Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's Relationship 

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake first started dating while they were on-screen characters in "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the early 1990s.

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Their highly public romance started to blossom in 1999, when both of their careers were thriving.

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Their appearances at the Super Bowl halftime show and their famous kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000 attracted media attention.

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They co-starred in the film "Crossroads" in 2001 and made fashion history by wearing matching denim ensembles to the American Music Awards that year.

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Popular songs like Britney Spears' "Everytime" and Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" were inspired by a contentious and widely reported separation in 2002.

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Their painful divorce has remained a source of fascination for fans throughout the years.

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Of note, Justin Timberlake publicly apologized to Britney Spears in 2021 for his role in the assault she experienced.

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Britney and Justin's love story remains a defining and enduring event in pop cultural history, engaging fans and aficionados alike.

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