As I posted previously tonight Justin appeared on Oprah´s Wrinfey show and did an interview with her discussing several subjects about his singing career, how he handles fame, and his past and previous love relationships. He also performed his hit single “What goes around comes around ” for the audience.
Here are some of the highlights of his interview with Oprah:
On SexyBack
“So you brought sexy back,” Oprah says. “Where had it gone?”
“The funniest thing about that song was, originally, it wasn’t going to be titled ‘SexyBack,’” Justin says. “We didn’t know what we were going to call it, and that was sort of an ad lib line that started off the actual writing of the song. Then I started playing it for a lot of different women … and they kept saying, ‘That Sexy Back song.’ And I was like, well, all right. It stuck to the wall.”
About Fame, his mother and the paparazzi
Justin says he feels lucky to be able to do what he loves and travel the world playing music…but his success didn’t come without sacrifice. “[People] always say [it takes] 90 percent preparation and 10 percent luck,” he says. “It’s not without hard work.”
In the beginning, Justin says fame made him feel like an outsider. “I would film [The New Mickey Mouse Club] six months out of the year, and then go back to a small town in Tennessee,” he says. “In that small town, yeah, I was a big deal, you know? But it was kind of interesting…I kind of became an outcast in school because I wasn’t normal.”
When Justin left Tennessee and began touring with *NSYNC, his career took off. He credits his mom, Lynn, and stepfather for keeping him grounded all these years. “I just remember my mom always instilling those thoughts in me that at the end of the day or at the beginning of the day, we all put our pants on the same way,” he says.
It’s not Justin’s chart-topping hits or his dance moves that make his mom proud. Lynn says she’s most proud of how her son handles superstardom. “[I’m proud] that he is so well-grounded—that he’s a good person,” she says. “It’s like they say, ‘Don’t believe the hype.’ You have to be able to separate who you are and what you do.”
When Justin isn’t on stage, he says he likes to play golf, hang out with friends and host game nights at his house. “I don’t really live as fabulous a life as you would think,” he says.
Even when he’s doing something mundane, like grocery shopping or walking his dogs, Justin says he has constant companions…the paparazzi. At first, he says their presence was surreal.
“[When] you drive out of your [driveway] and people are kind of sitting waiting to follow you, you know, ‘He’s going to go to Whole Foods. We need to capture that.’ You’re just like, okay, this is kind of weird. … You kind of try to pretend it’s not there.”
Over the years, Justin says he has become defensive and protective if the paparazzi followed him while he was with friends and family. Now, he tries to come to an agreement with photographers. “It’s like, ‘Look, you guys have the technology of telephoto lenses and you can shoot those pictures [from far away],’” he says. “I think it’s one of those things that, if you let it, it will consume you.”
On his ex flame Britney Spears
Oprah: What do you think is going on with Britney?
Justin: I don’t know, to be honest with you. I haven’t spoken to her in years. I mean, there’s no ill will—I have nothing but love for her. It’s funny because we dated each other at a time…wow, I haven’t talked about this in a long time. It’s interesting.
Oprah: But you’ve never talked about it to me, so it’s okay.
Justin: Hey, let’s get it in, girl.
Oprah: Let’s get it in.
Justin: We were teenagers, you know?
Oprah: Yes, famous teenagers.
Justin: I think that’s basically the best way to describe what happened to us. I think she’s a great person, and I don’t know her as well as I did …. What I do know about her is she has a huge heart, and she is a great person.
On his current relationship
Justin has been involved in a few high-profile relationships in the past, but he’s keeping his latest romance under wraps. “I’m dating someone,” he says. “But all I can tell you is she smells lovely.”
Oprah may not get a name out of Justin, but he does share a few secrets about his personal life. “I get pretty romantic around her,” he says. Justin admits that he even sings to her sometimes.
While he’s away on tour, Justin says he stays connected to his mystery woman through iChat, a computer program that lets you see the person you’re talking to with a webcam. “Technology is a wonderful thing sometimes. … I find that to be really cool, when you can actually see someone’s face. I do it with my friends, as well, just to have a conversation back and forth. It just makes you feel closer, that’s all.”
Dating isn’t easy—especially when your relationship gets played out in the public eye. In a past interview, Justin said tabloids create soap operas out of people’s lives. “If two famous people are dating each other, what I found—and I could be wrong—but just in my personal experience, [they think] if you’re not going to get married, then you’re breaking up.”
About Performing Live
Justin has branched out to television and movies, but he still thrives on performing his music live.
“I find performing live to just be something that’s unexplainable,” he says. “I’ve had food poisoning, I’ve had the flu, and somehow you hit the stage and start this sort of conversation with the audience and something electric happens…you can’t explain it. I find it to be probably the closest to a holy experience that I can imagine.”
When Justin’s on stage, he says he wants every person in the audience to feel like they’re in his living room.
Justin gives Oprah’s audience a taste of that by performing “What Goes Around,” a single off Future Sex/Love Sounds.
source: oprah.com
