Report: Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister pregnant

[gldstwmn]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/1....ap/index.html

NEW YORK (AP) -- Another Spears baby is reportedly on the way -- and it's not Britney's.


Jamie Lynn Spears, shown in September, stars in the popular Nickelodeon series "Zoey 101."

Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old "Zoey 101" star and sister of Britney, told OK! magazine that she's pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend, Casey Aldridge.

"It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," she said. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he."

Spears is 12 weeks along and initially kept the news to herself when she learned of the pregnancy from an at-home test and subsequent doctor visit, she told the celebrity magazine, which hits stands in New York on Wednesday and the rest of the country by Friday.

What message does she want to send to other teens about premarital sex? "I definitely don't think it's something you should do; it's better to wait," she told the magazine. "But I can't be judgmental because it's a position I put myself in."

After she found out from a doctor that she was pregnant, she said, "I took two weeks to myself where I didn't tell anybody." Watch how pregnancy could impact Spears' career »

"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," she said.

Spears broke the news to her mother, Lynne, just before Thanksgiving, the magazine reported.

"She was very upset because it wasn't what she expected at all," Spears said. "A week after, she had time to cope with it and became very supportive."

Lynne Spears, already grandmother to Britney's young sons, told the magazine: "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."

She said her actress daughter, the telegenic heroine of her popular Nickelodeon series, has known Aldridge for years and began dating him in high school.

But in a recent interview with The Associated Press, Spears said she had no steady boyfriend. "I kind of just keep my options open," she said. "I have a bunch of friends that I always hang out with, a bunch of guy friends." She declined to talk about her older sister.

Spears spoke to the AP shortly before Thanksgiving, the day she told OK! she informed her mother about the pregnancy.

Jamie Lynn plans to raise the baby in her home state of Louisiana -- "so it can have a normal family life."

Nickelodeon released a statement: "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."

A publicist for the network did not immediately respond to phone and e-mail requests for additional comment.


"Zoey 101" is scheduled to conclude its third season January 4 with a cliffhanger episode in which Spears' character must decide whether to leave her fictional Pacific Coast Academy boarding school in California to join her parents in London.

The show is scheduled to resume in February, and its producer, Dan Schneider, has said filming on the fourth season has already been completed.

[strandinthewind]

Bless her heart.

[GODDESS6]

i have to say this does surprise me~ i thought jaime would be smarter than her sister~ & isn't the guy illegally older than her?~
now my hubby is 8 yrs older, but i was 18~

[David]

Mama Lynne did a superb job, n'est-ce pas?

When someone argues with me that collectivism in practice & a strong propensity for government handouts are essential because the market, if left to its own devices, would create widespread poverty & injustice, I just reply: "If the Spears family can become multimillionaires thanks to the market, anybody can."

[strandinthewind]

It was stupid of her, if this is not what she wanted. But, I cannot fault her for doing what I did at around that age. Who here could not have had an accident (condom breaking, etc. ) at that age

I do find it interesting that she whored this out for what I assume is six plus figures and then essentially says she needs her privacy

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by David

Mama Lynne did a superb job, n'est-ce pas?

When someone argues with me that collectivism in practice & a strong propensity for government handouts are essential because the market, if left to its own devices, would create widespread poverty & injustice, I just reply: "If the Spears family can become multimillionaires thanks to the market, anybody can."

She'll make more than one million off of this publicity alone.

[GODDESS6]

they are reporting that the mom, is it lynne?, was about to release a book on parenting, it's now apparently shelved~

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Isn't 16 a bit young to be living with her boyfriend?

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

"...it's a position I put myself in."

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Bless her heart.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by David

Mama Lynne did a superb job, n'est-ce pas?

When someone argues with me that collectivism in practice & a strong propensity for government handouts are essential because the market, if left to its own devices, would create widespread poverty & injustice, I just reply: "If the Spears family can become multimillionaires thanks to the market, anybody can."

Wow David. I didn't take you for the free marketeer type. But the last time I talked about such things, dissention compared me to Ayn Rand.
I don't think pimping out one's children is a good way to make a fortune.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Isn't 16 a bit young to be living with her boyfriend?

That's Hollywood.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

It was stupid of her, if this is not what she wanted. But, I cannot fault her for doing what I did at around that age. Who here could not have had an accident (condom breaking, etc. ) at that age

I do find it interesting that she whored this out for what I assume is six plus figures and then essentially says she needs her privacy

I've never had it happen. And what, she couldn't afford birth control pills? Depo? Nuvaring? She's in shock that having sex caused her to get knocked up? No method's 100%, dumbass. You're taking a chance every time you have sex.

Whatever, why do I care. Hope she actually makes an effort to raise her kid unlike her dumb trash-ass pig sister.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by skcin

I've never had it happen. And what, she couldn't afford birth control pills? Depo? Nuvaring? She's in shock that having sex caused her to get knocked up? No method's 100%, dumbass. You're taking a chance every time you have sex.

Whatever, why do I care. Hope she actually makes an effort to raise her kid unlike her dumb trash-ass pig sister.

I am just saying that despite best efforts, condoms break, the pill is a dud, they got loaded one night and he came too fast - blah blah blah. I certainly have seen that happen. In the end, I am just saying I do not fault her for accidently getting pregnant, if that is what happened. To these eyes, it could happen to likely 99.9% of all 16 year olds these days.

I make no comment on her ability to parent or her sister or her mother for that matter, except to say that I have known kids from the best and seemingly most caring and well centered families (which she apparently is not from) to get knocked up

I don't know, this whole thing reminds me of the girls I went to high school with sho were quick to call some girl a slut because she got pregnant when the other girls were screwing their brains out as well. I guess getting caught is the name getter Sounds like BS to me though.

[skcin]

^ Oh, yeah, I don't think she's any different than most other 16 year olds. I'm just saying you make your bed, you'd better be ready to lie in it. Don't act like "Oh my God, how is this possible?" Um. We all know how it's possible. If you're truly not ready, don't take the chance.

Of course, many young people have decided to go with anal or oral sex instead to avoid pregnancy. They don't realize they're still at risk for STI's. Gonorrhea in your throat sound good to anybody? Barf.