Britney Spears: Tell-all book released worldwide following Mexico ‘leak’
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Britney Spears’s memoir is finally available to the public after pre-publication excerpts sent shockwaves through the entertainment world.
Ahead of its release on 24 October, Spears’s autobiography, titled The Woman in Me, appeared to accidentally go on sale in Mexico.
It is published by Simon and Schuster in the UK.
Among the biggest headlines to come out of the book so far are claims that Spears had an abortion while she was dating Justin Timberlake.
She also detailed the aftermath of their split, from the fallout from Timberlake’s hit song “Cry Me a River” to her fling with Irish actor Colin Farrell.
One subject that does not feature in The Woman in Me, however, is Spears’s recent divorce from ex-husband Sam Asghari after 14 months of marriage.
According to reports, Spears gave her final sign-off to Simon and Schuster mere weeks before it was announced that Asghari had filed for divorce, meaning she has “no right to demand any further changes”.
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Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ time ‘reliving’ experiences
Saturday 21 October 2023 08:00 , Inga Parkel
Michelle Williams will narrate the audio version of Britney Spears’s highly anticipated memoir, after the singer admitted she’d found it too painful to “relive” her experiences once more.
The “Toxic” singer is soon to release her first memoir, titled The Woman In Me. But while fans had hoped for an audiobook narrated by Spears herself, the 41-year-old has now shared that she will not be the one to read the book.
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Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ time ‘reliving’ experiences
Spears will read the book’s introduction before actor Michelle Williams takes over
What is Britney Spears’ net worth?
Saturday 21 October 2023 12:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
Legendary pop star Britney Spears is diving into a new career as a published author with the launch of her memoir, The Woman in Me. Her book, set to be published on 24 October, will not only examine her success as a music icon, but will also cover her high-profile battle to officially end her conservatorship, which was controlled by her father, Jamie Spears.
Over the years, Spears’ pivotal moments in her life, from personal to professional milestones, have continued to make headlines. After 13 years, the “Toxic” singer’s controversial conservatorship came to an end in November 2021, with a California judge giving her back all of her legal rights, which had been controlled by two conservators overseeing her personal and business life.
Throughout her time in the spotlight, the musician has also gone on to obtain wealth through financial accounts and real estate. Here’s everything we know about Spears’ net worth, real estate, divorces, and conservatorship.
What is Britney Spears’ net worth?
Saturday 21 October 2023 14:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
Britney Spears says she learnt about #FreeBritney movement while ‘locked up’ in rehab
Spears recalled first learning about the #FreeBritney movement from a nurse while she was “locked up” at a Beverly Hills rehab centre.
Following a series of mental health breakdowns, the pop star was placed under a court-mandated conservatorship controlled by her father, Jaimie Spears, who was given legal power over her personal affairs and finances.
During that period, which lasted from 2008 to 2021, superfans of the “Toxic” singer banded together to bring awareness to the conservatorship after they became concerned for her safety and well-being.
In 2018, Spears tried to fight against the conservatorship; however, she was forced to undergo further mental health evaluations and another rehab stay, she wrote in her forthcoming memoir, The Woman in Me.
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Britney Spears says she learnt about #FreeBritney movement while ‘locked up’ in rehab
Saturday 21 October 2023 16:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
Britney Spears recalls father ‘repeatedly told me I looked fat’ during conservatorship
Spears wrote that her father Jamie Spears “body-shamed” her throughout her conservatorship.
In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, the “Toxic” singer spoke candidly about the treatment she endured while under a 13-year conservatorship that began in 2008. She claimed that as she lost what little autonomy she had over her body and work, her creative spark was snuffed out.
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Britney Spears recalls father ‘repeatedly told me I looked fat’
All of Britney Spears’ tattoos and their meanings
Saturday 21 October 2023 18:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
Britney Spears is an iconic pop star and soon-to-be author with the release of her upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me. But what many people may not know about the legendary singer is that she also has several meaningful tattoos.
Over the years, the “Toxic” singer has gotten ink to symbolise pivotal moments in her life. Her most recent tattoo, a large snake tattoo on her lower back, came just weeks after announcing her divorce from ex-husband Sam Asghari.
The “Gimme More” songstress has often put her tattoos on display, whether it’s on Instagram or walking the red carpet. Spears’ upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, is sure to dive into many details of the singer’s life, including her 13-year-long battle to end her conservatorship.
In true Spears fashion, many of her tattoos are also symbols of freedom, faith, and hope.
Read more for a closer look at all of her tattoos and their meanings:
Ink me baby one more time: All of Britney Spears’ tattoos and their meanings
Saturday 21 October 2023 22:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ time ‘reliving’ experiences
Michelle Williams will narrate the audio version of Britney Spears’s highly anticipated memoir, after the singer admitted she’d found it too painful to “relive” her experiences once more.
The “Toxic” singer is soon to release her first memoir, titled The Woman In Me. But while fans had hoped for an audiobook narrated by Spears herself, the 41-year-old has now shared that she will not be the one to read the book.
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Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ experiences
Britney’s memoir 'leaks early’
Sunday 22 October 2023 08:40 , Jacob Stolworthy
According to reports, Mexican fans of Britney Spears were surprised to find the singer’s memoir on shelves days early.
