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3600 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
A settlement was finally reached between the two parties in September 2018, with Spears increasing her child support payments to Federline from $20,000 to $35,000 a month.
Federline has since moved on from the relationship, as he marrie... |
3601 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Federline has since moved on from the relationship, as he married volleyball player Victoria Prince in 2013. They now share two daughters, Jordan, 10, and Peyton, eight.
Adnan Ghalib: 2007 to 2008
Spears met British paparazzo Adnan Gha... |
3602 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
They now share two daughters, Jordan, 10, and Peyton, eight.
Adnan Ghalib: 2007 to 2008
Spears met British paparazzo Adnan Ghalib in 2007, shortly after she decided to shave her hair off in front of approximately 70 photographers. They... |
3603 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
They only dated for about a year, as the relationship ended in 2008.
In the 2021 Netflix documentary, Britney vs Spears, Ghalib spoke candidly about the romance, claiming: “It was a very simple, very easy relationship, you know? But bet... |
3604 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In the 2021 Netflix documentary, Britney vs Spears, Ghalib spoke candidly about the romance, claiming: “It was a very simple, very easy relationship, you know? But between her fans and everybody else, it was like I was the bad guy.”
The... |
3605 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In the 2021 Netflix documentary, Britney vs Spears, Ghalib spoke candidly about the romance, claiming: “It was a very simple, very easy relationship, you know? But between her fans and everybody else, it was like I was the bad guy.”
The... |
3606 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
But between her fans and everybody else, it was like I was the bad guy.”
The former couple split in 2008 after Ghalib reportedly pulled a pregnancy test-buying stunt for publicity. In 2009, Jamie Spears filed a restraining order against... |
3607 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In 2009, Jamie Spears filed a restraining order against Ghalib, which ordered the photographer to stay away from the singer and her family until 2012.
Jason Trawick: 2009 to 2013
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Spears and Jason Trawick, a Hollywood ag... |
3608 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In 2009, Jamie Spears filed a restraining order against Ghalib, which ordered the photographer to stay away from the singer and her family until 2012.
Jason Trawick: 2009 to 2013
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Spears and Jason Trawick, a Hollywood ag... |
3609 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Jason Trawick: 2009 to 2013
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Spears and Jason Trawick, a Hollywood agent who worked at WME, started dating in 2009 before getting engaged in December 2011. However, they called off their engagement in January 2013 and ann... |
3610 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
"Jason and I have decided to call off our engagement. I’ll always adore him and we will remain great friends," Spears said in a statement sent by her representative to ABC News.
Trawick also issued a statement at the time, saying: “As t... |
3611 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Trawick also issued a statement at the time, saying: “As this chapter ends for us a new one begins. I love and cherish her and her boys and we will be close forever."
David Lucado: 2013 to 2014
Two months after ending her engagement wi... |
3612 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
I love and cherish her and her boys and we will be close forever."
David Lucado: 2013 to 2014
Two months after ending her engagement with Trawick, Spears started dating David Lucado, who worked at a legal firm. In August 2014, Spears a... |
3613 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
The publication later alleged that Lucado denied the cheating allegations, with claims that he was seeing the other woman while he and Spears were broken up.
Despite their seemingly rocky history, Lucado showed his support for his ex in... |
3614 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Despite their seemingly rocky history, Lucado showed his support for his ex in a 2016 interview with theNew York Times about her conservatorship. Speaking to the publication, he said: “If anyone knew the real Britney, they would know tha... |
3615 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
Speaking to the publication, he said: “If anyone knew the real Britney, they would know that she would rather be remembered for being the great mother she is rather than the artist she is.”
The publication also noted that Lucado denied ... |
3616 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
While their relationship was fairly low profile, Spears previously opened up about why she was drawn to Ebersol in the first place.
“There was something about him that made me feel really peaceful and at ease. And he was really hot, too... |
3617 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
While their relationship was fairly low profile, Spears previously opened up about why she was drawn to Ebersol in the first place.
“There was something about him that made me feel really peaceful and at ease. And he was really hot, too... |
3618 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
“There was something about him that made me feel really peaceful and at ease. And he was really hot, too. Adorably hot,” she told People at the time.
They officially broke up in June 2015 after eight months of dating.
Sam Asghari: 2016... |
3619 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
And he was really hot, too. Adorably hot,” she told People at the time.
