Spears says in her new tell-all memoir, The Woman In Me.
The bridges have been burned, and now it’sJustin Timberlake’s turn to cry a river.
“The truth: I was comatose in Louisiana, and he was happily running around Hollywood.
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears at the 2000 MTV Music Video Awards.Dave Hogan/Getty
There’s always more leeway in Hollywood for men than for women.
And I see how men are encouraged to talk trash about women to get to become famous and powerful.
But I was shattered.”
The only problem with the narrative was that, in our case, it wasn’t like that."
I don’t think Justin realized the power he had in shaming me.
I don’t think he understands to this day."
Earlier in the book, Spears claims that Timberlake had been unfaithful while they were together.
But I never said anything.
At the time we’d only been together for a year."
I don’t want her to feel bad."
There were rumors about him with various dancers and groupies.
I let it all go, but clearly, he’d slept around."
I thought we were going to be together forever.
I hoped we would be."
After Timberlake broke up with her via text, Spears says she heard he was sleeping around.
“Hey, I get it, he was Justin Timberlake.”
“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 … Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy.
Spears and Timberlake were in their late teens and early 20s when they dated from 1999 until 2002.
“And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”
Timberlake, whomarriedactressJessica Bielin 2012, is father to sons Silas, 8, and Phineas, 2.
