Britney Spears has followed Jada Pinkett into the Festivus department.
The kooky former singer and dancer has blamed everything bad in her life on Justin Timberlake. He’s not going to respond, and she knows it, so the little unconfirmed accusations roll out every hour.
Reality check: Spears is doing it to sell books. She got a big advance. She needs the money to pay it back. Britney Spears sells no records now, and is not performing live in concert. She has a big bottom line, no matter how much she made in the past. Remember, she did not write her hits. She isn’t getting publishing royalties. Even the book’s sales and all the PR haven’t put her records back on any charts.
I keep reading that Timberlake is upset because he was planning new music, etc, and this has thrown a wrench into the works. Calm down. In six months, no one will care about Britney’s book. It may be six weeks. Justin can come roaring back with music next summer, and a tour, and it will all do well.
What Spears has done here is not classy, but we’re not surprised. She was right, though, that the mass audience would eat up her whining. I’m sorry she had to go through an abortion, but doesn’t she have 50% responsibility for getting pregnant? At 17? Timberlake was correct in not wanting to be a teen dad. BTW, in the book she says he was with her through the whole thing. So let’s get a grip.
Every encounter I’ve ever had with Justin Timberlake has been a positive one. He’s made mistakes, like everyone, but nothing that would suggest he’s due a public pillaging. Maybe Britney, like Jada, should own up to her own mistakes. And not charge us $22 to relive them!