They officially broke up in June 2015 after eight months of dating.
Sam Asghari: 2016 to 2023
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The pair first met in 2016 when Asghari was cast as ... |
3620 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
They made their relationship Instagram official in 2017 and went on to support each other through different milestones - including the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards, where Spears accepted the Vanguard Award for her work promoting equali... |
3621 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
They made their relationship Instagram official in 2017 and went on to support each other through different milestones - including the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards, where Spears accepted the Vanguard Award for her work promoting equali... |
3622 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In April 2022, Spears announced she was pregnant with her and Asghari’s first child together, and her third child. However, the following month, she said in a statement posted to Instagram that she had suffered a miscarriage. The couple ... |
3623 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
However, the following month, she said in a statement posted to Instagram that she had suffered a miscarriage. The couple wrote: “We have lost our miracle baby.”
That June, they held their lavish nuptials at her home in California with ... |
3624 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
The couple wrote: “We have lost our miracle baby.”
That June, they held their lavish nuptials at her home in California with a star-studded guest list, which included Selena Gomez, Paris Hilton, Drew Barrymore, and Donatella Versace - w... |
3625 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
The couple wrote: “We have lost our miracle baby.”
That June, they held their lavish nuptials at her home in California with a star-studded guest list, which included Selena Gomez, Paris Hilton, Drew Barrymore, and Donatella Versace - w... |
3626 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In August, months after Asghari shut down speculation about getting a divorce, TMZ claimed that he had confronted Spears about rumours she cheated on him. That same day, the fitness instructor officially filed for divorce, listing the da... |
3627 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
That same day, the fitness instructor officially filed for divorce, listing the date of separation as 28 July 2023 and citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split.
In a statement posted online, Asghari said: “After s... |
3628 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
That same day, the fitness instructor officially filed for divorce, listing the date of separation as 28 July 2023 and citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split.
In a statement posted online, Asghari said: “After s... |
3629 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In a statement posted online, Asghari said: “After six years of love and commitment to each other my wife and I have decided to end our journey together. We will hold onto the love and respect we have for each other and I wish her the be... |
3630 | From Justin Timberlake to Sam Asghari: A timeline of Britney Spears’ relationships
In a statement posted online, Asghari said: “After six years of love and commitment to each other my wife and I have decided to end our journey together. We will hold onto the love and respect we have for each other and I wish her the be... |
3631 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She has never really known freedom
As a child, Britney escaped her difficult home life – her alcoholic father often rowing with her mother – into the outdoors, which “gave me a sense of aliveness and danger”, she writes. Performing al... |
3632 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She has never really known freedom
As a child, Britney escaped her difficult home life – her alcoholic father often rowing with her mother – into the outdoors, which “gave me a sense of aliveness and danger”, she writes. Performing al... |
3633 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Performing also makes her feel invincible. But by the age of 16, she is public property – incapable of going outside without being mobbed, and her love of singing and dancing now a lucrative resource.
By the time of her second album, ... |
3634 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
By the time of her second album, she wants for so little: skinny-dipping with her dancers after playing Rock in Rio in January 2001 is one of her happiest memories. “It was a taste of rebellion and freedom, but I was just having fun an... |
3635 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“It was a taste of rebellion and freedom, but I was just having fun and being a 19-year-old,” she writes. After her split from Justin Timberlake, she dreams about quitting pop and opening a shop: “With the gift of hindsight I can see t... |
3636 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
After her split from Justin Timberlake, she dreams about quitting pop and opening a shop: “With the gift of hindsight I can see that I hadn’t given myself enough time to heal from the breakup,” she writes – though her requests for a br... |
3637 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
In this restrictive environment, small kindnesses take on an outsized significance, like Paris Hilton encouraging her “to have fun for the first time in a long time”, leading to some infamous nights out with the heiress and Lindsay Loh... |
3638 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
In this restrictive environment, small kindnesses take on an outsized significance, like Paris Hilton encouraging her “to have fun for the first time in a long time”, leading to some infamous nights out with the heiress and Lindsay Loh... |
