Britney Spears sets the record right after reports she got a new tattoo for Justin Timberlake

Britney Spears vents after two of her Instagram posts caused a stir.

The 41 year old Fame Popstar made a rare comment about Justin Timberlakewho she dated from 1999 to 2002, in a recent post.

“When we were shooting hoops TOGETHER,” she wrote alongside a since-deleted picture of them playing basketball. “Then miracles happened.”

Somehow, reports of the post began justin with a separate post about a new tattoo that Britney divided. She took to her Instagram story to make it clear that they weren’t related at all.

Read more to see what Britney Spears had to say…

“Just to be clear…my tattoo hasn’t had anything to do with an ex in the past,” she wrote. “I just did it because I wanted to!!! The picture with my ex is a time when there was less confusion about what it means to be together…it is what it is.”

Your clarification comes just a while after Britney apparently she refrained from reporting about her from an evening with her husband.

Read Britney Spears’ full statement below…