RICHARD JOHNSON: Britney Spears’ friends, fans worried about her yet again a year after conservatory ended

Britney Spears is not well, and her loved ones are not sure what to do.

She is taking lots of caffeine which makes her insomnia worse — loads of coffee, energy drinks and dandelion tea, which keeps her up for days at a time according to an upcoming TMZ documentary chronicling Spears’ life since her conservatorship ended more than a year ago.

Spears refuted those claims on Instagram, though, telling fans she’s “sticking to watermelon juice” and green tea.

Her younger husband Sam Asghari has little money of his own and is barely living at their home, sources say.

Her friends warned her not to get married to Asghari, who is 13 years younger than his bride.

The current situation is making the now-ended conservatorship that put her father in charge of her life look like a good idea, with her fans once again concerned about Spears’ mental health.

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Diane Farr had to put her acting career on hold when she had a son and then twin daughters in 2008.

“For 10 years I had three rules — only L.A., only for cable, and only a comedy,” Farr told me.

When she was ready to get going again, COVID hit.

So when she was offered a role on the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced CBS drama series “Fire Country,” she jumped on the plane to Vancouver.

The series, which has its Season 1 finale on May 19, follows convicted inmates who trade in prison sentences to work alongside elite firefighters battling massive blazes in the Rockies.

“They have to be fit, and they have to be trustworthy because they could easily walk away and escape,” Farr said.

Farr, a New Yorker who took over Dan Barry’s syndicated column and wrote it for 10 years, told me, “The writing process has made me a better actor.”

But she has been surprised, like the “Rescue Me” episode featuring “the most intense sex scene I’ve ever done.”

Farr was provided “tiny pasties on my nipples … I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and said, ‘I’m naked.’”

She had the film crew take off either their shirts or their pants.

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Grier Hammond Henchy isn’t sure she will run in the 5K Race of Hope to Defeat Depression at Pier 40 on May 31.

She’s not worried about the distance. “I do a 5K with my family every year. If I can do it on Thanksgiving, I can do it now.”

But Grier, 17, daughter of Brooke Shields, is Honorary Teen Grand Marshal and is getting her hair and makeup done.

As an IMG model, she knows it’s important to look your best in photos.

Though Brooke started modeling at 12, her daughter says times have changed. “It’s a little difficult since I’m under 18,” Grier told me.

Brooke not only inspired her modeling career, but also her altruism.

“She spoke to me about postpartum depression and about what happened to her,” said Grier. “It was something I wanted to get involved in.”

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F. Murray Abraham and Michael Imperioli, stars of “White Lotus” on HBO, co-starred at a Don Perlis art show the other night.

Art dealer Deborah Wittner-Rao, who mounted the show in her apartment on Central Park West, said Imperioli was eyeing a portrait of his friend Abraham as King Lear.

“The show was massive in terms of turnout,” Wittner-Rao said. “It was great to see no masks, or social distancing.”

Abraham, who won a best actor Oscar for “Amadaeus,” last month issued a public apology after allegations surfaced that was was fired from the TV show “Mythic Quest” for sexual misconduct complaints against him.

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Call it ladies — and gentlemen — who lunch, and they can wear the same clothes.

Fashion Group International, which been picking promising designers for 27 years, held its annual Rising Star Awards luncheon at Chelsea Piers this week.

This year, the group honored “gender inclusive categories,” boasted FGI President and CEO Maryanne Grisz. “With our new Rising Star mentorship program, we are proud to provide guidance from some of the industry’s most experienced leaders.”

Keynote speaker Patricia Fields was busy signing her new book for fresh young fans and was joined by Fern Mallis, Terry Singh, Carlos Campos, Ken Downing, Chris Leoni, Brian Ceballo, Chris Lavish, Katya Tolstova, Jackie Menashe and Olga Ferrara.

They were all upbeat about getting back to fashion after three years of COVID and yoga pants. For the record, no one was fashionably late.

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Al Pacino’s “Scarface” co-star Angel Salazar caused a scene worthy of his drug-filled movie role at strip joint the Hustler Club on the West Side Highway.

While film producer Noel Ashman was spinning Debbie Harry’s song “Rush, Rush Get the Yayo” from the iconic movie, all hell broke loose when Salazar started waving around a zip-locked bag filled with what looked like several ounces of cocaine.

The club’s security team rushed up to the DJ booth to grab the wobbly actor and his stash, but it was just baking powder. “A dumb prank,” said one witness.

Other VIPs included The Dictators lead singer Richard Manitoba, the “Sopranos” actor Artie Pasquale and “Con Air” actor Renoly Santiago.

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Zach Weiner ran for the City Council and lost when a video leaked of him enjoying sadomasochistic sex. But now he’s founded the Manhattan Movie Studio.

His film “Cuddly Toys” covers real-life stories of girlhood dealing with everything from anorexia to sexual abuse.

It’s directed by Kansas Bowling, who has made music videos for artists including Iggy Pop. Bowling also played one of the Manson Girls in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

“Cuddly Toys,” which just sold out a run at Lincoln Center and features 100 actresses, will be shown at Bitcoin Miami on May 20.

The film will offer 18 original stills, each for the price of half a bitcoin, approximately $15,000.

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World-famous doorman Sven Marquardt of Berghain nightclub in Berlin is having an exhibit during the upcoming Frieze NYC week.

Marquardt, who once turned away Elon Musk at the door, will have an after party at the Artsdistrict in Brooklyn the night of May 18 with Rob Toma’s Teksupport with DJs Joris Voorn and Akua.

The bash will be co-hosted by Mateo Garzia and Alessandro Brioschi.

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One of the city’s iconic landmarks, the Astor Place Cube, aka Alamo, which weighs over 1,000 pounds and stands 8 feet tall, disappeared May 8.

Case solved: the sculpture was sent off to be refurbished before being shipped to Southampton for the Hamptons Fine Art Fair taking place over Bastille Day weekend July 13-16.

The spinning piece’s late creator Tony Rosenthal is being inducted into the fair’s Hall of Fame, so City Hall agreed to loan the beloved piece to commemorate the occasion.

The fair’s founder Rick Friedman says he will feature 150 galleries such as M.S. Rau, which will bring rare Picassos to mark the 50th anniversary of the maestro’s death.

Over 1,000 artists — including Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Harlem-based Guy Stanley Philoche — will be on view.

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“Look, I bought the only bottle of Bud Light sold in the country today. The stock just doubled” — Bill McCuddy at Main Prospect Comedy Club in Southampton.