{"id":82583,"date":"2023-10-26T13:15:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T02:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=241793"},"modified":"2023-10-26T10:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T10:42:27","slug":"michelle-williams-britney-spears-justin-timberlake-memoir","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/michelle-williams-britney-spears-justin-timberlake-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen As Academy Award Nominee Michelle Williams Impersonates Justin Timberlake\u2019s Blaccent In Britney Spears\u2019 Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Michelle Williams attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Academy Award nominee Michelle Willams is a woman of many talents. <\/span><\/p>\n

Her expansive work spans performances as Marilyn Monroe, a fictionalised version of Steven Spielberg\u2019s mother and the wife of a closeted cowboy in the late 60s Wyoming. Now, Williams can add another robust role<\/a> to her list of accolades: impersonating Justin Timberlake\u2019s attempts at a blaccent. <\/span><\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, Williams has lent her voice to the audiobook version of Britney Spears\u2019 memoir <\/a><\/span>The Woman In M<\/a>e. <\/span><\/i>Spears revealed<\/a> the reason for giving her story over to Williams to tell on her behalf was because the contents of the memoir were too emotional for her to relive by reading aloud. <\/span><\/p>\n

Though Williams\u2019 cooler Montana accent is far from the infliction of Spears\u2019 southern Mississippi drawl, the faintly aloof approach to detailing the darkest moments of Spears\u2019 life<\/a> has resulted in some rightfully viral moments. Of course, none more widely-discussed than Williams\u2019 meta-like impersonation<\/a> of a young Justin Timberlake adopting a blaccent to impress singer Ginuwine with his street-talk know-how.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The second-hand embarrassment discerned through your screen\u2014and Apple AirPod Maxes\u2014when listening to the snippet is palpable, however, it\u2019s the perfect antidote to break up the distressing subject matter. <\/span><\/p>\n

The excerpt reads: \u201cSometimes I thought they [NSYNC] tried too hard to fit in. One day J [Justin Timberlake] and I were in New York going to parts of town I had never been to before. Walking our way was a guy with a huge blinged-out medallion. He was flanked by two giant security guards.\u00a0 J got all excited and said so loud,<\/span> \u2018Oh yeahhh, fo-shiz fo-shiz, Ginuwiiine, what\u2019s up homie!\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Listen to Michelle Williams\u2019 version for yourself below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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— Zo\u00eb Rose Bryant (@ZoeRoseBryant) October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n