What Really Went Down Between Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake at the VMAs?
“Meg loves Justin,” a source told People after a video, in which they appear to be arguing, went viral. “It was their first time meeting and she was excited.”
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The VMAs have alas returned to relevance: Real celebrities (read: Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez), and not just micro-influencers and alleged abusers, are back, and so is all the drama. At Tuesday night’s award show, a video of Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake appearing to clash backstage went viral, sparking an avalanche of speculation as to what the two were saying to each other. It certainly looks heated from what we can glimpse before Timberlake disappears off-camera—but within an hour or so of the video’s vast circulation across social media, reps for the artists made a swift attempt to put rumors of conflict to bed.
A source quickly assured outlets including People, Variety, and Entertainment Tonight that the real exchange was, if anything, enthusiastically friendly, with Timberlake expressing delight that they got to meet and Megan insisting that they meet again in a less chaotic setting. “He said, ‘It’s so nice to meet you,’ and she said, ‘No, no, this don’t count, this don’t count. We gotta meet proper,’” the source told the outlets. Later, another source told People that “Meg loves Justin,” adding, “She was saying, ‘No, no, no, we’ve never met before!’ It was their first time meeting and she was excited.”