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Janet Jackson’s new documentary was filled with multiple 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 event, 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 Super Bowl halftime show. “We talked as soon as and [Justin] stated, ‘I do not know if I ought to come out and make a press release,'” she stated. “And I stated, ‘Pay attention, I do not need any drama for you. They’re aiming all of this at me.’ So I stated, ‘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. “Truthfully, this complete factor was blown manner out of proportion,” she says within the clip. “In fact, it was an accident. That ought to not have occurred, however everyone seems to be in search of somebody responsible, and that is acquired to cease. Justin and I are superb pals, and we are going to at all times be superb pals. 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 enough to publicly support Jackson at a time when the “Rhythm Nation” singer was primarily blacklisted from the trade. Jackson even claims that she was disinvited from the 2004 Grammys. Final yr, FX/Hulu shined a light on the incident, which turned extensively often known as “Nipplegate,” in “The New York Occasions”‘s docuseries titled “Hulu’s Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson.”
