Justin Timberlake cancels concerts amid the memoir mania: Britney Spears’ The Woman in Me drops major bombshells about the singers’ former romance – but NSync is firmly in his corner

Oct 27 , 2023

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were in a highly publicised relationship in the late 90s and early noughties – now Spears has dropped revelations about her ex in her new memoir, The Woman in Me. Photo: AFP

Spears and Timberlake both appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club, then dated in a highly publicised relationship in the noughties – and the ‘Toxic’ singer just revealed he convinced her to get an abortion

Now Timberlake has backed out of some gigs scheduled to take place in early 2024 – but NSync, who just reunited to record a single for the new Trolls sequel, are sticking by their former bandmate

Justin Timberlake is backing out of some scheduled gigs in the wake of the explosive claims made about him in ex-girlfriend Britney Spears’ memoir, which hit shelves this week.

The “SexyBack” singer, 42, will no longer appear at some clubs early next year, as previously scheduled, sources told TMZ.

US singer Justin Timberlake performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final in Stockholm, in May 2016. Photo: AFP Photo

News of those cancelled slots – which were intended to promote his upcoming new album – comes just days after the Tuesday release of The Woman in Me. The week leading up to the memoir’s debut brought a slew of bombshell revelations about Timberlake’s relationship with the singer, 41, from 1999 to 2002.

Spears in the book claims that the NSync breakout – with whom she appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club – impregnated her and ultimately convinced her to get an abortion, which she long regretted. She also accused him of having cheated on her. Though she admitted to once having “made out” with choreographer Wade Robson, Spears criticised Timberlake for publicly positioning her as the “harlot who’d broken the heart of America’s golden boy”.

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were one of the hottest celebrity couples of the noughties. Photo: Getty Images

As of Wednesday, The Woman in Me had already sold over 400,000 copies.

In the days ahead of its publication, sources told Us Weekly that Timberlake was “not going to be happy” with the shout-outs he gets in the book.

While it was “not Britney’s intention to skewer anyone”, the insider said the book does “relay the facts from her perspective”.