According to sources close to the star, Justin Timberlake’s apology to ex-girl Britney Spears and Janet Jackson is the right thing to do.
‘He did it on his own and it’s really from the heart. It’s not about publicity, “a source told Page Six.
On Friday, the 40-year-old singer “Cry Me a River”, the singers apologized a long time for the role in the media that plagued them after his breakup of Spears and the failure of Jackson’s Super Bowl performance in 2004.
Spears fans in particular have been sniffing at him for the past few days after the New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears” renewed their rhetoric.
The documentary showed that Timberlake claimed in a radio program that he had sex with Spears, 39, and claimed that his camp was driving the narrative that they set out because she betrayed him.
Meanwhile, there have long been allegations that Timberlake allowed Jackson, 54, to bear the brunt of the setback after their infamous Super Bowl halftime performance in which Timberlake exposed her chest.
‘I saw the messages, labels, comments and concerns and want to respond’, the singer wrote on social media on Friday, ‘I am deeply sorry for the times in my life in which my actions contributed to the problem, where I came from his turn talked, or did not talk about what is right. I understand that in these moments and in many others, I have fallen short and benefited from a system that endorses misogyny and racism. ‘
Timberlake specifically referred to Spears and Jackson and wrote, “I care about and respect these women and I know I have failed.” He continues: “The industry is flawed. It puts men, especially white men, on success. It’s designed that way. As a man in a privileged position, I have to vote on this. Because of my ignorance, I did not realize it while it was happening in my own life, but I never want to benefit from being subtracted from others. ‘
Our source added that Timberlake is serious about being part of the solution.
“He realized he had to talk and that it was long enough,” they said. ‘He knows that he has sometimes benefited from these moments and that he would have to say something sooner to defend both. He means it, and he’s very glad he can talk now. This is a larger conversation and he wants to make his contribution to promoting solutions. ”
Spears and Jackson have yet to respond to Timberlake’s mea culpa.