Justin Timberlakeis taking the current news cycle in stride.
“He’s happy at home with Jess and their kids and he’s focusing on new music. He’s in such a great place,” says the insider.
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Earlier this week, PEOPLE confirmed the revelation in Spears' book. She writes that the pregnancy “was a surprise” but not “a tragedy,” as she was in love with Timberlake and hoped to eventually have children with him.
Britney Spears in Los Angeles in April 2017.Image Group LA/Disney Channel via Getty
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Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears in February 2002.Denise Trusc / Getty
She describes the experience undergoing the abortion in the memoir as “one of the most agonizing” moments of her life.
After Spears and Timberlake split in 2002, she went on to become a mother, welcoming two sons —Sean Preston, 18, and Jayden James, 17 — with ex-husbandKevin Federline. The “Mirrors” singer later married actress Biel in 2012, and the couple share sons Silas, 8, and Phineas, 3.
“Starting a family was my dream come true,” the pop princesstold PEOPLE via email in a recent cover story interviewof raising her boys, who now live with their dad in Hawaii, but are in contact with Spears. “Being a mom was my dream come true.”
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears in Los Angeles in February 2002.Frank Micelotta/Getty
Timberlakepublicly apologizedforhis treatmentof Spears in February 2021, writing in a post also dedicated toJanet Jacksonthat he was “deeply sorry for the times in my life where my actions contributed to the problem, where I spoke out of turn or did not speak up for what was right.”
“I understand that I fell short in these moments and in many others … I specifically want to apologize to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson both individually, because I care for and respect these women and I know I failed,” he wrote.
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in 2001.Frank Trapper/Getty Images
Spears’ upcoming book follows the 2021 termination of her13-year-long conservatorship, which Timberlake also spoke out about in June of that year. After Spears revealed she wanted “to end the conservatorship,” Timberlake wrote to his fans on social media that “we should all be supporting Britneyat this time.”
“Regardless of our past, good and bad, and no matter how long ago it was… what’s happening to her is just not right,” he wrote. “No woman should ever be restricted from making decisions about her own body. No one should EVER be held against their will… or ever have to ask permission to access everything they’ve worked so hard for.”
Timberlake then ended his messages on Twitter with words of support on behalf of himself and Biel.
“Jess and I send our love, and our absolute support to Britney during this time,” he shared. “We hope the courts, and her family make this right and let her live however she wants to live.”
Britney Spears' The Woman in Me.
With the release ofThe Woman in Me, Spears looks to reclaim her voice.
“Over the past 15 years or even at the start of my career, I sat back while people spoke about me and told my story for me,” she told PEOPLE. “After getting out of my conservatorship, I was finally free to tell my story without consequences from the people in charge of my life.”
Themuch-anticipated memoiris out Oct. 24 through Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
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
