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00:00 Plenty of revelations have already been made

00:01 in the lead up to the release of Britney Spears' memoir,

00:04 but now we're getting further insight

00:06 into all that she endured

00:07 during her decade-spanning career.

00:09 Spears' memoir hit shelves on Tuesday

00:13 after headline-making excerpts,

00:15 such as the abortion she had

00:16 during her relationship with Justin Timberlake,

00:19 and her audition tape for "The Notebook,"

00:21 which was released online following the news.

00:23 Upon its release, there were also other highlights

00:26 worth pointing out.

00:27 The first was her opportunity

00:28 to star in another high-profile movie.

00:31 Spears said she was pursued for a role

00:33 in the 2002 film "Chicago,"

00:35 but she writes of not wanting to be distracted

00:37 from her studio music career.

00:39 She reflects that she regrets not making it

00:41 and that she wishes she used the power she had back then

00:44 to be more rebellious in her decision-making.

00:47 The memoir also shared further insight

00:48 into the details of her breakup with Timberlake.

00:51 The NSYNC member broke up with Spears via text message

00:54 while she was on the set

00:55 of the "Overprotected" remix music video.

00:57 She went home to Louisiana to recover from the shock,

01:00 and he flew out to see her,

01:02 bringing with him a letter he'd written

01:03 and had framed that ended with the line,

01:05 "I can't breathe without you."

01:07 She also noted that Timberlake had a habit

01:09 of using black scent and African-American vernacular English

01:13 during the NSYNC days.

01:14 Other highlights from the memoir

01:16 was how Spears' "Baby One More Time" music video

01:19 was almost a futuristic astronaut concept,

01:21 with Spears in a Power Rangers-esque outfit

01:24 instead of the iconic high school set,

01:26 how Madonna initiated her into Kabbalah

01:28 with a red string ceremony,

01:30 and how her team pressured her

01:31 into her "Gimme More" VMA performance

01:33 as she was in the midst of dealing with the trauma

01:35 of a custody battle and sleepless nights,

01:37 among other revelations.

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