Britney Spears has taken to social media to offer up an apology to her ex, Justin Timberlake.
The apology comes as Spears recalled multiple interactions between the pair in her memoir The Woman in Me which prompted a barrage of hate towards the 'Suit and Tie' hitmaker.
In one part of the book, which was released back in October, she recalled Timberlake breaking up with her over a "two-word" text when Spears was just 20 and was on the set of the 'Overprotected: The Darkchild Remix' music video in downtown LA.
At the time just before the memoir's official release, the director, Chris Applebaum, spoke to Page Six about the day, saying: "There are those people where there is something inside of them and you don’t know where it comes from — it’s like an ‘X’ factor. That’s what we saw with her."
He continued: "I was so happy that this person who was the biggest star in the world was everything I wanted her to be and then more."
However, things took a turn for the worst when Spears disappeared from the set for over half an hour.
"I can’t believe it," she said as the director finally found her. "Look it. This happened."
She held up her phone which showed a text from Timberlake that allegedly read: "It’s over!!!" due to a cheating scandal that was later confirmed by Spears herself.
Passages in the memoir reportedly describe Timberlake as the "love of her life" during their time together. Despite this deep connection and her desire to start a family with him, Spears apparently claims that she did get pregnant with Timberlake's baby, but the two stars decided that an abortion was what was best for them both.
Following the memoir's release, a lot of Britney's fans heavily criticized Timblelake - but now it seems that Spears wants to clear the air.
Posting to Instagram on Monday, the 42-year-old apologized to her former lover and even went on to praise his latest single.
"I wanna apologize for some of the things I wrote about in my book," she started the post alongside a snapshot of the singer with talk show host Jimmy Fallon. "If I offended any of the people I genuinely care about I am deeply sorry... I also wanted to say I am in love with Justin Timberlake's new song 'Selfish' it is soo good..."
She also added: "...And how come every time I see Justin and Jimmy together I laugh so hard???"
Have a look at a screenshot of the post below:
The two iconic stars dated for a total of three years after they started dating in 1999, and while things may have seemed perfect on the outside, their relationship was riddled with secrets and scandals that slowly came to light during a very highly publicized breakup in March 2002.
Not only had the pair exchanged nasty blows about swirling infidelity rumors in the press, which have now been confirmed by the star herself, but Timberlake went on to fuel things further by writing songs that many believed were about Spears, including 'Cry Me A River' and 'What Goes Around Comes Around'.
And let's just say, it was a super awkward time for us all but it's great that they've buried the hatchet after all these years.