Jamie Lynn Spears Recounts Britney Comparisons, Physical Fight With Mom Lynne and More on ‘Call Her Daddy’ Podcast

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Jamie Lynn Spears Recounts Britney Comparisons, Physical Fight With Mom Lynne and More on ‘Call Her Daddy’ Podcast

And so it continues. As Jamie Lynn Spears promotes her new book, Things I Should Have Said, the former child star is sharing new details about her family and her complicated relationship with sister Britney Spears. “I love my sister. I’m her biggest fan — but guess what? Sisters are sisters, or whatever, you know?” the 30-year-old Zoey 101 alum said on the Tuesday, January 18, episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I was born into this family. I didn’t choose this. It’s like, imagine, like, a big ship and I’m like just a little, like, dinghy riding in the waves like, trying to, like, f—ing survive, you know? And, so that was my life was like — just survive this moment.” Things between Jamie Lynn and Britney, 40, have been publicly tense since the Grammy winner’s bombshell testimony about her conservatorship in June 2021. While the “How Could I Want More” singer has maintained that she tried to help Britney amid her mental health struggles and conservatorship battle, the “Toxic” songstress has accused her parents and siblings of exploiting her. Before Jamie Lynn’s memoir hit shelves on Tuesday, Britney was already firing back at allegations detailed in the book after her sister’s Nightline interview earlier this month. Jamie Lynn subsequently released a statement via Instagram: "I hate to burst my sister’s bubble, but my book is not about her. I can’t help that I was born a Spears too, and that some of my experiences involve my sister. I’ve worked hard since before I was even a teenager, and I’ve built my career in spite of just being someone’s little sister.” [jwplayer f7NE6M7y-zhNYySv2] The back and forth didn’t stop there, with Britney shutting down Jamie Lynn’s claims that the pop star once locked her younger sibling in a room with a knife. Britney tweeted on January 15: "Jamie Lynn … congrats babe! You've stooped to a whole new level of LOW … So please please stop with these crazy lies for the Hollywood books!!! NOW and only NOW do I know only a scum person would make up such things about someone.” While Jaime Lynn then pleaded with Britney to call her so they could hash things out privately, the new author’s two-part interview on “Call Her Daddy” could escalate things between the sisters again as Jamie Lynn continued to open up about the alleged knife incident. “I think people need to remember, I’m telling this story about what I experienced, no matter who that person was that pulled me in that room, you have to understand that was an experience I went through that’s really scary, and I felt really unsafe,” she said. Britney has yet to publicly respond to Jamie Lynn’s podcast interview. Part two of the Nickelodeon alum’s interview with Alex Cooper will be released on Wednesday, January 19. Scroll through for the biggest revelations from part one:

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Jamie Lynn Spears Recounts Britney Comparisons, Physical Fight With Mom Lynne and More on ‘Call Her Daddy’ Podcast

And so it continues. As Jamie Lynn Spears promotes her new book, Things I Should Have Said, the former child star is sharing new details about her family and her complicated relationship with sister Britney Spears. “I love my sister. I’m her biggest fan — but guess what? Sisters are sisters, or whatever, you know?” the 30-year-old Zoey 101 alum said on the Tuesday, January 18, episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I was born into this family. I didn’t choose this. It’s like, imagine, like, a big ship and I’m like just a little, like, dinghy riding in the waves like, trying to, like, f—ing survive, you know? And, so that was my life was like — just survive this moment.” Things between Jamie Lynn and Britney, 40, have been publicly tense since the Grammy winner’s bombshell testimony about her conservatorship in June 2021. While the “How Could I Want More” singer has maintained that she tried to help Britney amid her mental health struggles and conservatorship battle, the “Toxic” songstress has accused her parents and siblings of exploiting her. Before Jamie Lynn’s memoir hit shelves on Tuesday, Britney was already firing back at allegations detailed in the book after her sister’s Nightline interview earlier this month. Jamie Lynn subsequently released a statement via Instagram: "I hate to burst my sister’s bubble, but my book is not about her. I can’t help that I was born a Spears too, and that some of my experiences involve my sister. I’ve worked hard since before I was even a teenager, and I’ve built my career in spite of just being someone’s little sister.” [jwplayer f7NE6M7y-zhNYySv2] The back and forth didn’t stop there, with Britney shutting down Jamie Lynn’s claims that the pop star once locked her younger sibling in a room with a knife. Britney tweeted on January 15: "Jamie Lynn … congrats babe! You've stooped to a whole new level of LOW … So please please stop with these crazy lies for the Hollywood books!!! NOW and only NOW do I know only a scum person would make up such things about someone.” While Jaime Lynn then pleaded with Britney to call her so they could hash things out privately, the new author’s two-part interview on “Call Her Daddy” could escalate things between the sisters again as Jamie Lynn continued to open up about the alleged knife incident. “I think people need to remember, I’m telling this story about what I experienced, no matter who that person was that pulled me in that room, you have to understand that was an experience I went through that’s really scary, and I felt really unsafe,” she said. Britney has yet to publicly respond to Jamie Lynn’s podcast interview. Part two of the Nickelodeon alum’s interview with Alex Cooper will be released on Wednesday, January 19. Scroll through for the biggest revelations from part one:

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The Book Title Debacle

Jamie Lynn denied reports that her original book title included a reference to one of Britney’s famous lyrics. 

