Oprah gets everyone to open up! Well, except Rosie O’Donnell! Justin Timberlake spoke about Britney Spears for the first time in YEARS. He usually just responds with “I don’t know her anymore.” But this time he confesses that he still has love for her and talks a little bit about their relationship. Add that to quotes about his career and summer hit, and you have yourself one heck of an interview.
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On SexyBack:
“The funniest thing about that song was, originally, it wasn’t going to be titled ‘SexyBack. We didn’t know what we were going to call it, and that was sort of an ad lib line that started off the actual writing of the song. Then I started playing it for a lot of different women … and they kept saying, ‘That Sexy Back song.’ And I was like, well, all right. It stuck to the wall.”
On starting out in the business at such a young age:
“I would film [The New Mickey Mouse Club] six months out of the year, and then go back to a small town in Tennessee,” he says. “In that small town, yeah, I was a big deal, you know? But it was kind of interesting…I kind of became an outcast in school because I wasn’t normal.”
On the paparazzi:
“[When] you drive out of your [driveway] and people are kind of sitting waiting to follow you, you know, ‘He’s going to go to Whole Foods. We need to capture that.’ You’re just like, okay, this is kind of weird. … You kind of try to pretend it’s not there.”
“It’s like, ‘Look, you guys have the technology of telephoto lenses and you can shoot those pictures [from far away],’” he says. “I think it’s one of those things that, if you let it, it will consume you.”
On Britney Spears:
Oprah: What do you think is going on with Britney?
Justin: I don’t know, to be honest with you. I haven’t spoken to her in years. I mean, there’s no ill will—I have nothing but love for her. It’s funny because we dated each other at a time…wow, I haven’t talked about this in a long time. It’s interesting.
Oprah: But you’ve never talked about it to me, so it’s okay.
Justin: Hey, let’s get it in, girl.
Oprah: Let’s get it in.
Justin: We were teenagers, you know?
Oprah: Yes, famous teenagers.
Justin: I think that’s basically the best way to describe what happened to us. I think she’s a great person, and I don’t know her as well as I did …. What I do know about her is she has a huge heart, and she is a great person.
To read the rest of the interview, click here.
Is Big a changed man? Or will it be the same ol’ same ol’ for our favorite leading lady? So MANY QUESTIONS!!
