Michelle Williams Deserves an Oscar for Her Britney Spears Audiobook Performance

Pop star Britney Spears’ debut memoir, The Woman in Me, has finally arrived after weeks of early leaks and stunning revelations: Spears aborted a pregnancy conceived with ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake because he wasn’t interested in having children; Adderall was her drug of choice during her hard-partying days; her diet boiled down to just chicken and canned vegetables during her conservatorship days. And on and on.

Improbably, however, the element of the book that’s gaining the most attention at present is the audiobook version, which is voiced not by Spears herself—the singer says, in a brief introduction to the audiobook, that writing the story was so overwhelming, narrating it would have been too much—but by Academy Award-nominated actress Michelle Williams.

Known for her moody turns in dramatic fare like Blue Valentine and Manchester by the Sea, Williams might seem like an unlikely pick to serve as a mouthpiece for an iconic pop star, but leave all your doubts at the door. Williams crushes the performance, and Twitter has already taken notice.

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