Britney Spears has what insiders have described as a "bombshell" in her upcoming memoir, and multiple sources tell TMZ ... that bombshell is that Justin Timberlake got her pregnant and after some heart-wrenching discussions they agreed she would get an abortion.
Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the book tell TMZ ... Britney felt Justin was the love of her life when they were together, and around late 2000 she learned she was pregnant.
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She says in the book she was raised not to get an abortion ... part of it was religious and part was just what she learned from her family.
According to the book, Britney wanted to have Justin's baby but was "conflicted," and after some difficult, emotional discussions, they both agreed getting an abortion was the right decision.
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Justin and Britney dated between 1999 and 2002. Two sources tell TMZ it was so serious, Britney wanted to marry Justin, but that obviously did not work out.
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The decision to have an abortion haunted Britney for years ... something she spoke about in private.
Britney ended up having her first child -- Sean Preston -- with husband Kevin Federline in 2005 and she had Jayden James in 2006.
Britney's memoir -- "The Woman in Me" -- comes out October 24th.
Britney Spears is sharing a painful experience she's kept private for 20 years.
In her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me, the pop icon, 41, reveals that when she dated Justin Timberlake, she became pregnant with his baby but had an abortion, PEOPLE confirms.
“But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young," Spears writes of the pregnancy in the book.
A rep for Timberlake did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
that is one lucky nigga
Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the book tell TMZ ... Britney felt Justin was the love of her life when they were together, and around late 2000 she learned she was pregnant.
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She says in the book she was raised not to get an abortion ... part of it was religious and part was just what she learned from her family.
According to the book, Britney wanted to have Justin's baby but was "conflicted," and after some difficult, emotional discussions, they both agreed getting an abortion was the right decision.
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Justin and Britney dated between 1999 and 2002. Two sources tell TMZ it was so serious, Britney wanted to marry Justin, but that obviously did not work out.
BEFORE THE BIG BREAKUPLAUNCH GALLERYGettyThe decision to have an abortion haunted Britney for years ... something she spoke about in private.
Britney ended up having her first child -- Sean Preston -- with husband Kevin Federline in 2005 and she had Jayden James in 2006.
Britney's memoir -- "The Woman in Me" -- comes out October 24th.
Britney Spears is sharing a painful experience she's kept private for 20 years.
In her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me, the pop icon, 41, reveals that when she dated Justin Timberlake, she became pregnant with his baby but had an abortion, PEOPLE confirms.
“But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young," Spears writes of the pregnancy in the book.
A rep for Timberlake did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
that is one lucky nigga
