NEW YORK 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."
Diaz and Timberlake, who had dated since 2003, confirmed their
split in January. Timberlake's relationship with Spears ended in
2002. They were a high-profile couple for three years.
Timberlake, a former member of boy band 'N Sync, released his debut
solo album, "Justified," in 2002. The album won a Grammy
Award.
"I tried so hard to be an R&B artist and it was the pop album
of the year. ... That's the last thing I wanted," Timberlake says.
"But I was like, `So everyone considers me a pop artist? ... I'm
going to do whatever I want to do.'"
Timberlake took home a trophy as favorite male singer Saturday
night in the raucous, slime-drenched 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids'
Choice Awards on Viacom International Inc.'s Nickelodeon
channel.
The show began with Timberlake descending from the ceiling on a
large orange Nickelodeon blimp and breaking into a Broadway show
tune in which he taunted the audience, saying he was too famous to
be slimed.
"You'll never get a drop of slime on old J.T.," he sang.
By the end of the song, of course, he had been drenched in the
green goo.