Why Britney likes being naked – and 9 other things you probably don’t want to know

She goes all out and doesn’t mince her words. For thirteen years, Britney Spears had no control over her life. Due to the guardianship under her father Jamie Spears, the pop singer was unable to perform. It wasn’t until two years ago that she was able to free herself and regain her voice.

Now the 41-year-old has released her memoir, in which she not only opens up about external scrutiny, but also about her childhood, her career and her love life. These are the ten passages that attract the most attention.

At the time, they were one of the dream couples in the celebrity world: Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake met at the Mickey Mouse Club in 1992. Seven years later they confirmed their relationship and stayed together for three years. After the breakup, there were rumors that she had cheated on her then-partner. She confirms it now.

But Justin Timberlake was first – and above all – unfaithful several times, she writes in ‘Woman in Me’. ‘That’s why I did it this way. Not often, just once.” She became close with choreographer Wade Robson. «One night we went out and ended up in a Spanish bar, we danced and danced. I messed with him that night.”

The relationship initially survived the infidelity. Britney confessed her infidelity and together they decided to move on. However, they did not talk about Justin’s infidelity. “Especially because I was so in love with him, I let him get away with it every time,” says the now 41-year-old.

Then Britney Spears got pregnant by the *NSYNC star. «It was a surprise, but for me it was not a catastrophe. I loved Justin very much and always hoped that one day we would become a real family.” But Justin was not happy about that at all; in his eyes they were way too young. “Some people will probably hate me for it, but In the end I agreed not to carry the child.” She didn’t want to force him into a life he didn’t want.

No one was allowed to know about the abortion, so Britney took the necessary medication home. Only Justin Timberlake and a family friend were with her. “Saying it hurt doesn’t describe the pain I felt. They were incredibly bad.” She further recalls, “To this day it is one of the worst experiences of my life. Yet they didn’t take me to the hospital.”

The relationship between the two singers ended in 2002. Justin had become increasingly distant towards her beforehand. “I think it was because he wanted to exploit me for his solo career, and that made him uncomfortable around me when I adored him with so much affection and devotion,” she suspects.

Justin eventually broke up with her via text message and she was devastated: “As soon as someone asked me about him, I burst into tears. I don’t know if I was in shock clinically, but it sure felt like it.”

After the breakup, she had her eye on Irish actor Colin Farrell. She visited him on the set of the action movie “SWAT” and became closer to him. “The whole thing ended in a two-week scuffle. That’s the only appropriate word for it. “We practically attacked each other, grabbed each other so passionately, as if we were in a street fight,” she describes her romance. For a short time she believed they could become a couple.

The pop singer’s love life was repeatedly in the news. This was also the case in 2004, when she was married to her childhood friend Jason Alexander for 55 hours. The two were in Las Vegas with some friends and were partying hard. On the third day they finally ended up in bed. “I don’t even remember the night,” Spears said. However, she reconstructs the night in such a way that they first watched movies in the hotel room before driving to the wedding chapel in the early morning hours.

“People asked me if I loved him. To clarify once and for all: he and I were not in love. “I was just terribly drunk – and probably very bored with my life at that moment,” she summarizes today.

After this quickie marriage, she married dancer Kevin Federline in the same year and had two sons with him. In 2007, they had a custody dispute – which ultimately resulted in a police operation: after a visit to their mother, a bodyguard wanted to pick up the boys. But Britney suddenly feared it would be the last time she would see her children – “the way I was going in the custody battle.” So she ran into the bathroom with her son Jayden and locked herself.

“Then a police SWAT team in full gear broke down the bathroom door as if I had hurt someone.” Britney was strapped to a stretcher and taken to a hospital for 72 hours. After another custody hearing, she was allowed to see her children even less because of the risk.

These photos went around the world in 2007: Britney Spears shaved off her long brown hair in the hairdressing studio. It was anything but easy for her at that moment; She was in the middle of a divorce from Federline, was followed by paparazzi everywhere she went and was afraid of losing her sons.

For her, radical shaving was a kind of rebellion. “I was constantly being stared at. Ever since I was a teenager, I was looked at from head to toe and people told me what they thought of my figure.” The world thought the move was strange, her parents found it embarrassing. “But no one seemed to understand that the pain because my children were taken from me.” Shaving was her way of saying to the world, “Fuck you.”

When she finally came under guardianship in 2008, she stuck with it. Today she explains why she voluntarily gave up her freedom: “I did it for my children. Because I stuck to the rules, I was allowed to see my boys again.” That was the most important thing for her at that moment.

When she broke free from her guardianship, there was always one person by her side: Hesam “Sam” Asghari. In her memoirs she remembers the beginning of her love: “I felt my inner glow gradually returning.” There was instant chemistry between her and the actor and she was ‘head over heels in love’.

They said yes in 2022 and then wanted to have a child together. But Britney Spears had a miscarriage. «Our love for each other gives us strength. “We will continue to try to expand our wonderful family,” her book says. Apparently it was finished before summer. The couple announced the end of their marriage in August.

“I know a lot of people don’t understand why I like to show myself in new outfits or even naked,” she says, also addressing the many headlines about her in recent months. Her Instagram channel contains many photos and clips of herself dancing – and in very revealing outfits. She has also presented herself completely naked.

She explains the reason for this: “If, like me, you had been photographed thousands of times by others and forced into certain poses just to please others, you might understand how much fun it is to take photos of myself feel sexy and do what I want with it.”

After the difficult times, she sometimes feels like she has been reborn, much more carefree than before: ‘As a baby I had my whole life in front of me, and now I feel the same again: like a blank sheet of paper. “