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(2) "Kevin had a 'bad boy' image. Still, I had no idea when we met that he had a toddler, nor that his ex-girlfriend was eight months pregnant with his second baby. I was clueless ... had no idea until after we’d been together for a while and someone told me, 'You know he has a new baby, right?'"
- I don't know about this supposed "bad boy" image. I seem to remember everyone treating him like a joke and a poser. Besides, I can't really think of any other "bad boy" dancers.
- I can understand the whole baby-daddy conversation not exactly being first-date material, but c'mon. Don't leave it to the point where other people have to bring it up.
- Maybe she's mistaking "bad boy" for "bad guy"?
- It's interesting how through the whole Kevin Federline section, Britney never says how they met or even mentions that he was one of her backup dancers. If you knew absolutely nothing, you'd read this book and think he was a fellow musician.
(3) "The Onyx Hotel Tour was just rough. It was too sexual, for a start. Justin had embarrassed me publicly, so my rebuttal onstage was to kind of go there a little bit, too. But it was absolutely horrible. I hated it in the moment."
- These celebrities and their musical revenge tours! Not every public drama has to be given expression through song and dance.
- Finally, Britney thinking something is "too sexual." I was beginning to worry she had no personal boundaries.
(4) "We would hire an amazing chef—too expensive to use very often. But one time, eating something the chef cooked, I said, 'Oh my God, this is the most delicious thing I’ve ever had and can you just live with us? I love you so much!' And I meant it—I loved him."
- That's the problem with Britney, she falls in love too easily. With Federline, it was just cuddling in a pool.
- Must be some chef! One of the wealthiest women in the world, and this guy is a special occasion meal.
(5) "I could smell the weed wafting out of the studio door before I even walked in. [Kevin] and the other guys would all be getting high, and it felt like I was in the way. I wasn’t invited to their party."
- One thing Britney definitely hates is the smell of weed. She mentions it several times. Real mystery, then, why she would propose to a pothead.
- Interesting thing to bother a life-long smoker. I guess you just get used to your own smells.
(6) "People say he’s going to break up with me while I have tiny children, like he did with the mother of his first two children when they were infants, but no way! How he was with his other family won’t be the way he is with me."
- Yeah, Britney would do well to start listening to people.
- Though, technically she broke up with him... but only because he was about to break up with her and she didn't want to be dumped.
(7) "One time he came home late and told me he’d been at a party. 'Justin Timberlake was there!' he said. 'Lindsay Lohan was, too!'"
- Britney goes on and on about how clueless she can be. I tell you, she's got nothing on Federline... name-dropping Justin Timberlake to Britney Spears!
(8) "Looking back, I think that both Justin and Kevin were very clever. They knew what they were doing, and I played right into it."
- This is a pretty vague statement. Though, the implication I'm getting is that both Justin and Kevin got with Britney in order to launch their solo music careers. Also, they knew she was too shy and submissive to push back on their bad behavior.
- I don't know if I'm entirely on board with that. It's extremely cynical, thinking of them both as kind of gold-diggers. Though, would Justin Timberlake be as big a star if he hadn't dated Britney? Certainly, no one would even know who Kevin Federline is.
(9) "I went into a hair salon, and I took the clippers, and I shaved off all my hair. Everyone thought it was hilarious. Look how crazy she is! Even my parents acted embarrassed by me. But nobody seemed to understand that I was simply out of my mind with grief."
- I can understand the whole idea of giving the press the middle-finger by taking away the "Britney" they knew and expected, but I don't know if the public took it the same way.
- Frankly, the only conclusion would be that she'd gone crazy, which she pretty much admits here.
- I may be naïve, but if you're shaving your head, why would you need to go to a hair salon?
- Bold and rebellious perhaps, but it doesn't help when you're fighting for custody of your kids and K-Fed's been insisting you're a bad mother.
(10) "The interior designer was completely against it. He said, 'Marble floors are super slippery and hard if you fall down.'
'I want marble!' I shouted. 'I need marble.'"
- Britney does a good deal of apologizing to people in this book, mostly for erratic behavior during the time she was seemingly permanently pregnant and high on hormones. Contractors, in this case.
(11) Speaking of which, she apologizes to her sister's co-star for going on set and chewing her out for starting rumors about Jamie Lynn. Turns out she was innocent.
- Jamie Lynn Spears comes off terribly in this book! She's one of the villains: Justin's a philanderer, Kevin's a weed-addict and Jamie Lynn's a rich bitch.

This sounds just awful

Nikki wrote: "This sounds just awful"

The circumstances are certainly awful, and I thought the book would be too, but it's actually rather decent. Britney definitely has her own spin on things and point of view, but she's very good at laying her cards on the table in a very warts-and-all way and letting the reader decide, which is quite admirable.