A clip of Michelle Williams reading an excerpt about Justin Timberlake from Britney Spears' memoir is going viral.
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Of course, Spears' hotly anticipated "The Woman in Me" is now out. Voicing the audiobook is none other than Oscar-nominated actor Michelle Williams. While a number of revelations from the book are incredibly moving, especially over the injustice Spears faced during her conservatorship, there's one particular segment about Spears' ex that's been making the rounds.
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In case you need a transcript, the excerpt says of Timberlake, “His band NSYNC was what people back then called ‘so pimp.’ They were white boys, but they loved hip-hop. To me, that’s what separated them from the Backstreet Boys, who seemed very consciously to position themselves as a white group. NSYNC hung out with Black artists. Sometimes, I thought they tried too hard to fit in."
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A run-in with a famous Black artist is where things got...interesting. Williams as Spears continued, "One day, [Justin] and I were in New York, going to parts of town I’d never been to before. Walking our way was a guy wearing a huge blinged-out medallion. He was flanked by two giant security guards. J got all excited and said so loud, ‘Oh yeah. Fo’ shiz. Fo’ shiz. Ginuwine what’s up homie?’"
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"After Ginuwine walked away, Felicia did an impression of J: ‘Oh yeah. Fo’ siz. Fo’ siz. Ginuwine…’ J wasn’t even embarrassed. He just took it and looked at her like, ‘Okay, fuck you Felicia,'” she concluded.
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"The Woman in Me" is available as an audiobook and hardback.
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