3639 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Once again, Britney is seen as stepping out of bounds, potentially damaging her earning potential. One night she has her mother babysit her sons; when she returns home tipsy, Lynne Spears screams at her, she writes. “The shame I felt k... |
3640 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
One night she has her mother babysit her sons; when she returns home tipsy, Lynne Spears screams at her, she writes. “The shame I felt killed my heart. I stood there, reeling, and thought, OK, I guess it’s forbidden for me to party.” A... |
3641 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Between the videos for her debut single, Baby, One More Time and Sometimes, the media noted her changing physique and concluded that the 16-year-old must have had breast implants – rather than simply going through puberty. She notices ... |
3642 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She notices that talkshow hosts ask her about her chest, while her boyfriend Justin Timberlake gets asked serious questions about his music. It’s one of many pressures that ultimately push her to breaking point, and when she writes abo... |
3643 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
It’s one of many pressures that ultimately push her to breaking point, and when she writes about shaving her head in a salon in 2007, she frames it as a “fuck you” to the impossible beauty standards she felt forced to live up to: “I’d ... |
3644 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“No matter how much I dieted and exercised, my father was always telling me I was fat,” she writes. Punishing gym routines leave her feeling “out of my mind”. Her diet is monitored – along with every other detail of her life – while sh... |
3645 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“No matter how much I dieted and exercised, my father was always telling me I was fat,” she writes. Punishing gym routines leave her feeling “out of my mind”. Her diet is monitored – along with every other detail of her life – while sh... |
3646 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
It’s eating chocolate again. It’s posting selfies – either nude or clothed – on Instagram. Some people don’t understand the latter, she writes, “but I think if they’d been photographed by other people thousands of times, prodded and po... |
3647 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
It’s eating chocolate again. It’s posting selfies – either nude or clothed – on Instagram. Some people don’t understand the latter, she writes, “but I think if they’d been photographed by other people thousands of times, prodded and po... |
3648 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
In fact, she writes happily, she first slept with her older brother’s best friend when she was 14. Yet the fixation on her “purity” took “the focus off me as a musician and a performer”, she writes. “All some reporters could think of t... |
3649 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Yet the fixation on her “purity” took “the focus off me as a musician and a performer”, she writes. “All some reporters could think of to ask me was whether or not my breasts were real (they were, actually) and whether or not my hymen ... |
3650 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“All some reporters could think of to ask me was whether or not my breasts were real (they were, actually) and whether or not my hymen was intact.”
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in 2002. Photograph: Tom Mihalek/AFP/Getty Images... |
3651 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Photograph: Tom Mihalek/AFP/Getty Images
When Timberlake tells the world that she cheated on him, she is all but emblazoned with a scarlet letter. While she knows she is powerless against that narrative (“I don’t think Justin realised... |
3652 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
While she knows she is powerless against that narrative (“I don’t think Justin realised the power he had in shaming me. I don’t think he understands to this day”), him telling the world that they had a sexual relationship was liberatin... |
3653 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
I don’t think he understands to this day”), him telling the world that they had a sexual relationship was liberating. “To be honest with you, I liked that Justin said that,” she writes. “Why did my managers work so hard to claim I was ... |
3654 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“To be honest with you, I liked that Justin said that,” she writes. “Why did my managers work so hard to claim I was some kind of young-girl virgin even into my 20s? Whose business was it if I’d had sex or not?”
But she still couldn’t... |
3655 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Whose business was it if I’d had sex or not?”
But she still couldn’t escape the cycle that Timberlake set in motion: she describes her 2004 Onyx Hotel tour in the aftermath as “too sexual, for a start. Justin had embarrassed me public... |
3656 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Whose business was it if I’d had sex or not?”
But she still couldn’t escape the cycle that Timberlake set in motion: she describes her 2004 Onyx Hotel tour in the aftermath as “too sexual, for a start. Justin had embarrassed me public... |
3657 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Justin had embarrassed me publicly, so my rebuttal onstage was to kind of go there a little bit, too. But it was absolutely horrible.”
She has an immaculate sense of shade
Britney seems too pure of heart for active malice, but she ha... |
3658 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
But it was absolutely horrible.”
