Britney Spears Claims Justin Timberlake Cheated On Her
Ahead of the release of Britney Spears’ memoir, The Woman In Me, another revelation about her relationship with Justin Timberlake has come to light. According to gossip website TMZ, Britney…
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears at the “NBA All-Star Game” at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pa. 2/10/02
Scott Gries/NBAE/ImageDirectAhead of the release of Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman In Me, another revelation about her relationship with Justin Timberlake has come to light. According to gossip website TMZ, Britney apparently wasn't the cheater in the relationship but rather the *NSYNC band member. Spears took the heat for cheating as the reason why their relationship ended. Justin's 2002 hit song, "Cry Me A River," helped to push that narrative. Per her memoir, however, Spears accuses JT of cheating with another celebrity.
As we previously reported, in 2000, Spears got pregnant by Timberlake and the two opted for an abortion. She claims he was the one who pushed for it, as "Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father." They mentioned that the decision to have an abortion continued to have a lasting impact on Spears, who was 19 at the time. She felt Timberlake was the love of her life during their relationship, which lasted three years until 2002. Page Six reported Timberlake was apprehensive about what Britney might reveal in her book.
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In the memoir, Britney doesn't name the person Justin cheated on her with. This is because the "If U Seek Amy" singer says the "woman now has a family Brit doesn't want to embarrass." Timberlake has yet to address either revelations about his and Spears' relationship. Britney and Justin met while working together on 1992's The Mickey Mouse Club.
Justin's "Cry Me A River" was written after he and Spears had a nasty argument, with the lyrics and video implying she cheated. She has never denied the claims and released her song "Everytime" the following year. Her writing partner, Annet Artani, says the song was a direct response to "Cry Me a River," which Spears has neither confirmed nor denied. Since the news of Britney's abortion, fans have speculated that "Everytime" is actually about her pregnancy story with Justin. At the end of the music video, there is even a woman giving birth.
The Woman in Me is set to hit bookstores next Tuesday, October 24.
These Celebrities Share The Same Ex
Hollywood can be a small dating pool. Celebrities hook up with each other in their same social circles. And there is no shortage of Hollywood divorces. The dating world of the rich and the famous is small for those who are in it. As a result, there are many celebrities who share the same lovers.
Take a look below at which celebrities have been with the same person:
Lenny Kravitz
Evan Agostini/Mike Coppola/Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesLisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz were married from 1985 to 1993. Adriana Lima and Lenny were together from 2001 to 2003, and were engaged.
Harry Styles
Amy Sussman/Getty Images/Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyTaylor Swift and Harry Styles dated for a year back in 2012 and both wrote songs about each other. Nearly ten years later and a woman ten years older, Harry dated Olivia Wilde for two years.
Demi Moore
Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for ShowtimeDemi Moore was married to Bruce Willis from 1987 and welcomed three daughters with him: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. They divorced in 2000. Moore and Ashton Kutcher married in 2005 after dating for two years. She announced their split in November 2011 and they finalized their divorce two years later.
Matthew McConaughey
Frazer Harrison/Emma McIntyre/Getty Images/Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images for WCRFBefore marrying his wife Camila Alves in 2012, McConaughey dated Bullock for two years in 1996.
Angelina Jolie
Joe Maher/JC Olivera/Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesBilly Bob Thornton and Jolie were married from 2000 to 2003 after they met and fell in love on the set of 1999's 'Pushing Tin.' She met Brad while on the set of 2003's 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith.' She was single, but Brad was married to Jennifer Aniston. Jolie and Pitt married in 2014, divorcing five years later citing irreconcilable differences.
Katy Perry
Jeff Spicer/Monica Schipper/JC Olivera/Getty ImagesRussell Brand and Perry married back in 2010, but it only lasted 14 months. In 2016, Perry began dating Orlando Bloom. After taking a break in 2017, they rekindled their romance less than a year later and are now engaged and share a daughter together.
Kendall Jenner
Frazer Harrison/Dimitrios Kambouris/Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesKendall was linked to Nick Jonas in 2015 after his split from Olivia Culpo. Fast forward to 2020, Jenner dated Phoenix Suns Devin Booker on and off for 2 years -- her longest relationship to date.
Justin Bieber
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Vanity Fair/Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy/Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesJustin and Selena Gomez were the ultimate pop power couple, dating on and off from 2008 to 2018. Justin and Hailey Baldwin dated for six months in 2016 when he and Selena weren't together and reunited again a month after he and Selena broke up in 2018. Justin and Hailey got engaged in July 2018 and married in September 2018.
Megan Fox
Dia Dipasupil/ Jamie McCarthy/Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesBrian Austin Green and Fox first met in 2004 while filming 'Hope & Faith.' They began dating shortly after, marrying in 2010 and share three children together. In 2020, Fox filed for divorce and went on to date Machine Gun Kelly. In 2022, MGK proposed to Fox. The couple's relationship is up in the air, as breakup rumors began in February 2023.
Halsey
Frazer Harrison/Amy Sussman/Getty Images/Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Black Music Action CoalitionEvan Peters and Halsey dated for a few months from September 2019 until February 2020. G-Eazy and Halsey had an on-and-off relationship from 2017 until it ultimately ended in October 2018.
Madonna
Stuart C. Wilson/Dimitrios Kambouris/Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesMadonna's been married twice: first to Sean Penn, to whom she was married from 1985 to 1989, and then to Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008.
Kim Kardashian
Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company/Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for ABA/Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BETKanye and Kim started dating in 2012, marrying 2 years later. They divorced in 2022 and share four children together. Ray J dated Kim from 2002-2006 and famously made a sex tape with her in 2004.
Scarlett Johansson
Amy Sussman/Getty Images/Monica Schipper/Getty Images for David Yurman/Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for American Museum of Natural HistoryRyan Reynolds and Scarlett began dating in 2007 and married a year later. In 2011, the couple divorced. One marriage, divorce, and a child later, Scarlett and Colin Jost began dating in 2017 after knowing each other for a decade. They married secretly in 2020 and share a son together.
Justin Timberlake
David Livingston/Kevin Winter/Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesBritney Spears met Justin on 'The Mickey Mouse Club' in 1992. They began dating in 1999 but broke up in 2002. Timberlake dated Jessica Biel in 2007 and though they broke up briefly in 2011, the couple tied the knot in 2012. The couple share two children together.
Demi Lovato
Leon Bennett/Getty Images/Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy/Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Vanity FairJoe Jonas dated his 'Camp Rock' co-star for just three months in 2010, but remain friends. Wilmer Valderrama dated Demi on and off from 2010 to 2016.
Ryan Gosling
Frazer Harrison/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images/Angela Weiss/Getty Images for New York & CompanyGosling and Rachel McAdams began dating in 2005 after 'The Notebook' came out. They called it quits two years later. Gosling then dated Eva Mendes shortly after filming 'The Place Beyond the Pines' in 2011. The couple, who share two kids together, have kept their lives private.
Joaquin Phoenix
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts/Gareth Cattermole/Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesJoaquin dated his 'Inventing the Abbotts' co-star Liv Tyler from 1995 to 1998. Almost a decade later, Phoenix began dating Rooney Mara in 2016. The couple got engaged in 2019 and a year later, Mara gave birth to their son, River.
