Timbaland made the comment about muzzling Spears on Oct. The “Baby One More Time” singer said it bolstered the impression that she cheated on Timberlake and turned her into a “harlot who’d broken the heart of America’s golden boy.” “The Woman in Me,” by Britney Spears. The video features a devastated-looking Timberlake invading the home of his unfaithful ex-girlfriend, who bears a resemblance to Spears. In Spears’ memoir, “The Woman in Me,” she wrote that the acclaimed video for “Cry Me a River” painted her as a villain after the end of her and Timberlake’s extremely public relationship.
Notably, Timbaland produced Timberlake’s hit 2002 ballad “Cry Me a River” and appears in the song’s accompanying music video. Music producer Timbaland has apologized for the misogynistic way he came to the defense of Justin Timberlake, when he said late last month that his longtime collaborator should “muzzle” his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears after she revealed damaging details about him and their relationship in her new memoir.īut Spears’ fans say Timbaland has a lot more to atone for, suggesting that the producer was complicit in the “victim” narrative Timberlake built around himself after he and Spears split in 2002.
