Earlier this 12 months, Jamie Lynn Spears alleged in her memoir Issues I Ought to’ve Mentioned that her Zoey 101 costar Alexa — who was 12 on the time — was spreading rumors about her. Jamie mentioned she then turned to her large sister Britney for “steerage.”
Jamie mentioned “a really pregnant Britney” then got here to set and talked to Alexa about mentioned rumors. Alexa has since denied that she unfold any rumors about Jamie.
“Britney didn’t waste any time attending to the purpose. ‘Are you making enjoyable of my sister? Telling lies and spreading rumors? You shouldn’t do this!'” Jamie Lynn wrote within the ebook. “Britney informed her that she wouldn’t preserve jobs if she continued to deal with people who approach.”
However Alexa did affirm that Britney did, actually, speak to her in a trailer. This is what Alexa mentioned went down:
Alexa mentioned a expertise coordinator introduced her right into a trailer as a result of Britney and Jamie wished to speak together with her. She was initially hopeful that Britney would assist mediate the stress between Jamie and her.
As a substitute, Alexa mentioned that Jamie ran to the again of the trailer. “Hastily, [Britney] simply began yelling at me,” Alexa mentioned, earlier than reminding listeners that Britney has, actually, since apologized to her.
Alexa mentioned Britney was put in a horrible scenario as a result of she was being informed that Alexa was mistreating her sister. “She was like 8 months pregnant, so she was hormonal too,” Alexa mentioned. “I keep in mind she was rubbing her stomach, whereas she was yelling. It was very unhinged in a approach that felt that somebody was manipulating her. I see Jamie again there — afraid to come back up, letting her sister do all of her…”
“I’ve an grownup screaming at me, telling me I am by no means gonna work on this business once more,” Alexa mentioned. She then revealed that she vomited after exiting the room.
This week, Britney apologized once more to her for the incident. “It broke my coronary heart to see your interview about your expertise within the enterprise,” Britney wrote in submit. “I do know it is 15 years later what you might be sharing however belief me. I do know it nonetheless issues. Though I’ve apologized to you personally simply by ‘intuition’ my coronary heart on the time didn’t understand how extremely good my household was with the ACTING LANGUAGE!”
“My sister was actually like my daughter rising up, so I apologize for my ignorance for yelling at you once I clearly had no thought what was actually happening!”
“The best way you spoke gave me power and inspiration however I do write you this message at this time as a result of I’m sorry for ever hurting your emotions!!! You need to inform Nickelodeon to kiss your ass!”
Alexa appeared to actually be touched by Britney’s latest apology. She posted this on Instagram, thanking the pop icon for her candy phrases. “I’m sitting right here crying with my jaw on the ground. Thanks for seeing me and listening to me. Thanks for apologizing. As I forgive you. You could have all the time been my greatest inspiration and power since I used to be 6 years outdated.”
Really, what a lesson in forgiveness and accountability. Props to Britney and Alexa!
You may watch Alexa’s full podcast interview right here.
