Britney Spears admits in an excerpt from her new biography “The Woman in Me” that she was pregnant with Justin Timberlake’s child before they opted to have an abortion. Justin was “terrified” by the prospect of becoming a father at such a young age, according to Spears, and she and Timberlake chose to terminate the pregnancy together. At the time, the two were 19 years old.
Britney Spears claims she wanted the baby and hoped to have a family with Justin Timberlake, but he was not prepared for the duties of fatherhood and believed the children were too young.
“He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young. ‘If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father”
She said, ‘It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated. I’m sure people will hate me for this, but I agreed not to have the baby.
‘I don’t know if that was the right decision. If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.’
Britney Spears said that the abortion was one of the most agonizing things she has ever experienced in her life. All of this she revealed in her memoir, which will be released on October 24.
