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Justin Timberlake dated Britney Spears between 1999 and 2002 (Reuters)

Justin Timberlake has addressed decades-old rumors regarding his 2006 hit single What Goes Around...Comes Around , clarifying during an interview with Complex that the song was not written about his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears .

Timberlake explained that the track was actually inspired by a friend's personal experience with infidelity, which he turned into a song in roughly 20 minutes after receiving permission from his friend.

The song became the third single from Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds album, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning him a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Fans previously assumed the track was a direct sequel to his 2002 hit Cry Me a River , a song Timberlake acknowledged in 2011 was written following the end of his relationship with Spears.

Spears and Timberlake dated from 1999 to 2002, and Spears later confirmed in…