This just in: Britney Spears is about to throw a tea party. The recently freed pop star has just inked a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster to write a tell-all memoir.Page Sixreports that the publisher won a bidding war for Spears’ book, signing her to a whopping $15 million contract.
Industry insiders also raved “the deal is one of the biggest of all time, behind the Obamas.”For the record, Barack and Michelle Obama inked the deal for a joint memoir in 2017 to the tune of $60 million–the highest sum in history for such a book.The news of Spears’ new publishing contract comes at a pivotal time for the singer.
Last year, she successfully fought to end a conservatorship at the hands of her father, Jamie Spears, who mained total control over his daughter’s life and finances for 13 years.Related: Britney Spears might appear before Congress.
Get ready for the circus.Subsequent to Britney Spears’ liberation, her sister, actress Jamie Lynn Spears, published a memoir of her own, Things I Should Have Said.