"That was never the title," she told Cooper about the rumored I Must Confess title. "That was a mishap that happened where that was just something they put, kind of, for no one to really grab reference of my book and then somehow or another it was leaked that that was actually my book title."

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How Britney’s Split From Justin Affected the Family

Jamie Lynn referred to Britney’s ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake fondly in her book and on “Call Her Daddy,” calling the musician a father figure, noting he gave “thoughtful” Christmas gifts and explaining that Britney and Justin’s relationship was the first healthy romance she’d seen as a kid. 

"I was so sad," Jamie Lynn said of their 2002 breakup, adding that Britney and Justin’s relationship “was probably the best time in my whole family's life." 

When asked why the former couple split, she responded, "I truly do not know, but I just think about it this way. Imagine you’re in high school, except you’ve got all the money and fame in the world. Could you imagine if you talk to another girl, text another girl, could you imagine if you were, like, criminalized for that whole thing, like, how dare you?"

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The Alleged Knife Incident

Jamie Lynn claimed a “scared” Britney brought her into a locked bedroom with a big knife shortly after the “Crazy” singer’s whirlwind marriage to Jason Alexander in Las Vegas in 2004. The All That alum still doesn’t know why Britney was so frightened and claimed that she "was not allowed to have feelings about anything, like shut up, that’s fine, whatever, we’re not going to make a big deal out of this."

As she “comes to terms” with the alleged incident, Jamie Lynn reflected: “She must have been in pain too. … This was a brilliant young woman who was going through a hard time — and if she couldn’t stand up herself, then somebody should have. I wasn’t an adult then. I couldn’t … Somebody should have said, ‘Stop the f—king presses. Give this girl a f—king minute.'”

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Jamie Lynn’s Physical Fight With Mom Lynne

The Sweet Magnolias actress claimed her mother, Lynne Spears, once “snapped” and attacked her with a heavy purse that had a camera in it.

“I was a particularly exceptional a—hole to my mother a lot and I do regret a lot of things that I probably could have done better. … That’s very unlike my mom. … I told her I’m sharing that [in the book],” Jamie Lynn said as Cooper pointed out that she still didn’t deserve to be hit. She also revealed that the book claims Jamie Lynn’s makeup artist saw the bruises.

Jamie Lynn added that she and her mother worked through their issues. “My family has been through some dumba—s s—t. My mom, I don’t want people to go after her,” she said. 

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Money Issues

Throughout the interview, Cooper questioned Jamie Lynn about how money was handled in the Spears family. Jamie Lynn recalled Britney once offering to buy Lynne a house if she got a divorce from Jamie. Lynne took the deal, with the pair splitting in 2002, but according to Jamie Lynn, her father still showed up at the house whenever he wanted to and nothing really changed. Jamie Lynn also noted that she was given $500 biweekly as an allowance while she was working on Zoey 101, explaining that she also paid for the apartments she and her mother stayed in while she was shooting the series. When it came to the OK! Magazine exclusive that announced Jamie Lynn was pregnant at 16, she didn’t divulge the number but did clarify that she got to keep the money and put it toward raising her daughter Maddie, who was born in 2008.

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Jamie Lynn Felt She Didn’t Matter Because of Britney’s Success

The “I Got the Boy” songwriter’s insecurities about her role in her family began shortly after she was born as she claimed her parents didn’t plan to have a third child. Jamie Lynn cites her name simply being a combination of her mom and dad’s first names — with the spelling of Lynne being different — as an indication that she wasn’t important.

Jamie Lynn began to cry, however, as she denied being envious of Britney’s success.

“Like, what do you mean, ‘jealous’? I got to experience watching a woman take over the f—king world. How can I be jealous of that?” she said. “Just because I’m her sister, I’m somehow now being looped into something. I worked really hard as I got older to create my own life.”

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Jamie Lynn Recalls Seeing the Photos of Britney’s Shaved Head

According to Jamie Lynn, she was staying at a friend’s house when Britney made headlines for shaving her head in 2007. She recalled one of her pals showing her the photo on the internet and kids at her school making fun of her and her family.

“I don’t remember talking [to my parents] about it,” Jamie Lynn said as she began to cry. “My mom was out of town. I don’t even know what I said. I guess I just kind of acted like it wasn’t that big of a deal, but it was a huge deal.”