Britney Spears has confirmed persistent rumours that Justin Timberlake text messaged her in 2002 to break their three-year relationship in her eagerly awaited biography, The Woman in Me. The Princess of Pop spoke candidly about the harrowing experience, admitting that Justin Timberlake’s abrupt digital separation left her devastated.

I was comatose in Louisiana, and he was happily running around Hollywood,” Spears wrote in her memoir, according to the New York Times. The emotional toll of the breakup left her reeling, and she says she even contemplated leaving the music industry altogether.

The media’s portrayal of Spears as a “harlot who’d broken the heart of America’s golden boy” after Timberlake implied in his Cry Me a River music video that she had been unfaithful was also addressed by Spears in her biography. In a shocking admission, the Toxic singer acknowledged her own adultery by revealing that she had “made out” with” dancer Wade Robson one night at a bar.

According to a previous source who spoke with ET, “Justin has been concentrating on his own family and trying not to worry himself with Britney’s memoir.” “Justin has made an effort to support Britney from a distance in recent years. Despite their long-ago relationship, he still respects her. Simply said, Justin and Jessica want everyone to move on from the past and focus on the present.

Timberlake went on to marry Jessica Biel. Together, they share sons Silas, 8, and Phineas, 3. Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline are parents to sons Sean Preston, 18, and Jaden James, 17.