Jamie Lynn Spearsis lifting the lid on her relationship with big sisterBritney.
Britney Spears and Madonna.Chris Polk/FilmMagic
Chris Polk/FilmMagic
Jamie Lynn then spoke about looking up to her sister from a young age. “Anything my sister did I always thought was the best,” she explained. “When it came to my sister, even if I felt anything, if anyone said anything I was ready to go. I was like, ‘Don’t talk about my sister, she’s the best.’ "
Thinking back to when the performance occurred, Jamie Lynn said of her mother Lynne’s reaction, “My mum was like, ‘It’s artistic, she’s expressing herself.' "
Britney Spears.Marco Piraccini\Archivio Marco Piraccini\Mondadori via Getty
Marco Piraccini\Archivio Marco Piraccini\Mondadori via Getty
Sieieix curiously asked theSweet Magnoliasstar, “Who became famous first?”
Jamie Lynn responded of Britney, 41, “My sister, she’s 10 years older. She was famous since I was about 6 or 7.”
Fellow contestant Frankie Dettori then chimed into the conversation, asking Jamie Lynn, “Is it true you don’t get on with [Britney] now?”
She simply replied, “I love my sister.”
Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards.Image Group LA/Disney Channel/Getty
Image Group LA/Disney Channel/Getty
For season 23 of the series, the mom of two flew to the Australian outback to compete to be crowned Queen of the Jungle alongside controversial former U.K. politician Nigel Farage.
Prior to flying to Australia, theZoey 101alum said the show was “a nice chance to show who I really am.” She added, “There is literally every misconception you can have on a person about me so I don’t take any of it seriously.”
One of the biggest controversies in Jamie Lynn’s life is herstrained relationship with her older sister.Despite their nearly 10-year age gap, Britney and Jamie Lynn — who recently competed onDancing with the Stars—shared a close bond while growing up in their hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana.
Throughout most of their lives and careers, Britney and Jamie Lynn supported each other and worked on projects together, including Britney’s film debutCrossroadsandZoey 101.But in recent years — as Britney’s 13-yearconservatorshipcame to an end — their relationship became strained, and the two publicly feuded over therelease of Jamie Lynn’s memoir,Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Outin January 2022.
Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears.Denise Truscello/WireImage
Denise Truscello/WireImage
“I love andI support my sister, and I always will. It’s very clear that this has been a painful process, and I have to respect however she works through that,” Jamie Lynn told PEOPLE at the time, two months after Britney’s conservatorship ended. “This is a complicated situation. It gets to a certain point where you can’t help someone who doesn’t want you to.”
Meanwhile, in her bombshell memoir,The Woman In Me, which was released in October and exclusively previewed in PEOPLE, Britney has opened up about their troubled relationship.
“[Jamie Lynn] knew I was reaching out to her for help and that she was dogging me. I felt like she should have taken my side,” Britney shared about being placed in a mental health facility in 2018.
Jamie Lynn Spears photographed at Fox Studio Lot on Dec. 13, 2022 in Los Angeles.Emma McIntyre/Getty
Emma McIntyre/Getty
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The star also expresses her opinion that Jamie Lynn profited from her unhappiness. “As I was fighting the conservatorship and receiving a lot of press attention, she was writing a book capitalizing on it. She rushed out salacious stories about me, many of them hurtful and outrageous,” Britney shared in her memoir.
However, Britney alsowrites of her hopesthat her relationship with Jamie Lynn is salvageable.
“She will always be my sister, and I love her and her beautiful family. I’m working to feel more compassion than anger toward her, and everyone who I feel has wronged me,” the “Hold Me Closer” singer shared.
source: people.com
