Britney Spears shared a cryptic message about “redemption” after days after her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake addressed years-long speculation about their breakup.
The Princess of Pop shared the message in an Instagram post on Wednesday, November 11, during an apparent vacation in Mexico.
“Redemption is the word of the week because with real ignition, the wisest will listen,” Spears wrote, alongside a video of herself on a boat. “I’ve been an extremely blessed young lady. Nobody has ever kept me from forward. I have a passionate heart, especially when I am in Mexico!!!” she added.
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The Grammy-winner then revealed her Thanksgiving plans, saying there’s “so much to be thankful for” and reminding fans they’re “never alone.”
“I’m sure my family will be eating a huge feast of great food for Thanksgiving. I like staying with my cousins. God bless you all!!!” she concluded.
Spears, 44, dated Timberlake, 45, from 1999 to 2002. Shortly after their breakup, Timberlake released a song called Cry Me a River. The music video featuring a Spears lookalike as well as Timberlake’s suggestion that Spears cheated led to intense scrutiny directed towards Spears.
In her 2023 memoir, The Woman In Me, Spears admitted that the aftermath left her “shattered.”
“In the news media, I was described as a harlot who’d broken the heart of America’s golden boy,” she reflected.
But now, over two decades later, the NSYNC frontman is denying that the song was about Spears.
“Maybe I should dispel a rumour at this point, which has gone around forever, which is like, it’s not a personal story of mine. It’s actually a personal story from a friend. I asked permission,” Timberlake claimed on Complex’s YouTube series Re-Rank.
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