The singer talked about her life before, during and after her time at the conservatory. (Photo: Startraks/Shutterstock)
Britney Spears described her stormy marriage to her childhood friend Jason Alexander in her biography The Woman In Me. According to TIME magazine, which had early access to the work, the singer explained the reasons behind the unexpected stance and how her family reacted to it. The two only lived as husband and wife for 55 hours!
They made their union official in 2004 during a New Year’s trip to Las Vegas in the United States. According to Britney, after days of partying with friends, including Paris Hilton, she and Alexander finally spent a night together. “He and I were stunned,” Britney remembers.
“I don’t even remember that night. But as I found out, he and I stayed in the hotel room and watched long movies “Mona Lisa Smile” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” then we had the brilliant idea of going to Little White Chapel “At threethirty in the morning “, explained the artist.
In one of the excerpts, Spears explained that she was drunk and bored with her life. That was what impulsively drove her to the altar. “People asked me if I loved him. To be clear, he and I were not in love,” he admitted. “To be honest, I was very drunk and, probably in a more general sense, very bored at that time in my life,” the pop princess added.
The “Everytime” voice also revealed that her family “made a lot of fun out of innocent fun.” “Everyone has a different perspective on it, but I didn’t take it too seriously. I thought a silly wedding in Las Vegas was something people could do as a joke. Then my family came and acted as if I had started World War III. “I cried the rest of the time I was in Las Vegas,” the singer admitted.
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander were only married for 55 hours (Photo: Reproduction/Personal Archive)
Due to the reaction of her relatives, Britney was hesitant to break off her relationship with Alexander. However, the action was carried out 55 hours later. For Spears, this was one of the first times she realized how much her family wanted to control her life. “My family was so against marriage that I started to think that maybe I had accidentally committed a brilliant act,” emphasized the blonde.
“Because I realized I was under their control. And not having a stronger connection with another person has become very, very important to her. Maybe it’s worth mentioning that I was helping them financially at that point,” he continued. Just over four years later, Britney was placed under a conservatorship that gave her father, Jamie Spears, and a lawyer control over her finances and personal life.
Almost 20 years after their flash wedding in Vegas, Spears exchanged rings with Sam Asghari, now the singer’s exhusband. At that time, Jason Alexander invaded the ceremony site and attempted to broadcast a live broadcast on Instagram. “I’m here to crash the wedding because there’s no one here except Sam,” he told one of the staff. However, the diva’s boyfriend was caught and arrested for trespassing.
Jason talked about the divorce
In 2021, while appearing on the Toxic: The Britney Spears Story podcast, Jason Alexander claimed that he was tricked into breaking up the union. “I still believed in the story they told me, that they let us keep talking and then we would have this marriage in the future if we still felt the same,” he said.
He claimed he signed the legal documents shortly after news of his surprise wedding broke. “They told me that if I signed the contracts the annulment they would allow Britney and I to continue our relationship, and if we felt the same way in six months, they would give us a real wedding,” he recalled. “I had no reason to believe otherwise. I thought that was the truth. “They allowed Britney and I to continue to have telephone contact,” he emphasized.