Images and videos shared on social media showed people flicking through pages of the book, which is titled The Woman in Me – in Spanish, this translates as La Mujer Que Soy.
Shortly after, Spears’s instagram page was deactivated, but it has since bee reactivated. There has been no official comment on the leak.
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Britney Spears memoir ‘accidentally leaked in Mexico’
Britney Spears opens up about her conservatorship
Sunday 22 October 2023 16:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
One topic sure to feature heavily in The Woman in Me is Spears’s conservatorship, the legal guardianship she was placed under for 13 years and released from in 2021.
In an extract already shared with People, the musician described how the conservatorship “stripped me of my womanhood”, turning her into a “sort of child-robot”.
Britney Spears breaks silence on 13-year conservatorship
Britney Spears memoir ‘accidentally leaked in Mexico’ ahead of official release date
Sunday 22 October 2023 20:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
Britney Spears’ highly anticipated memoir The Women in Me was accidentally put on sale in Mexico ahead of its official release next week, according to fan reports.
Videos shared on TikTok and X/Twitter purport to show copies of the book available at a trade fair in Mexico City, on Wednesday (18 October) – nearly one week before its scheduled release on 24 October.
Fans of the singer are now urging those who managed to purchase a copy of The Woman In Me to “respect Britney’s work” and refrain from leaking it online.
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Britney Spears memoir ‘accidentally leaked in Mexico’
Britney Spears reveals Justin Timberlake broke up with her via text
Sunday 22 October 2023 22:03 , Jacob Stolworthy
Britney Spears has continued to open up about her former relationship with Justin Timberlake, this time explaining that the former NSYNC member broke up with her over a text message.
In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, obtained by the New York Times, Spears wrote about how the breakup affected her after their three-year relationship.
According to the memoir, the 2002 breakup left her “devastated” and she had even considered leaving the music industry entirely during that time. Spears wrote about how the separation didn’t even seem to phase Timberlake. “I was comatose in Louisiana, and he was happily running around Hollywood,” she wrote, according to the NYTimes.
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‘Devastated’: Justin Timberlake broke up with Britney Spears via text
Sunday 22 October 2023 23:30 , Jacob Stolworthy
Britney Spears has explained why she shares naked photos on her Instagram in her new memoir.
In an extract from the forthcoming book The Woman in Me seen by The New York Times, the singer acknowledged that many of her followers might find her posts confusing, but revealed that she gets “joy” from “posing the way I feel sexy”.
“I know that a lot of people don’t understand why I love taking pictures of myself naked or in new dresses,” Spears writes in her autobiography.
“But I think if they’d been photographed by other people thousands of times, prodded and posed for other people’s approval, they’d understand that I get a lot of joy from posing the way I feel sexy and taking my own picture.”
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Britney Spears reveals why she poses naked on her Instagram
Britney Spears hits out after negative comments about her new memoir
Monday 23 October 2023 14:53 , Inga Parkel
Spears has issued a response to critics of her new memoir, The Woman in Me.
Set to be released on 24 October, the pop icon’s book will reportedly cover everything from her controversial relationships to her 13-year conservatorship controlled by her father, Jamie Spears. As excerpts of the book have been released by multiple outlets, the internet has been sent into a frenzy over the released content.
In the memoir, Spears, 41, opens up about getting an abortion while she was in a relationship with Justin Timberlake from 1998 to 2002. She speaks candidly about her fallout with the NSYNC heartthrob, who she claims broke up with her over text, and her relationship with Irish actor Colin Farrell.
Following the online frenzy, the “Baby One More Time” singer took to her Instagram to clarify her intention with the memoir.
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Britney Spears hits out after negative comments about her new memoir
‘Hopefully I can enlighten people who feel particularly alone in most cases or hurt or misunderstood,’ Spears says
What was the deal with Britney Spears’s 13-year conservatorship?
Monday 23 October 2023 16:00 , Inga Parkel
Spears’s new memoir is shining a light on the singer’s recently concluded conservatorship.
Scheduled for release on Tuesday (24 October), The Woman In Me sees the Grammy winner chronicle several chapters of her life, including the legal arrangement that previously allowed her father James (known as Jamie) control over her career, finances, and personal life.
The controversial legal arrangement came to an end in November 2021, 13 years after it was put in place in 2008.
“The conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is no longer required,” said Judge Brenda J Penny in a decision that gave the pop star back all of her legal rights.
The ruling arrived months after the release of Framing Britney Spears, a widely watched documentary by The New York Times, which among other topics, focused on the conservatorship and the long-running #FreeBritney movement that was led by her fans.
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What was the deal with Britney Spears’s 13-year conservatorship?
Controversial legal arrangement came to an end in November 2021
Monday 23 October 2023 18:30 , Inga Parkel
Sam Asghari speaks out on Britney Speaks memoir
Monday 23 October 2023 19:00 , Inga Parkel
Spears’s ex-husband has revealed that he’s already read Britney Spears’ upcoming memoir The Woman in Me.
With the singer’s memoir set to be released on 24 October, Asghari said he has obtained an early copy and already read it.
In an interview with TMZ, he explained that he wasn’t worried about anything written in the book that could paint him in a negative light. “I already read it and I’m very proud of her,” he told the outlet.
“She put a lot of work into it, and it was very hard,” Asghari continued. “I’m definitely excited, and I’m extremely proud of her. It was a very tough one [to write].”
