![]() The two became so close spending virtually every day together, Artani said, that they even shared a bed at night. "We were just doing silly stuff like making videos, dancing around to Madonna," Artani said during our 2019 call. ![]() Next, they flew to Italy, where the two spent several days at Donatella Versace's mansion on Lake Como. The two singers exchanged phone numbers, and before Artani knew it, she was attending New York Fashion Week with the pop star, she said. But we did and we bonded."Īfter the tour ended, Artani was - as she predicted - freshly single, she said. "So she was like, 'Well, you can hang out with me.' I didn't expect her to actually hang out with me. He ditched me,'" Artani said she told Spears. "I was like, 'Yeah, that's not going to last. Spears and Artani perform on July 13, 2002, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Instead, Artani eagerly recalled the sweeping excitement of being in her 20s and landing the gig of a lifetime as a background vocalist for Spears' 2002 "Dream Within a Dream Tour." The 45-year-old singer and children's book author was reluctant to dwell on her negative memories. She added: "It's one of the most significant experiences of my life, unfortunately." "That was my first experience of my friend essentially trying to bully me out of getting credit for a song we sat next to each other and wrote with our hearts when we were sobbing over men." ![]() "I mean, was I hurt? Yeah, I was a young girl," she said. Our conversation at the time was focused on the untold story of how "Everytime" was written and the dramatic falling out the two had after Artani said Spears' team seemed intent on cutting Artani's name from the legacy of the song.ĭuring that phone call, and again when we spoke last week, Artani expressed a variety of emotions that come up when she thinks back to how her intense friendship with Spears abruptly stopped. It often indicates a user profile.Ī photo of Artani and Spears provided to Insider by Artani. And while this shameful fight is duked out privately in family court, when the details hit the press, it always feels like cockroaches scurrying madly when the lights come on.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It all boils down to a power struggle and possible exploitation scheme with an innocent child at the center of it. Shepherd returned the favor by trolling Sally's online dating accounts to put them on blast on Twitter, and call him a liar for padding his income. Just months after winning the ruling, Sally filed for even more child support, alleging through his lawyer that Shepherd has been lying about how much money she makes. In the end, Shepherd was ordered to pay $4100 per month, which she tweeted was "not fair & allowed him to not work." But a judge ruled that Shepherd would remain the child's legal mother, which also left her with a significant financial responsibility since she earns much more than Sally, who is a substitute teacher. The surrogacy was arranged prior to the couple's breakup, and the child was conceived using Sally's sperm and a donor egg, meaning Shepherd and the child have no biological link, according to People. Shepherd and her ex-husband Lamar Sally fought for years over child support payments Sally requested for a son born via surrogate in 2014.
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