New Delhi: 'The Woman in Me', Britney Spears' memoir, has finally been launched. The renowned pop singer elaborates on her widely talked about relationship with Justin Timberlake, growing up in the limelight, her childhood, and other hurdles she faced. Spears talks about her past in the book, which was published on Tuesday and has already made ripples in the entertainment industry. 


The five most shocking revelations from the memoir are outlined here:


1. Britney and Justin Timberlake relationship 


Britney's account of having an abortion when she was 19 is among the memoir's most moving revelations. 


"I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I'd anticipated," she writes. 


Spears revealed that, while dating Justin Timberlake, she had an abortion in secrecy and the fact that at one point in their relationship, she cheated on him after knowing that he had purportedly been disloyal.


“Abortion was something I never could have imagined, choosing for myself, but given the circumstances, that is what we did,” Spears writes.


She recalls that when Timberlake showed up to join her on the toilet floor, she was crying and he began to play his guitar since he thought music would comfort her.


Furthermore, Britney reveals the agony of her separation from Timberlake, saying that he ended things with a cold, two-word text message.


2. Britney as an “eternal virgin”


Britney also speaks about how she feels about the early media portrayal of her as a "eternal virgin" in her career. She says that because she had so many young fans, her managers and the press stressed this so-called "good girl" image. As she puts it, Britney has been living with Justin during their relationship and has been "having sex since [she was] 14."


Britney claims that Justin unintentionally broke the long-running media narrative that she was an "eternal virgin" by hinting that she had hooked up with someone else while they were dating.


“Was I mad at being ‘outed’ by him as sexually active? No. To be honest with you, I liked that Justin said that. Why did my managers work so hard to claim I was some kind of young-girl virgin even into my 20s? Whose business was it if I'd had sex or not?” she writes.


3. Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera's Rolling Stone cover


Spears thought that the media treated her quite unfairly after her breakup with Timberlake, yet they showered praise on her former partner. Spears also lambasts Christina Aguilera, an artist and rival, for being insensitive after splitting from Timberlake. Britney suffered greatly from Aguilera's actions and words, particularly in relation to the Rolling Stone cover that featured her and Timberlake. 


“Justin was on the cover of Rolling Stone half naked. Christina was on the cover of Blender, dressed like a madam from the Old West,” she writes. 


“They were together on the cover of Rolling Stone, him in a black tank top, looking at her with sexy eyes, her looking out at the camera, wearing a lace-up black shirt. In that story, she said she thought Justin and I should get back together, which was just confusing, given how negative she’d been elsewhere,” Spears added.


4. Spears was almost cast in The Notebook


The singer made her screen debut in the Shonda Rhimes-written movie Crossroads, but she found the acting process to be overwhelming. Following that, she made her mind up that it would be better to decline more opportunities, such as those in Chicago and The Notebook.


“The Notebook casting came down to me and Rachel McAdams, and even though it would have been fun to reconnect with Ryan Gosling after our time on the Mickey Mouse Club, I’m glad I didn’t do it,” she writes. 


Britney goes on to say that she had been asked to join the cast of the movie musical 'Chicago' by the makers and that she was tempted by the offer. She rejected it and three or four other movie offers at the same time because she didn't want to take her focus away from her music.


5. Britney shaving her head 


The memoir goes into detail about Britney's infamous 2007 breakdown, stating that she shaved her head as an act of rebellion against the relentless scrutiny she was subjected to.


"Shaving my head and acting out were my ways of pushing back," she writes.