The actor said that when the book does come out, he’ll be the first one in line to buy a copy of the memoir.
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Sam Asghari speaks out on Britney Speaks memoir
Spears and Asghari announced their divorce in August 2023
A timeline of Britney Spears and Sam Asghari’s relationship, from dating to divorce
Monday 23 October 2023 19:30 , Inga Parkel
Ahead of the release of Britney Spears’ highly-anticipated memoir, The Woman in Me, much attention has been focused on her previous relationship with her ex-husband, Sam Asghari.
In August, it was announced that the pop star, 41, and the Iranian-American model, 29, were divorcing after nearly seven years together. Just 14 months earlier, Spears and Asghari were married in what he described as a “fairytale” backyard wedding ceremony. However, a number of rumours emerged around Spears’s alleged infidelity, while tabloids claimed that Asghari was attempting to renegotiate their prenuptial agreement – but his representative later denied this was the case.
Here is a timeline of Spears and Asghari’s relationship, from meeting on the set of her music video to their split.
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A timeline of Britney Spears and Sam Asghari’s relationship, from dating to divorce
Spears and Asghari announced their divorce in August 2023 after 14 months of marriage
Britney Spears reveals Justin Timberlake broke up with her via text
Monday 23 October 2023 20:00 , Inga Parkel
Britney Spears has continued to open up about her former relationship with Justin Timberlake, this time explaining that the former NSYNC member broke up with her over a text message.
In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, obtained by the New York Times, Spears wrote about how the breakup affected her after their three-year relationship.
According to the memoir, the 2002 breakup left her “devastated” and she had even considered leaving the music industry entirely during that time. Spears wrote about how the separation didn’t even seem to phase Timberlake. “I was comatose in Louisiana, and he was happily running around Hollywood,” she wrote, according to the NYTimes.
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‘Devastated’: Justin Timberlake broke up with Britney Spears via text
Spears’ memoir is set to be released on 24 October
Britney Spears recounts Colin Farrell fling after Justin Timberlake slept with ‘six or seven girls’
Monday 23 October 2023 20:30 , Inga Parkel
The “Oops!...I Did It Again” pop star has compared her two-week fling with Colin Farell to a “street fight” in the whirlwind aftermath of her difficult break up with Justin Timberlake.
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Britney Spears recounts Colin Farrell fling after Justin Timberlake slept with ‘six or seven girls’
Spears was introduced to Farrell by a ‘club promoter friend’, the US pop star writes in her new memoir
Britney Spears’ tearful The Notebook audition with Ryan Gosling released after 21 years
Monday 23 October 2023 21:00 , Inga Parkel
Spears’s audition for 2004’s The Notebook has been released for the first time.
The romance movie, which is based on the 1996 novel by Nicolas Sparks, stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as teenagers Noah Calhoun and Alison “Allie” Hamilton, who fall in love in the 1940s.
Before McAdams, 44, read for the part of Allie, Spears, 41, was the front-runner to take on the role.
In the audition tape, published by the Daily Mail on Monday (23 October), Spears reads an emotional scene with Gosling off camera in which Allie tells Noah she is marrying another man.
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Britney Spears’ tearful The Notebook audition with Ryan Gosling released after 21 years
Spears beat out Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams and Jessica Biel before the role eventually went to Rachel McAdams
Britney Spears says ‘Cry Me a River’ media fallout portrayed her as a ‘harlot’ after Justin Timberlake split
Monday 23 October 2023 21:30 , Inga Parkel
Spears has said that the media fallout ignited by Justin Timberlake’s 2002 music video for his song “Cry Me a River” depicted her as a “harlot”.
The singer, 41, made the revelation in her forthcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, which will be released on 24 October. In an excerpt, Spears recalls the criticism that she faced when it was suggested in the press that Timberlake had written the heartbreak-themed song about her.
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Britney Spears says ‘Cry Me a River’ media fallout portrayed her as a ‘harlot’ after Justin Timberlake split
‘A woman who looks like me cheats on him and he wanders around sad in the rain,’ Spears said of Timberlake’s 2002 music video for the track
From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Monday 23 October 2023 21:45 , Inga Parkel
In her forthcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, Spears is expected to reflect on some of the most pivotal moments in her life, including her relationships.
Over the years, the pop star’s love life has continued to make headlines. Most recently, her ex-husband Sam Asghari filed for divorce after only 14 months of marriage. Spears is also the mother of two children – Sean, 18, and Jayden, 17 – whom she shares with her second ex-husband, Kevin Federline.
Throughout her time in the spotlight, specifically during the Nineties and 2000s, Spears has been in some heavily publicised romances.
From Justin Timberlake to her now ex-husband Sam Asghari, here’s everything we know about Britney Spears’ relationships and rumoured romances.
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From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Pop star’s memoir is set for release on 24 October
Britney Spears opens up about getting married because she was ‘drunk’ and ‘bored’
Monday 23 October 2023 22:00 , Inga Parkel
Spears has been married three times throughout her life, but her first marriage only lasted 55 hours.
The singer, 41, discussed the brief marriage in her upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, which will be released on 24 October. In an excerpt obtained by Time magazine, Spears wrote about her marriage to her childhood friend, Jason Alexander, during a New Year’s trip to Las Vegas.
