Ohh Britney you're the siren 🚨 racing through my mind 😂 ohh Britney you're so fine ! Music mystical fantasy and dream ohh Britney you're the prettiest woman I've ever seen Revelation 20:1
If you didn't read the book, know that Britney showed Justin a lot of grace and understanding throughout it. The media just likes to focus on the negative. But I'm so proud of Britney for finally being able to tell her story. She deserves all the success
He doesn't deserve that grace and understanding, he's a selfish, arrogant a-hole, who throws people under the bus to get ahead. Britney, his Nsync buddies, Janet Jackson, was disrespectful to Prince when he was alive & when he died, wanted to use a hologram even though that was against Prince's wishes & they were not friends. He sucks
She was always graceful and kind towards him, not just now. Because of him, she was painted as the town wh*re and got all of that nefarious press attention. She could have dragged him then, he deserved as much, but she kept quiet and lived her life. She even sent him gifts when his son was born! Thinking about how much he contributed to her downward spiral, how much he maligned her over the years, oh boy, she’s so much better than I would have been in her shoes. A true classy lady. She really loved him and it breaks my heart that someone she so loved treated her so appallingly.
Exactly. She didn’t talk badly about his behavior. It wasn’t really about him. To me it was about her and how it made her feel. I actually thought he seemed really sweet and attentive during her passage about the abortion. The fact that she was in pain and he tried to sooth her was sweet to me. They both just seemed like 2 kids who were terrified.
So glad Britney is finally able to tell her side of things. Growing up in that era, I remember how popular it was to just insult her for no reason. Justin Timberlake is getting what he deserves. And he can keep that comeback, he owes his entire solo career to Pharrell and Timbaland anyway.
His acting in Reptile is miserable anyway. The whole movie was great except for literally him. His talents are in comedy and his singing vocals, which are really only successful when an excellent producer like Timbaland is doing all the heavy lifting or in the case of *NSYNC 4 other talented singers to harmonize with behind someone else’s carefully curated persona that relies heavily on gimmicks
I don't understand this narrative that Justin owes his entire solo career to his producers. Almost all artists use producers, Britney too. In fact, Justin is way more involved in writing and producing his own music than most artists are, including Britney. This is a cheap attack.
@@lelidawi2446 I'd hardly call a comment on a youtube video an attack, but ok. I'm not knocking him for using producers, but his most successful songs were when he worked with those producers, and the songs where he didn't people weren't really interested. Its very clear that the sound developed with those producers is what worked best for him. But also I think you just took this way too seriously.
@@efghd2624 What you're saying is nonsense, and you're talking to someone who literally knows the producers of every single JT song released, so stop pretending to know what you're talking about as you just guess. There basically are no songs (at least no singles) where Justin didn't work with Pharell or Timbaland so I don't know what you're comparing to. He worked with Max Martin a few times though, but those songs were generally quite successful, like his arguably biggest hit - Can't stop the feeling.
I was and still am a huge Backstreet Boys fan and never was a fan of JT. When asked about him, BSB acknowledged how talented he is, they definitely alluded he wasn’t the nicest guy. The whole Janet Jackson Super Bowl debacle really soured my opinion of him and have maintained it since. He’s made his career by stepping on the success other women.
Backstreet boys with the lead singer who is literally accused of multiple rapes is preferable to Justin Timberlake because as a 20 year old he believed his dancer when he confessed to sleeping with Britney and then made a song about it? Britneys stans have lost all perspective at this point.
No, we don't. We don't know him personally, we don't know what really went on between the two of them. We've heard Britney's version, never properly heard his. There may be reasons he was so bitter. He's never bad mouthed his other exes in the same way.
After the way he treated her and Janet Jackson he deserves everything he gets. Watching his star rise while Britney and Janet got dragged through the mud was (and still is) beyond infuriating. I remember seeing his interviews at the time. He's a disgusting human being.
I can understand how people were led to believe him against Britney because their issues were private, but in Janet's case, he literally was the one who ripped her clothes in live television how people could not see that.
Poor poor Justin. About to plan his comeback and it’s ruined by the truth of his actions. The way he dragged her and used her to make himself famous is absolutely disgusting. I have complicated feelings on canceling, but cancel this mf
Uh, WHAT comeback? Justin is a little past his sell by date. Trying to do any such thing is just beating a dead horse. Let the poor thing rest in peace.
I was a preteen when nipplegate happened. And even as a child l wondered how it was only Janet Jackson getting the hate when the pictures showed both Justin and Janet. Now l have the vocabulary and understanding of how toxicity was being thrown at women. It unconsciously taught me though that l could NEVER n /would never get away with the same behavior as my cousins or brothers or indeed any male person around me.
@@wildwesley9328 I guess it shows that kids sometimes have the right instincts ! I'm glad many of us reacted this way as kids :). Let's hang onto that part of ourselves !
Timberland recently went running his mouth about Justin & Britney & has rightfully recieved backlash. I always held Justin accountable for that business at the superbowl
I legitimately cannot believe that Janet was blamed for someone else FORCEFULLY exposing her breast without consent!!! Also Oprah and her crappy innuendos.
This actually well said. The early 2000's were a nightmare and it must have been insane to navigate the media at the time. I will say personally I don't see myself buying any apology or whatever from Justin. He's been shaped by how much he's been able to get away with and its turned him into a crappy guy. There's way to many rumours and photos of Justin cheating on Jessica Biel for me not believe that even in this day and age he's up to his old tricks
We forget that he has messed around on his current wife. He hasn’t learned his lesson obviously. I just don’t give people like him attention. It is the worst thing you can do to someone like him.
Anything bad that happens to Timberlake is well deserved. The dude is such a slimeball and did really disturbing things happily knowing he was using women. He's the worst. Until this dude takes actual, physical action to help women, he's just mad he got caught
This is an extreme take. The dehumanising culture that used to be directed at women needs to die, not just flipped to attack boys you dislike. You sound no different than the 2003 crazies now. What happened here is two 20 year olds suspected each other of cheating, broke up and one of them based music on it in the same way that Taylor Swift bases her music on her breakups. Ratcheting up the public rage when you know there are literal lunatics that could do something dangerous with it is silly. ESPECIALLY when you are talking about two 20 year olds that legitimately believed the other was a cheater.
@@jakestroll6518Justin did horrible things, this is not „oh I don’t like him“. He is a big part of the problem. Forcing a women to have an abortion without medical attention, risking her death is only one thing he did. He is BAD.
@@Puerco-Potter we have two different opinions. My life experience showed me, many time the hard way, that people who do bad things never apologize for it and continue doing what they are doing, means they are bad and I don’t want anything to do with them.
Justin has never tried to be supportive of Britney, so his people stating that he has is laughable. YEARS after their breakup he would continue to drag Britney every chance he got, and then claim he wasn't referring to her when it was so obvious he was. Justin seems to think we are a lot dumber than we actually are.
The 2000s and the decades before were a dark age for women; riddled with Purity culture and policing women's sexuality and bashing feminism. Britney, Pamela Andersen, Janet Jackson, Monica Lewinsky, all judged and shamed back then. We have come a long way from those dark days and I thank God for that. We're progressing as a society.
Pam Anderson became a multi-millionaire, despite having zero acting talent. If these were "Dark Ages" for women, The 80s were Dark Ages for Arnie and Stallone
As someone who lived through the 2000s and worse, I'm not sure where everyone sees it's "getting better." Incels, Andrew Tate worshippers, Proud Boys, the repeal of Row v Wade, mass shooters... I'm not so sure I can agree that it's getting any better.
