Memoirs of shocking stars in 2023: Britney reveals abortion, Will Smith separates…

In 2023, many world stars will release their autobiographies, among them are shocking books such as “pop princess” Britney Spears revealing her abortion with her ex-boyfriend – music star Justin Timberlake.

“Pop Princess” Britney Spears’s glorious moment – Photo: WireImage

Britney Spears’ memoir The Woman in Me

In October 2023, pop star Britney Spears released her 288-page memoir The Woman in Me and was released in 26 languages.
The Woman in Me received much praise from critics.

Within a week of its US release, the book became a #1 New York Times bestseller, selling 1.1 million copies in all formats.
As of November 2023, the memoir has sold about 2.4 million copies globally.

The memoir unravels the life of the pop superstar, opening with her love of singing growing up in Kentwood, Louisiana, life amid an alcoholic father and strict family values. , according to Today page .

Britney found an escape through music, performing at church and school talent shows, then auditioning and being accepted by the famous TV show The Mickey Mouse Club .
As a teenager, Britney Spears became familiar with the stage before releasing her hit debut album Baby one more time in 1999.

Besides telling about Britney’s career, the memoir also reveals about her love life, from her love story with singer Justin Timberlake and her marriage to husband Kevin Federline.

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake when they were still together – Photo: FilmMagic

One of the most shocking revelations is probably that she aborted her child with Justin Timberlake while dating him from 1999 to 2002.
“It was a surprise, but for me, it was not a tragedy. I love Justin very much. I always hope that one day we will have a family together.

This will be much sooner than I expected. But Justin is definitely not happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have children in our lives because we were too young,” Britney wrote.

The singer went on to describe the abortion as “one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life.”
Needless to say, this share caused a stir.

“Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake are the couple that the world is talking about when they dated from 1999 to 2002, and two decades later, the two former Mickey Mouse Club co-stars are once again making headlines,” Vanity Fair magazine wrote about this.

Worthy memoir by Will Smith’s wife
Movie enthusiasts surely remember Will Smith’s “heavenly” slap to Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.

The slap on stage at the 94th Academy Awards that Will Smith gave to Chris Rock was an event that overshadowed many Oscar awards awarded afterward.

The story is that while on stage, Chris Rock looked at Will Smith and his wife and teased that he wanted to see Jada Pinkett Smith play part 2 of GI Jane (the movie with the female lead having a bald appearance) because Will Smith’s wife also shave head.

Video filmed at the theater shows that Will Smith initially seemed to laugh, but his wife was visibly upset. Right after that, Will Smith walked up to the stage and “hit” Chris Rock.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith – Photo: FilmMagic

Although Will Smith was condemned and banned from attending the Oscars for his violent behavior , Will Smith was also “praised” by some people for protecting his wife when Chris Rock offended her.

But in October this year, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed in her memoir Worthy that she and Will Smith had been separated for many years.
After nearly 20 years of marriage, Jada wrote that she was in a “state of chronic dissatisfaction” and that her relationship with Smith reached the point of “irreconcilable differences” in 2016, according to Today .

“It’s no one’s fault. As much as I want him to love me, it will never happen if I don’t love myself. And the same goes for him. Will and I had visions in our heads of a happy couple. And our visions do not match.”

Instead of divorcing, the two decided to “separate in all aspects, except legal”.

As for the slap at that year’s Oscars, she said it was the result of “decades of disrespect” between Will Smith and Chris Rock, and that it started long before either of them knew they existed. hers.

However, it seems that that slap somehow helped the two of them get closer together. Jada wrote that at first she just thought it was staged.
“It wasn’t until Will shouted from his seat at Chris ‘don’t mention my wife’s name with your damn mouth’, and then repeated it, that I realized the severity of the situation,” she explained in her memoir.

Instead of turning her back on him, which she said many people did after that incident, Jada wrote that she knew “for the first time in six years since the breakup,” she would stand by by his side “as his wife, no matter what”.

Prince Harry’s memoir Spare
In January 2023, Prince Harry’s memoir called Spare also caused a stir when it was released and revealed many things about the suspected conflict between Princess Kate Middleton and Princess Meghan Markle over the bridesmaid dress, King Charles III. not hugging Harry when Princess Diana passed away, the fight that broke out between Prince Harry and Prince William , Harry’s drug use….

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle – Photo: Reuters

“The only thing we ask is that he doesn’t marry her. Dad doesn’t have to remarry, we prayed. A wedding will cause controversy. It will excite the press. It will make the whole country, the whole world talk about her, compare her and Camilla, and no one wants that,” Harry wrote about his father saying he would marry Camilla Parker Bowles at that time.

According to Spare , the fact that Meghan is a divorced American actress whose mother is black has made her a target of the British press.
Spare has 416 pages and has been translated into 15 languages. There is also a 15-hour audiobook edition narrated by Harry.