The revelation comes ahead of the release of her memoir, “The Woman in Me.”
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Britney Spears has revealed she had an abortion almost 20 years ago after she became pregnant with Justin Timberlake’s baby, and «never would have done it» if «it had been left up to me alone,» according to an excerpt of her upcoming memoir published by People.Key Facts
In a piece of the upcoming book The Woman in Me published by People, Spears said she became pregnant with Timberlake’s baby when they dated from the late 1990s to early 2000s, but said «Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy.»
She said she didn’t consider the surprising news a «tragedy» and had always expected she and Timberlake would have a family some day, but claims he said «we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young.»
Spears and Timberlake dated from 1999 until 2002—they were 17 and 18 when the relationship began, respectively.
Representatives for Timberlake, who now shares two children aged 8 and 3 with his wife Jessica Biel, did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment Tuesday. Crucial Quote
“To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life,» Spears wrote of the abortion.What To Watch For
Spears’ book, published by Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books, will be released on October 24.
