To quote Justin Timberlake , " What goes around , give-up the ghost around , goes around . come all the way back around . "
Britney Spears' memoir,The Woman In Me, is set to be released next week on Oct. 24. And earlier today, excerpts of it were published onPeople.
Among the revelations published in the article was Britney saying she’d had gotten pregnant in late 2000 while datingJustin Timberlake.
While the 41-year-old icon noted she was surprised and happy at the time because she’d previously envisioned having a family with Justin one day, she said Justin was not as supportive of her pregnancy and told her they were too young to have a family. So she agreed to have anabortion.
For context, in late 2000, Britney would have been 18 or 19 (since her birthday is Dec. 2) and Justin would have been 19, which is young. However, Britney went on to write in the book, “If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.” She also wrote about getting the procedure, “To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life.”
As we all know, it’s beenwell-documentedover the years that Justin has brought up Britney over and over in interviews — usually when promoting a new album — and usually making jokes or taking digs at her expense. This was something that was explored in-depth in the 2021New YorkTimes documentary,Framing Britney Spears.
The fact that Britney revealed that she agreed to have an abortion, and he still went on to slut-shame her and make fun of her for years isnotsitting well with people. Below are some of reactions to this:
Wait so let me get this straight .. Justin Timberlake went on a pressing tour draw Britney ’s name through the clay and BRAGGING about fill her virginity and Britney was carrying his BABY ? .. men ai n’t SHIT.pic.twitter.com/KDK0lx4c22
The fact that Justin Timberlake single - handedly damaged the careers / life of two of the large pop stars , Janet Jackson and Britney Spears , without facing any rebound is wild .
Britney Spears had an abortion and Justin Timberlake chemical reaction to their break up is to exploit her sexual experiences publicly knowing very well how the world would treat her while she had to hold this huge secret and pain for yearspic.twitter.com/p3znauQl2 m
always knew justin timberlake was a garbage manpic.twitter.com/jjVjWrg3BW
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take care you , this is the way Justin Timberlake publically talked about a woman who at one period was pregnant by him , and abort his kid bc “ he was not ready to be a father ” . Veryyyyy classy . What die around comes back around.#TheWomanInMepic.twitter.com / j1DTE1mezr
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expect a minute … .Justin Timberlake repeatedly drag Britney Spears in the media meanwhile she was carrying his child#TheWomanInMepic.twitter.com/0Aup02yAvN
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Can we formally invalidate Justin Timberlake now?https://t.co / FbjB41aJRl
Justin Timberlake was the villain all along 👀