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[Aiya]

11 minutes ago, SinnerCity said:

But that the thing you see. No one is making Britney the victim for having an abortion. She clearly says she wouldn’t have a problem keeping it had she had Justin’s support which is understandable. She did what she had to do and decided to stay with Justin after that, only for him to profit off of her pain years after by launching his solo career and making fun of her and her breakdown. That’s the problem.

Exactly 

[slw84]

25 minutes ago, Daddy said:

I think people in here mix up 2 points. You can't be mad about the abortion but the AFTERMATH. 

 

JT was a vile POS for how he treated the time afterwards. THAT's why people are mad. 

TELLLLLLL
THEMMMMMMMM

58 minutes ago, Eternium said:

I wish she never met that man. It’s a shame she couldn’t have just found a nice guy at the start  

She also worked after having her kids. She has always made it clear that having a family would come first to her. And now it makes sense why she was constantly saying that.

It's sad that people don't get how she could easily keep her career going post baby. She just wouldn't have been able to be a convincing sex symbol anymore but she would have been in her career as a musician and/or as a business woman.

51 minutes ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

This tea was SPILLED years ago by “secret” insiders on her fan forums back in the 2000’s; I remember it vividly. 
 

Nobody believed it though and who would to be honest - it was never mentioned or remotely addressed by Spears or Timberlake themselves. 
 

 

That said…
 

From what I’m seeing here, Spears said herself that she doesn’t deem it to be tragic and that she mutually agreed also. I’m not about to psychoanalyse her relation with Timberlake but if she’s moved on then that’s ALL THAT MATTERS. 
 

Also, both Spears and Timberlake were TEENAGERS. Why on earth are you people mad? 
 

Yes this was addressed in the early 2000s as an unconfirmed rumor

Britney reveals in her forthcoming memoir, 'The Woman In Me,' she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake because he "didn't want to be a father." 

 

“It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated,” Britney writes of the pregnancy in the book. “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."

 

She continues: "If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”

 

“To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life."

 

I am not sure how you do not see that she didn't view the pregnancy as a tragedy JUSTIN DID. She makes it clear HE not WE were not happy about the pregnancy nad says she NEVER would have done it if it based on her decision alone.

 

In interviews, she always discussed being a young mom which was odd as she was a sex symbol but she clearly felt confident that she'd continue a career even without In the zone.

 

People are not mad about their decision...they are putting it in context of what was done after their breakup.

 

This was not a hookup turned pregnancy or a Maury povich show she's sleeping with 12 people and doesn't know who the father is.

 

This is a young couple who had to lie about their relationship for years befoer becoming public TO BOOST JUSTIN's career as a solo artist (as he wasn't pushed out there as a solo artist until he was publicly dating her).

 

This. is a young couple that could have had a mutually respectful breakup BUT one side had an agenda to go after the other to boost their career and take advantage. of misogyny and white male privilege to look like the innocent one. No one seemed to care about that until after he did it against Janet because Britney was overexposed and people wanted to find something to take her down on and he delivered in in a present wrapped in a bow.

 

He didn't choose grace as he didn't need to use Britney he CHOSE to use Britney in revenge.

 

 

 

[slw84]

15 minutes ago, Trash said:

This is probably the change he contested earlier this year

 

 

and the reason why it's still in the book is because what the hell is Justin going to do: sue her after what he did to her.

He's not going to mess up his PR as image conscious as he is.

 

So it stays. Ha.

[kataraqueen]

44 minutes ago, Totami Legend said:

the fact that people used the Everytime lyrics against her (caused you pain, this song is my sorry) and pushed the cheating allegations for decades but she wasn't even singing about him in the first place. 

well her label actually kind of forced her to put it out like that and they pretty much promoted it that way. There's a lot more info and tea on how her label has always worked against her, so this isn't something out of the ordinary either

[BnPac]

22 minutes ago, SinnerCity said:

But that the thing you see. No one is making Britney the victim for having an abortion. She clearly says she wouldn’t have a problem keeping it had she had Justin’s support which is understandable. She did what she had to do and decided to stay with Justin after that, only for him to profit off of her pain years after by launching his solo career and making fun of her and her breakdown. That’s the problem.

