Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake have well and truly moved on from what she has described as “one of the world’s biggest break-ups”, as evidenced in their recent Instagram exchange.
On Thursday morning, Britney surprised her followers with a video of herself striking a variety of poses to her famous ex’s track, Nasty.
“This is my version of Snapchat or TikTok or whatever the cool thing you’re supposed to do these days,” she joked. “As you can see I’m not really dancing folks... I’m just very bored.”
Addressing her music choice, Britney added: “PS I know we had one of the world’s biggest breakups 20 years ago …… but hey the man is a genius !!!! Great song JT.”
Britney’s sister Jamie Lynn and boyfriend Sam Asghari were among those to comment on the video soon after it was uploaded, but what no one was expecting was that Justin himself would also send the Womanizer singer a message, posting a string of emojis.
The two former teen stars were one of the most high-profile couples of the early 2000s, dating for three years until they eventually called it a day in 2002.
Shortly after the split, Justin released one of his biggest tracks, Cry Me A River, which appears to detail the split, and featured a Britney look-a-like in the music video.
Britney later claimed that Justin had told her about the video ahead of time, telling her that it was “not a big deal”.
She later branded the music video a “publicity stunt”, claiming he’d told her afterwards: “Well, I got a controversial video.”
“So he got what he wanted,” Britney told Rolling Stone. “I think it looks like such a desperate attempt, personally.”
Britney’s own chart-topping song, Everytime, is perceived by many as her response to Cry Me A River, and her split from Justin.
While Britney has now been dating Sam Asghari since 2016, Justin is married to actress Jessica Biel, with whom he has a son.
He later insisted he had a 'damn good reason' for putting the brakes on her scheduled performance.
Although they tried to make a go of it in the outside world, it wasn't long before infidelity accusations were thrown from both sides, with Stephanie eventually announcing she was pregnant with Jeremy's child, though he has insisted the baby is not his.
He later addressed the break-up in his track 'Cry Me A River', and has repeatedly made digs at her over the past decade.
Amber then caused ripples on social media with #FingersInTheBooty-gate, with Kanye later using Amber as one of 12 celebs in his shocking 'Famous' music video.
While he initially owned up to one indiscretion, it later transpired that an entire orgy had taken place without his girlfriend's knowledge, and their relationship swiftly ended.
Shortly after their break-up, they were both victims of a mass celebrity nude photo hacking, with Kelly publicly tweeting David to tell him: 'Your nob's online. Email me.'
Most recently, Selena tweeted Justin to tell him he was being unfair to his Beliebers by blaming them for laying into his new girlfriend, something she knows a whole lot about.
He later issued a public statement in a video, urging Chantelle to allow him to see their baby daughter, Dolly.
After discovering he'd slept with a model behind her back, Kelly blasted her then-fiancé on social media, calling him the 'biggest piece of shit ever' also accusing him of sleeping with 'hundreds of girls as well as men behind her back'.
Since marrying Michelle Keegan, Mark has repeatedly blasted his ex, urging her to stop mentioning him in interviews and to 'have some self-respect'.
The two attempted to get their relationship back on track, but allegedly split when he learned she was still in contact with Rupert.