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Britney Spears opens up about getting married because she was ‘drunk’ and ‘bored’
Spears and Jason Alexander were married for a total of 55 hours
Britney Spears songwriter debunks fan theories about ‘Everytime’ meaning
Monday 23 October 2023 22:30 , Inga Parkel
Spears’s 2003 song “Everytime” is not about her unborn baby with Justin Timberlake, as some fans recently theorised, the songwriter has said.
The “Toxic” singer, 41, who dated the NSYNC frontman from 1999 to 2002, reveals that she had an abortion during their relationship in her forthcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, which will be published on 24 October.
Since the revelation was published last week, fans have begun to wonder if “Everytime”, which has long been assumed to be about her relationship with Timberlake, also alludes to the terminated pregnancy.
However, according to Annet Artani, who wrote the song with Spears, the ballad was about their respective breakups – mostly Artani’s. It is not a reference to an unborn baby, she told TMZ.
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Britney Spears songwriter debunks fan theories about ‘Everytime’ meaning
Fans had said they found ‘whole new meaning’ in the 2003 pop song after singer’s recent abortion revelation
Justin Timberlake ‘concerned’ about content of Britney Spears’s memoir – report
Monday 23 October 2023 23:00 , Inga Parkel
Timberlake is reportedly “concerned” over the content of Britney Spears's forthcoming memoir, The Woman in Me.
The *Nsync star, 42, and Spears, 41, dated for three years in their late teens and early twenties, before ending their relationship in 2002.
While the two high-profile singers’ romance was widely reported on, their breakup also elicited a storm of headlines, with Timberlake implying on several occasions that Spears had been unfaithful.
The “Rock Your Body” singer also shared intimate insights about their relationship, which included details about their sex life.
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Justin Timberlake ‘concerned’ about content of Britney Spears’s memoir – report
Singers’ three-year romance came to an end in 2002
Review: Adam White gives ‘The Woman in Me’ four stars
Tuesday 24 October 2023 00:18 , Tom Murray
In his four-star review for The Independent, Adam White was taken by the palpable anger in Spears’s writing.
“This is a scorched-earth kiss-off to an incredibly dysfunctional family, a book so breathtaking in its rage that you can practically see the spittle on its pages,” he writes.
“It’s bleak, relentless and angry, a portrait of a woman no longer in the eye of the storm but surveying, dazed and indignant, the wreckage left in its wake.”
Read the full review here:
The Britney memoir is raw, unfiltered and breathtaking in its rage – review
The biggest revelations from ‘The Woman in Me'
Tuesday 24 October 2023 00:22 , Tom Murray
The Woman in Me sees Spears weighing in on the rollercoaster events of the last 20 years of her life, from her treatment by the media to her former romantic partners to her controversial conservatorship.
The Independent has read the book and collated the 10 biggest revelations.
You can read them here:
The 10 biggest revelations from Britney Spears’ new memoir
Britney explains why she loves speaking in a British accent
Tuesday 24 October 2023 00:30 , Tom Murray
One of the more minor but no-less-interesting revelations from The Woman in Me comes when Spears explains her penchant for a British accent.
On numerous occasions over the years, the “Toxic” singer has broken into an English accent. The outbursts have previously left the singer’s fans feeling concerned.
However, in the book, Spears explains that she used to love mimicking her British grandmother.
“According to my mother, my grandmother Lilian ‘Lily’ Portell was from an elegant, sophisticated family in London,” Spears, writes.
“She had an exotic air about her that everyone commented on; her mother was British and her father was from the Mediterranean island of Malta.”
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Britney Spears explains why she loves speaking in a British accent
Everything we know about Britney Spears and Sam Asghari’s divorce
01:01 , Tom Murray
Spears’s memoir has not been edited to include her split from husband Sam Asghari, according to reports.
Fitness instructor Ashghari, 29, filed for divorce from the pop star, 41, on 16 August, the same day it was announced that the former couple was separating. Since then, many rumours have circulated surrounding Spears’ alleged infidelity and Asghari’s alleged attempts to renegotiate their prenuptial agreement.
Here’s everything we know about their breakup.
Everything we know about Britney Spears and Sam Asghari divorce
Is Britney Spears’ narrating the audiobook version of her memoir?
01:45 , Tom Murray
Michelle Williams narrates the audio version of Spears’s memoir after the singer admitted she’d found it too painful to “relive” her experiences once more.
Grammy winner Spears will read the book’s introduction, announcing in a statement shared with People: “This book has been a labour of love and all the emotions that come with it.
“Reliving everything has been exciting, heart-wrenching, and emotional, to say the least. For those reasons, I will only be reading a small part of my audiobook.”
She added: “I am so grateful to the amazing Michelle Williams for reading the rest of it.”
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Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ experiences
Watch: Jimmy Kimmel asks Christina Aguilera about Britney Spears's memoir
02:31 , Tom Murray
Spears lost her virginity at the age of 14
03:14 , Tom Murray
In the book, Spears shares that she lost her virginity to her brother Bryan’s best friend when she was 14 “and the guy was 17”.
When Bryan found out, she says, he “told on me to our parents” who allegedly made her “walk around the neighbourhood all day with a bucket, cleaning up garbage like a prisoner on the highway”.
“Bryan followed me around taking pictures as, crying, I picked up trash,” she adds.
