Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears' Abortion

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Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears' Abortion refers to American popstar singer Britney Spears revealing that when she dated Justin Timberlake in the late 1990s and early 2000s, she became pregnant with his baby but had an abortion. The singer admitted the abortion in her 2023 memoir titled The Woman In Me, which was released in October 2023. The news became a trending topic and controversy on social media leading up to the book's release, generating viral debates on social media about the incident and reintroducing content from Spears' music and videos to be speculated online as references to the abortion she experienced.

Background

On October 17th, 2023, TMZ stated^[1] that American singer Brtiney Spears' upcoming memoir The Woman In Me would reveal that Justin Timberlake got her pregnant and, after some heart-wrenching conversations, both agreed she would get an abortion. An exclusive article posted by People^[2] on the same day explained that the pop star duo dated in their late teens between 1999 to 2002, also revealing Spears' thoughts on the abortion with the singer saying in the memoir she "never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father."

Shortly after, the X^[3] account @PopBase shared the news after TMZ posted the story (shown below), amassing over 7.4 million views and 61,000 likes in a few hours.

Online Reactions

The news quickly became a trending topic on social media, inspiring a viral debate on social media platforms such as X / Twitter. For instance, on October 17th, 2023, the entertainment X^[4] account @PopCulture2000s posted part of Britney Spears' "Everytime" music video, which was released in 2004, purportedly being about her relationship with Justin Timberlake. The post (shown below) includes a clip in which Britney is in a hospital looking at a woman who just gave birth to a baby, garnering over 1.6 million views and 46,000 likes in a few hours.

On YouTube, several tabloids explained the story of Britney Spears' pregnancy with Justin Timberlake following the October 17th article. For example, the YouTube channel @enews^[5] posted a video (shown below, left) of the story, receiving over 3,400 views and 99 likes in a few hours. Journalist Megyn Kelly^[6] also commented on the incident on her channel (shown below, right), garnering more than 9,000 views and 424 likes in a few hours.