Spears reveals in her upcoming e-book ‘The Lady in Me’ that she turned pregnant with Timberlake’s child throughout their relationship however had an abortion
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Justin Timberlake in Los Angeles in Might 2022
Justin Timberlake is taking the present information cycle in stride.
As Britney Spears reveals in her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me that she turned pregnant with Timberlake’s child throughout their relationship however had an abortion, a supply tells PEOPLE the musician, 42, is concentrated his household with spouse Jessica Biel and work, together with the *NSYNC reunion and his upcoming Trolls film.
“He’s joyful at dwelling with Jess and their children and he’s specializing in new music. He’s in such an amazing place,” says the insider.
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Britney Spears in Los Angeles in April 2017
Earlier this week, PEOPLE confirmed the revelation in Spears’ e-book. She writes that the being pregnant “was a shock” however not “a tragedy,” as she was in love with Timberlake and hoped to finally have kids with him.
“However Justin undoubtedly wasn’t joyful in regards to the being pregnant,” writes the “Poisonous” singer, now 41, within the e-book. “He mentioned we weren’t able to have a child in our lives, that we have been manner too younger.”
Spears provides in The Lady in Me that she would’ve chosen to have the child, nevertheless, “Justin was so certain that he did not need to be a father.”
She describes the expertise present process the abortion within the memoir as “one of the crucial agonizing” moments of her life.
After Spears and Timberlake cut up in 2002, she went on to turn into a mom, welcoming two sons — Sean Preston, 18, and Jayden James, 17 — with ex-husband Kevin Federline. The “Mirrors” singer later married actress Biel in 2012, and the couple share sons Silas, 8, and Phineas, 3.
“Beginning a household was my dream come true,” the pop princess told PEOPLE via email in a recent cover story interview of elevating her boys, who now dwell with their dad in Hawaii, however are involved with Spears. “Being a mother was my dream come true.”
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Timberlake publicly apologized for his remedy of Spears in February 2021, writing in a publish additionally devoted to Janet Jackson that he was “deeply sorry for the occasions in my life the place my actions contributed to the issue, the place I spoke out of flip or didn’t communicate up for what was proper.”
“I perceive that I fell brief in these moments and in lots of others … I particularly need to apologize to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson each individually, as a result of I look after and respect these girls and I do know I failed,” he wrote.
Spears’ upcoming e-book follows the 2021 termination of her 13-year-long conservatorship, which Timberlake additionally spoke out about in June of that 12 months. After Spears revealed she wished “to finish the conservatorship,” Timberlake wrote to his followers on social media that “we should all be supporting Britney right now.”
“No matter our previous, good and unhealthy, and irrespective of how way back it was… what’s occurring to her is simply not proper,” he wrote. “No lady ought to ever be restricted from making selections about her personal physique. Nobody ought to EVER be held in opposition to their will… or ever need to ask permission to entry the whole lot they’ve labored so exhausting for.”
Timberlake then ended his messages on Twitter with phrases of help on behalf of himself and Biel.
“Jess and I ship our love, and our absolute help to Britney throughout this time,” he shared. “We hope the courts, and her household make this proper and let her dwell nevertheless she needs to dwell.”
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With the discharge of The Lady in Me, Spears appears to reclaim her voice.
“Over the previous 15 years and even in the beginning of my profession, I sat again whereas individuals spoke about me and informed my story for me,” she informed PEOPLE. “After getting out of my conservatorship, I used to be lastly free to inform my story with out penalties from the individuals in control of my life.”
The much-anticipated memoir is out Oct. 24 by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
For extra of the unique excerpt and interview with Britney Spears, decide up the newest problem of PEOPLE, on newsstands in all places Friday.
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