I know Britney is one of the kindest still being able to humanise Justin. The part about him insisting she get the abortion she didn't even want at home, and not even with a doctor but with only him and another person AND THEN strumming his stupid guitar on the floor while Britney was suffering in horrible pain from the abortion
I remember when he sang “rehab” on his future sex love show tour while Britney was at the peak of her meltdown. Obviously aimed at her. Roll the tape! I also see Justin as not knowing who is as a person through his music. It’s just all over the place people pleasing energy. 🤷🏾♂️
What is so upsetting about this situation is that Justin STILL threw Britney under the bus and bashed her for years AFTER she aborted her baby FOR HIM. Before the abortion became public knowledge, Justin was just criticized for selling out his ex girlfriend for his first solo album. However, being aware of this very important piece of information makes the whole break up aftermath the more sad + upsetting, bc Justin CHOSE to bash Britney publicly and use her as ammunition to launch his solo career after she terminated the pregnancy FOR HIM. SICK!
Everyone needs to be held accountable. Including the industry execs, Magazines, Grammys, and websites that helped to encourage this behavior. Like we need names and dates of employment. Anyway, glad Britney is able to say her piece.
And the thing about all this, is that we keep reevaluating over and over but just this year we saw the very public dragging down of a women by a man and his millions of supporters who were more than happy to view the women as a villain. Going after Justin might feel good because in hindsight it was so obvious what was happening but we need to work on recognizing it as its happening as well.
@@Puerco-Potter Being wealthy doesn’t keep one from being exposed or keep one from being trash. All those millions he has didn’t keep Britney’s truth from coming out.
Never cared for Justin. I didn't understand his appeal. What stands out to me is the way he treated Janet during the SuperBowl and how he didn't get the backlash...
Same. I never understood his phase of trying to act like a hood boy. He was always fake about everything. And I never understood the criticism with Britney's every move. People obsess over these celebs in the most brainless way. Look how long it took for them to turn on R Kelly.....
Yall really acting like justified and futuresex lovesounds arent amazing albums, yeah alright. Justin may have been a dick but he made some great music
The amount of bad behavior that men in the past have been allowed to get away with !!!!! The way Janet Jackson and Britney were treated publicly and by the press was horrendous… we have come so far …. Yet misogyny still exists…. People need to wake up
Not even close enough to the bad behavior that women got away with, like r ape and domestic abuse, stuff that we see a new viral case every week on channels like Law&Crime Network
She is so right about the treatment and expectations for women in the 90's. The funny f'd up thing is most times it's a woman attacking another women to keep her down..ie Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, etc
I don't really care about what celebrities do and had no idea what their relationship was like before I watched this video. I watched this video because I find y'all's take on movies and pop culture very intriguing. WOW! Everything that he did from cheating to villainizing Britany points to him being a classic narcissist. Brittany was obviously suffering for many years from narcissistic abuse and the fans acted as Justin's flying monkeys!
@@virginia3937 agreed. I never found him attractive growing up. He was always just ok imo. And it took him well into late adulthood to finally get a decent hairstyle that didn’t look like shh on him.
Just like Justin's behavior was enabled and ok in that era, it's ok for him to face the music and have his feet held to the fire and all the repurcussions that come along with it jn this era.
I even remember that contracts began to circulate forbidding actors to change their appearance because of that moment. She looked amazing regardless, and it shouldn't have been a big deal, but oh well...
I always had the impression they didn't hate her for it just really disliked the admittedly awful haircut* and found it so jarring so as to be immersion-breaking... and then people just got on a roll with being upset about it. . *no hate, but it was not flattering, and I wonder if the stylist just wasn't used to cutting curly hair because I had something similiar, though less drastic, happen to me where once cut, my then-much-lighter waves sprang up into curls and ruined the whole shape of the hairdo the stylist had aimed for.
The original Joe Jonas. Okay but actually Taylor and Britney collabing would be so fun like a whole Taylor album written about Britney and her life and struggles with her featuring on some or all of the songs 😍🤤
Britney is literally the reason why Justin has a solo career. She is the reason why most of the people in her life have careers and money. 😮 People are just the worst.
I'm more surprised at how Earth shattering everybody seems to think all of this is as if it's new information. For the most part, it's really not that shocking. The tabloid culture of the early 2000s was horrendous but it is so overblown, it was ridiculous and is to this day. Britney Spears was my Queen growing up so I followed all of this more closely than a lot of other people but I would just roll my eyes when the music video with the Britney look like came on and bop to Cry Me A River, it's a good song. Cancel culture is what people will be examine 20 years from now.
People aren’t shocked as if it’s new info. They’re “shocked” bc the media is finally acknowledging what everyone already thought 20 years ago instead of gaslighting us , bc it’s finally coming from a source who has nothing to gain from lying about it
Ill admit, I was no fan of Britney during this time period. But I'm beginning to wonder if some of my perceptions were being colored by both what Justin Timberlake had said about her publicly, and how she was being put on display for mockery and ridicule by the press, especially gossip websites like TMZ and Perez Hilton. They made her an easy person to laugh at and gawk at because to the outside world, Justin seemed like a reasonable, likeable, and together kind of guy, while Britney's very visible breakdown was somehow proof of her mental inferiority. She was not someone to sympathize with, but to try and avoid becoming, like the crazy ex trope that was so prevalent during that time in pop culture. Looking back on this time is pretty shameful, given the amount of cultural cache they carried at the time. We saw so many starlettes of the 2000s have their careers dissolve due to drug dependency and body image problems thanks to the relentless scrutiny they were under to be thin, tanned, and camera ready. Truly ghoulish behavior by the paparazzi at the time to hound them for exploitative and damaging photos that would have caused any person to have generalized anxiety and body issues. Being aware of this 20 years after the fact is a sober reminder of how hostile the environment was to young celebrities, but also how detrimental it was to the fans of impressionable age who were absorbing all this as a distorted reality.
I knew JT was a bad guy at the time(like late 90s)because of some things he said in an interview. I really don’t remember exactly what it was something to do with his hair and it giving him “street cred”. It seemed desperate, cringey, and weirdly narcissistic(yes that word is overused but both super bragging while being deeply insecure). When cry me a river came out I knew for a fact he was a jerk. He just struck me as a person that was fine hurting others because he was insecure and weak. I find that kind of person dangerous to the mental health of other people.
I've thought so for quite a while, too. The Cry Me a River video was in bad taste, and his notable silence regarding Janet was cowardly, obviously him allowing her to take the backlash alone. But there were other, littler things that I picked up on that nobody seem to talk about. I wondered why, in particular, others didn't seem to find his song Mirror to be subtly narcississtic. The lyrics "my mirror staring back at me... I couldn't get any bigger with anyone else beside of me" is very me-focused for a song supposedly meant to be an us-focused song. And "it was easy comin' back here to you once I figured it out" always sounded like he was playing off his cheating as nbd and it was necessary to play the field, and also saying that once he realized there weren't any better options -- because he wanted to and did in fact go and check that -- oh, *then* he was willing to go back to her. It left a bad taste in my mouth when others praised it as so sweet and romantic a song.
this “I Told You So!” moment is so bitter, he was trash all the time, he ruined Janet and Never Faced Any Consequences! and the Celebrity Couple with Britney Was just weird and way too much, felt fake and pushed on them by media, and Justin will not face Any backlash for anything
Janet Jackson, the freaking queen was basically cancelled while he went and performed like nothing, when he was the perpetrator. And Britney had to sit there being berated by Diane sawyer. He was all doe eyed on TV, knowing fully well that he was the one sleeping around. It's not that i don't understand that he was young and had people in his ear. I'm just wondering. At some point, he became a grown man, got married, welcomed beautiful children. Did he ever sit looking back and think to himself "that was f-ed up. I was horrible"? My point is, he should have apologized a long time ago, before being called out.
