" I wanted to call and say , ‘ JT , you sire ta put a muzzle on that miss , ' " Timbaland enjoin when asked about Britney ’s memoir .
Of course, Timbaland has worked with Britney’s ex,Justin Timberlake, for many years. He even produced Justin’s 2002 song “Cry Me a River,” which iswidely believedto have been Justin’s attempt to publicly accuse Britney of cheating on him.
What’s more, Timbaland worked with Justin on his upcoming, yet-to-be-announced album. Hesaidin April, “I just left working with him, we just finished up, and everything sounds great. Now it’s really on him how he plans to wrap it up and how and when he envisions it to come out.” The two also worked together on Timbaland’s song withNelly Furtado, “Keep Going Up,” which wasreleasedin September.
The Woman in Meexplored Britney’s relationship with Justin to a new level, from revealing that shehad an abortionwhile she was with him as he “didn’t want to be a father,” to accusing him ofcheatingon her numerous times, to saying that heended thingswith her over text. “I think [the breakup] was because he’d decided to use me as ammunition for his record,” she wrote of his debut albumJustified, much of which was produced by Timbaland.
On Oct. 30, Timbalandspokeat aneventat the Kennedy Center calledSound Architects: A Producer Conversation with Timbaland.He praised Justin’s work and called “Cry Me a River” the “turning point” in their working relationship, stating that it was what compelled him to return to Justin again and again as a collaborator.
Someone then began to ask Timbaland about the recent reexamination of “Cry Me a River,” given Britney’s memoir. He interrupted the question and said, “She going crazy.”
As the audience laughed, he continued, “I wanted to call and say, ‘JT, you gotta put a muzzle on that girl.'” People continued to laugh, though some sounded shocked.
“But you know what, we live in an age of social media and viral, everybody wanna go viral. I get it, because that’s the way you make money. Go viral.I’ve gotta do something to get people’s attention,” he continued.
Timbaland sound out that Justin Timberlake should have put a “ gag ” on Britney is actually INSANE see Britney has been treat like a cage animal for the retiring 13 years.pic.twitter.com/PjIQoZIydm
While others suggested that his response indicated that there was ample truth to what Britney said:
I ’m happy britney is speaking up , their reactions are just examine that everythingshe said is true .
And some just went for shots at Timbaland’s own current virality:
timbaland has n’t been relevant since 2008 , yeah i d be mad too
Gross! Gross! Gross!
