Britney Spears fans slam ex-Justin Timberlake as new documentary revisits bitter split

Britney Spears fans have asked her ex Justin Timberlake to apologize to the star for handling their breakup, in light of the documentary Framing Britney Spears.

The talk explores the dark side of the 39-year-old singer’s fame, from her rise as a childhood star to her split in 2007 and the controversial 13-year-old tutelage of her father Jamie, who started the #FreeBritney movement.

However, scores of viewers accused Justin, 40, of helping to tarnish Britney’s image after their split in 2002, while veteran journalist Diane Sawyer, 75, was called ‘sl * * – shamer ” for his subsequent interview with the star.

During Britney’s Louisiana-raised superstar teenage years, she was heavily sexualized after publicly declaring she was a virgin.

As she grew into adulthood, she was needled in interviews about her breasts and wondered if she had remained a virgin as her romance with Timberlake saw her hailed as half of a global pop couple.

However, once the couple finally broke up in 2002, Justin almost accused his ex of cheating on him when he released his hit song Cry Me A River, which included a video of a Britney lookalike. reaping the consequences of infidelity.

And while Britney had continued to state publicly that she was still a virgin, Justin suggested otherwise in post-breakup interviews.

In a flash, Britney was widely seen as responsible for the split and even her interviewer Diane Sawyer took an accusatory tone asking, “What have you done?”

In 2003, Britney sat down for an interview with Diane – who played a music video for Maryland’s First Lady Kendall Erlich, figuratively saying that “ if I had a chance to shoot Britney Spears I think I would, ” a remark for which she later apologized.

Seasoned journalist Diane seemed to gently justify the harsh and shocking statement – which was made in reaction to the star wearing ‘revealing’ clothes, which was cited as a bad influence on children – as she urged Britney for an answer.

When Britney got over her shock at the remark, she managed to counter, “I’m not here to, you know, babysit.

Following the broadcast of Framing Britney Spears, which aired in the United States on Friday night, viewers took to Twitter in droves to attack Justin and Diane.

Wrote one: “Justin Timberlake laughed and got ‘revenge’ by mourning me a river … Britney must have been on TV with Diane Sawyer and collapsed crying in an interview after their breakup … fly in today’s culture. #FreeBritney ‘

Another viewer tweeted: ‘Old villains ask teenage Britney all the time if she’s a virgin. How big are her breasts. And Justin Timberlake publicly announcing that he had taken his V card !!! The shit she went through.

“ I think it’s time for @DianeSawyer to issue a public apology to Britney Spears, ” a third said. ‘She treated her in a disgusting way and never said sorry. Speak sis. You were VERY wrong with the way you interviewed her.

Another fan of the star wrote: “Diane Sawyer literally tried to defend a woman who said ‘If it wasn’t illegal to shoot Britney I would’ to Britney because Britney was wearing clothes” telltale ‘and mothers worry about their children because of it? LIKE WTF ??? ‘

However, some fans have jumped in defense of former NSYNC frontman Justin, explaining that he was also young when he split from Britney.

Explaining their position, one wrote: ‘All this Justin and Britney shit was way too much for two young people. They were far too young for people to have so many expectations and so much judgment. #FreeBritney (sic) ‘

“Am I the only Britney fan who also loves Justin Timberlake?” another asked. I understand he should have apologized for the things he said, but sometimes if the two parties involved don’t have bad will, that doesn’t mean we have to get in between their issues. She evolved.

Wrote a third: “Love @jtimberlake but in all honesty. He wouldn’t have had anything to write for his debut album if it weren’t for the breakup with @britneyspears & @Pharrell giving him most of @michaeljackson’s demo songs. #JustSayThankYou ‘

At the time of Britney and Justin’s split, it was rumored that she cheated on pop with dancer Wade Robson, now 38.

However, it has also been claimed that Justin cheated on Britney several times during the year which caused them to call time on their unhappy romance.

In the years since the couple broke up, Britney underwent a very public disentanglement, which resulted in her hair being shaved in early 2007.

Shortly after, she was placed under guardianship, under the guardianship of her father Jamie, whom she still endures to this day – despite his efforts to combat her.