BRITNEY Spears fans have slammed Justin Timberlake as a ‘dirtbag’ after a video director said he dumped her over text.
Over 20 years later, fans are still mad.
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Chris Applebaum, a music video director, who has worked with Britney in the past, returned to Instagram and spilled some tea to fans.
“2nd time my IG acct was hacked, but I have it back after 9 months, so here’s a picture of me with @britneyspears before I grew the beard,” he started off the post.
It featured a throwback picture of him and the Princess of Pop, along with others who worked on the Overprotected music video.
“At some point during the 2nd shift Brit disappeared and I went to her trailer to fetch her…only to discover her BF Justin had just broken up with her via text message. (Let me recommend to any who reads this: don’t break up via text!),” Chris continued.
He ended the post with, “We sat on the floor of her trailer for a minute, talked it out, and then rallied. I told her she should get out there & show Justin he made the biggest mistake of his life. That was just one of the stories from this shoot…”
Hearing that news, fans were quick to slam Justin.
“How cruel to break up with her over text message 😔,” said one fan on Instagram.
“Thank you so much for sharing this!! And you were right, Justin made a huge mistake. But thank God she’s better off without him 😍 and this music video is simply ICONIC ❤️,” commented another fan.
Meanwhile, fans on Twitter seemed to be madder at the Mirror singer.
“She was in the middle of filming ‘overprotected’ music video and Timberlake texted breaking up with her. She came on this b***h mad as hell!!!,” one Twitter account posted, along with four pictures from the video.
A fan page for Britney quoted that tweet and expressed their opinion.
“Honestly, Justin Timberlake fans can’t defend Justin anymore. What he did was wrong and apologizing 20 years later isn’t enough,” the said.
While some fans were still defending Justin, saying Britney cheated too, others called him a “dirtbag.”
“Break up over a text is a coward move,” commented one Twitter user.
“He did that to try and save face I’m sure he could care less.. He’s a jerk,” added another.
“He for sure knew she was filming and didn’t care. Britney is the strongest person ever and she never talked bad about him,” said a third.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Britney described her conservatorship as a “cult” and announced she would be writing a memoir.
She slammed Justin saying that she would call him out the same way he did.
“But instead of using my heart, I’m using the intellectual approach as Justin [Timberlake] did when he apologized to Janet [Jackson] and me,” the 40-year-old wrote.
“Although he was never bullied or threatened by his family, he took the opportunity to apologize 20 years later!!! Timing is EVERYTHING!!!,” Britney continued.
HOLD IT AGAINST HIM
Last month, Britney called out Justin for using her for fame and fortune in a deleted Instagram post.
“I had a calling from Jesus last night and you know what he said?… Dear child… your mom had a serving with her book at the exact time you needed her most… all for WHAT? FAME AND ATTENTION? Your ex did the same thing… he served with his first album using your name claiming you did him dirty,” she wrote in the post.
Justin’s debut solo album, Justified, was released in 2002, just months after they broke up.
He has said in the past that the album’s second single, Cry Me A River, was about their break-up.
The 41-year-old has issued apologies over the years, in his memoir and online, to her and Janet Jackson, but fans have not forgiven him.
The exes dated from 1998 to 2002.
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