Britney Spears opens up about the moment she kissed her former love Justin Timberlake for the first time in a new preview of her highly anticipated memoir.
The 41-year-old pop superstar will release her highly anticipated book “The Woman in Me” this month, documenting the rollercoaster ride of her life and career in her own words.
In the first excerpt shared with People magazine, Britney talks about her early career on All-New Mickey Mouse Club in 1989 alongside Justin, Ryan Gosling and Christina Aguilera – and her first kiss with the SexyBack -singer before they met in 1999.
The Crossroads star recalled: “Christina Aguilera and I were the younger kids and we shared a dressing room. We looked up at the older kids – Keri Russell, Ryan Gosling and Tony Lucca, who I thought were so pretty. And I quickly connected with a boy named Justin Timberlake.’
Britney Spears opens up about the moment she kissed her former love Justin Timberlake for the first time in her new memoir
The singer, pictured in the middle, launched her career in 1989 at the All-New Mickey Mouse Club alongside artists such as Justin (pictured left), Ryan Gosling and Christina Aguilera
The couple kissed while playing “Truth or Dare” during a sleepover with other Mickey Mouse Club friends
Britney then described the couple touching lips for the first time and revealed the music she remembered playing in the background: “[Once] At a sleepover we were playing Truth or Dare and someone dared Justin to kiss me.
“There was a Janet Jackson song playing in the background when he leaned in and kissed me.”
Ironically, Justin, 42, has an enduring bond with Janet, 57, after the hitmaker accidentally exposed the music icon’s breast in front of 140 million viewers at the 2004 Super Bowl.
The incident impacted Janet’s career while Justin’s career continued to rise, leading to backlash from the public who felt she had been treated unfairly. Justin released a belated apology in 2021.
He said he was “deeply sorry for the moments in my life when my actions contributed to the problem, when I stepped out of line or didn’t stand up for what was right.”
He added that he understands that he “fell short in these and many other moments and benefited from a system that tolerates misogyny and racism.”
He also apologized to Britney, claiming he had also “let her down” following their split in 2002, when the singer was accused of cheating on him.
Justin’s career skyrocketed thanks to songs and albums promoted under the narrative that she broke his heart while Britney was impaled.
Britney claimed a Janet Jackson song was playing in the background before Justin accidentally exposed the music icon’s breast to 140 million viewers at the 2004 Super Bowl
He even used a Britney lookalike in the music video for his 2002 hit “Cry Me A River” – which led to her being vilified for their breakup.
He is said to be “worried” about what her upcoming memoir will reveal about her past romance, with a source telling Page Six: “He’s very curious about what she’ll reveal about their relationship. ‘It’s eating at him.’
In Britney’s memoir, she will also address the 13-year conservatorship given to her by her father in 2008, which she said “made her sick.”
She wrote: “If I thought it was bad to be criticized in the press about my body, it hurt me even more from my own father.” He kept telling me that I looked fat and that I had something against it have to do.
“The feeling of never being good enough is a soul-destroying state for a child.” He had instilled this message in me as a girl, and even after I had achieved so much, he continued to do it to me.
“I became a robot.” But not just a robot – a kind of child robot. I had been so infantilized that I lost parts of what made me feel like myself.”
The star concluded: “Thirteen years went by in which I felt like a shadow of my former self.” Now when I think back to how my father and his associates had control over my body and my money for so long, it makes me sick…
“I didn’t deserve what my family did to me.”
Justin and Britney were a loved-up couple during their time together from 1999 to 2002 (pictured in 2001)
The couple separated abruptly in 2002 and rumors soon emerged that she had cheated on her partner
The book will be released with an audio version narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams.
Britney recorded a small portion of the book and avoided sharing chapters about her family because the content was “too painful to retell,” TMZ recently reported.
In a statement to People released on Friday, the Toxic hitmaker said: “This book was a labor of love and all the emotions that come with it.”
“Reliving it all again was exhilarating, heartbreaking and emotional, to say the least.” For these reasons, I will only read a small portion of my audiobook.”
Then she gushed: “I’m so grateful to the amazing Michelle Williams for reading the rest.”
Michelle, 43, expressed her support for the singer as the Brokeback Mountain star told PEOPLE: “I stand with Britney.”
It was reported that only female stars were hired to record the audiobook, with the publisher originally wanting to bring in actress Reese Witherspoon, but she was not “available.”
“The Woman In Me” and the audiobook are scheduled for release on October 24th
Britney recently revealed that her memoir, the title of which comes from lyrics from her 2001 hit “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman,” is the result of extensive therapy.
The Womanizer artist addressed her followers on Instagram and said: “Ok guys, my book is coming out very, very soon.”
“I put a lot of effort into this book, I had a lot of therapy to finish this book, so you better like it. And if you don’t like it, that’s okay too.”
Britney is the third member of her family to publish her own autobiography.
Her mother, Lynne, wrote “Through The Storm: A Real Story of Fame And Family In A Tabloid World” in 2008, and her younger sister, Jamie Lynn, published “Things I Should Have Said” last year.
“The Woman In Me” and its accompanying audiobook are scheduled to be released on October 24th.