Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney's 16-Year-Old Sister, Announces Pregnancy
( She got spooged Ten, despite the Christian parenting! )
Britney Spears' younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears has announced in OK! Magazine that she is pregnant. Meanwhile her mom Lynne Spears' book on Christian parenting, due in Spring 2008, has been indefinitely delayed. Us Weekly reports Jamie Lynn's father - Lynne's ex-husband Jamie - is "furious" that mother and daughter sold their story to OK! and "devastated" at the news that his youngest child is pregnant. Jamie Lynn supposedly got a $1 Million back-end deal for the interview.
Jamie Lynn, who is the star of Nickelodeon's hit show Zoey 101, on which she plays a schoolgirl, turned 16 on April 4 and is a high school junior. She tells OK! Magazine, on newsstands in New York and LA Wednesday and nationwide Friday, that she and (possibly ex) boyfriend Casey Aldridge are expecting a child, that she is 12 weeks along, and that she is keeping it. TMZ claims she may be much further than 12 weeks, and that it could be a spring baby. According to People, Jamie Lynn's family "adore" Casey, who "took amazing care" of her over the years.
"It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," she tells OK!. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he."
"As soon as I found out for sure from the doctor, I took two weeks to myself where I didn't tell anybody," she says. "Only one of my friends knew because I needed to work out what I would do for myself before I let anyone's opinion affect my decision. Then I told my parents and my friends. I was scared, but I had to do what was right for me."
Spears also says, "I'm looking forward to being the best mom I can be."
As for Lynn Spears, Jamie Lynn and Britney's mom, she was shocked. "I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious. She's never late for her curfew. I was in shock. I mean, this is my 16-year-old baby."
Jamie Lynn plans to raise the baby in her home state of Louisiana "so it can have a normal family life."
"I definitely don't think it's something you should do; it's better to wait," Jamie Lynn says. "But I can't be judgmental because it's a position I put myself in."
It is rumored she and Aldridge met in church and Lynn Spears says they've been dating for years. One report says the relationship started when Jamie Lynn was 13. Casey's father works in a paper mill in Tennessee. But, it is unclear if they are still together. A message on what appears to be Casey's MySpace page, updated Tuesday, lists his mood as "blah" and has the message, "ME AND JAMIE ARE OVER..... :("
Here is a picture of the couple a year and a half ago, when they were already serious. Aldridge is supposedly in college in Mississippi. In July of this year, the National Enquirer claimed the couple was pregnant, while other sites had the couple moving in together.
According to TMZ, Britney, mother of two kids herself, did not know her sister is expecting and is now frantic.
Update: A rep for Britney Spears tells E! News exclusively that the pop star has heard the news and "wishes her sister nothing but the best and asks for privacy during this time."
Nickelodeon released a statement to Extra saying:
"We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being." |
