People Are Once Again Calling Out Justin Timberlake For His Treatment Of Britney Spears Over The Years After She Revealed She Had An Abortion ‘Cause He Wasn’t Ready To Be A Father
To quote Justin Timberlake, "What goes around, goes around, goes around. Comes all the way back around."
Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman In Me, is set to be released next week on Oct. 24. And earlier today, excerpts of it were published on People.
Among the revelations published in the article was Britney saying she'd had gotten pregnant in late 2000 while dating Justin Timberlake.
While the 41-year-old icon noted she was surprised and happy at the time because she'd previously envisioned having a family with Justin one day, she said Justin was not as supportive of her pregnancy and told her they were too young to have a family. So she agreed to have an abortion.
For context, in late 2000, Britney would have been 18 or 19 (since her birthday is Dec. 2) and Justin would have been 19, which is young. However, Britney went on to write in the book, "If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father." She also wrote about getting the procedure, "To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life."
As we all know, it's been well-documented over the years that Justin has brought up Britney over and over in interviews — usually when promoting a new album — and usually making jokes or taking digs at her expense. This was something that was explored in-depth in the 2021 New York Times documentary, Framing Britney Spears.
The fact that Britney revealed that she agreed to have an abortion, and he still went on to slut-shame her and make fun of her for years is not sitting well with people. Below are some of reactions to this:
Wait so let me get this straight.. Justin Timberlake went on a press tour dragging Britney’s name through the mud and BRAGGING about taking her virginity and Britney was carrying his BABY?.. men ain’t SHIT. pic.twitter.com/KDK0lx4c22
The fact that Justin Timberlake single-handedly damaged the careers/lives of two of the biggest pop stars, Janet Jackson and Britney Spears, without facing any repercussions is wild.
Britney Spears had an abortion and Justin Timberlake reaction to their break up is to exploit her sexual experiences publicly knowing very well how the world would treat her while she had to carry this huge secret and pain for years pic.twitter.com/p3znauQl2m
Mind you, this is the way Justin Timberlake publicly talked about a woman who at one point was pregnant by him, and aborted his child bc “he was not ready to be a father”. Veryyyyy classy. What goes around comes back around. #TheWomanInMepic.twitter.com/j1DTE1mezr
Wait a minute….Justin Timberlake repeatedly dragged Britney Spears in the media meanwhile she was carrying his child #TheWomanInMepic.twitter.com/0Aup02yAvN
