Britney Spears unpacked lots of her private life in her new memoir, The Girl in Me. The e-book — which hits bookstands on October 24 — takes readers by way of her conservatorship, notorious relationship with Justin Timberlake and rise to stardom. For all of Britney’s most stunning bombshells from her memoir, maintain studying.
All of Britney’s Claims About Justin Timberlake
Britney and Justin’s first kiss was throughout a recreation of “Fact or Dare” with their All-New Mickey Mouse Membership castmates, she recalled within the e-book. As soon as they started courting, Britney and Justin’s passionate relationship took a flip for the more severe.
The “Poisonous” artist confirmed that dishonest rumors surrounding her previous romance with the NSYNC band member had been true — they each allegedly stepped out on their relationship. In a single portion of the e-book, Britney claimed that Justin attached with “one other movie star,” whose title was not included as a result of she “now has a household” and Britney didn’t need to “embarrass” her.
The Princess of Pop additionally admitted to dishonest on her ex-boyfriend with dancer and choreographer Wade Robson. Nevertheless, she and Justin allegedly “agreed to maneuver previous” the infidelity.
Dishonest wasn’t the one downside Britney and Justin had, although. In accordance with the “Everytime” singer, she obtained pregnant whereas courting Justin and obtained an abortion as a result of he “wasn’t blissful concerning the being pregnant.”
“He mentioned we weren’t able to have a child in our lives, that we had been method too younger,” Britney wrote. “It was a shock, however for me, it wasn’t a tragedy. I liked Justin a lot. I all the time anticipated us to have a household collectively someday. This might simply be a lot sooner than I’d anticipated.”
After present process the process, Britney reportedly cried, and Justin tried to consolation her by enjoying music.
As for who ended their tumultuous relationship — which lasted from 1999 to 2002 — Britney revealed how “devastated” she was when Justin broke up together with her by way of a textual content.
“I used to be comatose in Louisiana, and he was fortunately operating round Hollywood,” she wrote. Nevertheless, this wasn’t information to lots of Britney’s followers. In 2022, music video director Chris Applebaum mirrored on how he motivated Britney to movie the video for “Overprotected (Darkchild Remix).”
“I instructed her she ought to get on the market [and] present Justin he made the most important mistake of his life,” Chris wrote by way of Instagram on the time, including, “Let me advocate to any who reads this: don’t break up by way of textual content!”
Justin has not publicly responded to any of Britney’s claims in her memoir.
How Britney’s Conservatorship ‘Infantilized’ Her
The multi-award-winning pop star recalled felling like a “robotic” when she was positioned beneath her conservatorship in 2008.
“However not only a robotic — a type of child-robot,” Britney wrote. “I had been so infantilized that I used to be shedding items of what made me really feel like myself. The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood, made me into a baby. I turned extra of an entity than an individual onstage. I had all the time felt music in my bones and my blood; they stole that from me.”
Britney later mirrored on how “13 years glided by with [her] feeling like a shadow of [herself].”
“I feel again now on my father [Jamie Spears] and his associates having management over my physique and my cash for that lengthy, and it makes me really feel sick,” she identified.
Ingesting ‘Toddies’ With Mother Lynne Spears
Whereas she bluntly delved into her father’s “management” over her, Britney additionally opened up about her mom, Lynne Spears. In a single chapter of the memoir, Britney alleged that Lynne gave her alcohol when she was barely a teen.
“For enjoyable, beginning once I was in eighth grade, my mother and I’d make the two-hour drive from Kentwood to Biloxi, Mississippi, and whereas we had been there, we might drink daiquiris,” Britney defined. “We known as our cocktails ‘toddies.’ I liked that I used to be capable of drink with my mother from time to time. The best way we drank was nothing like how my father did it. When he drank, he grew extra depressed and shut down. We turned happier, extra alive and adventurous.”
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Her ‘Terrifying’ 2001 VMAs Snake Efficiency
After she signed with Jive Data at 15 years previous, Britney launched into her music profession. Whereas trying again on her record-breaking 2001 MTV Video Music Awards efficiency, she confessed to feeling afraid of the big snake that she needed to carry round on stage.
“The plan was for me to sing ‘I’m a Slave 4 U,’ and we determined I’d use a snake as a prop. It’s turn out to be an iconic second in VMAs historical past, nevertheless it was much more terrifying than it appeared,” she admitted. “All I knew was to look down as a result of I felt if I regarded up and caught its eye, it might kill me.”
She continued, “In my head I used to be saying, ‘Simply carry out, simply use your legs and carry out.’ However what no one is aware of is that as I used to be singing, the snake introduced its head proper round to my face, proper as much as me, and began hissing. I used to be considering, ‘Are you f**king critical proper now? The f**king goddamn snake’s tongue is flicking out at me. Proper. Now.’ Lastly, I obtained to the half the place I handed it again, thank God.”
