5 revelations from CNN's Britney Spears special report - CNN

In "Toxic: Britney Spears' Battle For Freedom," a CNN special report which debuted Sunday, some of singer's friends and former employees spoke out about the singer's conservatorship and shed light on what life has been like for Spears under the strict arrangement.

Here are five takeaways.

Former employee says Britney's life was heavily controlled

After the conservatorship was put into place in 2008, Dan George was hired to manage the promotional tour for Spears' album "Circus." He said that during the six months he worked with Spears, "She could only read Christian books ...

He will never stop loving or supporting his daughter."

Rosie O'Donnell tried to try reach Spears over the years

The former talk-show host interviewed Spears numerous times over the years, and, O'Donnell said, they developed a close relationship.

"I've reached out to her over the years, we haven't connected, I always send notes.

Britney Spears blames her former business manager for her conservatorship

Sources close to Spears told CNN that she blames Lou Taylor, her former business manager who resigned last year, for many of the issues surrounding the conservatorship.

One source said, "Britney is aware and angered by the control exercised over her by Lou Taylor and her company which reaped millions of dollars from her estate."

A lawyer for Taylor and her company Tri-Star told CNN in part, "Ms.