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Britney Spears teases her upcoming memoir with bombshell news about her relationship with Justin Timberlake. The media is ablaze with Britney sharing stories about her virginity, her pregnancy and abortion with Justin, and their breakup. We’re looking at what fans are saying about all of this now, and looking back at their relationship history to recap how it all came to an end with Justin coming out as the victor and Britney as the villain. We also discuss the societal and cultural expectations of the early 2000s and how Christianity plays into all of this.
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Sources for Britney Spears’ Memoir + Her Relationship With Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears Reveals She Had an Abortion Because Justin Timberlake ‘Didn’t Want to Be a Father’ (Exclusive) (People, Jeff Nelson, Oct 17th, 2023)
Justin Timberlake Strummed His Guitar as Britney Spears Cried About Abortion on the Bathroom Floor: Book (US Weekly, Eliza Thompson, Oct 18th, 2023)
Fans Revisit Britney Spears’ ‘Everytime’ Music Video Following Abortion Revelation (People, Daniela Avila, Oct 18th, 2023)
Britney Spears Reveals in Memoir That She Didn’t Lose Her Virginity to Justin Timberlake (US Weekly, Miranda Siwak, Oct 19th, 2023)
Britney Spears lost her virginity when she was 14, mom writes in tell-all book (NY Daily News, Sept 2008, Updated January 2019)
Justin Timberlake brags about taking Britney Spears’ virginity in unearthed interview (The Mirror, Emma Wilson, Oct 18th, 2023)
An ode to Britney: the making of the Cry Me A River video (Dazed, Alex Denney, November 2017)
Justin And Britney At War, Magazine Cover Story Declares (MTV News, Joe D’Angelo, December 2002)
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