Britney Spears’ HS Boyfriend SLAMS Justin Timberlake Over Memoir Reveals
By Kristin Myers on October 29, 2023 at 8:30 AM EDT
There are a lot of people who are not happy with Justin Timberlake right now, and it looks like Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend is one of them.
Although the two only dated for three years, the now 41-year-old pop star reflected on allegations of infidelity and even an unplanned pregnancy in her memoir, "The Woman In Me," which was released on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Many people had strong reactions to the pregnancy news, especially when the "Toxic" singer revealed that she only terminated the pregnancy because, as she wrote, "Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father."
Britney Spears’ High School Boyfriend Slams Justin Timberlake Over Abortion Reveal
Britney Spears dated Donald ‘Reg’ Jones in high school long before she started dating Justin Timberlake. However, Jones, now 45, had strong reactions to the implication that the “Cry Me A River” singer pushed her to terminate the unplanned pregnancy.
“Any man that is gonna ask a woman to have an abortion? Then he is a piece of s--- in my book,” Jones told The Post on Friday. He went on to say that he regretted Britney’s decision to leave Louisiana and head back into the entertainment industry at the young age of 15. “She didn’t want to go to Hollywood. She’d been there dancing, singing long enough,” Jones claimed.
“And she was just wanting to be normal and live a normal life and go to high school, and stay datin’ me I guess. Whatever," he continued. “But as far as the Hollywood, that c---? Look at the road it took her down. My heart goes out to her.”
Britney Says Justin 'Didn't Want To Be A Father' During 1999-2002 Relationship
In an excerpt of “The Woman In Me,” released by People magazine one week before the memoir was officially released, the "Overprotected" singer opened up on the shocking reveal. “It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated,” she wrote in her memoir. “But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young.”
“I don’t know if that was the right decision. If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father,” she continued, adding, “To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life.”
Justin Timberlake Has Disabled Comments On Instagram In Light Of 'The Woman In Me' Reveals
Britney Spears fans quickly went after "The Social Network" actor on social media following the bombshell revelations, including his Instagram page. On Thursday, a source told Page Six that the "Mirrors" crooner" couldn’t stand the “hateful, disgusting things people were saying” about him and decided to disable comments on all of his posts, not just the recent ones.
After the former couple called it quits in 2002, Justin went on to marry actress Jessica Biel a decade later, in 2012. The two have welcomed two children together since that time. Unable to leave comments on Justin's Instagram page, fans have swarmed her Instagram page instead, asking her if she was really going to stick with her husband in light of the allegations made against him.
“Why do you stay with him? He like cheated on a bunch right? I don’t get it," one user asked while several other netizens alleged that Justin had cheated on her as well. “I agree, poor Jessica, she was just another victim of Justin. I can only imagine she's hurting more than that cold insensitive selfish Justin. Bless Jessica & give her strength physically & mentally,” another user wrote.
Another netizen commented, “I never understood what you saw in Justin,” prompting another user to reply, “[For real, for real], he’s not even on the same level as her. Jessica is beyond gorgeous. Noodle hair [boy] on the other hand…” Another user shared, “Right? She dated Chris Evans and she went with Justin. Ewwww.”
Britney’s tell-all memoir, “The Woman In Me,” was officially released on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.