“Struggle is the only word for it.” Britney Spears discusses her brief but intense relationship with Colin Farrell

In The woman in me, out October 24 (published by JC Lattès in France), Britney Spears goes from confidence to confidence. The 41-year-old singer looks back on her journey, her childhood and foster care, as well as her failures and love stories. Agreed The time who had access to the work prior to its publication, the star particularly evokes her affair, brief but intense, with actor Colin Farrell in 2003.

At the time, Britney Spears was just getting out of her relationship with singer Justin Timberlake. The two broke up after rumors of infidelity. An icon of their generation, their split was highly publicized and devastating. Without really coming to terms with this episode, it was at this point that the translator was Poisonous meets Colin Farrell on a night out with friends. If the attraction between the two is direct, their story will be very controversial. “Fight is the only word that fits. we were all on top of each other, fighting so passionately, as if we were fighting in the street,” he says in his memoirs.

Britney Spears also remembers that she still hasn’t recovered from her previous affair and that neither of them saw a future between them. “Just like I had done before when I felt too attached to a man, I tried my best to convince myself that it wasn’t a big deal, that we were just having fun,” she continues. “I was vulnerable because I wasn’t over Justin.” Movie premiere The recruit In 2003, when Colin Farrell headlined, accompanied by Britney Spears, he told reporters that their relationship was “accidental”.