Janet & Brittany never said anything and will not degrade him because they are just too kind and compassionate… real queens. Unfortunately, like most Women, we tolerate way too much abuse on us. Despite all the damages done by so much selfishness and darkness. Even in the book, Brittany is not using any degrading words VS Justin in his songs/speeches and interviews for years… She is just way too nice 😢🙏 That’s why the world is outraged because clearly it’s about Justice, human/women’s rights and abuse.
He had the resources thrown at his solo career because of how marketable he was. His famous girlfriends was a main factor of this. He dumped Cameron Diaz before his second album dropped. Classy guy Flog
Just picture this she’s on the floor possibly bleeding and suffering from abortion. And he was there strumming his guitar probably happy that he will not be responsible of the kid. That’s some Dahmer sh*t.
@@Puerco-Potter The problem isn't that he didn't want to be a father, the problem is how callous he was towards Britney. When your partner is in mental and physical agony, you comfort and support them instead of celebrating that you got your way. She got the abortion for him so that he didn't have to be a father, even though she wanted to be a mother. So the absolute least he should do is support her.
I have so much respect for Britney. It takes a very strong woman to listen to your cheating ex-boyfriend make the whole world believe that you were the cheater and not shit talk him back. She had more grace than I would have in that situation. It's her right to talk about it in her memoir, it's a part of her life story and she's already been silent for decades. I'm glad that she's clearing her name.
I must say a musical smear campaign was a genius move from a man that is notorious for using and abusing women but always knew how to play the Hollywood PR game to his advantage. Must suck that “What goes around, comes back around”. Good riddance to the “young and a child” excuse, any bulls*it excuse to clean his slate and image and let’s ignore all the traumas he caused because he was “just so young”. If that excuse would be valid for all humans, we could all be this sh*tty and disgusting and never face any consequences because we have the “young excuse” of never improving, taking accountability, asking for forgiveness and doing the right thing!
I am 100% on board with the opinion that JT is a tool. No debate there. But, gosh, I am sure glad that no one is judging me on how I conducted myself in romantic relationships in my teens and early 20's!
I never understood what Janet apologised for. He tore her top off and, even so, it was just skin. What was there to apologise for? What did she do wrong? Why was it such a big deal? As for that guy, what an a$$. Loving how it comes back to bite him! It took too long!
Reading these comments have me disgusted at how some of ya'll were raised. It seems that people just want to pile on the hate even if he apologizes or takes concrete steps to do better. What would you want him to do? Off himself? Will that make some of you feel better? I speak as a Britney fan through and through. I didn't see the appeal of him or their relationship but whatever made her happy right? Yeah what he did was messed up. Yes, he's a product of his time. I lived through those years, I know he wasn't the only one. Doesn't absolve him or the men that bought into that "norm". But if Brit and Janet could forgive him, I hope ya'll know that it's not up to you to fight him over something they've gotten over already. Yes, I hope he does them justice by genuinely doing something to atone for his shady behavior. But he's quiet because he's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. Ya'll are not ready to hear his side and if he did speak up, I'm sure people would find a way to twist everything to fit their agenda. I agree with this take in the ways that he should take steps to fulfill his more recent apology, stay humbled and aware that his influence does impact the larger industry. But we should all take responsibility with how we react to this whole debacle and stop acting like we've never done shady shit ourselves. We're so quick to crucify him but would turn a blind eye if the opportunity arises where we could have been better people but weren't. This is one of those instances. You don't have to forgive him, but stop acting like he's the devil for being a flawed human being. I love Brit and only hope for her continued freedom and healing. And as an Nsync fan who also liked JT's solo music, I hope he does better as a person. But at the end of the day, this is their lives and they don't know us. Your outrage is only hurting your peace and nobody else's. So take it down 10 notches and think about how you'd talk to a friend if they did the things either Brit or Justin have done. Like a decent human being. Break the cycle and own up to your part in this ecosystem of idolatry and cancel culture.
It's not true that "Justin kept mention of Nsync at arms length after he went solo, until he started hearing rumours about Britney's book and all of a sudden found time to reconnect with the band". During the 2010's he openly spoke about his time with Nsync many times, he went on Lance's podcast a few years ago to talk about No strings attatched during it's 20th anniversary, and he also uhm PERFORMED WITH NSYNC at the VMA's in 2013, went on Ellen with them around like 2018-19 and revealed they had an active groupchat together, and they all accepted a Hollywood Star together and gave a speech around that time too. Stop creating narratives you know are fake. Justin stopped being ashamed of Nsync in like 2013.
Britney does show Justin a lot of grace and it was 20 years ago. I am not just going to cancel or get mad at Justin cause of it.I am sad that Britney been through and Justin behavior was pretty bad. It’s why I don’t invest in celebrity relationships
Thank you for bravely and gracefully placing the truth out in the world, Britney. Women all over the world should learn to walk away from toxic men rather than waste time in the hope that they will change.
The moment Justin shut down Ernest Owens on Twitter, calling him a "sweet soul" for pointing out his appropriation and asking him to apologise to Janet, I knew he was the exploitative, selfish culture vulture I'd always suspected him to be!
I feel bad for her a little bit with Justin Timberlake. At the end of the day, it is her body through. The twins/ " rumored clones" is what I would ask her about through.
Ever since Gone by nsync then soon after completely abandoning them, Justin's had moments of rubbing me the wrong way. I generally liked him, but with this coming out after he drug her through the mud playing the victim while promoting Justified I just can't stand the guy anymore
Calling him and the system that enabled this out is important, yes, but in this discussion things can get even more complicated: For starters, Janet herself said in her documentary that she asked Justin to not comment, as his career was just beggining (Showing the angel that she is), even though her experience and Britneys' with Justin are both proves of misoginy mixing both can be confusing as Both Janet and Justin are on good terms now and he admited his mistakes in 2009 regarding the matter. On Britney, she shows a lot of class by not dragging Justin on the book, as cathartic and deserving it can be (as prove, there is the internet). Britney rages to the system that put her in the hellhole, and we should do the same, let the catharsys come and then reflect on our steps for healing. At the end, we should all let go. Britney has a lot of people whom caused harm and are way worse (Her father for example), she needs healing now from her conservatorship, not being put on the limelight for a relationship 20 years past. Justin, on the other hand, can go and say anything, it wouldn't matter as people have already their minds made and no apologies, even though they are necesary, seem to be accepted (see comments on his 2021 letter). We should reflect on our mistakes and let them go, not to be jugded (and be judging them), 20 years onward, even more so as those mistakes are not that bad (like r@p3 or m*rd3r), and are caused, and affected by the system we should be raging. Great video, as always
id love to see you talk about selena v hailey drama, i feel opinions will sway to support hailey soon because selena has been shady like making palestine conflict about her mental health.
As Justin once sang, "But that's ok baby cause in time you'll see What goes around, goes around, goes around comes all the way back around." no sympathy here. Cry us a river Justin 🤷♀️
They were both super young. If any of us were judged of who we were and what we said and did at that age, we’d be beyond humiliated. And we were not rich or famous, especially in that era. So enough with the holier-than-thou bullshit from a lot of these “influencers” and talking heads.
Still think that "South Park" said it all best- young women really are sacrificed on the alter of fame...not sure if it's for good corn crop though lol
As a Brit I couldn't understand the outrage to that Janet Jackson thing. It just wasnt that big of a deal to me. I think the big reaction may have been more of a cultural thing in America.
Timberfake is just a bloody coward. His actions prove that. Why are some people acting like, "sure, but let's forgive and forget" so no responsability for his cowardice and lack of manhood.
Even when Justin Timberlake grabbed Janet Jackson's top and pulled it down, it was Janet Jackson was the one who had to absorb all of the backlash. To this day people still only blame women.
No it’s time we do what they did to us to them we make them feel how they try to make us feel it’s not enough for them to apologize and account. It’s time for them to know what it felt like.
