Britney Spearsis sharing a painful experience she’s kept private for 20 years.
A rep for Timberlake did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in January 2001.Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty
Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty
She writes in the book: “If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”
Spears writes of her experience undergoing the abortion: “To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life."
After Spears and Timberlake split in 2002, she went on to become a mother, welcoming two sons —Sean Preston, 18, and Jayden James, 17 — with her second husband,Kevin Federline.
Spears will releaseher much-anticipated memoiron Oct. 24, through Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
The memoir comes nearly two years after Spears was released from her court-ordered conservatorship, which had been in place for 13 years.The conservatorship was terminatedin November 2021 after Spears gavefervent public testimonyin court in June 2021.
Promising to reveal “for the first time her incredible journey (and) strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history,” according to a press release from Gallery Books, the singer’s memoir “illuminates the enduring power of music and love — and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms.”
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears in 2002.Denise Trusc / Getty
For an exclusive excerpt and interview with Britney Spears, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.
source: people.com
