“Do you want us to talk about this in court?” After a lull, the tension between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake is back on

“I’d like to take this opportunity to say that I’m not apologizing to anybody,” Justin Timberlake blasted during a concert in New York City on January 31, 2024. A statement that was no doubt meant for his ex Britney Spears as it was made moments ago. singing his biggest hit Cry Me a River. Released in 2002, the song accused the singer of infidelity after a breakup. Why did Justin Timberlake make such a statement, as seen in a video shared on social media after the show?

Unwanted abortion

The war seemed well buried between the two former partners, who had a highly publicized romance in the early 2000s. He was called in his memoirs. The woman in me (published by JC Lattès), released on October 24, 2023, Britney Spears opened up about her relationship with the singer and her version of how their story ended. Indeed, if the singer gave himself a good role, accusing the former of infidelity, the latter revealed above all that there was a case of turning everything upside down. “Justin wasn’t happy when I told him I was pregnant. He said that we are not ready to have a child in our life, that we are too young. He didn’t want to be a father,” we can read in his work, which describes his unwanted abortion and the resulting suffering.

Since these revelations, he, who now shares the life of actress Jessica Biel, has kept a low profile. To prevent the dust from igniting, Britney Spears, who has a worldwide fan community, then boasted a message of apology, on the occasion of the release of the new title last Sunday, January 28. SelfishBy Justin Timberlake. “I’m in love with Justin Timberlake’s new song and I want to apologize for some of the things I wrote in my book. If I offended anyone, I deeply apologize,” he wrote on Instagram in a post that has since been deleted. And rightly so, because not even a week had passed when the singer announced on stage in New York that he would never apologize to her before singing. Cry me a river.

The apology has been withdrawn

On the day after the show, ie February 1, the interpreter Poisonous responded to this surprise attack. “I was told that someone was talking stupid about me. Do you want us to go to court or are you going to go back to your mother’s house to cry another time? I have no regrets,” he wrote again on Instagram before deleting, hence the previous post in which he apologized. Since then, the global star, who has a following of nearly 42 million subscribers, has also made her account private. Justin Timberlake has not yet addressed his comment and the reaction of his ex-partner. His next album, titled Everything I thought it waswill be released on March 15.