TOUGH TIMES
I’m A Celebrity’s Jamie Lynn Spears breaks down in tears over her difficult teenage pregnancy
The actress faced a barrage of insults
JAMIE Lynn Spears broke down in tears on tonight's I'm A Celebrity as she revealed heartbreaking details from her teenage pregnancy.
The American star, 32, fell pregnant with her first child when she was just 16.
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At the time, she was under intense scrutiny because of her association with her famous sister Britney Spears, 41, as well as her role on popular kids' TV show Zoey 101.
In a candid camp conversation tonight, Jamie Lynn discussed her personal life in those difficult years.
She told First Dates' Fred Sirieix: “Oh, I always say this. My mumma, not in a cocky way at all, my mum literally believed we were the best in the world. I think we grew up, all we ever did was sing and dance, that was our whole household, that’s how we were.
"We auditioned for a show called ‘All That’ and that’s when I was on ‘All That’ for three years before I did Zoey [101]. It was very successful. After I finished Zoey, I had my love of my life, what I thought, I decided to keep the baby. I was 16. The whole world was like, ‘You’re a s**t, you’re horrible your life is over…’”
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Fred asked: “Oh really? You felt it?”
Mum-of-two Jamie Lynn said: “Oh yeah. Because I got pregnant young and I was on a kids’ show.”
Fred asked: “Your parents were good with you?”
Jamie Lynn said: “Yeah, they had a lot going on. I just think they were sad I was in that situation but also it’s your baby having a baby. I had to go hide away for a long time because they were relentless.”
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Fred asked: “The press?”
Jamie Lynn said: “I moved to Mississippi and literally hid. Put a gate around me. I had 20 paparazzi on me every day. They wouldn’t leave me alone. They came and lived in Mississippi, middle of nowhere. It was horrible. I hated it so much. I just wanted to be normal. I wanted my baby to be normal. Everybody told me I was going to be a horrible mum. So I was like I’ve got to raise this baby by myself and I did.”
Jamie Lynn got tearful as she said: “When I went away… when I first got pregnant…”
Fred comforted: “We don’t have to talk about this…”
Jamie Lynn continued: “They didn’t want me to have the baby. A lot of people around me.”
Fred said: “But you’ve been amazing. What you’ve done is amazing.”
Jamie Lynn said: “When I got out of that, I told my parents I was going to emancipate them, that way I could make my own decisions. I was secretly telling her I was going to doctor's appointments. I was going to meetings with a lawyer… My poor mum, we put her through it. And so then she was like, she didn’t want me to do that, she knew that would mean I’d probably marry the father and lose my fortune that I’d amassed over the years of working… she said, ‘Just go baby…’. It was the first time I was in control. My mum did [come and visit]. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, why I wouldn’t take the easy route sometimes, but I just don’t want to.”
In the Bush Telegraph Jamie Lynn said: “I’m proud of where I’m at now. I don’t share it in a way of being sad or crying about it, but it’s like, I don’t know, I just… I’m really thankful.”
The famous sisters have reportedly only seen each other sporadically over the last two decades and it’s believed Britney has had little contact with her nieces - Maddie, 15, and five-year-old Ivey.
Britney has an infamously fractured relationship with her parents, who Jamie Lynn remains close to.
Our source said: “Britney never expressed an interest in visiting Jamie Lynn independently, because she feared any trips would mean seeing her mum and dad.
“It’s not an unfair statement to say Britney became traumatised by the prospect of being in the same room as her mum and dad after being placed in the conservatorship.
“And of course with Jamie Lynn remaining close to them, that was a deep concern, that she would be ambushed by father Jamie and mum Lynne during any visit.
“It was an awful mental place for Britney to be in.
“There is a part of her heart which would have loved to have been a loving, caring aunt.
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“Jamie Lynn never brought the girls over very much to see their aunt and if anything one could argue they were almost actively kept apart."
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! continues Tuesday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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