Maybe Tunnel Vision Isn’t the Route to Take
With the recent release of Britney Spears’ Memoir “The Woman in Me,” released last Tuesday, Justin Timberlake’s “Mirror’s” really staring back at him and everything he did during the couple’s iconic relationship in the early 2000s.
According to Spears’ new memoir, she revealed that she had an abortion while the two were together, Justin would use AAVE (African-American Vernacular English) when talking to Black artists back in his NSYNC days, and that he broke up with her while she was filming the music video for Overprotected (Darkchild Remix). In a very Y2K fashion — he texted her “It’s over!!!” — I can just imagine Britney’s pink Motorola Razr getting such a disappointing message.
In the memoir Spear’’ revealed that the couple had gotten pregnant and that Timberlake had encouraged Spears to get an abortion. “But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young,” said Spears, according to an article from People magazine, adding that until this day it’s one of the most agonizing things she’s ever experienced.
Because the couple was so popular they tried to avoid the public finding out about their abortion and Spears was given “little pills.” According to a Harper’s Bazaar article, while Spears was going through the pain of an at-home abortion, Timberlake got down on the floor with her and played his guitar to soothe her but never once took her to the hospital. With everything that Britney experienced it’s shocking to read that JT played his guitar at such a life changing-moment for her.
Even though Spears admitted to cheating on Timberlake once — he played the victim for as long as he could, even though he cheated on Britney with dancers and groupies — in pop-star fashion he wrote a song about Britney cheating on him with choreographer Wade Robson; it’s an underground song you might know called “Cry Me a River.”
This isn’t the first time that Timberlake’s been accused of cheating on a partner, in 2019 he was caught cheating on wife Jessica Biel with co-star Alisha Wainwright. The paparazzi caught the two on a balcony holding hands and her grabbing his knee during a night out.
He released an apology on his Instagram addressing the leaked pictures and saying that he “drank too much… and [he] regrets [his] behavior.” I think a cheetah can’t change its spots and Timberlake has shown this type of behavior since the late 90s/ early 2000s so learning that he cheated on Spears was more proving my assumption right than a shock to me.
Timberlake’s bandmate Lance Bass commented on the situation, as he bought Spears’ memoir and planned on listening to it during his flight last Thursday out of LAX. Bass said that people should “find forgiveness” for Timberlake even though he’s never publicly addressed any of these allegations.
Even though he was upset that Spears’ memoir release overshadowed his anniversary, what says “I’m sorry” like a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Monday with the whole family. Timberlake recently disabled his comment section on Instagram as he received floods of hate comments from fans who are now commenting on Biel’s Instagram page, who in response limited the comments that can be left on her Instagram page.
With Spears’ memoir shedding light on details about the Y2K power couple, it seems like there’s much more underneath the surface than we could’ve ever guessed. She reveals so much about her life and what led to her fall from the public eye and maybe we should all just “Mind Our Business,” after reading her memoir.