For what was billed as an evangelical book about “parenting,” Lynne Spears’ widely-ridiculed much-anticipated memoir – Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World – is chock full of tawdry tales.
The New York Daily News reviewed a copy and shared some juicy tidbits:
- Britney Spears took a liking to booze when she was just a 13-year-old Mouseketeer, then began experimenting with drugs at 15.
- By 16, Britney’s drug-fueled behavior stunned her family when the wild one was caught with coke and marijuana on a private jet.
- Lynne Spears knew about, yet openly allowed 16-year-old Britney to sleep with boyfriend Justin Timberlake, her Mickey Mouse Club co-star.
- Timberlake was misled about Brit’s purity, as she had lost her virginity to a Kentwood, La., high school football player (Reg Jones) at 14.
- As Spears’ career began to take off, the All-American mom went along with the hoax that Britney was a virgin to boost her image.
Man, way to throw your daughter under the bus right as she’s getting her train wreck life back together, Lynne Spears. Good to see you’d rather try to get rich than do what’s best for Britney just once. Enjoy the weather where you’re going, sellout.
As we said when we first learned about Through the Storm, we don’t think the title and cover do it justice. Here are our proposed versions …
Other quality titles conjured up by our interns, such as Milking the Ever-Loving Crap Out of Your Poor Kids, were rejected for not being catchy enough.
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