If you’re like us, you’ve found yourself singing the Britney Spears’ lyric “hit me baby, one more time” way more often than you’d like to admit. For all those shower serenades, however, we never expected Britney Spears to hit back. But that’s exactly what has happened now that the legendary singer is working on a tell-all memoir.
Typically, celebs don’t release much of the juicy stuff ahead of the memoir getting published because they want to drive sales up. However, Britney has always played by her own rules, and she’s released some major factoids from the book already. Some of what she has described is inspirational, but much of it (if we’re being honest) is just downright sad.
Got some tissue handy? Keep reading as we walk you through the saddest things we learned from Britney Spears’ memoir!
Her youth was defined by a Mickey Mouse ‘boot camp’
As you may remember, Britney Spears got her start in entertainment by appearing on the Mickey Mouse Club. Those of us who watched this show growing up often thought that entertaining millions of kids was the coolest possible job. However, Spears’ book does a good job of taking the shine off our childhood fantasy.
As reported by People, Spears compared getting ready to sing and dance with getting ready to go to war. “Being in the show was boot camp for the entertainment industry: extensive dance rehearsals, singing lessons, acting classes, time in the recording studio, and school in between.” She complained that she had to practice choreography “thirty times a day” and that most of her childhood was consumed by this grueling practice.