Britney Spears reveals she had an abortion during her relationship with Justin Timberlake in her bombshell new memoir, Page Six can confirm.
The Princess of Pop writes in “The Woman in Me,” which hits bookstores on Oct. 24, that she became pregnant in late 2000 and was “conflicted” about what to do before the then-couple reached their decision, sources told TMZ Tuesday.
Prior to the book’s release, sources told Page Six exclusively that Timberlake, 42, had been “concerned” about what Spears, 41, was going to share from their relationship.
“It’s eating at him,” one insider shared, while another insisted the tell-all was “not a takedown” of anyone in particular.
The former Mouseketeers, who had their first kiss while playing Truth or Dare during a childhood sleepover, started dating in 1999 when they were teenagers.
After their high-profile breakup in 2002, Timberlake infamously implied during an interview with Barbara Walters that Spears had cheated on him, which the “Toxic” singer neither confirmed nor denied at the time.
The Emmy-nominated 2021 New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears” scrutinized the allegations while putting the media’s treatment of the music superstar under a microscope, prompting Timberlake to issue a belated apology to his former flame.
“I want to take accountability for my own missteps in all of this as well as be a part of a world that uplifts and supports,” he wrote in part on Instagram. “I care deeply about the wellbeing of the people I love and have loved. I can do better and I will do better.”
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The *NSYNC member publicly supported Spears again later that year after she spoke out in open court for the first time about her “abusive” 13-year conservatorship, which has since been terminated.
“Regardless of our past, good and bad, and no matter how long ago it was… what’s happening to her is just not right,” he tweeted, adding a plea to the “Crossroads” star’s estranged family to “make this right and let her live however she wants to live.”
Spears did not respond to either of Timberlake’s social media posts, though she has since shared throwback photos of the exes as well as videos of herself dancing to his music.
The “…Baby One More Time” singer — who shares sons Sean Preston, 18, and Jayden James, 17, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline — is currently going through a divorce from Sam Asghari.
The “Mirrors” crooner, for his part, is married to Jessica Biel, with whom he shares sons Silas, 8, and Phineas, 3.