Jamie Lynn Spearshad plans to donate proceeds from her upcoming book to a mental health nonprofit —and was caught off guard this week after the organization publicly declined the promised donation.
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In a statement shared to Instagram on Monday, This Is My Brave wrote that it would be “taking action” in response to public outcry over the donation. Spears has been publicly criticized amid her sisterBritney Spears' battle toend her 13-year conservatorship.
“We hear you. This Is My Brave was recently recommended to be a beneficiary organization for the proceeds from Jamie Lynn Spears' upcoming book. We have made the decision to decline the offer of receiving proceeds from the book sales,” the organization wrote. “We heard you. We’re taking action. We are deeply sorry to anyone we offended.”
The insider says that the incident has been “very upsetting” for Spears, who has long been associated with her sister in both her career and her personal life.
“Jamie Lynn has suffered abuses in her life as well and that’s what people aren’t understanding — she has her own things she’s gone through,” the source says. “She can’t help that she’s Britney’s little sister. Her life is only spoken about in relation to her family even though she has also been dealing with mental health issues for the better half of her life. This just reinforces the entire trauma — that her story doesn’t matter.”
TheZoey 101alum said she would be opening up about her own mental health struggles in her book, which would be her way of sharing “my truth the proper way.”
“I’ve spent my whole life believing that I had to pretend to be perfect, even when I wasn’t, so for the first time I am opening up about my own mental health, because this process challenged me to have to be painfully honest with myself, and face a lot of hard things, that I normally would have just glossed right over, like I was taught to,” shewrote on Instagramearlier this month.
Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears.Image Group LA/Disney Channel via Getty
She said at the time that a portion of the book’s proceeds would go to This Is My Brave because “I know how scary it can be to share personal struggles, especially if you don’t feel you have the support or a safe space to do so.”
“They are doing amazing work to support and encourage people as they bravely share their experiences,” she wrote. “Lastly but certainly not least, I want you all to know, YOU matter, YOUR story matters, YOU are enough, and don’t ever let this world try to convince you otherwise.”
Things I Should Have Saidwill delve into her experience growing up in a famous family and what it was like for her to become a teen mom. (She shares daughterMaddie, 13, with ex Casey Aldridge, and is mom toIvey Joan, 3, with husband Jamie Watson.)
The drama surrounding the book comes at a pivotal point for the Spears family. In September, Jamie Spears wassuspended as Britney’s estate conservator, and on Nov. 12, a judge will decide whether to remove Britney from her conservatorship.
Jamie Lynn Spears spoke publicly about the situation in June, saying in several videos on her Instagram Story that she has and"always will support"her sister.
source: people.com
