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Flashback: When Britney Spears accused Justin Timberlake of using her for ‘fame and attention’

According to a 2022 Business Insider retrospective article, popular pop singer Britney Spears once accused her ex-boyfriend of using her name for fame and attention.

In an Instagram post that has since been deleted, Spears attacked her mother Lynne Spears and her sister Jamie Lynn. The veteran singer also criticized Justin Timberlake, whose 2002 album “Justified” contained several songs that allegedly dealt with the couple's breakup.

“I had a call from Jesus last night and do you know what he said??? Dear child… your mother picked up her book at the exact time you needed her most… and all for WHAT??? FAME and ATTENTION,” she wrote alongside a photo of herself with Timberlake, according to Newsweek.

Additionally, Timberlake's debut solo album included the popular breakup song Cry Me a River. The music video featured a model who looked very similar to Spears, while the lyrics strongly implied that Spears was unfaithful to him.

Later, Spears was the brave and outspoken one. In a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone, she described the video as “desperate.” She then revealed that Timberlake had called her and supposedly wanted to get back together with her or something, but added, “And by the way, you're in a video that's coming out soon.”

This fact was casually interjected with the assurance, “Don't worry. It's no big deal.” Later, the record label contacted her and offered her the opportunity to rework things if she wanted to. Although she had the power to say no to the video, she chose not to, thinking, “Hey, it's your video.”

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake – (Getty Images and Instagram)

According to PEOPLE, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were a hot couple in the early 2000s! From being spotted at numerous events, concerts, and the Super Bowl to Spears revealing that they lived in her LA home during their relationship, it was nothing short of an intense rollercoaster ride for the former couple.

The two met when they starred in the reboot of The Mickey Mouse Club in the 90s. When they started dating in 1999, their young love story generated a lot of gossip and headlines across the media.

After their split in the spring of 2002, the spotlight and media attention only intensified as Timberlake released music that hinted at infidelity. According to PEOPLE, Spears even called her split from Timberlake “one of the biggest breakups in the world” in a post on April 15, 2020.

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