The era that shaped Justin, or Justin a willing participant??? Even the headline is taking responsibility off of Justin. No one forced Justin to behave this way. He chose too because he’s a jerk. Plain & simple. This has nothing to do with an “era.”
Justin by playing Victim Card, consciously exploited Britney's vulnerability to elevate his own standing. While projecting an image of heartbreak to the public, he simultaneously pursued other liaisons, capitalizing on Britney's innocence. For decades, Justin has perpetuated a narrative that disparages Britney, be it through music videos, misleading interviews, & public performances. His actions appear calculated to paint himself in a favorable light, often at her expense. Despite the numerous controversies surrounding him, Timberlake has remained largely unscathed, revealing a discrepancy in accountability. The veneer of Timberlake as the beloved golden boy is misleading. One need only refer to Janet Jackson's experience post-Super Bowl to recognize the disparity in treatment.
I used to love Justin … until his true colors started coming out. He’s a big reason she ended up the way she did. He should be ashamed of himself. I can’t believe Jessica hasn’t divorced his ass
Do more research, Justin had to apologize before performing at that Grammy’s , Janet did not apologize. Also, Janet’s personal shopper stated that he bought a bedazzled jewelry piece to cover her n*pple, but the costume was designed to be torn away right at the lyrics “gonna have you naked by the end of this song “. Justin didn’t even have time to rehearse prior to the SuperBowl, he was just arriving from another country. People forget that Janet was an actress long before that incident, so it was not as shocking as she portrayed. It wouldn’t have even been a big deal if TiVo and DVRS weren’t all the rage so that perverted men could rewind and replay the moment over and over again. I’ve read Britney’s book twice and as a GenXer, who has seen Janet, Britney and Justin multiple times in concert, I can honestly say that I’m still a fan of all 3 of them. Why do we have to pick sides? Britney definitely hasn’t asked us to.
So, why hasn't Britney tried to say her side of the story during these past years until her memoir came out? I'm not trying to ask a loaded question, I'm genuinely curious as to why Britney hasn't said anything.
Haven’t had a chance to get my hands on her book yet, but I think it’s pretty objectively easy to say if someone who lived through the early 2000 who wasn’t that much younger than her Britney Spears got dragged through the mud for the same reason any woman who is in control of her sexuality, got dragged through the mud because men don’t like it men didn’t like that someone like Brittany, who was so beautiful and so talented Edd was so OK with her body and so OK with her sexuality it made them scared, so what did the tablets do? They ripped her apart, dragged through the mud and tried to destroy her her. But they didn’t count on that a few decades later after all that shit happened, he would get a freedom back get her voice back and put all of them on fucking not that it’s over we’re done taking the world crap as women we’re done being made to feel bad for who we are and Britney Spears is the first one of us to stand up and say you know what I regret what I did I would’ve never done it had the choice been mine alone been mine alone I think that’s the most important narrative that her book has gotten out is that I wouldn’t have killed my baby hadn’t been my choice alone. Yeah so often we’ve been taught that you know as women oh, we won’t regret abortions we’re doing the right thing yada yada yada when realistically no as a woman, you cannot inherently just kill your child and feel nothing for it because that was your child, I think that’s the most important thing that this is pointing out is that Brittany regrets her decision she never take it back and she knew that then when she did it objectively yes but she was somehow pressured by her dude society family her career whatever to do something, she inherently knew was wrong and I applaud her for having the balls to stand up and say that I regret it because too many women regret their abortions, and never get a chance to admit that to themselves, let alone in the world
Go to factormeals.com/thetake50 and use code thetake50 to get 50% off.
LEAVE!😭 Brittany! ALONE!
Ohh Britney you're the siren 🚨 racing through my mind 😂 ohh Britney you're so fine !
Music mystical fantasy and dream ohh Britney you're the prettiest woman I've ever seen
Revelation 20:1
If you didn't read the book, know that Britney showed Justin a lot of grace and understanding throughout it. The media just likes to focus on the negative. But I'm so proud of Britney for finally being able to tell her story. She deserves all the success
Exactly. She is a woman of grace and always has been. She could have been super savage in the book and still chose the high road.
He doesn't deserve that grace and understanding, he's a selfish, arrogant a-hole, who throws people under the bus to get ahead. Britney, his Nsync buddies, Janet Jackson, was disrespectful to Prince when he was alive & when he died, wanted to use a hologram even though that was against Prince's wishes & they were not friends. He sucks
She was always graceful and kind towards him, not just now. Because of him, she was painted as the town wh*re and got all of that nefarious press attention. She could have dragged him then, he deserved as much, but she kept quiet and lived her life. She even sent him gifts when his son was born! Thinking about how much he contributed to her downward spiral, how much he maligned her over the years, oh boy, she’s so much better than I would have been in her shoes. A true classy lady.
She really loved him and it breaks my heart that someone she so loved treated her so appallingly.
Because they made mistakes in believing him
Exactly. She didn’t talk badly about his behavior. It wasn’t really about him. To me it was about her and how it made her feel. I actually thought he seemed really sweet and attentive during her passage about the abortion. The fact that she was in pain and he tried to sooth her was sweet to me. They both just seemed like 2 kids who were terrified.
That Super Bowl backlash for Janet still pisses me off
Same
Same here. JUSTICE FOR JANET. ❤
same.
Yup!
AND he was invited back to perform at the Superbowl years later and SANG THE SAME SONG! 🤬
yeah, it was never made right, not truly.
So glad Britney is finally able to tell her side of things. Growing up in that era, I remember how popular it was to just insult her for no reason. Justin Timberlake is getting what he deserves. And he can keep that comeback, he owes his entire solo career to Pharrell and Timbaland anyway.
Oh KAY?!
His acting in Reptile is miserable anyway. The whole movie was great except for literally him. His talents are in comedy and his singing vocals, which are really only successful when an excellent producer like Timbaland is doing all the heavy lifting or in the case of *NSYNC 4 other talented singers to harmonize with behind someone else’s carefully curated persona that relies heavily on gimmicks
I don't understand this narrative that Justin owes his entire solo career to his producers. Almost all artists use producers, Britney too. In fact, Justin is way more involved in writing and producing his own music than most artists are, including Britney. This is a cheap attack.
@@lelidawi2446 I'd hardly call a comment on a youtube video an attack, but ok. I'm not knocking him for using producers, but his most successful songs were when he worked with those producers, and the songs where he didn't people weren't really interested. Its very clear that the sound developed with those producers is what worked best for him. But also I think you just took this way too seriously.
@@efghd2624 What you're saying is nonsense, and you're talking to someone who literally knows the producers of every single JT song released, so stop pretending to know what you're talking about as you just guess. There basically are no songs (at least no singles) where Justin didn't work with Pharell or Timbaland so I don't know what you're comparing to. He worked with Max Martin a few times though, but those songs were generally quite successful, like his arguably biggest hit - Can't stop the feeling.
I was and still am a huge Backstreet Boys fan and never was a fan of JT. When asked about him, BSB acknowledged how talented he is, they definitely alluded he wasn’t the nicest guy.
The whole Janet Jackson Super Bowl debacle really soured my opinion of him and have maintained it since. He’s made his career by stepping on the success other women.
Justin was a part of NSYNC, not the Backstreet Boys.
@@iffatbushrasuhi2860 I know that, just stating that the things I heard the Backstreet Boys say about JT.
@@jennifer.martin.48 oh I see...
Backstreet boys with the lead singer who is literally accused of multiple rapes is preferable to Justin Timberlake because as a 20 year old he believed his dancer when he confessed to sleeping with Britney and then made a song about it? Britneys stans have lost all perspective at this point.
