The 'Oops!... I Did It Again' singer appears to regret dropping a bombshell claim about the 'Gone Girl' actor after she recalled their 'crazy' encounter years ago.
- February 8, 2024
AceShowbiz - Britney Spears has left her followers puzzled with a post and delete on Instagram. The singer has removed a Ben Affleck post after suddenly making a shocking claim that she once "made out" with the actor.
On Wednesday, February 7, the 42-year-old posted a throwback picture with the "Argo" star/director and songwriter Diane Warren, which she said was taken years ago. In the caption, she recalled their encounter, noting that she almost "forgot" how "crazy" it was.
"Cool pic of me and Ben Affleck and Diane Warren years ago!!! He's such an amazing actor," the "...Baby One More Time" hitmaker gushed over Ben in the caption, before dropping the bombshell claim, "Did I fail to mention I made out with Ben that night ... I honestly forgot ... damn that's crazy !!!"
"Wish I could tell you guys the story that happened before that !!!" Britney further teased. She added, "Oh dear, I'm just being a gossip girl !!! Psss I actually forgot !!"
Ben and his rep have not responded to Britney's claim, but the pop star seemingly regretted spilling the beans about their brief fling as she has since deleted the post.
The post in question featured a black-and-white image of Britney being sandwiched between Ben and Diane. In the photo, the "Justice League" actor put his arm on the "Lucky" singer's shoulder as she put one of her hands behind his back and her other hand on the songwriter's back. The three of them were all smiles in the snap.
Their encounter reportedly took place in 1999, likely before Britney started dating Justin Timberlake that same year. The "Me Against the Music" songstress and the NSYNC member were first romantically linked in the spring of 1999, though she initially told Rolling Stone that she had "no feelings at all" for the boybander.
The former couple split in 2003 and Britney spilled some shocking secrets about their past relationship in her 2023 memoir "The Woman in Me", including his alleged infidelities and her abortion. Recently, she apologized to her ex-boyfriend for offending him with the content of her autobiography.
"I wanna apologize for some of the things I wrote about in my book. If I offended any of the people I genuinely care about I am deeply sorry…(sic)," she wrote on Instagram after Justin debuted his new song "Selfish".
As for Ben, he was dating Gwyneth Paltrow on and off between 1997 to 2000. The "Shakespeare in Love" actress said in a 2015 interview with Howard Stern that the 51-year-old actor "was not in a good place in his life to have a girlfriend" during their relationship.