The 10 biggest revelations from Britney Spears’ new memoir
Spears ‘working to feel more compassion’ for sister
04:02 , Tom Murray
In the book, Spears reflects on her strained relationship with younger sister Jamie Lynn.
The singer said that she’s trying to “feel more compassion” for her younger sibling amid the upheaval that the termination of her conservatorship has caused.
The singer alleged that she texted her younger sister for help, and that Jamie Lynn wrote back: “Stop fighting it… There’s nothing you can do about it, so stop fighting it.”
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Britney Spears is ‘working to feel more compassion’ for sister Jamie Lynn
A timeline of Britney Spears and Sam Asghari’s relationship
04:46 , Tom Murray
In August, it was announced that the pop star, 41, and the Iranian-American model, 29, were divorcing after nearly seven years together.
Just 14 months earlier, Spears and Asghari were married in what he described as a “fairytale” backyard wedding ceremony.
Here is a timeline of Spears and Asghari’s relationship, from meeting on the set of her music video to their split.
A timeline of Britney Spears and Sam Asghari’s relationship
Watch: Britney Spears says ‘people need to know the truth’
05:14 , Tom Murray
What is Britney Spears’ net worth?
05:30 , Tom Murray
Spears is diving into a new career as a published author with the launch of her memoir.
The book is published by Simon & Schuster in a deal reportedly worth $15m, according to reports.
According to Forbes, the pop star was worth $60m in 2021, with the publication noting that previous court documents revealed that most of her assets are held in various brokerage accounts, real estate, and cash.
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What is Britney Spears’ net worth?
Justin Timberlake ‘sent Britney Spears a two-word breakup text’
06:15 , Tom Murray
Spears’s relationship with fellow pop star Justin Timberlake is discussed in detail in The Woman in Me.
In it, Spears confirms the infidelity rumours, revealing she had kissed her choreographer Wade Robson; though, she alleges he cheated on her first.
The Grammy winner also shared that she was “devastated” when Timberlake broke up with her over text.
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Justin Timberlake ‘sent Britney Spears a two-word breakup text’
Spears explains why she likes to pose nude on Instagram
06:45 , Tom Murray
Spears’s new memoir sheds light on her Instagram behaviour.
The singer’s social media account has attracted plenty of attention from her fans and from the media in recent years, with Spears often posting images of herself in various states of undress and videos of her dancing.
In The Woman in Me, the singer acknowledged that many of her followers might find her posts confusing, but revealed that she gets “joy” from “posing the way I feel sexy”.
“I know that a lot of people don’t understand why I love taking pictures of myself naked or in new dresses,” Spears writes in her autobiography.
“But I think if they’d been photographed by other people thousands of times, prodded and posed for other people’s approval, they’d understand that I get a lot of joy from posing the way I feel sexy and taking my own picture.”
Britney Spears reveals why she poses naked on her Instagram
The Woman in Me is raw, unfiltered and breathtaking
07:03 , Ellie Harrison
In Adam White’s four-star review of the book for The Independent, he writes: “For the most part, this is a scorched-earth kiss-off to an incredibly dysfunctional family, a book so breathtaking in its rage that you can practically see the spittle on its pages.”
Read the review in full here...
The Britney memoir is raw, unfiltered and breathtaking in its rage – review
The 10 biggest revelations
07:20 , Ellie Harrison
From why Britney speaks in a British accent all the time to her sex life being “outed” by Justin Timberlake, here are some key moments from the memoir and what the star had to say about them.
The 10 biggest revelations from Britney Spears’ new memoir
Who helped Britney write her book?
07:40 , Ellie Harrison
For a star as bright as Spears, and a story as sensitive as hers, you might expect to find a veteran behind the byline. JR Moehringer (aka Prince Harry), perhaps? Joni Rodgers (aka Paris Hilton)? Hilary Liftin (Tatum O’Neal) or Ariel Levy (Demi Moore)? Instead, Spears is said to have selected Sam Lansky: journalist; novelist; (as far as we know) first-time ghostwriter.
Find out more about him below.
Sam Lansky: the ghostwriter who helped bring Britney’s troubled story to the page
Spears pressured to work 18-hour days on 2002 movie Crossroads
08:00 , Ellie Harrison
The film’s producer has described how, at one point during the shoot, Spears’ team “wanted her to be recording at night after she did a full day’s work on the set”. Ann Carli recalled: “I just said, ‘Absolutely not. I’ll shut the movie down right now, because that’s not fair to her.’”
Read more here.
Crossroads producer says Britney Spears’ team wanted her to work 18-hour days
Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ time ‘reliving’ experiences
08:27 , Isobel Lewis
While The Woman in Me hits shelves today, the audiobook version has also been released.
But while fans had hoped Spears herself would narrate her story, the singer recently shared that Michelle Williams would instead read the audio version of her memoir
The news came as Spears, 41, admitted she’d found it too painful to “relive” her experiences once more.
Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ experiences
Britney Spears says she learnt about #FreeBritney movement while ‘locked up’ in rehab
09:07 , Isobel Lewis
Spears has recalled first learning about the #FreeBritney movement to end her conservatorship from a nurse while “locked up” at a Beverly Hills rehab centre.