@@jakestroll6518 You don't have to choose only 1 slimeball over another. No need for whatabout-isms, stay on track.
It's never too late to take accountability. TIME IS NOT AN APOLOGY.
well said!
So well said
It is to a narcissist
Ain't that the truth. @@IndigoChild007
Pffff these people were children….imagine the whole world in your teen relationships +money+fame.
Timberlake gaslit all of us. We get to be upset with him in our own right, and on behalf of Britney as well.
Gaslight does not think what you think it means.
Free Brittany!
She’s not even upset with him lol
No, we don't. We don't know him personally, we don't know what really went on between the two of them. We've heard Britney's version, never properly heard his. There may be reasons he was so bitter. He's never bad mouthed his other exes in the same way.
No we don't.
After the way he treated her and Janet Jackson he deserves everything he gets.
Watching his star rise while Britney and Janet got dragged through the mud was (and still is) beyond infuriating.
I remember seeing his interviews at the time. He's a disgusting human being.
💯 🎯🎯
I can understand how people were led to believe him against Britney because their issues were private, but in Janet's case, he literally was the one who ripped her clothes in live television how people could not see that.
Poor poor Justin. About to plan his comeback and it’s ruined by the truth of his actions. The way he dragged her and used her to make himself famous is absolutely disgusting. I have complicated feelings on canceling, but cancel this mf
Uh, WHAT comeback? Justin is a little past his sell by date. Trying to do any such thing is just beating a dead horse. Let the poor thing rest in peace.
I was a preteen when nipplegate happened. And even as a child l wondered how it was only Janet Jackson getting the hate when the pictures showed both Justin and Janet. Now l have the vocabulary and understanding of how toxicity was being thrown at women. It unconsciously taught me though that l could NEVER n /would never get away with the same behavior as my cousins or brothers or indeed any male person around me.
You can get away with far worse things like DV and r ape
You have the 🐈 pass which lets you get away with almost any crime in the west. Stop the 🧢
Same! I was in 2nd grade and remember seeing it live! I remember being so mad at Justin and being confused why every adult on tv was mad at Janet.
@@Michael-r3dpussy pass? Are you serious?
@@wildwesley9328 I guess it shows that kids sometimes have the right instincts ! I'm glad many of us reacted this way as kids :). Let's hang onto that part of ourselves !
Timberland recently went running his mouth about Justin & Britney & has rightfully recieved backlash. I always held Justin accountable for that business at the superbowl
The absurdity is that that even was a scandal. It's a breast, who cares? I hate puritans, they need hobbies of some kind
I legitimately cannot believe that Janet was blamed for someone else FORCEFULLY exposing her breast without consent!!! Also Oprah and her crappy innuendos.
She's since admitted it was arranged between the two of them as part of the performance.
@@rebeccatowner6700Don't even bother with these f em cels. Their feelings don't care about facts
@@rebeccatowner6700 her whole nipple wasn’t supposed to be exposed, it was supposed to reveal a lace bra. Don’t omit important details.
Pretty sure she knew about it given she was wearing a nipple cover
@@rebeccatowner6700 oh thank you for the context. I genuinely thought that this was absolute madness.
This actually well said. The early 2000's were a nightmare and it must have been insane to navigate the media at the time. I will say personally I don't see myself buying any apology or whatever from Justin. He's been shaped by how much he's been able to get away with and its turned him into a crappy guy. There's way to many rumours and photos of Justin cheating on Jessica Biel for me not believe that even in this day and age he's up to his old tricks
His silence on the Janet situation is why I considered him a sucky guy before the Britney book but it I’m glad he’s getting his day of reckoning.
Sorry to be like this, but someone having their "day in the sun" means they are finally getting positive attention
@@Sabbathtage oh my goodness, seriously?! Sorry I'm late but that's good to know. Thanks!
We forget that he has messed around on his current wife. He hasn’t learned his lesson obviously. I just don’t give people like him attention. It is the worst thing you can do to someone like him.
Anything bad that happens to Timberlake is well deserved. The dude is such a slimeball and did really disturbing things happily knowing he was using women. He's the worst. Until this dude takes actual, physical action to help women, he's just mad he got caught
This is an extreme take. The dehumanising culture that used to be directed at women needs to die, not just flipped to attack boys you dislike. You sound no different than the 2003 crazies now. What happened here is two 20 year olds suspected each other of cheating, broke up and one of them based music on it in the same way that Taylor Swift bases her music on her breakups. Ratcheting up the public rage when you know there are literal lunatics that could do something dangerous with it is silly. ESPECIALLY when you are talking about two 20 year olds that legitimately believed the other was a cheater.
@@jakestroll6518Justin did horrible things, this is not „oh I don’t like him“. He is a big part of the problem. Forcing a women to have an abortion without medical attention, risking her death is only one thing he did. He is BAD.
@@susannehuber3996he "did" bad, saying someone "is" bad is dehumanizing and only foster resentment, not real change.
@@Puerco-Potter we have two different opinions. My life experience showed me, many time the hard way, that people who do bad things never apologize for it and continue doing what they are doing, means they are bad and I don’t want anything to do with them.
What does it mean to use women?
Justin has never tried to be supportive of Britney, so his people stating that he has is laughable. YEARS after their breakup he would continue to drag Britney every chance he got, and then claim he wasn't referring to her when it was so obvious he was. Justin seems to think we are a lot dumber than we actually are.
The 2000s and the decades before were a dark age for women; riddled with Purity culture and policing women's sexuality and bashing feminism.
Britney, Pamela Andersen, Janet Jackson, Monica Lewinsky, all judged and shamed back then. We have come a long way from those dark days and I thank God for that. We're progressing as a society.
I know, it was horrible back then. It’s still pretty bad, but at least it’s getting better. 😢
We haven't made any progress. If anything, we keep moving backwards.
What about Micheal Jackson OJ Simpson Arnold Swortzinager
Pam Anderson became a multi-millionaire, despite having zero acting talent. If these were "Dark Ages" for women, The 80s were Dark Ages for Arnie and Stallone
As someone who lived through the 2000s and worse, I'm not sure where everyone sees it's "getting better." Incels, Andrew Tate worshippers, Proud Boys, the repeal of Row v Wade, mass shooters... I'm not so sure I can agree that it's getting any better.
I know Britney is one of the kindest still being able to humanise Justin. The part about him insisting she get the abortion she didn't even want at home, and not even with a doctor but with only him and another person AND THEN strumming his stupid guitar on the floor while Britney was suffering in horrible pain from the abortion
I remember when he sang “rehab” on his future sex love show tour while Britney was at the peak of her meltdown. Obviously aimed at her. Roll the tape! I also see Justin as not knowing who is as a person through his music. It’s just all over the place people pleasing energy. 🤷🏾♂️
Britney is back. ❤ Love to see her image now.
What is so upsetting about this situation is that Justin STILL threw Britney under the bus and bashed her for years AFTER she aborted her baby FOR HIM. Before the abortion became public knowledge, Justin was just criticized for selling out his ex girlfriend for his first solo album. However, being aware of this very important piece of information makes the whole break up aftermath the more sad + upsetting, bc Justin CHOSE to bash Britney publicly and use her as ammunition to launch his solo career after she terminated the pregnancy FOR HIM. SICK!
I'm curious about how long after the abortion did he wait to dump her via text.
@@sallyjrwjrw6766 1 year
Everyone needs to be held accountable. Including the industry execs, Magazines, Grammys, and websites that helped to encourage this behavior. Like we need names and dates of employment. Anyway, glad Britney is able to say her piece.
And the thing about all this, is that we keep reevaluating over and over but just this year we saw the very public dragging down of a women by a man and his millions of supporters who were more than happy to view the women as a villain. Going after Justin might feel good because in hindsight it was so obvious what was happening but we need to work on recognizing it as its happening as well.
