TV Guide: Jamie Lynn Spears

Lynne Spears: Jamie Lynn Told Me about Pregnancy in a Note

TV Guide — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:03:00 -0400

Lynne Spears appeared on Wednesday's Today, and not only spoke about Britney's downward spiral, but also about daughter Jamie Lynn getting pregnant at 16.Lynne, who was interviewed first by Meredith Vieira and later by Al Roker, told Today that she was planning to go out for lunch when Jamie Lynn called and told her to come home.Once home, Jamie Lynn handed her mother a note and told her to go into her bedroom to read it. Jamie Lynn's boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, was also present at the time, and avoided giving Lynne eye contact."It said she was pregnant and everything was going to be OK. She was going to raise it," Lynne told Vieira. "I thought it was a joke I was waiting for the punch line... I was in shock... then I started to cry. And she started consoling me at that point."Lynne blames herself for her children's personal dramas. "As a mother, don't we always blame ourselves?" she said. "I took a lot of the blame. I took all the blame. The personality I have, it's always my fault....

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Lynne Spears on How She "Lost Control" Over Britney

TV Guide — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:28:00 -0400

Lynne Spears appeared exclusively on Today to publicize her new book on raising her star daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn in the spotlight.The book, aptly titled, Through The Storm — A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, was supposed to be a book about poetry and memories. That was five years ago, before Britney's failed marriages, custody battle, public breakdowns and Jamie Lynn's teen pregnancy. Spears, speaking to Today's Meredith Vieira, said the book quickly became a "set-it-straight" book.Spears also told Vieira that the book was never supposed to be about parenting, as was previously reported. Vieira made sure to point out that many critics of Spears look at her two daughters and think, "she has no business writing a book on parenting." (Possibly the understatement of the century).Spears does talk candidly in the book about how her darling girl Britney went from a happy singer/dancer to a troubled woman shaving her head in front of the paparazzi. She feels ...

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