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Justin Timberlake is said to have thought that a reported abortion during his relationship with his former partner Britney Spears would be kept "their secret forever".
Britney, 41, is preparing to release her memoir the Woman in Me in the coming days, with excerpts having been shared ahead of the book's publication. It's included mentions of Justin, 42, whom she dated from around 1999 to 2002.
One excerpt states that Britney had an abortion during their four-year relationship. She claims Justin felt they were "too young" to be parents and suggested that she wouldn't have gone through with it had been "left up to [her] alone".
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Justin Timberlake (left), pictured in 2002, was once in a relationship with Britney Spears (right) (RD / MediaPunch/MediaPunch/IPx)
The former couple are said to have dated from around 1999 until 2002 (zz/Walter Weissman/STAR MAX/IPx)As reported by People, she described the pregnancy as a "surprise" but said it "wasn't a tragedy". Britney is said to have added that she "always expected" to have a family with him, but that it would have been "much earlier [than] anticipated".
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She reportedly further wrote: "But Justin definitely wasn't happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren't ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young. [...] If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it."
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Britney is said to have written in her memoir that Justin was "so sure" that he didn't want to be a parent at that time. Britney reportedly said that the experience is "one of the most agonising things" she has gone through in her life.
Justin, pictured in 2018, is understood to have been mentioned in Britney's upcoming memoir the Woman in Me (Getty Images)It has now been claimed that Justin - who's married to actor Jessica Biel, with whom he shares two children - had hoped the reported decision to terminate a pregnancy with Britney would have remained their "secret forever".
Amid the release of excerpts from the book, a source told the Daily Mail: "Justin thought that the decision that they made was a decision made together and he intended to never talk about it and for it to be kept their secret forever.
"Now that Britney has mentioned it, and it will live forever in her book and whatever else she decides to mention, Justin is going to try not to say anything about it because he knows whatever he says from this point will likely be thrown back right at him."