Britney is a SAINT for not dragging that shit through the muds. Cause if it was me I'd be behind bars.
I feel ya girl
Cry me a river, Justin. Go on baby, cry.
😂😂😂👏👏👏
He’s going to cry like he did in that episode of Punk’d 😂
He will surely cry over his millions of dollars
Cry me a riverred
@@Puerco-Potter Being wealthy doesn’t keep one from being exposed or keep one from being trash. All those millions he has didn’t keep Britney’s truth from coming out.
Never cared for Justin. I didn't understand his appeal. What stands out to me is the way he treated Janet during the SuperBowl and how he didn't get the backlash...
He was horrible and I think he still is.
@@susannehuber3996 Indeed. I agree.
Same. I never understood his phase of trying to act like a hood boy. He was always fake about everything. And I never understood the criticism with Britney's every move. People obsess over these celebs in the most brainless way. Look how long it took for them to turn on R Kelly.....
Yall really acting like justified and futuresex lovesounds arent amazing albums, yeah alright. Justin may have been a dick but he made some great music
@@illmatic9096I mean… so did R Kelly
The amount of bad behavior that men in the past have been allowed to get away with !!!!! The way Janet Jackson and Britney were treated publicly and by the press was horrendous… we have come so far …. Yet misogyny still exists…. People need to wake up
Not even close enough to the bad behavior that women got away with, like r ape and domestic abuse, stuff that we see a new viral case every week on channels like Law&Crime Network
She is so right about the treatment and expectations for women in the 90's. The funny f'd up thing is most times it's a woman attacking another women to keep her down..ie Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, etc
I don't really care about what celebrities do and had no idea what their relationship was like before I watched this video. I watched this video because I find y'all's take on movies and pop culture very intriguing. WOW! Everything that he did from cheating to villainizing Britany points to him being a classic narcissist. Brittany was obviously suffering for many years from narcissistic abuse and the fans acted as Justin's flying monkeys!
Same thought
You're clearly not qualified to diagnose someone with narcissistic personality disorder. So please don't.
@@rebeccatowner6700you’ve done nothing but defend justin in the comments. You can’t talk at all
I always thought he was extremely overrated. If it weren’t for Britney his solo career would have never taken off the way it did.
His solo career didn't even go that far, he is still mostly remembered with NSYNC and Britney. That is all that he is, ex NSYNC and ex of Britney.
Also, he is not cute. At all. I don't know why he was such a teen heartthrob.
@@virginia3937 agreed. I never found him attractive growing up. He was always just ok imo. And it took him well into late adulthood to finally get a decent hairstyle that didn’t look like shh on him.
nah, never going to forget what he did to Britney and Janet, that dude is the worst.
Just like Justin's behavior was enabled and ok in that era, it's ok for him to face the music and have his feet held to the fire and all the repurcussions that come along with it jn this era.
On a related note, remember how everyone hated Keri Russell for having the audacity to cut her hair?
😮 how could she. Her body belongs to ?….
I even remember that contracts began to circulate forbidding actors to change their appearance because of that moment. She looked amazing regardless, and it shouldn't have been a big deal, but oh well...
I always had the impression they didn't hate her for it just really disliked the admittedly awful haircut* and found it so jarring so as to be immersion-breaking... and then people just got on a roll with being upset about it.
.
*no hate, but it was not flattering, and I wonder if the stylist just wasn't used to cutting curly hair because I had something similiar, though less drastic, happen to me where once cut, my then-much-lighter waves sprang up into curls and ruined the whole shape of the hairdo the stylist had aimed for.
@@iprobablyforgotsomething No I was there. I remember people acting as if she’d murdered a puppy because she cut her long curly hair.
Tbh I think Felicity choosing Ben over Noel at that time didn’t help
The original Joe Jonas. Okay but actually Taylor and Britney collabing would be so fun like a whole Taylor album written about Britney and her life and struggles with her featuring on some or all of the songs 😍🤤
that's brilliant!
11:36 What Goes Around Does Come Back Around. Doesn't it Justin Timberlake 😏😏😏
Lmfao 😂
Justin has a long line of offenses outside of Britney Spears, that were all just tired of his shite
Britney is literally the reason why Justin has a solo career. She is the reason why most of the people in her life have careers and money. 😮 People are just the worst.
I'm more surprised at how Earth shattering everybody seems to think all of this is as if it's new information. For the most part, it's really not that shocking. The tabloid culture of the early 2000s was horrendous but it is so overblown, it was ridiculous and is to this day. Britney Spears was my Queen growing up so I followed all of this more closely than a lot of other people but I would just roll my eyes when the music video with the Britney look like came on and bop to Cry Me A River, it's a good song. Cancel culture is what people will be examine 20 years from now.
People aren’t shocked as if it’s new info. They’re “shocked” bc the media is finally acknowledging what everyone already thought 20 years ago instead of gaslighting us , bc it’s finally coming from a source who has nothing to gain from lying about it
yeah people forget that the woman still shits in the toilet
Ill admit, I was no fan of Britney during this time period. But I'm beginning to wonder if some of my perceptions were being colored by both what Justin Timberlake had said about her publicly, and how she was being put on display for mockery and ridicule by the press, especially gossip websites like TMZ and Perez Hilton. They made her an easy person to laugh at and gawk at because to the outside world, Justin seemed like a reasonable, likeable, and together kind of guy, while Britney's very visible breakdown was somehow proof of her mental inferiority. She was not someone to sympathize with, but to try and avoid becoming, like the crazy ex trope that was so prevalent during that time in pop culture. Looking back on this time is pretty shameful, given the amount of cultural cache they carried at the time. We saw so many starlettes of the 2000s have their careers dissolve due to drug dependency and body image problems thanks to the relentless scrutiny they were under to be thin, tanned, and camera ready. Truly ghoulish behavior by the paparazzi at the time to hound them for exploitative and damaging photos that would have caused any person to have generalized anxiety and body issues. Being aware of this 20 years after the fact is a sober reminder of how hostile the environment was to young celebrities, but also how detrimental it was to the fans of impressionable age who were absorbing all this as a distorted reality.
What pisses me off is that it took him this long to finally apologize…
I knew JT was a bad guy at the time(like late 90s)because of some things he said in an interview. I really don’t remember exactly what it was something to do with his hair and it giving him “street cred”. It seemed desperate, cringey, and weirdly narcissistic(yes that word is overused but both super bragging while being deeply insecure). When cry me a river came out I knew for a fact he was a jerk. He just struck me as a person that was fine hurting others because he was insecure and weak. I find that kind of person dangerous to the mental health of other people.
I've thought so for quite a while, too. The Cry Me a River video was in bad taste, and his notable silence regarding Janet was cowardly, obviously him allowing her to take the backlash alone. But there were other, littler things that I picked up on that nobody seem to talk about. I wondered why, in particular, others didn't seem to find his song Mirror to be subtly narcississtic. The lyrics "my mirror staring back at me... I couldn't get any bigger with anyone else beside of me" is very me-focused for a song supposedly meant to be an us-focused song. And "it was easy comin' back here to you once I figured it out" always sounded like he was playing off his cheating as nbd and it was necessary to play the field, and also saying that once he realized there weren't any better options -- because he wanted to and did in fact go and check that -- oh, *then* he was willing to go back to her. It left a bad taste in my mouth when others praised it as so sweet and romantic a song.
this “I Told You So!” moment is so bitter,
he was trash all the time, he ruined Janet and Never Faced Any Consequences! and the Celebrity Couple with Britney Was just weird and way too much, felt fake and pushed on them by media,
and Justin will not face Any backlash for anything
All N'Sync has to do is continue. Do a tour with Backstreet Boys. BSB did that with New Kids on the Block for cryin' out loud.
