Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake appeared to get right into a “heated” change on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, however the encounter apparently wasn’t all it appeared.
The 2 artists attended the VMAs on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey on Tuesday night time (September 12), the place cameras caught them entering into what regarded like a disagreement backstage.
Megan Thee Stallion was getting her hair touched up when Justin Timberlake leaned in to talk to her as he walked previous.
A smiling Timberlake was met by Megan shaking her finger and searching displeased after the dialog passed off.
Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake seem like arguing backstage on the 2023 #VMAs. pic.twitter.com/aqIfIjssxl
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Nevertheless, a backstage supply who witnessed the change instructed Selection that there was “zero combat.”
“He mentioned, ‘It’s so good to satisfy you,’ and he or she mentioned, ‘No, no this don’t rely, this don’t rely. We gotta meet correct,’” the supply claimed. “It was very cute.”
A second eyewitness added: “Meg loves Justin. She was saying, ‘No, no, no, we’ve by no means met earlier than.’ It was their first time assembly and he or she was excited.”
Megan Thee Stallion was on the MTV VMAs to carry out her new Cardi B collaboration, “Bongos,” which arrived on streaming companies final week.
In the meantime, Justin Timberlake reunited along with his former boy band NSYNC at hand out the primary award of the night time.
The “SexyBack” singer joined Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, JC Chasez and Chris Kirkpatrick to current the Greatest Pop award to Taylor Swift for “Anti-Hero.”
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“Over 20 years in the past we had been simply youngsters after we received Greatest Pop Video for ‘Bye, Bye, Bye,’” Chasez mentioned on stage. “It was our first VMA and it meant the world to us.”
Kirkpatrick continued: “That award validated our laborious work and we would’ve received once more for Pop…”
“Rather a lot has modified over the previous 20 years however one factor stays fixed: a inventive, boundary-pushing video leaves an enduring mark for many years,” Bass added.
