Britney Spears has issued a worrying update about ‘living on the edge’ after the first snippets from her tell-all memoir were released.
The news broke yesterday that the ‘Circus’ singer had written about her boyfriend of 3 years Justin Timberlake. Leaked segments from her memoir claimed that Britney had an abortion after falling pregnant with the ‘NSYNC star’s baby, as he “didn’t want to be a father.”
Now, Britney Spears needs no introduction. Since she first rocked onto the scene back in 1999 at the age of just sixteen with her debut track ‘…Baby One More Time’, she has been a mainstay of pop iconography.
Following on from her mega debut, Britney went from strength to strength with hits such as ‘Oops!… I Did It Again’, ‘Toxic’ and ‘Gimme More’.
Behind the popstar facade, though, Britney faced some serious struggles. She lost custody of her 2 sons in 2008, and was placed under a conservatorship, which gave her father and attorney Andrew Wallet complete control of her assets.
Following the rise of the Free Britney movement, the spotlight landed on her conservatorship. The singer accused her father, family and management of abuse, including mistreatment and coercion, which finally led to the termination of the conservatorship.
However, in the wake of the conservatorship’s termination, Britney has faced a lot of challenges.
Back in August, the news that she was divorcing her partner of 7 years, and husband of fourteen months, Sam Ashghari.
Twenty-nine-year-old Sam was there the whole way through the Free Britney movement, and seemed to be firmly on Britney’s side through the whole saga.
However since the conservatorship ended, the forty-one-year-old star has been making headlines across the world.
At first, she was delighting fans with the glimpse of newfound freedom, but it wasn’t long before people began to grow concerned for the star.
Earlier this year, her followers grew so concerned after she deactivated her Instagram post that they called the police to check she was okay.
This isn’t the only time the cops have turned up to check on her, as just a few weeks ago they performed yet another wellness check after the singer shared a video of herself dancing with knives.
However, one of the latest updates comes amid mounting speculation as to what the star’s upcoming memoir is going to entail.
TMZ reports that one of the biggest bombshells from the book is set to be that Britney got pregnant while dating Justin Timberlake when she was around nineteen years old.
Sources with knowledge of the book told the outlet that Brit felt Justin was the love of her life, and she fell pregnant in late 2000.
“I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated,” Britney writes in the book.
Despite being “conflicted” over the decision, Britney ended up getting an abortion after the pair decided it was for the best.
Another excerpt from the memoir has left fans concerned for the star’s well-being.
“I envy people who know how to make fame work,” she writes, via Mail Online.
“My demeanour was innocent. It wasn’t an act. I didn’t know what I was doing. I felt like I was living on the edge of a cliff.”
The singer also touched on the Free Britney movement, and thanked her fans for being there for her.
“If you stood up for me when I couldn’t stand up for myself, thank you,” she writes.
