Britney Spears appeared to apologize to Justin Timberlake “for the things” she wrote about in her tell-all memoir, “The Woman In Me” — in which she revealed that while they were dating, she got pregnant and got an abortion.
In an Instagram post, the 42-year-old singer poured praise on Timberlake and shared a screenshot of the superstar singer’s recent appearance on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon,” where he debuted one of the new songs on his album.
“I wanna apologize for some of the things I wrote about in my book,” Spears wrote in the caption next to the screenshot. “If I offended any of the people I genuinely care about I am deeply sorry.”
Pop icon Britney Spears issued an apology to ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake after she made several claims about the “Cry Me a River” singer in her memoir, “The Woman in Me.” https://t.co/IJXduKcO5u pic.twitter.com/UP6Wkvl0DE
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“I also wanted to say I am in love with Justin Timberlake’s new song ‘Selfish,'” she added. “It is soo good and how come every time I see Justin and Jimmy together I laugh so hard?”
In October, the “Toxic” hitmaker revealed in her book that she got pregnant at 19 and ended up getting an abortion, claiming that it was in large part because Timberlake “didn’t want to be a father.” The two dated from 1999 — when she was 17 and he was 18 — until 2002, Variety noted.
She wrote that if it had been left up to her alone, she never would have aborted the baby, but added that Timberlake said they were “too young” to have a child.
“It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy,” the former “The Mickey Mouse Club” star wrote. “I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated.”
“But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy,” she added. “He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young.”
“I don’t know if that was the right decision. If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it,” the singer continued. “And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father. To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life.”
Spears also claimed in her memoir, that while they were dating, Timberlake cheated on her with “another celebrity,” but she said she wouldn’t name the person because she’s now “married with children.”