Lynne Spears: “I had to do what I had to do.”
On daughter Britney Spears, Lynne points to the media as a source of the singer’s troubles, “Is it human nature to want to build somebody up so very, very big, and then actually enjoy tearing them to pieces? I want her to remember back when she was the happiest person she could be, and be that person. She’s almost there now.”
Lynne says her daughter Jamie Lynn broke the news to her that she was pregnant by writing her a note. “I blew it,” she says about her reaction — after first thinking it was a joke — but then faced the challenge head-on: “We got the biggest blessing through the toughest time.”
Lynne’s new book, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, tells a mother’s story of keeping her faith and keeping her family together. Lynne also gets candid about both her successes and her failures, “I didn’t feel very strong,” she says. “All I knew was at certain points I had to do what I had to do.”
On her role in her daughters’ careers, “I’m more or less a cheerleader,” she says. “Did I ever manage my children? No. Did I ever take any percentages of anything they ever did? No, I did not. I really don’t know how to do these things.”
Ultimately, after all her family’s been through, she says, “I just pray for smoother sailing.”
