Britney Spears publishes her memoirs

Britney Spears’ memoir, The Woman In Me, was released on Tuesday with important revelations about the busy life of the singer, who went from being one of the most successful international artists to being locked up in a mental institution on various occasions.

A book, structured in 49 chapters on 275 pages, dives into an early rise to stardom 41-year-old singerhow his professional career was conditioned by family members from the beginning and how much this affected his mental health.

“For my children, who are the love of my life,” reads the dedication of this work, which also has a final thank you to her fans for promoting the #FreeBritney movement, which managed to free her from controversial legal custody in 2021 due to public pressure, to which she was 14 year was subjected to by her father.

Details are also told about her relationship with Lynne Spears’ mother, who, since her brilliant appearance on the youth program, has treated her as a “robot girl” who has to watch her diet as much as possible in order not to “look fat”. “The Mickey Mouse Club.”

Another of the most memorable passages about her mother focuses on the fact that the two drank daiquiris together during family trips to Biloxi (Mississippi, USA) when she was only 14 years old.

“I loved being able to drink with my mother from time to time,” says the author “I did it again” Let’s add that they both enjoyed drinking, while their father “fell into depression” when he drank alcohol.

Furthermore, a natural artist of McComb (Mississippi, United States) talks about the difficult period of her divorce from rapper Kevin Federline, in 2007, which ended in a violent confrontation with a group of paparazzi and, ultimately, the imposition of legal guardianship over her and her repeated admissions to psychiatric centers. for the next 12 years.

In 2008, at the age of 27, she was hospitalized for the second time Psychiatric Center, which brought the singer to such a degree of despair that, according to her statement, made her think that her family wanted to kill her.

“After they put me on the stretcher, I knew I could do it they immobilize my body whenever they want. They could have tried to kill me, I thought. I started to wonder if they were going to kill me,” Spears says.

He also mentions throughout the book that at this stage he was using anti-depressants such as Prozac for mental health reasons, but that his only drug of “voluntary choice” was Adderall, a drug commonly used to treat ADHD symptoms.

“What I liked the most was that it gave me a few hours to feel less depressed. It was the only thing that worked for me as an anti-depressant and I really felt like I needed one,” recalls the “Toxica” singer.

From Justin Timberlake’s abortion to Colin Farrell’s affair

In the past few days, one of the big revelations of this memoir has already been revealed: during her courtship with singer Justin Timberlake, which lasted from 1999 to 2002, she had a miscarriage, which for her was a “surprise” but not a “tragedy.” ” “.

“If it was up to me, I would never have done it. And yet, Justin was so sure he didn’t want to be a father.“, reveals Spears, who described the physical pain of pregnancy termination as “one of the most excruciating things” she has ever experienced.

He also said that to Timberlake, whom he met on the program “The Mickey Mouse Club”had sexual relations since the age of 14.

A relationship whose termination deeply marked him a singerwho later noticed Irish actor Colin Farrell, sneaking onto the set of the action movie “SWAT” (2003) in Los Angeles to meet him in person.

The pop star remembers this “passionate” adventure that lasted two weeks as something that didn’t end in transcendence, but that for a “brief moment” she thought that “there might be something there” and tried to convince herself that it really didn’t go so well. .good with him forget him.

A thorn in the side of the world of cinematography

Recently, a British newspaper The Daily Mail announced the casting choices Spears made to try to win the lead role in the 2004 romantic drama “The Notebook” (“El Diario de Noa”, in Spanish).

A role he lost Rachel McAdam But he didn’t assume any problem except that “it would be fun to match up with Ryan Gosling,” the other protagonist, after going through “The Mickey Mouse Club.”

But if there’s a film project she regrets turning down, it’s the one about “a villain who kills a man while singing and dancing” in the film adaptation of “Chicago” (2002).

“If I had been brave enough not to stay in mine safe zone“If I had done more things that weren’t within what I knew…” Spears laments 21 years later.

Memoir “The Woman In Me”, in ed Book gallery -from publishing giant Simon & Schuster-, are now available in English, and the Spanish version is expected to be released this Thursday for the Hispanic public.