Britney Spears Recalls 'Excruciating' At-Home Abortion in Memoir
Britney Spears Recalls 'Excruciating' At-Home Abortion in Memoir,
Britney Spears,Justin Timberlake
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00:00 (crowd cheering)
00:02 New details from Britney Spears' memoir about her abortion
00:06 and how then boyfriend Justin Timberlake
00:08 comforted Brit amid her excruciating pain.
00:11 - I had a lot of therapy to get this book done.
00:14 - Inside the 275 page tell-all,
00:17 we've already learned Britney claims
00:19 she and the NSYNC star became pregnant
00:21 during their early 2000s romance.
00:23 She writes that Justin definitely wasn't happy
00:26 and they decided to abort the pregnancy.
00:28 - You know, it's all about trust
00:29 and he loves me and I love him
00:30 and we just try to work it out.
00:32 - And now the Associated Press has obtained a copy
00:34 of "The Woman in Me" just days out
00:37 from its official release date, October 24th.
00:40 According to the outlet, Britney remembers,
00:42 "I kept crying and sobbing until it was all over.
00:45 "It took hours and I don't remember how it ended,
00:48 "but I do, 20 years later,
00:49 "remember the pain of it and the fear."
00:52 ♪ Cry me a river ♪
00:53 ♪ Cry me, cry me ♪
00:55 As for Justin, well, TMZ's offering this detail.
00:59 He was allegedly at Britney's side,
01:01 strumming his guitar, trying to comfort her
01:03 as she cried on her bathroom floor.
01:05 - I just wanna be a happy person.
01:07 - This comes as Brit speaks out
01:09 about the media attention surrounding her revelations,
01:12 telling fans on Instagram,
01:13 "My book's purpose was not to offend anyone.
01:16 "It has given me closure on all things for a better future.
01:19 "Hopefully, I can enlighten people
01:21 "who feel particularly alone or misunderstood."
01:25 - I just got finished with my book,
01:26 so you guys better like it.
01:28 And if you don't, that's cool too.
01:30 - The procedure was kept under wraps
01:31 and Britney says at the time,
01:33 she didn't even tell her family.
01:35 It was important that no one find out
01:37 about the pregnancy or the abortion,
01:39 which meant doing everything at home.
01:41 ETs reached out to Brit and JT's reps for comment.
01:45 - Well, you know, we're all human.
01:46 - Meanwhile, we know how Justin's weathering the headlines
01:49 with wife, Jessica Biel.
01:51 A source says he's been focusing on his own family
01:53 and trying not to concern himself with Britney's memoir.
01:57 Justin and Jessica just want everyone to grow and evolve
02:00 instead of continuing to bring up the past.
02:02 - I think anybody out there, you know,
02:04 you go through anything to have somebody by your side
02:07 to really go through it with you.
02:09 Once you find that person, it's like a baptism
02:11 where you're like, "I can't go back."
02:13 - Back in Britney's message Friday, she says,
02:15 "My motive was not to harp on my past experiences.
02:18 "I have moved on."
02:20 Ahead of "The Woman and Me" hitting shelves,
02:22 it's unclear whether Brit has more to say
02:23 about the experience.
02:25 But we do know she's dedicated the book to her two boys,
02:28 Jaden James and Sean Preston.
02:30 - I love being a mom.
02:31 (upbeat music)
02:34 (whooshing)
02:36 [BLANK_AUDIO]