"This is shameful".
With that descriptive adjective, Jamie Lynn Spears — 30 years old — has asked, almost begged her famous sister, singer Britney Spears — 40 — that they both bury the hatchet that Jamie Lynn herself decided to take out a few days ago and that has put the Spears in the eye of the hurricane.
The accusations between the two have been replicated for days and, now, the little one of the family seems to have asked for a ceasefire so that this war ends.
Almost a week ago this fraternal confrontation began that is causing rivers of ink to flow and, above all, of Stories and tweets, since a good part of the story is taking place on social networks. However, it started more conventionally: during an interview with Jamie Lynn on ABC's much-watched morning show
Good Morning America
(part two of which aired on late-night
Nightline
), where she went to promote an autobiography that is about to launch,
Things
I
Should Have Said
). The talk was on Wednesday, but some fragments that were leaked days before already showed what the young woman thought of her sister and, specifically, of the parental guardianship under which she has been for 13 years and from which she managed to free herself a few months ago .
Jamie Lynn talked about it on the show, explaining that when that guardianship started she was barely 17 years old and pregnant with her first child, a situation that made her partially oblivious to everything Britney was going through, and that she has only managed to assimilate over the years. "I've always been my sister's biggest supporter," Jamie Lynn told
Good Morning America
. “When she has needed help, I have made sure to get it for her. I've done everything I can to make sure she had the connections she needed to move forward and end guardianship, end this for our entire family. If this is going to cause so many problems, why continue with it?”, he stated in a speech between naive and self-convinced.
However, from the first minute those words did not convince the superstar of the song.
Even before that interview, it was known that the relationship between the sisters was tense;
At the beginning of January, Britney had stopped following Jamie Lynn on social networks and had commented that she did not like that her sister – who has done some work as a singer but who mainly develops her work as an actress – went to awards ceremonies and sang her songs. songs.
“My so-called support system has hurt me deeply,” he went on to say.
Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears, at an awards show in 2003. KMazur (WireImage)
After the interview, some sources close to Britney leaked to the American tabloids - information that should always be taken with caution - that the singer was tired of her family always being a stone in her shoe. But it was not necessary to wait much longer to know the reaction of the artist herself, who published a long statement on her social networks on Friday morning. In the text, she stated that there were two issues that had driven her crazy from her sister's words. The first was that almost 15 years ago, when the whole thing about his guardianship started, he wasn't very close to Jamie Lynn. "Then why is he talking about all this, unless it is because he wants to sell books at my expense?" He asked on Twitter before his almost 56 million followers.
“He has never had to work for anything.
They have given him everything done ”, is the second and harsh accusation that the older Spears launched at the little one.
In addition, he spoke openly about the rest of his family: "Yes, they ruined my dreams [...] In the Bible it says: 'Ask and it will be given to you', well not in my life, not with my family [...] ] My family loves to bring me down and hurt me, that's why I'm so mad at them."
pic.twitter.com/yZBEysen4O
— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) January 13, 2022
And, of course, after Britney's accusation, Jamie Lynn's defense came, who assured that "it was the last thing" he wanted to do, but that in hours he had his defense ready. “Brit I will always be here for you, you know behind the scenes I have always been there. It is exhausting when the conversations and private messages do not match what you post on social networks. I know you're going through a lot and I don't want to underestimate it, but I don't want to underestimate myself either," she said, explaining that what had been said online was not "the truth." In addition, she also talked about how her family had received "death threats" because of Britney's accusations against her.
“Sorry to burst my sister's bubble, but my book isn't about her. I can't help but be born a Spears too, and some of my experiences involve her. I have worked hard since even before my adolescence and I have built my career beyond simply being someone's little sister", defends the actress, who affirms that there are no positions on one side or the other and that she does not want "dramas", but that he has to get it out to "heal the trauma, close this chapter and move forward." “I wish my sister to do the same. Come what may, I will always love my older sister and I will be here for her. It's time to put closure on this unhealthy chaos that has controlled my life for so long."
The thing, obviously, did not stop there, and it was Britney who answered, ensuring that the lies were stopped. Jamie Lynn told in her interview on ABC that her older sister had once locked herself in a room with her and a knife, and the singer wanted to deny it, again on Twitter. “Please, leave those lies for books about Hollywood. Only scum would make such things up about someone. I am very confused that you invent these things because nothing suits you [...] Congratulations for teaching your older sister the concept of falling low, lower, the lowest, because there you have won. Jamie Lynn's response was not direct, but a few hours later she posted a sentence on her Instagram Stories: "No one tarnishes your name more than someone who fears that you will tell the world the truth."
Over the weekend there were more responses, but it seems that they are already somewhat calmer. On Saturday Britney, also on Twitter, replied. "Jamie Lynn, I don't think your whole book is about me," he began, explaining that he had said "a little harsh things" about her: "Because you have obviously hurt me with the things you have made up about me." In addition, she acknowledged that both she and her sister had "worked hard" throughout their lives to carve out their careers, but insisted that the family had been much worse to her.
“You have treated me fatally, I am completely in
shock
, and dad is not even in jail, come on!” Britney argues against her sister, in a tone of regret but somewhat more conciliatory. “We're supposed to be each other's support, but what you say confuses me. All I know is that I love you unconditionally. So go ahead, say what you have to say... it's so crappy for a family to clash like this publicly! You say you love me, but your loyalty is still on the side of the people who have hurt me the most," he says, also telling his sister that he loves her and admires her for her strength.
The waters seem, for the moment, to have calmed down thanks to that message from Britney and the response from Jamie Lynn, who has also begged her sister in her Instagram Stories to call her, who had tried to talk to her many times and not I had made it.
“In the meantime, drop the narrative that I haven't been there for you or that I'm making things up [...] This is disgraceful and needs to stop.
I love you".
The last, or penultimate chapter of this story, has also been written in the Instagram Stories of the youngest of the sisters, where she has posted a phrase attributed to Martin Luther King: “Hate cannot end hate, only love you can do it.”