The key facts

  • Britney Spears declined Justin Timberlake's offer to appear in his documentary series
  • According to an insider, the singer does not want to revisit the breakup after the release of her memoir The Woman in Me
  • Spears and Timberlake dated until 2002 after meeting on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club

Turning down Timberlake's offer

Britney Spears has declined to take part in Justin Timberlake's new documentary series. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru citing Metro: representatives of the artist reached out to the singer, but she refused. According to an insider, Spears does not want to revisit the painful breakup again, as she has already shared her story in her memoir The Woman in Me.

Context of the relationship and past events

Spears and Timberlake met on the set of The All-New Mickey Mouse Club in 1999, when the singer was at the peak of her career, and dated until 2002. After the breakup, Timberlake released the song Cry Me a River, in which he spoke about his falling-out with his former love. In January 2024, Spears publicly apologized to Timberlake for the candid account of their relationship in her memoir, published in October 2023; however, as Gazeta.Ru notes, the singer reacted sharply to this gesture. Earlier, Britney Spears' sons took her to Dollewood. Thus, the new offer for a joint project and her refusal became yet another episode in the long history of public confrontation surrounding their relationship.