Following a series of mental health breakdowns in 2007, the pop star was placed under a court-mandated guardianship controlled by her father, Jamie Spears, who was given legal power over her personal affairs and finances.
In the later years of the conservatorship, which ended in 2021, a movement emerged bringing awareness to Spears’s situation after fans became concerned for her safety and wellbeing.
In The Woman in Me, Spears recalls trying to fight against the conservatorship in 2018, only to be forced to undergo further mental health evaluations and another rehab stay.
Britney Spears says she learnt about #FreeBritney movement while ‘locked up’ in rehab
Britney Spears recounts Colin Farrell fling after Justin Timberlake slept with ‘six or seven girls’
09:37 , Isobel Lewis
In her memoir, “Oops!...I Did It Again” singer Spears has compared her two-week fling with Colin Farell to a “street fight” in the whirlwind aftermath of her difficult break up with Justin Timberlake.
Britney Spears recounts Colin Farrell fling after Justin Timberlake breakup
Britney Spears reveals story behind Justin Timberlake double-denim moment
10:26 , Isobel Lewis
Britney Spears has reflected on one of the most iconic fashion moments of the early Noughties: her matching double-denim outfit with Justin Timberlake.
Back in 2001, the couple attended the American Music Awards together and quickly made headlines with their showstopping Canadian tuxedos.
Britney Spears tells story behind matching double-denim moment with Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears says she was painted as a ‘harlot’ after Justin Timberlake’s ‘Cry Me a River’
10:50 , Isobel Lewis
Spears has also opened up in the book about Timberlake releasing the music video for “Cry Me a River” after their split, and how she was subsequently demonised by the public.
“A woman who looks like me cheats on him and he wanders around sad in the rain,” Spears said of Timberlake’s 2002 music video for the track.
Britney Spears says ‘Cry Me a River’ media attention portrayed her as a ‘harlot’
Inside Britney Spears’s evolving relationship with her sons
11:31 , Isobel Lewis
Britney Spears’s newly released memoir is dedicated to her two sons Sean Preston, 18 , and Jayden James, 17. The two children have recently moved to Hawaii with their father Kevin Federline.
Below, you can read everything we know about Spears’s past and present-day relationship with her sons:
Inside Britney Spears’s evolving relationship with her sons
Sam Lansky: the ghostwriter who helped bring Britney’s troubled story to the page
11:55 , Isobel Lewis
The Woman in Me tells Spears’s story, but the singer reportedly had a little help in the process from American journalist and author Sam Lansky.
Having written a book about his turbulent teen years and interviewed A-listers from Adele to Madonna, he’s well placed to shepherd the star’s story, Annabel Nugent writes:
Sam Lansky: the ghostwriter who helped bring Britney’s troubled story to the page
Why Britney Spears became a lightning rod for internet conspiracy theories
12:20 , Isobel Lewis
A wave of online truthers believe Britney has been replaced by a body double with no bottom teeth. Katie Rosseinsky explores why TikTok sleuths have been on the rise since the star’s controversial conservatorship ended:
How Britney Spears became a lightning rod for online conspiracy theorists
Could Britney’s memoir offer a blueprint for today’s troubled pop stars?
12:48 , Isobel Lewis
By reliving her very public meltdowns in a bleakly powerful memoir, Britney has unwittingly provided a roadmap to help navigate the pitfalls of stardom, writes Charlotte Lytton – and allowing her to get it all off her chest after 25 years of enforced silence feels like an act of kindness
Could Britney’s memoir offer a blueprint for today’s troubled pop stars?
Britney Spears superfans take over London dressed to mark release of The Woman in Me
13:48 , Isobel Lewis
Fans of Britney Spears descended on London on Tuesday (24 October) to mark the release of her long-anticipated memoir.
The group dressed in outfits inspired by Britney’s iconic flight attendant look from the “Toxic” video, and visited landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus.
Britney Spears calls out Ryan Seacrest over 2007 interview where he asked if she was a ‘fit mother'
14:30 , Isobel Lewis
Writing in her memoir, Spears delves into her treatment by the media. One interview with Ryan Seacrest, when she was promoting her 2007 album Blackout is singled out.
“The only press I did for Blackout was a live radio interview with Ryan Seacrest when it came out in October 2007. In the interview which was supposed to be about the record, Ryan Seacrest asked me questions like, ‘How do you respond to those who criticise you as a mom?’ And, ‘Do you feel like you’re doing everything you can for your kids?’ And, ‘How often will you see them?’
“It felt like that was the only thing people wanted to talk about: whether or not I was a fit mother.”
Britney Spears opens up about getting married because she was ‘drunk’ and ‘bored’
15:00 , Inga Parkel
Spears has been married three times throughout her life, but her first marriage only lasted 55 hours.
The singer, 41, discussed the brief marriage in her memoir, The Woman in Me. In an excerpt obtained by Time magazine, Spears wrote about her marriage to her childhood friend, Jason Alexander, during a New Year’s trip to Las Vegas.
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Britney Spears opens up about getting married because she was ‘drunk’ and ‘bored’
Spears and Jason Alexander were married for a total of 55 hours
From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
15:30 , Inga Parkel
In her memoir, The Woman in Me, Spears is expected to reflect on some of the most pivotal moments in her life, including her relationships.