Hmm I had read multiple comments saying : ~he forced her to, he pressured her to, such a bastard, she clearly didn’t want to, poor her, what a jerk.~ That’s what I factually read in this very thread and that’s a victim mindset. And cue in all he did to her after to strengthen that victimisation.  There’s clearly a whole role playing of Justin, the bad guy and Britney , the poor victim. Give her her power. I also said the same in Halle’s thread. It’s an Atrl thing when it comes to women that I just don’t like.
 

I didn’t say people think the fact of having an abortion make her a victim. 

Edited October 17, 2023 by BnPac

[Power love]

1 hour ago, Espresso said:

Jessica comments in the context of her trusting what he likely told her about his past. 

That’s her husband of course she would believe him 

 

1 hour ago, Espresso said:

Jessica Biel is booked and busy but Justin isn’t

He literally released a movie (this year) what are you talking about 

 

1 hour ago, Espresso said:

Jessica’s executive producing a Hulu series with his money.

And? Your point? 

[ItsJustMe.]

the small picture is so gorgeous but the main picture just looks off

it makes me feel like they intentionally want her to look a little 'weird' to keep that conversation going

[Popboi.]

20 minutes ago, Trash said:

This is probably the change he contested earlier this year

 

 

To be fair, what they both did is a very standard practice to avoid future defamation suits.

[kataraqueen]

8 minutes ago, slw84 said:

TELLLLLLL
THEMMMMMMMM

It's sad that people don't get how she could easily keep her career going post baby. She just wouldn't have been able to be a convincing sex symbol anymore but she would have been in her career as a musician and/or as a business woman.

Yes this was addressed in the early 2000s as an unconfirmed rumor

Britney reveals in her forthcoming memoir, 'The Woman In Me,' she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake because he "didn't want to be a father." 

 

“It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated,” Britney writes of the pregnancy in the book. “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."

 

She continues: "If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”

 

“To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life."

 

I am not sure how you do not see that she didn't view the pregnancy as a tragedy JUSTIN DID. She makes it clear HE not WE were not happy about the pregnancy nad says she NEVER would have done it if it based on her decision alone.

 

In interviews, she always discussed being a young mom which was odd as she was a sex symbol but she clearly felt confident that she'd continue a career even without In the zone.

 

People are not mad about their decision...they are putting it in context of what was done after their breakup.

 

This was not a hookup turned pregnancy or a Maury povich show she's sleeping with 12 people and doesn't know who the father is.

 

This is a young couple who had to lie about their relationship for years befoer becoming public TO BOOST JUSTIN's career as a solo artist (as he wasn't pushed out there as a solo artist until he was publicly dating her).

 

This. is a young couple that could have had a mutually respectful breakup BUT one side had an agenda to go after the other to boost their career and take advantage. of misogyny and white male privilege to look like the innocent one. No one seemed to care about that until after he did it against Janet because Britney was overexposed and people wanted to find something to take her down on and he delivered in in a present wrapped in a bow.

 

He didn't choose grace as he didn't need to use Britney he CHOSE to use Britney in revenge.

 

 

 

and having an abortion is SO psychologically heavy, like can we sympathize (not empathize as the gheys here wouldn't even really know what that's like, including me) with a young girl who had to go through that for a second regardless of what ever ******* loser of a cockroach of a man intended to do with said abortion? the fact that the first thing they scream is "This is totally normal, let's hope no one blames Justin" like girlie just because it's normal doesn't mean we can't acknowledge how tough that must have been for her and how much of a disgusting PIG he is for how he treated her after that

 

I cannot imagine talking like that about my ex of 8 months, LET ALONE w/ all the context you already gave

[gardendreams]

Being pregnant is something I'll never experience or understand. Going through an abortion is something I'll never experience or understand.

 

There are too many replies here trying to rationalize Justin's reasoning when he or the people commenting will never understand what went Britney went through 

[Alex]

this is some ACTUAL pop culture tea... I don't think people are ready for the implications this book's release is about to have on the world tbh.

[slw84]

1 hour ago, FENTY. said:

Wasn’t she like 16 when she signed the deal? As if any teenager knows what they truly want in their life 

and even still people need to think critically.

She always talked about having a family at a young age and not wanting to wait until her late 30s.

 

She also made TONS of money and before signing the deal she was broke. A few years later she's worth 50M+ and IMO KNOWS she can keep her career going.

 

She just would have had a short lived sex symbol status.

 

Post 2004 she's not been a sex symbol and STILL has had a career.

 

Only the haters kept pushing the narrative her career would be short-lived.

