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Topics: Im A Celebrity, Celebrity, Britney Spears
Claire Reid
Topics: Im A Celebrity, Celebrity, Britney Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears - the younger sister of Britney Spears - is said to be one of the stars heading Down Under for this year’s I’m A Celeb; and fans might be surprised to discover where her name came from.
The 32-year-old star has a fractious relationship with her singer sister, who was famously held in a conservatorship until 2021, which could lead to some interesting conversation in the I'm A Celeb camp.
A source told The Mirror: “Jamie Lynn has got decades of history and bad blood with Britney to rake over and has laid out her feelings pretty clearly in her own book.
“It will be interesting to hear her spill the beans about her life and her family and the controversial conservatorship - and to find out whether the sisters really do get along now - or not.”
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In her new memoir, The Woman in Me, Britney details a time she felt betrayed by her sister after she was sent to a rehab facility against her will in 2019.
The 41-year-old said she text her younger sister begging her for help, but she replied: "Stop fighting it. There's nothing you can do about it, so stop fighting it."
Britney went on: "I didn't understand how Jamie Lynn and our father had developed such a good relationship. She knew I was reaching out to her for help... I felt like she should have taken my side."
But despite their stormy relationship, Britney says she wishes her sister well.
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"I'm working to feel more compassion than anger toward her and toward everyone who I feel has wronged me,” she wrote. “It's not that easy."
For those who don’t know, Britney is the middle Spears child of Jamie and Lynn Spears, with brother Bryan, 46, being the eldest.
While their parents appeared to go with B-theme for their first two kids, when it came to baby number three they simply joined their names together to create Jamie Lynn.
And folks on social media think that’s pretty strange, with one person writing on X: “I find it so weird that Jamie Lynn Spears’ parents’ names are Jamie Spears and Lynne Spears like damn y’all really named your child after yourselves?”
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Another said: “They really named Jamie Lynn Spears after both her parents (Jamie/James and Lynn Spears) and then just gave Britney and their brother Bryan random names?”
A third commented: “I was today’s year old when I realised Britney’s sister Jamie Lynn Spears is named after their parents? Nope not confusing at all.”
While someone else said: Are we gonna discuss the way Jamie Lynn Spears is named after both her parents?”