“A horrible character.” Britney Spears didn’t have harsh enough words to describe her ex-partner Justin Timberlake in her autobiography The Woman in Me, published in October. A few months after the release and the promotional period ended, the pop star apologized to him on social networks and complimented him for his latest title in an Instagram publication (his account, followed by 42.2 million followers, is now private ).
“I want to apologize for some of the things I wrote in my book. If I offended people I sincerely care about, I am deeply sorry,” she explained. In her book, the singer detailed her long personal descent into hell, recounting in particular that she had an abortion under pressure from Justin Timberlake when she was only 19 years old. These revelations aroused the anger of his fans against the interpreter of Cry Me A River, calling for a boycott of the artist who, in their eyes, “ruined the life of Britney Spears”.
In her Instagram post, the singer also complimented her ex-boyfriend’s new songs, including his single Selfish, which was released on January 25. “I also wanted to say that I am in love with Justin Timberlake’s new song. She’s great,” she continued. The American actually presented this new track last weekend during his appearance on the show Saturday Night Live, as part of the promotion of his next album Everything I Thought It was.
If the two artists seem to have buried the hatchet, fans of Britney Spears will take longer to convince. His staunch defenders are trying to scuttle the success of Timberlake’s latest song by promoting an old song by the pop star, also called Selfish.
