Janet Jackson Defends Justin Timberlake in New Documentary: “He and I Have Moved On”

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Janet Jackson’s new documentary was stuffed with a number of bombshells, however maybe the second everybody cannot cease speaking about is when the five-time Grammy winner set the document straight about her relationship with Justin Timberlake. Within the two-night occasion, which aired concurrently on Lifetime and A&E on Jan. 28 and 29, Jackson says she suggested Timberlake to remain silent within the weeks following their controversial 2004 Tremendous Bowl halftime present. “We talked as soon as and [Justin] mentioned, ‘I do not know if I ought to come out and make a press release,'” she mentioned. “And I mentioned, ‘Pay attention, I do not need any drama for you. They’re aiming all of this at me.’ So I mentioned, ‘If I had been you, I would not say something.'” It is also revealed that Timberlake invited Jackson to carry out on the 2018 Tremendous Bowl halftime present, although she refused, noting her “historical past” with CBS.

In a recorded video proven within the documentary, Jackson insists that they’ve since made amends. “Actually, this complete factor was blown approach out of proportion,” she says within the clip. “After all, it was an accident. That ought to not have occurred, however everyone seems to be on the lookout for somebody accountable, and that is bought to cease. Justin and I are superb associates, and we are going to all the time be superb associates. We spoke just some days in the past, and he and I’ve moved on, and it is time for everybody else to do the identical.”

For years, Timberlake has confronted scrutiny for not doing sufficient to publicly help Jackson at a time when the “Rhythm Nation” singer was basically blacklisted from the business. Jackson even claims that she was disinvited from the 2004 Grammys. Final 12 months, FX/Hulu shined a lightweight on the incident, which grew to become broadly often known as “Nipplegate,” in “The New York Occasions”‘s docuseries titled “Hulu’s Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson.”