Jamie Lynn Spears Speaks Out About ‘Terrible’ Tension With Dad Over Teen Pregnancy In New Book
Looks like Britney Spears isn’t the only Spears child to have had an unhealthy relationship with her father.
Jamie Lynn Spears reflects in her new book, “Things I Should Have Said,” that the tension between her and her father, Jamie Spears, was “terrible” when he found out she was pregnant with her daughter Maddie in 2007 at just 16 years old.
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“There was a whole lot of fighting going on between everyone involved,” Jamie Lynne, who is now 30-years-old, recalled in an excerpt published by People Tuesday. “The entire Spears team was already caught up in my sister’s PR difficulties, and everyone around me just wanted to make this ‘issue’ disappear.”
The “Sweet Magnolias” star stated her father’s outrage “brought out the sense of dread everyone felt about my situation.”
She also reveals how her family snatched her out of school and took her phone away to prevent any leaks to the press, adding, “My daddy and I stopped speaking and the tension was terrible.”
The Nickelodeon star then spoke on more details about how her parents nudged her to get an abortion — which was first revealed in excerpts published last month.
When Jamie Lynn refused, she confessed her team talked about taking her to Mercy Ministries, a home for unwed mothers located in Tennessee, where she could “eventually give up my baby for adoption.”
“Daddy and I fought, slinging words and tossing insults,” she wrote. “He grabbed me by the shoulders and held on tightly in the hopes of bending me to his will. I got in his face and yelled, ‘NO! I won’t go.’ I couldn’t deal with any of them. I ran away from them, panting with rage.”
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Jamie Lynn alleged her family also inquired about her keeping her pregnancy a secret from her sister, alleging she was told it was “too risky to tell Britney about the baby.”
“I needed her more than ever and she wasn’t able help me in my most vulnerable time,” the “Zoey 101” star said before alleging, “Britney’s condition was spiraling into something more concerning. They were concerned her instability at that time made her untrustworthy.”