Britney Spears calls off engagement, quits X Factor

Spears and Trawick announce their split the same day that the Toxic singer confirms she was leaving The X Factor

Pop star Britney Spears on Friday called it quits with both fiancé Jason Trawick and as a celebrity judge on The X Factor talent show.

Spears, 31, and Trawick, 41 — her former agent — got engaged in December 2011.

“Jason and I have decided to call off our engagement,” Spears said in a statement. “I’ll always adore him and we will remain great friends.”



Spears and Trawick announced their split the same day that the Toxic singer confirmed she was leaving The X Factor after just one year as a judge on the Fox singing show, saying it was time to get back to making music.

“I had an incredible time doing the show and I love the other judges and I am so proud of my teens but it’s time for me to get back in the studio.”Watching them all do their thing up on that stage every week made me miss performing so much! I can’t wait to get back out there and do what I love most,” Spears said of her X Factor departure. 

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13^th, 2013.

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