Britney Spears in Beverly Hills in April 2018.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Britney Spearsis reflecting on the ways in which her rise to fame was handled differently in the media than that of her male counterparts.
In hernew memoirThe Woman in Me, Spears writes she “couldn’t help but notice” that, while she was datingJustin Timberlakein the early 2000s, he was often asked less invasive questions than she was during interviews with talk show hosts.
In recent years, video clips of interviews Spears conducted in her teenage years and early 20s have resurfaced under a critical lens due to journalists’ sometimes crude and invasive line of questioning.
“Your breasts,” he says, as Spears repeats the question with a laugh. “You seem to get furious when a talk show host comes up with this subject. In general, what do you think about breast implants, just in general?”
Britney Spears and Diane Sawyer in New York City in 2008.Bryan Bedder/Getty
Bryan Bedder/Getty
AYouTube compilationof Spears’ reactions to difficult interview questions has been viewed nearly 700,000 times, and features other, similar instances, like the time a journalist asked why she’d “let everybody know that you’re still a virgin,” and the time another interviewer asked if Spears would “dare” give her a kiss on the cheek.
“Madonnagot a tongue one… Maybe a small one?” the woman asks.
Britney Spears on the cover of PEOPLE.Britney Brands
Britney Brands
In aninterview with PEOPLE done over email, Spears dives deeper into the most difficult moments of her life, admitting that she still finds them “hard to speak about.”
The Grammy winner writes in her book that since the end of her conservatorship in 2021, she’s “had to construct a whole different identity,” and has emerged as someone “strong and confident. A woman.”
Britney Spears' The Woman in Me.
For more of the exclusive excerpt and interview with Britney Spears, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.
source: people.com
