00:00A statement Justin Timberlake made during a recent concert performance is turning heads,
00:04and Britney Spears is weighing in.
00:07During Timberlake's free show at Irving Plaza in New York City on Wednesday,
00:10on his birthday, the singer shared some choice words
00:13before performing his 2013 hit with Jay-Z, Holy Grail.
00:16I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to absolutely fucking nobody.
00:25The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Timberlake's reps for comment.
00:28After Timberlake's comments made headlines, Spears wrote on Instagram on Thursday,
00:33This all comes after Spears shared an apology Sunday in a now-deleted Instagram post.
00:45In the post, Spears had shared a clip of Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon's classroom instruments segment
00:50on The Tonight Show, writing,
00:58I also wanted to say I am in love with Justin Timberlake's new song, Selfish.
01:02It is so good, and how come every time I see Justin and Jimmy together, I laugh so hard?
01:07P.S. Sanctified is wow, too.
01:09The singer's post followed her fans seemingly trolling Timberlake over the release of his new song, Selfish.
01:18After the release of the track on Friday, Spears' 2011 song, Selfish, from her Femme Fatale album,
01:23hit the number one spot on iTunes,
01:25outperforming Timberlake's new song of the same name.
01:28The Cry Me A River singer has received backlash
01:30since Spears revealed in her memoir, The Woman In Me,
01:32that she had an abortion during her relationship with Timberlake,
01:35whom she famously dated from 1999 to 2002.
01:38Spears alleged that she wanted to have the baby,
01:40but didn't because Timberlake wasn't ready to be a father.
01:43Timberlake has not publicly commented on Spears' comments.
01:45For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:48This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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