
From Janet Jackson to Britney Spears, famous women in Justin Timberlake's gravitational orbit are seemingly sucked into his blackhole-like energy, ready to be eviscerated as his decades-long career grows and grows to undeniably indestructible heights. He’s been on the edge of a lot of scandal over the years, but has largely exited the situations unscathed as the women around him are left open to public blows.
Spears, Timberlake’s childhood sweetheart, has mostly taken the brunt of his blatant and insidious misogyny. The pair first met in 1992 on the set of "The Mickey Mouse Club," when they were 11 and 12. In her explosive new memoir, "The Woman In Me," Spears said she had her first kiss with Timberlake during a game of Truth or Dare. They did not start dating until 1999 when Spears was 17 and they were together until 2002. When they were together, their short-lived relationship became a pop culture phenomenon, one that is still talked about today.