Britney Spears is ready to take back control of her own narrative. After endless speculation about the nature of her 13-year-long conservatorship (including the release of several questionable documentaries on the topic), the pop sensation is officially writing her own memoir. The inevitable bestseller will cover her rise to fame in the ’90s, her troubled relationships with her father Jamie, mother Lynn, and sister Jamie Lynn, and her history-making case with lawyer Mathew Rosengart that ultimately led to her regaining her freedom.
Spears reportedly signed a $15 million deal with publishing behemoth Simon & Schuster to distribute the autobiography – a history-making sum for a celebrity biography. The news comes shortly after the release of Jamie Lynn’s own much-publicised memoir, which Britney has vociferously criticised. Perhaps most notably, after Jamie Lynn appeared on Good Morning America, the 40-year-old tweeted out: “The two things that did bother me that my sister said was how my behaviour was out of control. She was never around me much 15 years ago… So why are they even talking about that unless she wants to sell a book at my expense?”