Britney’s mother, Lynne Spears is set to release the tell-all book ‘Through the Storm: A real Story of Fame and Family in a tabloid world’ on the troubled singer’s life - with revelations tha Britney was drinking not long after joining joined Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club (then 13) and lost her virginity to an 18-year-old high school football player soon after she quit the programme following year. The Book is set to release on September 16. The sensational revelations were leaked to the National Enquirer ahead of the highly-anticipated publication of the memoir, called Through The Storm: A Real Tale Of Fame And Family In A Tabloid World.
- A source has told how Britney was dating the football star while at school, and how her mother encouraged the relationship because she thought it would make her more popular. Brit spent a lot of time at her boyfriend’s house and eventually lost her virginity there. Britney was 14 years old
- Lynne later admitted she regretted allowing Britney to date an older boy but still allowed her to share her bedroom with new boyfriend, Justin Timberlake. Mrs Spears was said to be sure the teenagers were having sex. She did not raise any objections because she thought Britney was in love and Justin was good for her.
- The book also reveals that Lynne Spears knew Britney, then 15, was experimenting with drugs when she went to Los Angeles to record her breakthrough album ‘Baby One More Time’. She thought she was going through the typical teenage problems, but they seemed to be more than that, when the singer was allegedly caught boarding a private plane aged 16, cocaine and marijuana was found in her bag.
- Britney was caught by her mother drinking alcohol as young as 13 but she reportedly didn’t mind her children drinking as long as she was there.
- She appeared to have little control over her daughter’s party lifestyle, and by the age of 16, Britney was frequenting bars in New Orleans with her brother Bryan, who is five years older than her.
- In the book, Mrs Spears expresses how much she regrets handing over control of Britney’s career to managers and allowing her daughter to be promoted to as a sex object in raunchy videos at such a young age.
- Apparently, Britney’s mother was told that if the singer was going to compete with sexier and older stars like Mariah Carey ’she needed to be marketed more like a ‘Lolita’.
- A source said: ‘Lynne’s book does a lot of soul-searching on the mistakes she made raising Britney and Jamie Lynn.
- ‘[Lynne Spears] says if she had known helping her daughter Britney follow her dreams would cost her her soul, she would never have done it.’
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