Bsb are the best , N'sync nah 😅😅😅
JUSTIN IS THE WORST MAILE EVER, NOT A MAN , A MALE 👨
one of them has died though
Yes, well, as to THAT, I find the "New Kids Got Ran Over By a Reindeer" parody song highly entertaining.
We can all sing his song together now - What Goes Around-Goes Around-Goes Around-Comes Back Around
Reminds me of the South Park episode "Britney's New Look".
Coming of age in the 2000s killed my empathy and faith in humanity. After that toxicity in the 2000s, I never trusted nor liked people again
Wow.. this explains so much, looking back…
In the real world, something happened in early 2005 to turn people into something terrible.
Janet Jackson, the freaking queen was basically cancelled while he went and performed like nothing, when he was the perpetrator. And Britney had to sit there being berated by Diane sawyer. He was all doe eyed on TV, knowing fully well that he was the one sleeping around. It's not that i don't understand that he was young and had people in his ear. I'm just wondering. At some point, he became a grown man, got married, welcomed beautiful children. Did he ever sit looking back and think to himself "that was f-ed up. I was horrible"? My point is, he should have apologized a long time ago, before being called out.
Brilliant research, into both facts and images.
Janet & Brittany never said anything and will not degrade him because they are just too kind and compassionate… real queens.
Unfortunately, like most Women, we tolerate way too much abuse on us.
Despite all the damages done by so much selfishness and darkness.
Even in the book, Brittany is not using any degrading words VS Justin in his songs/speeches and interviews for years…
She is just way too nice 😢🙏
That’s why the world is outraged because clearly it’s about Justice, human/women’s rights and abuse.
He had the resources thrown at his solo career because of how marketable he was. His famous girlfriends was a main factor of this. He dumped Cameron Diaz before his second album dropped. Classy guy
Flog
Just picture this she’s on the floor possibly bleeding and suffering from abortion. And he was there strumming his guitar probably happy that he will not be responsible of the kid.
That’s some Dahmer sh*t.
Not wanting to be a father and stating it to your partner = killing dozens of people... Right...
@@Puerco-Potter The problem isn't that he didn't want to be a father, the problem is how callous he was towards Britney. When your partner is in mental and physical agony, you comfort and support them instead of celebrating that you got your way. She got the abortion for him so that he didn't have to be a father, even though she wanted to be a mother. So the absolute least he should do is support her.
Hilarious hearing Justin interviews in his appropriation era
Facts lol
Jc chasez was supposed to have Justins career
"Oh yeah, Fo Shizz Fo Shizz!"
Michelle Williams better get an Oscar for this line in the book
Not an Oscar but a Grammy🤓
Yeah I have seen too many breakups…each person has a side.
Even though I still don't really care about her music, I can confidently say that Britney deserved so much better.
I have so much respect for Britney. It takes a very strong woman to listen to your cheating ex-boyfriend make the whole world believe that you were the cheater and not shit talk him back. She had more grace than I would have in that situation. It's her right to talk about it in her memoir, it's a part of her life story and she's already been silent for decades. I'm glad that she's clearing her name.
I must say a musical smear campaign was a genius move from a man that is notorious for using and abusing women but always knew how to play the Hollywood PR game to his advantage. Must suck that “What goes around, comes back around”. Good riddance to the “young and a child” excuse, any bulls*it excuse to clean his slate and image and let’s ignore all the traumas he caused because he was “just so young”. If that excuse would be valid for all humans, we could all be this sh*tty and disgusting and never face any consequences because we have the “young excuse” of never improving, taking accountability, asking for forgiveness and doing the right thing!
What does it mean to use a woman? I ask because I never see people accusing a woman of 'using' a guy
I am 100% on board with the opinion that JT is a tool. No debate there. But, gosh, I am sure glad that no one is judging me on how I conducted myself in romantic relationships in my teens and early 20's!
A lot of people seem to conflate their gossip of some dick move by a celebrity with feminist militancy, it's weird.
He made a career fucking up women’s lives and profiting off it. This isn’t about some petulant behavior from decades ago.
@@Puerco-Potter Have you not seen the way he’s treated not only Britney, but other women? He’s a POS still acting like a dumb ass hormonal teen.
Dude still cheats on his wife regularly. So clearly its just who he is.
@@Puerco-Pottersome dick move? Lmfao you are delusional.
I never understood what Janet apologised for. He tore her top off and, even so, it was just skin. What was there to apologise for? What did she do wrong? Why was it such a big deal? As for that guy, what an a$$. Loving how it comes back to bite him! It took too long!
different times. But now women are naked and its all right :D
Reading these comments have me disgusted at how some of ya'll were raised. It seems that people just want to pile on the hate even if he apologizes or takes concrete steps to do better. What would you want him to do? Off himself? Will that make some of you feel better? I speak as a Britney fan through and through. I didn't see the appeal of him or their relationship but whatever made her happy right? Yeah what he did was messed up. Yes, he's a product of his time. I lived through those years, I know he wasn't the only one. Doesn't absolve him or the men that bought into that "norm". But if Brit and Janet could forgive him, I hope ya'll know that it's not up to you to fight him over something they've gotten over already. Yes, I hope he does them justice by genuinely doing something to atone for his shady behavior. But he's quiet because he's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. Ya'll are not ready to hear his side and if he did speak up, I'm sure people would find a way to twist everything to fit their agenda. I agree with this take in the ways that he should take steps to fulfill his more recent apology, stay humbled and aware that his influence does impact the larger industry. But we should all take responsibility with how we react to this whole debacle and stop acting like we've never done shady shit ourselves. We're so quick to crucify him but would turn a blind eye if the opportunity arises where we could have been better people but weren't. This is one of those instances. You don't have to forgive him, but stop acting like he's the devil for being a flawed human being. I love Brit and only hope for her continued freedom and healing. And as an Nsync fan who also liked JT's solo music, I hope he does better as a person. But at the end of the day, this is their lives and they don't know us. Your outrage is only hurting your peace and nobody else's. So take it down 10 notches and think about how you'd talk to a friend if they did the things either Brit or Justin have done. Like a decent human being. Break the cycle and own up to your part in this ecosystem of idolatry and cancel culture.
Lance just swallowing his own words. I suspect he's saying to forgive Justin because of their comeback.
This was a great breakdown!
It's not true that "Justin kept mention of Nsync at arms length after he went solo, until he started hearing rumours about Britney's book and all of a sudden found time to reconnect with the band". During the 2010's he openly spoke about his time with Nsync many times, he went on Lance's podcast a few years ago to talk about No strings attatched during it's 20th anniversary, and he also uhm PERFORMED WITH NSYNC at the VMA's in 2013, went on Ellen with them around like 2018-19 and revealed they had an active groupchat together, and they all accepted a Hollywood Star together and gave a speech around that time too. Stop creating narratives you know are fake. Justin stopped being ashamed of Nsync in like 2013.
Another great analysis, thanks!
She was naive, he took advantage of the situation :/ Curious if Cameron Diaz has anything to say... they dated for a long time as well
Britney does show Justin a lot of grace and it was 20 years ago. I am not just going to cancel or get mad at Justin cause of it.I am sad that Britney been through and Justin behavior was pretty bad. It’s why I don’t invest in celebrity relationships
Thank you for bravely and gracefully placing the truth out in the world, Britney. Women all over the world should learn to walk away from toxic men rather than waste time in the hope that they will change.
Justin has made a career off stepping on the backs of women and POC he’s screwed over… I feel nothing for this man.
I’m so glad it’s not the early 2000’s anymore
The moment Justin shut down Ernest Owens on Twitter, calling him a "sweet soul" for pointing out his appropriation and asking him to apologise to Janet, I knew he was the exploitative, selfish culture vulture I'd always suspected him to be!
