Britney Spears’ fans react to Justin Timberlake DWI arrest as they attempt to drive her 2011 song Criminal back up the charts

Britney Spears’ fans are trying to get her 2011 song Criminal back up the charts in light of Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest.

One of Britney’s biggest fan groups – the X account Britney Stan with nearly 70,000 followers – encouraged fans to buy her song Criminal, in a not-so-subtle swipe at her ex following his arrest.

“Fans are buying Britney Spears’ ‘Criminal’ after Justin Timberlake’s arrest,” Britney Stan tweeted Tuesday morning, along with a clip from the music video.

The same account, BritneyTheStan, also posted on Britney Spears deserves an apology! #JusticeForBritney.”

That tweet referenced comments Justin made in 2007 while accepting a Brit Award, which were interpreted as a message to his ex. ‘Stop drinking! You know who you are. I am talking to you. You’re going to get sloppy. OK! magazine is going to say something bad about you,” he said.

Timberlake later insisted that the message was not intended for Britney during a subsequent interview with GQ, and a rep said Timberlake was only referring to “people in the crowd, not in particular,” according to Fox news.

Timberlake has been feeling the wrath of Britney fans in recent years, especially after the release of her 2023 memoir, The Woman In Me.

The book contained a series of explosive revelations about their romance: He revealed that he urged her to have an abortion when she became pregnant and that he made her look like a “whore who broke the heart of America’s golden boy.”

Timberlake was mobbed by Spears fans when her side of the story finally came out 20 years later, and the Britney Army continues to support her now.

In January, her fans sent her 2011 song Selfish back up the charts after her ex released his new single of the same name.

Selfish (Justin’s version) was the first single from his new album Everything I Thought It Was, his first studio album since 2018’s Man Of The Woods.

Spears made multiple accusations against her ex Justin in her 2023 memoir, The Woman In Me, including criticizing his 2002 song Cry Me a River for the way she looked.

In exclusive footage obtained by DailyMail.com, Justin Timberlake was seen with black eyes as he emerged from the Hamptons police station where he spent the night for drink driving.

Spears dated Timberlake from 2002 to 2007

Fans brought up comments Timberlake previously made urging someone to ‘stop drinking’ – he later insisted the comments weren’t about Britney

The former pop power couple pictured in 2002

Britney fans have harbored animosity towards Timberlake since the claims made in the Toxic singer’s memoir, The Woman In Me.

When they broke up, his career soared. Albums and songs were promoted under the narrative that Spears broke his heart.

He even used a Spears lookalike in the music video for Cry Me A River and she was vilified for their breakup.

In 2018, Timberlake said he was so emotional after his divorce from Spears that he got rid of his feelings by writing Cry Me a River in just two hours.

But in her 2023 memoir, Spears revealed she became pregnant by Timberlake in 2000, with the singer having an abortion because the N*Sync star “didn’t want to be a father.”

The Toxic hitmaker described the ‘painful’ decision to end the pregnancy after falling pregnant in late 2000, when the pair were both 19.

The star claimed that while she wanted the baby and “dreamed of a family” with Timberlake, he “wasn’t ready” for the responsibilities of parenthood and felt the couple was too young.

Spears and Timberlake in 2001

She wrote: It was a surprise, but for me it was not a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected that one day we would start a family together. This would just be a lot sooner than I expected.

“He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young. I’m sure people will hate me for this, but I agreed not to have the baby.

‘I don’t know if that was the right decision. If it had been up to me alone, I would never have done it. And yet Justin was so sure he didn’t want to be a father.’

The book also claims that Spears reveals that she was raised “not to have an abortion” due to religious reasons and what she learned from her family, TMZ reports.

She then accused Timberlake of cheating on her during their three-year relationship.

Spears did not name the person the hitmaker allegedly cheated on her with, calling her “another celebrity.”

Timberlake appeared to reference the criticism during a performance at the opening of Fontainebleau in Las Vegas in December.

Before launching into the hit, he told the crowd: “No disrespect.”