actually went public. >> she was a top editor at "teen people" and knew about her romance with justin timberlake before they went public in 1999. >> you have to ebb are that traditionally, you don't want to reveal your romantic status but if you're a girl, the record label wants the guys to put you on their wall, right? and that might dam your sexual appeal, your sex appeal a bit. >> and then they breakup in 2002 and suddenly a lot of people describe this as the moment where she starts to feel the e norty of her fame. >> how is it justin went oh, so right and britney went oh, so wrong? >> justin timberlake said bye, bye, bye to girlfriend. >> tabloids turned on the pop