 

She never fed into the hate that she wouldn't last and was inspired by Madonna and others because they were currently managing their careers and rasiging a family.

 

I understand why they made the decision but I also see why she didn't want to make the decision. She would have just used her celebrity to expand her business empire.

 

A la her perfume empire. There were rumors that they were trying to push her to create a gym outlet since she was known for her fitness and also a jeans line. Point is, she would have went in that direction of branding products and doing what Kathy Ireland and Jessica Simpson did if for some reason she could no longer sell as a musician as Jessica stopped as. musician and Kathy stopped as a model.

[Sailor Moon]

 

[FSXP]

Objectively, Justin wasn’t wrong. Also, Britney agreed. It was the best decision for both of their careers. 
 

Still, it doesn’t make him less of an ***hole. It’s clear that he basically started the downhill into her breakdown because of this. All the ridicule he put her through for a bigger solo career. If you also consider, this man is her first love. She had an abortion with her first love. She’s a teenager that’s one of the biggest celebrities in the world. She can’t date like normal people. Of course, forever sounds plausible to an 18 year old girl who has slim pickings in her dating options for someone that would understand her. To go on an album campaign trashing the woman that could have been your child’s mother, is pretty messed up. So after him, someone like Britney Spears (the human) is ripe for the picking for a opportunist like Kevin Federline.

Edited October 17, 2023 by FSXP

[VelvetCrush]

31 minutes ago, AndThenTheCocaine said:

I think a lot of y'all are going about this the wrong way. Whether the abortion was the "right thing to do" regarding her career, mental health, etc. is irrelevant to this discussion as what really only matters is if Britney actually made the decision on her own accord, or was pressured to do so by Justin/her parents/her label.

 

Since we don't have concrete evidence either way I'd have to (reluctantly) give the benefit of the doubt to Justin here, but this doesn't take away from the fact that how he treated Britney after the breakup was vile, especially now we know that Britney had an abortion due to Justin.

I completely agree with you. I think people forget that part of being pro-choice is women choosing to keep their pregnancy and not be pressured into getting an abortion they don't want. Whether or not it was a good choice due to their age, career or whatever in the opinion of other people doesn't matter.

[slw84]

16 minutes ago, kataraqueen said:

and having an abortion is SO psychologically heavy, like can we sympathize (not empathize as the gheys here wouldn't even really know what that's like, including me) with a young girl who had to go through that for a second regardless of what ever ******* loser of a cockroach of a man intended to do with said abortion? the fact that the first thing they scream is "This is totally normal, let's hope no one blames Justin" like girlie just because it's normal doesn't mean we can't acknowledge how tough that must have been for her and how much of a disgusting PIG he is for how he treated her after that

 

I cannot imagine talking like that about my ex of 8 months, LET ALONE w/ all the context you already gave

and this was a couple in a relationship and this decision had to have changed things.

 

This was not a couple made by the industry. It did NOT benefit Britney to be a sex symbol in. a relationship. It benefitted him to get his name out there in headlines so he should have given her grace for that alone.

 

I can give Justin some slack cut for the fact that he had people IN HIS EAR too but this makes it worse that he did all he did considering this experience is a soul tie that bonds them together. Protect it don't exploit it.

 

I mean, I hate to give him credit but things shifted and it had to be tough to know that world embraced him and justified (pun intended) his choices because he was heartbroken and they thought him talking about her on so many levels (even sexually) was ok because it was "time to take her down"

[BGood2Me]

Listen Everytime instrumental right now it's even more sad 

[Capris Groove]

Justin not being ready to be a father isn’t the problem here. The problem is the fallout of their relationship, where he was up and down the press circuit boasting about taking her virginity. This added context makes him look so slimy.

[Cap87]

 

[Starshine]

every time sounding like a lullaby, the music video, oh it all makes sense now.

 

[shark_heather]

8 minutes ago, FSXP said:

It was the best decision for both of their careers. 
 

 

I dont get why 

 

Having a baby would make them even more likable to the GP 

[Nebur]

POOR BRITNEY 

[ICLDXU4HS]

ATRL bullying and shaming Halle Bailey for a pregnancy at 23 but villainizing JT for not wanting to be a dad at 20 years old. 
 

That Juno Lynn drag also aged like milk, huh. 

[Badger]

Is it weird that I don’t find this shocking or scandalous

[Digitalism]

People that think that she was forced to do it are doing too much

She would have said it