More than two decades ago, Britney Spears reportedly underwent an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake, according to an excerpt from her highly anticipated memoir.
“Had it been left to my own discretion, I never would have executed the procedure,” she writes in the People magazine excerpt from “The Woman in Me” published on Tuesday. “However, Justin was adamant that he did not desire to become a parent.”
She stated in the excerpt that although the pregnancy shocked her, it did not deprive her of joy or cause for concern. She had intended to begin a family with Timberlake; it was simply an unanticipated development.
“However, Justin was most certainly not pleased with the pregnancy.” “He stated that we were far too young and unprepared to have a child at this point in our lives,” she composed. The relationship ended in 2002. The exact date of the pregnancy remains unknown.
Spears’s representatives declined to provide additional commentary. Timberlake representatives declined to comment in response to inquiries from The Associated Press. The Associated Press has not yet had the opportunity to examine “The Woman in Me” independently.
Since the People articles were published, Spears, a prolific social media user, has not posted to Instagram or X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
As stated in the extract featured in People, she described the abortion as “among the most excruciating experiences of my life.”
Just months after her divorce from Sam Asghari was announced, Spears’ long-awaited memoir will be published on October 24. It promises to cast light on the 41-year-old’s turbulent decades in the public eye.
“ADLESS OF THE FACT THAT I THOUGHT… “UP until now,” reads a Sunday-posted teaser for her forthcoming book. The narrator of the audiobook will be the actress Michelle Williams.
From Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears rose to prominence as a teen on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” featuring future talents Ryan Gosling and Timberlake. People have published additional excerpts detailing her meteoric rise to fame.
In the People excerpts, she states that she and Rachel McAdams were in competition for the lead role in “The Notebook” and that she was relieved when “Crossroads” was released in 2002 because it “was pretty much the beginning and end of my acting career.” However, she achieved lasting fame with her music career, which began with “…Baby One More Time” in 1999.
After public breakdowns, she was placed under a court-ordered conservatorship that governed her life, finances, and voice, primarily under the supervision of her father. She had two sons with Kevin Federline. This conservatorship would last for nearly fourteen years, concluding in late 2021, following the success of a #FreeBritney movement that helped secure new California conservatorship limits.
In a civil trial scheduled for the following year, several of Spears allegations against her father and others who administered the conservatorship are anticipated to be heard.
“Framing Britney Spears,” a documentary released in 2021, featured an old interview in which Timberlake admitted to sleeping with a former fiancée and claimed the music video for “Cry Me A River” mocked her. This resulted in a backlash from fans who accused the ex-NSYNC member of aiding in Spears’ breakdown and reignited criticism regarding his alleged contribution to Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance. Following this, he apologized to Spears and Jackson, stating, “I know I failed these women, but I care about and respect them.”
Timberlake tweeted his support a few months later when Spears disclosed long-guarded secrets regarding an “abusive” conservatorship in court.
In June 2021, he wrote, “In light of today’s events, we should all be supporting Britney at this time.” “Whatever happened to her in the distant past, or how good or bad our past was, no matter how long ago it occurred, is simply not right.”
SOURCE – (AP)
