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Did Britney Spears just shade her little sister Jamie Lynn’s new book?

The younger Spears had to change the title of her book after receiving backlash


Jovita Trujillo
Jovita Trujillo - Los Angeles
Senior WriterLos Angeles
OCTOBER 12, 2021 7:25 PM EDT

Britney Spears’ fans have a new title for her: “Queen of shading your sister.” On October 12th the singer posted a photo of herself on Instagram and her caption has many believing she was throwing shade at her little sister Jamie Lynn Spears. The 24-year-old “Zoey 101” actress released her memoir, “Things I Should Have Said” yesterday but as noted by Page Six, she originally wanted it to be “I Must Confess,” a lyric from Britney’s 1998 debut single, “…Baby One More Time.“ However, Britney’s fans were livid when they found out the name and she received backlash to the point that she changed the name. Just a day after its release Britney wrote on Instagram, “I’m thinking of releasing a book 📚 next year 😜 but I’m having issues coming up with a title so maybe my fans could help.” “Option #1 … “Shit, I really don’t know” Option #2 … “I really care what people think!!!‘” The singer wrote, adding “What do you guys think 🤔🤔🤔 ????”

Britney Spears© Britney Spears

Britney wrote that she got carried away yesterday posting 4 times and joked, “this is me thinking about it … sh** …. I will be cool one day 😂😒😬 !!!! Psss sorry for the uncool participation,” with lots of emojis before throwing the sneaky shade at her little sister. But of course, her eagle eye fans could see right through her caption, “The things my sister shouldn’t have said” one commented referencing the title of Jamie’s book. Others added, “Queen of shading your sister,” “If I had a sister,” and “She came for Jamie Lynn lmfaoooooooooooooo.”

Jamie Lynn Spears© Jamie Lynn Spears

Jamie shared the news about her new book on IG and needless to say she didn’t get any likes or reposts from Britney. Along with a photo of the book cover, she wrote a lengthy caption sharing her excitement. “I can’t believe I finally finished writing my book!!! “THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID” has been in the works for quite a longggg time now. Back In 2017, after Maddie’s life-changing accident, I felt a strong conviction to share my story, but there was a lot of personal work and healing that had to happen before I could share my truth the proper way.” Jamie wrote referencing her daughter’s ATV accident 4 years ago.

Maddie was driving the ATV and it flipped into a pond, trapping the then eight-year-old underwater. Jamie and her husband that shares the same name immediately dove into the water, but were unable to pull her out. The ambulance service was able to rescue her and get her to the hospital and she thankfully made a full recovery and Jamie and rarely spoken about the incident. “I’ve spent my whole life believing that I had to pretend to be perfect, even when I wasn’t, so for the first time I am opening up about my own mental health because this process challenged me to have to be painfully honest with myself, and face a lot of hard things, that I normally would have just glossed right over like I was taught to,” she concluded in the caption.