Britney Spears unpacks: The truth behind her legendary tearful interview

We all remember: in 2003 Britney Spears started crying live on TV! Almost 20 years later, the now free Britney unpacks about the now legendary tearful interview - and about the woman who is responsible for it.

"You can kiss my white ass!"

Britney Spears must have been very angry when she typed the following lines into her cell phone: "(...) Not to forget the interview with Diane Sawyer 20 years ago in my apartment. (...) She took me to brought to tears." At that time, the only 21-year-old was visited by a reporter team at home just two days after her split from singer Justin Timberlake. ABC host Diane Sawyer joins the conversation with the newly split pop star.

ABC took advantage of the pain of separation

Britney recalls the difficult phase of separation today: "I lived in my apartment for a year. I didn't see anyone. Then my manager put this woman in my living room and the interview was on national television." And then Britney gets even more personal: "Something I never said after the breakup was that I couldn't speak after it. I haven't spoken to anyone for a very long time. (...) I was in shock ", summarizes the 40-year-old. Then mom of two attacks presenter Diane Sawyer.

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"I was almost 22 years old and didn't understand anything (...) She said: 'A woman or a girl'" With her statement, Sawyer alluded to Britney's song "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman". "Today I would like to answer: I'm a Catholic bitch," writes Britney and leaves a nasty greeting. "You can kiss my white bottom!" Jamie Spears' lawyer told People magazine that his client did not initiate the interview and that he knew nothing about it. So far, presenter Sawyer has declined to comment on Britney's allegations. (mwa)