Justin Timberlake says the gossip rags turn his life into a soap opera

Justin Timberlake says the gossip rags turn his life into a soap opera
Justin Timberlake says he hates gossip magazines and that he refuses to participate in their spin. I don’t know what he means, since all he has to do is sit back and let them speculate about his life, but he says that make a lot out of nothing:

Justin Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. “I despise what they do,” the 26-year-old singer tells Details magazine in an interview in its April issue. “They create soap operas out of people’s lives. … It’s a spin game, and I choose not to take part in it.”

That includes not dishing any dirt about former girlfriends Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz.

“I would never say anything bad about anyone. I love a lot of those people,” says Timberlake, whose latest album is “FutureSex/LoveSounds.”

At least he’s directing his ire at the source and not at the measly bloggers who pick up the gossip rags’ crumbs. Fergie and Jared Leto take note.

He name-dropped gossip rag OK! Magazine at the Brit Awards in mid February, in what many people think was a veiled reference to a pre-rehab Britney. He said “Everyone have a great night. Stop drinking! You know who you are. I’m speaking to you. You are going to get sloppy. OK! magazine is going to say something bad about you.” OK! seems to be inventing a relationship where there is none between the old lovers, and has continually run pieces about how Justin still loves Britney and is there for her.

Justin was recently said to have blown up at a random person on the street who asked him why he didn’t help Britney in her time of drunken head-shaving need. He said “Why does everyone keep telling me I have to take care of Britney?… Britney, Britney, Britney!…She’s an EX girlfriend! Doesn’t anyone get it? We’re NOT together anymore.”

The April 2nd issue of OK! has an article titled “Can Justin Save Britney from Going Broke?” and goes into detail about how Britney is blowing all her cash while Justin is more reasonable with his massive wealth. They say that Justin’s record producer Timbaland could help Britney make a comeback and they focus on quotes from him that he’s already denied saying about how he wants to help her.

It seems like Justin’s got a point.

Here he is on April 1st leaving Parc. See what I mean about all the celebrities going there? He is also shown outside of a recording studio. Pictures [via]

Thanks to Sammie’s Effluvia for the OK! Magazine scan and story.

Published 4/4/07 by


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