Episode 144:

Brit Lit

(Originally released on February 8, 2024)

Here’s a roundup of Justin’s reaction to the book:

  • Daily Mail: Justin Timberlake has NOT contacted ex Britney Spears about her book bombshells but is 'NOT happy' at how he's been portrayed - as 'stressful' fallout overshadows his wedding anniversary with Jessica Biel

  • UsWeekly: Justin Timberlake Wants to ‘Get Past the Drama’ Following Britney Spears’ Memoir Bombshells 

  • UsWeekly: Justin Timberlake’s Trip to Mexico Has ‘Nothing to Do’ With Ex Britney Spears’ Book: Source

  • The Sun: Justin Timberlake fears Britney Spears’ scathing memoir claims about his behavior will ‘derail’ his ‘big music comeback’

  • UsWeekly: Justin Timberlake Is Trying Not to Let Britney Spears Discourse ‘Get Him Down’ During Music Return 

And in more recent Timberlake misbehavior:

  • Britney’s first related insta post last week (very charitable) and then her second one later in the week

  • Page Six exclusive from Nick H.: Justin Timberlake ‘seething’ over ex Britney Spears ‘overshadowing’ his new music

  • Daily Mail exclusive: Justin Timberlake dissed Britney Spears' public apology during New York concert to make clear that he won't 'cater to her or her fans anymore' - and is done looking out for 'anyone's feelings but his own'

  • Sun exclusive via DM: Justin Timberlake is 'thinking of doing a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey' in the wake of his feud with his ex Britney Spears

This article and this podcast episode go more into the racist history of butter pecan ice cream (and this one goes into more about the vanilla ice cream part).

We got an insta post about Bryan and they hung out (with Lynne!) for Britney’s birthday.

JL supposedly had her costars from DWTS and I’m a Celebrity… in an ‘uproar’ and we got a Sun exclusive about a potential holiday meeting between Britney and Jamie Lynn.

Here’s more about the Jamie reconciliation rumors denied by Page Six as well as a TMZ exclusive about whether Britney would see Jamie at Christmas.

There’s been a whole lotta Lynne exclusives:

  • Reg Jones giving an interview to the Post talking about how Lynne arranged them going out and controlled Britney’s whole life

  • People exclusive: Britney Spears' Mom Lynne Is 'Really Making an Effort' After Spending Singer's Birthday Together

  • TMZ exclusive: BRITNEY SPEARS Mom's Still Hopeful SHE'LL COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

  • UsWeekly exclusive: Britney Spears Doesn’t Want to ‘Rush’ Reconciliation With Mom Lynne, Wants It to Happen ‘Organically’

Here’s the Fedz’ beach pap stroll.

Here’s a more about the movie/show rights and the UsWeekly exclusive about a potential second book.

Here’s a roundup of critical reactions to The Woman in Me:

  • NYTimes: In Britney Spears’s Memoir, She’s Stronger Than Ever: “The Woman in Me” reveals plenty about her life in the spotlight, and tempers well-earned bitterness with an enduring, insistent optimism.

  • NYTimes: A Britney Spears Book Tour: No TV, No Podcasts, Lots of Instagram

  • NYTimes: Britney Spears Doesn’t Need to Narrate Her Memoir for It to Sing

    • NYTimes: Pairing Celebrity With Audiobook? It’s a ‘Kind of Matchmaking.’

  • Vulture: Ghost Child: In The Woman in Me, Britney Spears asserts the very fact of her existence.

  • New Yorker: What Britney Spears’s Memoir Has to Say: In “The Woman in Me,” the pop star mines her extraordinary story for generic lessons. But the details speak for themselves.

  • The Guardian: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears review – a pop star’s stinging rebuke: Throughout her life, narratives were constructed to disempower the singer. She finally has her say in this astute indictment of the system that exploited her

  • LA Times: Review: Britney Spears’ memoir is a Gothic horror story

  • NY Post (Nick H’s review!): Britney Spears’ book ‘The Woman in Me’ is a survivor’s story: review

As of mid-January, 2M copies sold in the US and the audiobook nominated for an Audie award.

Here are some other odds & ends:

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