Britney Spears, 41, is making headlines a full week forward of the discharge of her memoir, The Lady in Me, set to launch on October 24. The “Baby One More Time” hitmaker has revealed stunning particulars about her life within the e-book together with an alleged abortion throughout her relationship with Justin Timberlake. Now, in a clip launched by CBS Mornings on October 18, Brit learn the emotional introduction to the audiobook model of the memoir.
“Reliving everything you’re about to hear has been exciting, heart-wrenching, and emotional,” the 41-year-old learn in her personal phrases within the clip. It has additionally been confirmed that though Britney reads the introduction to the audiobook, Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams, 43, will learn the rest of the memoir. “I stand with Britney,” the Blue Valentine star mentioned in an announcement to PEOPLE on October 13.
The Grammy winner opened as much as the magazine that very same day to elucidate why she opted out of studying all the audiobook. “This book has been a labor of love and all the emotions that come with it,” Brit mentioned to the outlet final week. “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 additionally expressed her gratitude to Michelle for taking up the remainder of the memoir. “I am so grateful to the amazing Michelle Williams for reading the rest of it,” the “Toxic” songstress concluded.
One week forward of the discharge date, PEOPLE has printed just a few excerpts from the memoir and revealed stunning particulars from Britney’s romance with Justin. The now 42-year-old and the blonde magnificence famously dated from 1999 till 2002. One of many bombshells that the Crossroads star wrote about was an alleged abortion she had throughout their relationship. “But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young,” Britney reportedly wrote.
Within the stunning excerpt, the now mom-of-two went on to disclose that she wished to have the kid. “It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day,” she penned. “This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated.” The starlet additionally claimed that J.T. didn’t wish to be a father on the time. “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,” she went on to jot down.
The now father-of-two is reportedly wanting to remain out of the memoir drama. A supply near Justin advised ET that, “Justin has been focusing on his own family and trying not to concern himself with Britney’s memoir.” In addition they added that he wish to concentrate on his family. “In recent years, Justin has tried to be supportive of Britney from a distance. They dated so long ago, but he still has respect for her,” the insider continued. “Justin and [wife Jessica Biel] just want everyone to grow and evolve instead of continuing to bring up the past.”
