Britney Spears detailed her 2007 “comeback” efficiency at the 2007 MTV Music Video Awards in her memoir, The Woman in Me — and printed that she bumped into Justin Timberlake shortly ahead of taking the stage.
In the guide, Spears, 41, recalled that she ran into Timberlake, 42, backstage at The Palms in Las Vegas, an insider solely showed to Us Weekly. It had “been a while” since Spears had seen her ex-boyfriend, whom she dated from 1999 to 2002.
While Spears used to be attempting to revive her occupation following a series of highly publicized non-public struggles, Timberlake was “at the highest of his game in each and every approach.” The yr prior, he’d launched the album FutureSex/LoveSounds, which integrated his megahit “SexyBack.” He additionally performed at the VMAs that yr, taking the stage during a finale medley with “Give It to Me” collaborators Nelly Furtado and Timbaland.
According to the insider, Spears recalled Timberlake having a large number of “swagger” when she saw him at the VMAs, while she used to be incredibly nervous about her performance. Timberlake, meanwhile, appeared “so gentle” all the way through the display, “flirting with ladies within the target market” as he sang.
Spears’ performance opened the ceremony with a rendition of “Gimme More,” the primary unmarried from her fifth album, Blackout. The source confirmed to Us that Spears described the efficiency as “far” from her best in her memoir however used to be also stunned by means of the vitriol directed at her — each that night and in the days after the awards show.
After Spears finished making a song, Sarah Silverman delivered a monologue that included a number of jokes at the pop megastar’s expense. Silverman, 52, infamously described Spears’ youngsters — Preston, now 18, and Jayden, now 17 — as “essentially the most adorable errors you're going to ever see.” Silverman additionally stated Spears had “already completed the whole lot she’s ever going to accomplish in her lifestyles” at age 25.
More than a decade later, Silverman addressed the backlash to her comments following the discharge of the documentary Framing Britney Spears.
“I was identified then Four roasts. MTV requested me to mini-roast Britney after her large efficiency,” Silverman tweeted in February 2021, adding that she didn’t in fact see Spears making a song because she was behind the curtain. “Had no thought she didn’t kill. Unfortunate. Art changes over yrs as we all know more & the sector adjustments.”
Silverman didn’t ask for forgiveness however did categorical regret for the jokes, writing, “I want I may delete it however I can’t.”
Timberlake, for his phase, has now not publicly replied to the claims in Spears’ book. Earlier this week, an insider instructed Us that he’s hoping to transport on from the drama.
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“Justin will always be supportive of Britney and all of her endeavors, but he’s trying to distance himself from her upcoming guide,” the source defined. “It’s now not one thing he’s focusing too much on on the subject of anything else she would possibly discuss when it comes to their former courting.”
The Woman in Me hits shelves on Tuesday, October 24.
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