She has an immaculate sense of shade
Britney seems too pure of heart for active malice, but she has an immaculate way with a piercing characterisation. Timberlake’s band, ‘NSync, were big hip-hop head... |
3659 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Timberlake’s band, ‘NSync, were big hip-hop heads, she writes, and sometimes “tried too hard to fit in” with Black artists. When Timberlake spots Ginuwine at an event, he “got all excited and said, so loud, ‘Oh yeah fo shiz, fo shiz! G... |
3660 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Timberlake’s band, ‘NSync, were big hip-hop heads, she writes, and sometimes “tried too hard to fit in” with Black artists. When Timberlake spots Ginuwine at an event, he “got all excited and said, so loud, ‘Oh yeah fo shiz, fo shiz! G... |
3661 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
When Timberlake spots Ginuwine at an event, he “got all excited and said, so loud, ‘Oh yeah fo shiz, fo shiz! Ginuwiiiine! What’s up, homie!’”
Her account of being encouraged to abort their pregnancy at home, lest anyone see them goin... |
3662 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Ginuwiiiine! What’s up, homie!’”
Her account of being encouraged to abort their pregnancy at home, lest anyone see them going in and out of hospital, is horrifying. Britney, with no pain relief, is writhing on the floor. Timberlake pr... |
3663 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Britney, with no pain relief, is writhing on the floor. Timberlake proves to be the last person you’d call in a crisis. “At some point he thought maybe music would help, so he got his guitar and he lay there with me, strumming it,” she... |
3664 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Timberlake proves to be the last person you’d call in a crisis. “At some point he thought maybe music would help, so he got his guitar and he lay there with me, strumming it,” she writes. Almost as embarrassing is husband Kevin Federli... |
3665 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“He really thought he was a rapper now,” she writes, with the bafflement of someone who has never known pretension. “Bless his heart – because he did take it so seriously.”
Motherhood leaves her vulnerable
When Britney gets pregnant ... |
3666 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“Bless his heart – because he did take it so seriously.”
Motherhood leaves her vulnerable
When Britney gets pregnant with her first son, she initially thinks it might protect her: “I wanted everyone to stay away: stand back! There’s ... |
3667 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
The paparazzi become aggressive, particularly once she has her kids in quick succession – becoming pregnant a second time three months after giving birth to her first. She suffers from postnatal depression and feels hopeless about her ... |
3668 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
I had no freedom and yet also no security
She has a keen sense of injustice regarding a perceived contract that she never signed with the public and the press. “They just kept acting like I owed it to them to let the men who kept tryi... |
3669 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“They just kept acting like I owed it to them to let the men who kept trying to catch me looking fat take photos of my infant sons.” Her postpartum body and shots of her without makeup were treated as “some kind of a sin – as if gainin... |
3670 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
At what point did I promise to stay 17 for the rest of my life?”
What she knows now, she writes, “is that every part of normal life had been stripped from me – going out in public without becoming a headline, making normal mistakes as... |
3671 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
I had no freedom and yet also no security. At the time I was also suffering, I now know, from severe postpartum depression.” It left her suicidal. “I’ll admit it, I felt that I couldn’t live if things didn’t get better.”
She knows she... |
3672 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
I had no freedom and yet also no security. At the time I was also suffering, I now know, from severe postpartum depression.” It left her suicidal. “I’ll admit it, I felt that I couldn’t live if things didn’t get better.”
She knows she... |
3673 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
At the time I was also suffering, I now know, from severe postpartum depression.” It left her suicidal. “I’ll admit it, I felt that I couldn’t live if things didn’t get better.”
She knows she is trapped in a state of arrested developm... |
3674 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Her 2001 single I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman may be her most prescient recording; she is painfully conscious of this divide. After her split from Timberlake, she likens herself to Benjamin Button. “Somehow that year, in becoming mor... |
3675 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Her 2001 single I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman may be her most prescient recording; she is painfully conscious of this divide. After her split from Timberlake, she likens herself to Benjamin Button. “Somehow that year, in becoming mor... |
3676 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“One part of me was a very demanding grown woman yelling about white marble, while another part of me was suddenly very childlike.”