I feel bad for her a little bit with Justin Timberlake. At the end of the day, it is her body through. The twins/ " rumored clones" is what I would ask her about through.
Ever since Gone by nsync then soon after completely abandoning them, Justin's had moments of rubbing me the wrong way. I generally liked him, but with this coming out after he drug her through the mud playing the victim while promoting Justified I just can't stand the guy anymore
we dont need to expect change from someone who has spent most of his life being sexist and racist for his own gain.
I really got to wonder if Justin has NPD
Calling him and the system that enabled this out is important, yes, but in this discussion things can get even more complicated:
For starters, Janet herself said in her documentary that she asked Justin to not comment, as his career was just beggining (Showing the angel that she is), even though her experience and Britneys' with Justin are both proves of misoginy mixing both can be confusing as Both Janet and Justin are on good terms now and he admited his mistakes in 2009 regarding the matter.
On Britney, she shows a lot of class by not dragging Justin on the book, as cathartic and deserving it can be (as prove, there is the internet). Britney rages to the system that put her in the hellhole, and we should do the same, let the catharsys come and then reflect on our steps for healing.
At the end, we should all let go. Britney has a lot of people whom caused harm and are way worse (Her father for example), she needs healing now from her conservatorship, not being put on the limelight for a relationship 20 years past. Justin, on the other hand, can go and say anything, it wouldn't matter as people have already their minds made and no apologies, even though they are necesary, seem to be accepted (see comments on his 2021 letter). We should reflect on our mistakes and let them go, not to be jugded (and be judging them), 20 years onward, even more so as those mistakes are not that bad (like r@p3 or m*rd3r), and are caused, and affected by the system we should be raging.
Great video, as always
Your apologizing for people that never once did something to deserve forgiveness.
Best comment here.
He stood on the backs of the women in his life to get ahead. Jessica Biel should take note.
Jessica Biel knows and she doesn’t care. She’s just like him, it’s sad.
So he acted like millions of other.. women
Jessica Biel fought to be married to that crappy man. I don’t think we can help her.
id love to see you talk about selena v hailey drama, i feel opinions will sway to support hailey soon because selena has been shady like making palestine conflict about her mental health.
As Justin once sang, "But that's ok baby cause in time you'll see
What goes around, goes around, goes around comes all the way back around." no sympathy here. Cry us a river Justin 🤷♀️
They were both super young. If any of us were judged of who we were and what we said and did at that age, we’d be beyond humiliated. And we were not rich or famous, especially in that era. So enough with the holier-than-thou bullshit from a lot of these “influencers” and talking heads.
Still think that "South Park" said it all best- young women really are sacrificed on the alter of fame...not sure if it's for good corn crop though lol
He does have a tendency to villainize others. He definitely has main character syndrome. I’m glad she’s getting everything off her chest.
As a Brit I couldn't understand the outrage to that Janet Jackson thing. It just wasnt that big of a deal to me. I think the big reaction may have been more of a cultural thing in America.
The puritan mindset in terms of the body still persits in many parts of the country.
Timberfake is just a bloody coward. His actions prove that. Why are some people acting like, "sure, but let's forgive and forget" so no responsability for his cowardice and lack of manhood.
Fo Shiz Fo Shiz
lol 😅
Even when Justin Timberlake grabbed Janet Jackson's top and pulled it down, it was Janet Jackson was the one who had to absorb all of the backlash. To this day people still only blame women.
That explains the Sentencing Disparity. Oh wait
Then how do you explain domestic abuse in public social experiments? I'll give you a hint, society isn't holding women accountable enough
They planned the stunt together, so of course people blamed her since it's not only perverted but cowardly
they both got in trouble and had to apologise. I mean she knew it was going to happen, given she was conveniently wearing a nipple cover.
No it’s time we do what they did to us to them we make them feel how they try to make us feel it’s not enough for them to apologize and account. It’s time for them to know what it felt like.
Is this why Joe Jonas had that audacity??
“Every time” just hits different now
The era that shaped Justin, or Justin a willing participant??? Even the headline is taking responsibility off of Justin.
No one forced Justin to behave this way. He chose too because he’s a jerk. Plain & simple. This has nothing to do with an “era.”
Like he himself said ... what goes around, comes around
You talk about this this as if no man could get away with something like this today
Justin by playing Victim Card, consciously exploited Britney's vulnerability to elevate his own standing. While projecting an image of heartbreak to the public, he simultaneously pursued other liaisons, capitalizing on Britney's innocence.
For decades, Justin has perpetuated a narrative that disparages Britney, be it through music videos, misleading interviews, & public performances. His actions appear calculated to paint himself in a favorable light, often at her expense.
Despite the numerous controversies surrounding him, Timberlake has remained largely unscathed, revealing a discrepancy in accountability.
The veneer of Timberlake as the beloved golden boy is misleading. One need only refer to Janet Jackson's experience post-Super Bowl to recognize the disparity in treatment.
I used to love Justin … until his true colors started coming out. He’s a big reason she ended up the way she did. He should be ashamed of himself. I can’t believe Jessica hasn’t divorced his ass
Do more research, Justin had to apologize before performing at that Grammy’s , Janet did not apologize. Also, Janet’s personal shopper stated that he bought a bedazzled jewelry piece to cover her n*pple, but the costume was designed to be torn away right at the lyrics “gonna have you naked by the end of this song “. Justin didn’t even have time to rehearse prior to the SuperBowl, he was just arriving from another country. People forget that Janet was an actress long before that incident, so it was not as shocking as she portrayed. It wouldn’t have even been a big deal if TiVo and DVRS weren’t all the rage so that perverted men could rewind and replay the moment over and over again. I’ve read Britney’s book twice and as a GenXer, who has seen Janet, Britney and Justin multiple times in concert, I can honestly say that I’m still a fan of all 3 of them. Why do we have to pick sides? Britney definitely hasn’t asked us to.
He did the SAME SHIT TO JANET. Hes been super grimy for years.
So, why hasn't Britney tried to say her side of the story during these past years until her memoir came out? I'm not trying to ask a loaded question, I'm genuinely curious as to why Britney hasn't said anything.
Haven’t had a chance to get my hands on her book yet, but I think it’s pretty objectively easy to say if someone who lived through the early 2000 who wasn’t that much younger than her Britney Spears got dragged through the mud for the same reason any woman who is in control of her sexuality, got dragged through the mud because men don’t like it men didn’t like that someone like Brittany, who was so beautiful and so talented Edd was so OK with her body and so OK with her sexuality it made them scared, so what did the tablets do? They ripped her apart, dragged through the mud and tried to destroy her her. But they didn’t count on that a few decades later after all that shit happened, he would get a freedom back get her voice back and put all of them on fucking not that it’s over we’re done taking the world crap as women we’re done being made to feel bad for who we are and Britney Spears is the first one of us to stand up and say you know what I regret what I did I would’ve never done it had the choice been mine alone been mine alone I think that’s the most important narrative that her book has gotten out is that I wouldn’t have killed my baby hadn’t been my choice alone. Yeah so often we’ve been taught that you know as women oh, we won’t regret abortions we’re doing the right thing yada yada yada when realistically no as a woman, you cannot inherently just kill your child and feel nothing for it because that was your child, I think that’s the most important thing that this is pointing out is that Brittany regrets her decision she never take it back and she knew that then when she did it objectively yes but she was somehow pressured by her dude society family her career whatever to do something, she inherently knew was wrong and I applaud her for having the balls to stand up and say that I regret it because too many women regret their abortions, and never get a chance to admit that to themselves, let alone in the world
This stuff is from twenty years ago. Justin doesn’t need to answer for any of this. Hollywood is clearly running low on scandal material.