering out of a bar clutching a champagne flute, while her Instagram feed has been filled with topless snaps.

Amid all the drama, the pop star was notably absent from her niece’s milestone celebration. 

Exclusive Daily Mail photos show the rest of the Spears clan turning it into a family affair, with her son Preston, sister Jamie Lynn, mom Lynne, and amputee dad Jamie taking center stage.

The graduation comes after Spears’ family members were reportedly among the first people to check in with her following her shocking DUI arrest in March.

Family sources said that Spears’s mother Lynne gave her a call as soon as she learned of the arrest, at which point Spears had already been released from custody.

Sources also said that singer also spoke with her sons Sean Preston and Jayden, 19,  both of whom moved to Hawaii with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline , in 2023, after she returned home.

Spears’s mother allegedly wanted to let the singer know that she had her support.

Restaurant staff reportedly had to intervene when Spears lit a cigarette near the entrance; (pictured February)

Despite their infamous ups and downs in the four years since Spears’s conservatorship was ended, the two were said to be on good terms.

Jayden and Sean Preston allegedly became estranged from Spears in 2022, and they moved to Hawaii with their father the following year.

However, Spears reportedly reconciled with her sons. 

Last year, Federline released the memoir You Thought You Knew, in which he spoke about how his sons developed a strained relationship with their mother after she allegedly ’emotionally traumatized’ them. 

On February 12, she was photographed taking a spin around Los Angeles while she appeared to be talking on the phone, which is illegal in California under the ‘No Touch’ law.

She was not charged in relation to the incident. 

It was, however, not an isolated incident for Spears, who, in recent months, was filmed swerving into the wrong lane on a highway after a night out. 

At the time, sources feared she was ‘spiraling’ amid the release of Federline’s memoir. 

In 2024, Britney reconciled with Jayden and has since shared social media posts of their reunions on multiple occasions in the past year. In September, a source revealed that Britney and her eldest son Sean Preston are also ‘slowly rebuilding’ their relationship; (pictured in April 2013)

Spears also has a history of knife-related drama: in 2023, police reportedly visited her home after a video surfaced of her brandishing knives, though no charges were ever filed. 

The pop star has faced very public personal struggles for nearly two decades. 

In 2007, the star famously suffered a harrowing breakdown after exhibiting worrying behavior in the months leading up to her infamous psychiatric hold.

The then 25-year-old had fans concerned after she shaved her head and attacked a paparazzi’s car with a green umbrella, before she checked into a rehab facility.

The Toxic singer suffered another setback after a disastrous performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, when her performance of Gimme More was heavily criticized by both fans and critics alike.

Then, in January 2008, she was put under lockdown at a facility after refusing to hand over her young son to Federline. 

More recently, Spears has been open about issues with her family, as in early February, when she claimed she is ‘scared’ of them and ‘lucky to be alive’ in a bombshell social media post. 

The hitmaker claimed that her relatives will ‘never take responsibility’ as she criticized them for ‘isolating’ her. 

With her father Jamie, brother Bryan, sister Jamie-Lynn and mom Lynne in 2003

‘I’m incredibly lucky to even be alive with how my family treated me once in my life and now I’m scared of them,’ the singer wrote in a lengthy caption.

‘They will never take responsibility for what they did,’ she wrote, adding, ‘We can forgive as people but u don’t ever forget.’

Spears has had a contentious relationship with her family members for years following her 13-year conservatorship that ended in November 2021. 

The pop star and her father have remained at odds since finally settling their long-running legal battle over the infamous conservatorship that controlled nearly every aspect of her life for more than a decade.

Spears’ conservatorship officially ended in 2021, following an outcry from fans and the explosive #FreeBritney movement.

She has previously described her father as ‘controlling,’ insisting she still struggles with trust around him.