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00:00 Plenty of revelations have already been made
00:01 in the lead up to the release of Britney Spears' memoir,
00:04 but now we're getting further insight
00:06 into all that she endured
00:07 during her decade-spanning career.
00:09 Spears' memoir hit shelves on Tuesday
00:13 after headline-making excerpts,
00:15 such as the abortion she had
00:16 during her relationship with Justin Timberlake,
00:19 and her audition tape for "The Notebook,"
00:21 which was released online following the news.
00:23 Upon its release, there were also other highlights
00:26 worth pointing out.
00:27 The first was her opportunity
00:28 to star in another high-profile movie.
00:31 Spears said she was pursued for a role
00:33 in the 2002 film "Chicago,"
00:35 but she writes of not wanting to be distracted
00:37 from her studio music career.
00:39 She reflects that she regrets not making it
00:41 and that she wishes she used the power she had back then
00:44 to be more rebellious in her decision-making.
00:47 The memoir also shared further insight
00:48 into the details of her breakup with Timberlake.
00:51 The NSYNC member broke up with Spears via text message
00:54 while she was on the set
00:55 of the "Overprotected" remix music video.
00:57 She went home to Louisiana to recover from the shock,
01:00 and he flew out to see her,
01:02 bringing with him a letter he'd written
01:03 and had framed that ended with the line,
01:05 "I can't breathe without you."
01:07 She also noted that Timberlake had a habit
01:09 of using black scent and African-American vernacular English
01:13 during the NSYNC days.
01:14 Other highlights from the memoir
01:16 was how Spears' "Baby One More Time" music video
01:19 was almost a futuristic astronaut concept,
01:21 with Spears in a Power Rangers-esque outfit
01:24 instead of the iconic high school set,
01:26 how Madonna initiated her into Kabbalah
01:28 with a red string ceremony,
01:30 and how her team pressured her
01:31 into her "Gimme More" VMA performance
01:33 as she was in the midst of dealing with the trauma
01:35 of a custody battle and sleepless nights,
01:37 among other revelations.
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