When she is placed under the conservatorship, she not only regresses, but feels dehumanised by the con... |
3677 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“I became a robot. But not just a robot – a sort of child-robot. The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood, made me into a child.” It’s hard to explain, she says, “how quickly I could vacillate between being a little girl and bei... |
3678 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood, made me into a child.” It’s hard to explain, she says, “how quickly I could vacillate between being a little girl and being a teenager and being a woman, because of the way they had robb... |
3679 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She told the producer Max Martin that she wanted to sound more R&B than straight pop; she listened to Tainted Love the night before recording Baby, One More Time and stayed up late so that she would sound as gravelly and “fried” as Mar... |
3680 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She told the producer Max Martin that she wanted to sound more R&B than straight pop; she listened to Tainted Love the night before recording Baby, One More Time and stayed up late so that she would sound as gravelly and “fried” as Mar... |
3681 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“That’s probably the moment in my life when I had the most passion for music,” she writes. “I was unknown and I had nothing to lose if I messed up.”
After that, her music barely gets a mention in A Woman Like Me. There’s a nod to her ... |
3682 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“I was unknown and I had nothing to lose if I messed up.”
After that, her music barely gets a mention in A Woman Like Me. There’s a nod to her breaking records; the era-defining Toxic is dispensed with in a sentence. The only album th... |
3683 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
There’s a nod to her breaking records; the era-defining Toxic is dispensed with in a sentence. The only album that she goes into any kind of detail on is 2007’s cult favourite Blackout, made at the height of her public struggles yet fu... |
3684 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
The studio was a refuge from the paparazzi hounding her outside; making a messy DIY video for the single Gimme More may be “by far the worst video I’ve ever shot in my life”, but the scrappiness meant “more interesting people started n... |
3685 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
There’s some later love for 2016’s Glory, and she writes proudly about her 2022 collaboration with Elton John, but says she has no plans to make music at the moment.
Her life under the conservatorship is a horror story
It feels fitti... |
3686 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
There’s some later love for 2016’s Glory, and she writes proudly about her 2022 collaboration with Elton John, but says she has no plans to make music at the moment.
Her life under the conservatorship is a horror story
It feels fitti... |
3687 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Her life under the conservatorship is a horror story
It feels fitting that The Woman in Me is being released a week before Halloween. No matter how much we already know about the 13 years that Britney lived under a conservatorship, he... |
3688 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
No matter how much we already know about the 13 years that Britney lived under a conservatorship, her recounting of its imposition, life under it and her inability to escape it is nothing short of a horror story. It is appalling, like ... |
3689 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
No matter how much we already know about the 13 years that Britney lived under a conservatorship, her recounting of its imposition, life under it and her inability to escape it is nothing short of a horror story. It is appalling, like ... |
3690 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
When she fears that Federline is going to take away access to her kids, she locks herself in a bathroom with one of her sons. “Before I knew what was happening, a Swat team in black suits burst through the bathroom door as if I’d hurt ... |
3691 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
When she fears that Federline is going to take away access to her kids, she locks herself in a bathroom with one of her sons. “Before I knew what was happening, a Swat team in black suits burst through the bathroom door as if I’d hurt ... |
3692 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“Before I knew what was happening, a Swat team in black suits burst through the bathroom door as if I’d hurt someone,” she writes, and she is subject to a forced hospital hold. Soon after, her mother invites her to her beach house beca... |
3693 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
Soon after, her mother invites her to her beach house because “the cops are after you”. When she arrives, so does another Swat team. “I’m a five-foot four-inch pop singer who calls everyone sir and ma’am,” she writes. “They treated me ... |
3694 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“They treated me like I was a criminal or predator.”
The conservatorship clamps down on her life, ruled by her father, who she alleges was “an alcoholic, someone who’d declared bankruptcy, who’d failed in business, who’d terrified me ... |
3695 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She is medicated and surveilled. Her dates are required to agree to background checks and blood tests, made to sign NDAs, and receive a full rundown of her sexual history before the first date. “The insanity of this system kept me from... |
3696 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She is medicated and surveilled. Her dates are required to agree to background checks and blood tests, made to sign NDAs, and receive a full rundown of her sexual history before the first date. “The insanity of this system kept me from... |
3697 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“The insanity of this system kept me from finding basic companionship, having a fun night out or making new friends – let alone falling in love,” Britney writes. “It was just the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to my music,... |
3698 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
“It was just the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to my music, my career and my sanity.”
She accedes in order to retain access to her boys, but questions how she can perform at such a high level when she is perceived as “so... |
3699 | ‘I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir
She makes futile attempts to escape the arrangement; meanwhile her father sends her to rehab and Alcoholics Anonymous because she has been taking over-the-counter energy supplements. The women at AA inspire her to start trying to take ... |
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