A Clip Of Michelle Williams Narrating Britney Spears' Audiobook Is Going Viral For A Certain Justin Timberlake Moment

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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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— alex (@alex_abads) October 24, 2023 ">You can listen to the excerpt here:

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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.

lol brit got my white sister michelle williams saying WHAT! https://t.co/1jFJpWSHqL

— Brittany Luse (@bmluse) October 24, 2023 ">The clip, with Williams' narration, quickly started to gain traction:

Michelle Williams is doing performance art here, you see https://t.co/oEqFmQpOiL

— Charles PM (@CharlesPulliam) October 24, 2023 ">

(white) Michelle Williams doing an impression of Britney doing an impression of Justin Timberlake doing an impression of a Black person - this is art. https://t.co/HSx5CRa2ja

— Otegha K. Uwagba (@OteghaUwagba) October 24, 2023 ">

I gagged when it was revealed who Justin Timberlake was throwing on a blaccent for. 😭 https://t.co/POQaheHzfz

— issa rae’s favorite interviewer. (@TheGreatIsNate) October 24, 2023 ">Especially as some noted Timberlake's apparent use of a "blaccent:"

Fo shizz fo shizz https://t.co/QbG4u8G9Zwpic.twitter.com/TUsG0NA2dq

— Ira (@iramadisonthree) October 24, 2023 ">And some brought up a throwback photo that Ginuwine posted with Timberlake in 2013:

And i believe every single part of this storypic.twitter.com/9Ubclaa5XShttps://t.co/XEKkX5zUul

— anti jumpings (@phxxking) October 24, 2023 ">As well as bringing up some of Timberlake's...other performances:

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"The Woman in Me" is available as an audiobook and hardback.