Over the years, the pop star’s love life has continued to make headlines. Most recently, her ex-husband Sam Asghari filed for divorce after only 14 months of marriage. Spears is also the mother of two children – Sean, 18, and Jayden, 17 – whom she shares with her second ex-husband, Kevin Federline.
Throughout her time in the spotlight, specifically during the Nineties and 2000s, Spears has been in some heavily publicised romances.
From Justin Timberlake to her now ex-husband Sam Asghari, here’s everything we know about Britney Spears’ relationships and rumoured romances.
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From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Pop star’s memoir is set for release on 24 October
VOICES: In The Woman in Me, Justin Timberlake benefits from abortion access
15:45 , Inga Parkel
In her newly released memoir, The Woman in Me, Britney Spears reveals she had an abortion while in a relationship with Justin Timberlake. The highly-anticipated book – which hit shelves on 24 October – is an honest retelling of Spears’ early career and rise to stardom, her 13-year-long conservatorship, and her fight for financial and personal freedom.
As excerpts for the book began to leak last week, the only thing that people could seem to talk about was the abortion Spears had when she was dating the former NSYNC member from 1998 to 2002. But the one person who’s kept quiet about her abortion from the start – and perhaps to his own benefit – is none other than Timberlake.
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In The Woman in Me, Justin Timberlake benefits from abortion access
Britney Spears heavily details her ‘excruciating’ abortion in her memoir, ‘The Woman in Me’. When it comes to Justin Timberlake, Spears proves that men will always benefit from abortion access, even if they fail to speak up about it
Britney Spears reveals Justin Timberlake broke up with her via text
16:00 , Inga Parkel
Britney Spears has continued to open up about her former relationship with Justin Timberlake, this time explaining that the former NSYNC member broke up with her over a text message.
In an excerpt from her newly released memoir, The Woman in Me, obtained by the New York Times, Spears wrote about how the breakup affected her after their three-year relationship.
According to the memoir, the 2002 breakup left her “devastated” and she had even considered leaving the music industry entirely during that time. Spears wrote about how the separation didn’t even seem to phase Timberlake. “I was comatose in Louisiana, and he was happily running around Hollywood,” she wrote, according to the NYTimes.
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‘Devastated’: Justin Timberlake broke up with Britney Spears via text
Pair dated from 1999 to 2002
Sam Asghari speaks out on Britney Speaks memoir
16:30 , Inga Parkel
Spears’s ex-husband has revealed that he’s already read Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman in Me.
Asghari said he had obtained an early copy and already read it ahead of its release on Tuesday (24 October).
In an interview with TMZ, he explained that he wasn’t worried about anything written in the book that could paint him in a negative light. “I already read it and I’m very proud of her,” he told the outlet.
“She put a lot of work into it, and it was very hard,” Asghari continued. “I’m definitely excited, and I’m extremely proud of her. It was a very tough one [to write].”
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Sam Asghari speaks out on Britney Speaks memoir
Spears and Asghari announced their divorce in August 2023
Justin Timberlake ‘concerned’ about content of Britney Spears’s memoir – report
17:00 , Inga Parkel
Timberlake is reportedly “concerned” over the content of Britney Spears’s new memoir, The Woman in Me.
Timberlake, 42, and Spears, 41, dated for three years in their late teens and early twenties, before ending their relationship in 2002.
While the two high-profile singers’ romance was widely reported on, their breakup also elicited a storm of headlines, with Timberlake implying on several occasions that Spears had been unfaithful.
The “Rock Your Body” singer also shared intimate insights about their relationship, which included details about their sex life.
Ahead of the publication of Spears’s book, the *Nsync star was said to be “concerned” over what the “Womanizer” singer would share about their time together.
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Justin Timberlake ‘concerned’ about content of Britney Spears’s memoir – report
Singers’ three-year romance came to an end in 2002
Britney Spears hits out at negative comments about her new memoir
17:30 , Inga Parkel
Spears has issued a response to critics of her new memoir, The Woman in Me.
The pop icon’s book covers everything from her controversial relationships to her 13-year conservatorship controlled by her father, Jamie Spears. As excerpts of the book were released by multiple outlets ahead of its release, the internet has been sent into a frenzy over the released content.
In the memoir, Spears, 41, opens up about getting an abortion while she was in a relationship with Justin Timberlake from 1998 to 2002. She speaks candidly about her fallout with the NSYNC heartthrob, who she claims broke up with her over text, and her relationship with Irish actor Colin Farrell.
Following the online frenzy, the “Baby One More Time” singer took to her Instagram to clarify her intention with the memoir.
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Britney Spears hits out after negative comments about her new memoir
‘Hopefully I can enlighten people who feel particularly alone in most cases or hurt or misunderstood,’ Spears says
Britney Spears’ tearful The Notebook audition with Ryan Gosling released after 21 years
18:00 , Inga Parkel
In line with the publication of her new memoir, Spears’s audition for 2004’s The Notebook has now been released for the first time.
The romance movie, which is based on the 1996 novel by Nicolas Sparks, stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as teenagers Noah Calhoun and Alison “Allie” Hamilton, who fall in love in the 1940s.
Before McAdams, 44, read for the part of Allie, Spears, 41, was the front-runner to take on the role.
In the audition tape, published by the Daily Mail on Monday (23 October), Spears reads an emotional scene with Gosling off camera in which Allie tells Noah she is marrying another man.
