Practically two months forward of the discharge of Britney Spears‘ memoir, The Girl in Me, her ex-beau, Justin Timberlake, carried out his hit breakup music “Cry Me a River.” The video (taken at Dave Chappelle‘s fiftieth celebration on August 24) has resurfaced on social media amid the newest claims about Brit and J.T’s breakup within the surprising memoir. Within the clip, the now 42-year-old admitted that he was advised to “not” carry out the 2002 music.

“They advised me not to do that music no extra,” Justin mentioned whereas on stage in August. “F*** that!” Moments later, Justin started to carry out the monitor following Dave’s present. After the clip landed on social media, many Britney followers took to the feedback to react, as many know that the music was about their well-known break up. “What goes round come [sic] again round, Justin,” one follower quipped, whereas one other added, “Appears to be like like somebody remains to be hung up on his ex!”

Justin Timberlake earlier than singing “Cry Me a River” at Dave Chappelle’s celebration on August 24 (of this yr btw) mentioned “Informed me not to do that music…Fuçk that”… you’ll be able to inform his notes app apology for Britney was so honest in February 2021! #TheWomanInMe pic.twitter.com/0WcvJ3ZoYZ

— Diana 🇨🇴 (@DianaftCol) October 20, 2023

In the meantime, some followers defended the Hollywood heartthrob within the feedback. “He has nothing to apologize for. He’s allowed to put in writing songs about his life,” one fan penned, whereas one other chimed in with, “Nice music about his personal expertise.” The video, as talked about, has resurfaced in mild of the current excerpts that contained surprising claims about Britney’s prior romance with Justin. One of many claims included that the Grammy winner had an abortion amid their relationship.

“Justin positively wasn’t pleased in regards to the being pregnant,” Britney claimed within the e-book, which will likely be launched on October 24. “He mentioned we weren’t able to have a child in our lives, that we had been means too younger.” Earlier, Brit famous that the being pregnant “wasn’t a tragedy” to her. “It was a shock, however for me, it wasn’t a tragedy. I beloved Justin a lot,” she penned. “I all the time anticipated us to have a household collectively sooner or later. This may simply be a lot sooner than I’d anticipated.”

Following the discharge of the surprising excerpt, a supply near Justin advised ET that he’s not centered on the memoir right now. “Justin has been specializing in his circle of relatives and making an attempt to not concern himself with Britney’s memoir,” the insider claimed on October 17. “In recent times, Justin has tried to be supportive of Britney from a distance. They dated so way back, however he nonetheless has respect for her. Justin and [wife Jessica Biel] simply need everybody to develop and evolve as an alternative of constant to deliver up the previous.”