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Britney Spears’ tearful The Notebook audition with Ryan Gosling released after 21 years
Spears beat out Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams and Jessica Biel before the role eventually went to Rachel McAdams
Britney Spears says she accidentally Method acted on set of Crossroads: ‘I was someone else’
18:30 , Inga Parkel
Spears has opened up about her experiences with “Method acting” while filming the 2002 film Crossroad.
In the “Gimme More” singer’s newly released memoir, The Woman in Me, she opened up about one of her brief journeys into acting in the teen movie Crossroads. Spears starred opposite Taryn Manning and Zoe Saldana in the film about three girls on a roadtrip across America.
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Britney Spears says she accidentally Method acted on set of Crossroads: ‘I was someone else’
Singer said that she ‘didn’t have any separation at all’ while filming 2002 teen movie
What was the deal with Britney Spears’s 13-year conservatorship?
19:00 , Inga Parkel
Spears’s new memoir is shining a light on the singer’s recently concluded conservatorship.
The Woman In Me, released on Tuesday (24 October), sees the Grammy winner chronicle several chapters of her life, including the legal arrangement that previously allowed her father James (known as Jamie) control over her career, finances, and personal life.
The controversial legal arrangement came to an end in November 2021, 13 years after it was put in place in 2008.
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What was the deal with Britney Spears’s 13-year conservatorship?
Controversial legal arrangement came to an end in November 2021
Britney Spears recalls father ‘repeatedly told me I looked fat’ during conservatorship
19:30 , Inga Parkel
Spears wrote that her father Jamie Spears “body-shamed” her throughout her conservatorship.
In an excerpt from her memoir, The Woman in Me, the “Toxic” singer spoke candidly about the treatment she endured while under a 13-year conservatorship that began in 2008. She claimed that as she lost what little autonomy she had over her body and work, her creative spark was snuffed out.
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Britney Spears recalls father ‘repeatedly told me I looked fat’
‘Feeling like you’re never good enough is a soul-crushing state of being for a child,’ pop star says
Britney Spears ‘working to feel more compassion’ for sister
20:00 , Inga Parkel
In the book, Spears reflects on her strained relationship with younger sister Jamie Lynn.
The singer said that she’s trying to “feel more compassion” for her younger sibling amid the upheaval that the termination of her conservatorship has caused.
The singer alleged that she texted her younger sister for help, and that Jamie Lynn wrote back: “Stop fighting it… There’s nothing you can do about it, so stop fighting it.”
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Britney Spears is ‘working to feel more compassion’ for sister Jamie Lynn
Britney claims parents’ favouritism towards Jamie Lynn left her feeling like a ‘ghost child’
WATCH: Britney Spears’ final words before conservatorship revealed
20:30 , Inga Parkel
VOICES: Could Britney’s memoir offer a blueprint for today’s troubled pop stars?
21:00 , Inga Parkel
Has any golden girl had their shine scrubbed off more forcibly than Britney Spears?
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Could Britney’s memoir offer a blueprint for today’s troubled pop stars?
By reliving her very public meltdowns in a bleakly powerful memoir, Britney has unwittingly provided a roadmap to help navigate the pitfalls of stardom, writes Charlotte Lytton – and allowing her to get it all off her chest after 25 years of enforced silence feels like an act of kindness
The 10 biggest revelations from singer’s new memoir
21:30 , Inga Parkel
Spears has given fans an unprecedented insight into her career and personal life in her highly anticipated new memoir The Woman in Me.
Released on Tuesday 24 October, the book follows the “Oops!... I Did It Again” hitmaker as she recounts the last 20 years of her life in the spotlight – weighing in on her treatment by the media, her former romantic partners, and her controversial conservatorship.
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Britney Spears: The 10 biggest revelations from singer’s new memoir
Memoir contains a number of candid revelations about Spears’s personal life – including her relationship with Justin Timberlake and the battle for custody of her children
The Woman in Me review – Raw, unfiltered and breathtaking in its rage
22:00 , Inga Parkel
In Adam White’s four-star review of the book for The Independent, he writes: “For the most part, this is a scorched-earth kiss-off to an incredibly dysfunctional family, a book so breathtaking in its rage that you can practically see the spittle on its pages.”
Read the review in full here:
The Britney memoir is raw, unfiltered and breathtaking in its rage – review
Fans of the pop superstar will be disturbed by the relentlessly bleak portrait painted by her globally anticipated memoir
Sam Lansky: the ghostwriter who helped bring Britney’s troubled story to the page
22:30 , Inga Parkel
The Woman in Me tells Spears’s story, but the singer reportedly had a little help in the process from American journalist and author Sam Lansky.
Having written a book about his turbulent teen years and interviewed A-listers from Adele to Madonna, he’s well placed to shepherd the star’s story, Annabel Nugent writes:
Sam Lansky: the ghostwriter who helped bring Britney’s troubled story to the page
American journalist and author Sam Lansky has reportedly helped to shape Britney’s globally anticipated memoir, ‘The Woman in Me’. Having written a book about his turbulent teen years and interviewed A-listers from Adele to Madonna, he’s well placed to shepherd the star’s story, writes Annabel Nugent
Britney Spears fans take over London dressed as ‘Toxic’ star to mark The Woman in Me release
23:00 , Inga Parkel
