Britney Spears' Life in Photos: A Timeline of the Star's Rise, Fall and Comeback

When Spears said she wanted to explore her sexuality more on Britney she meant it, alluding to her newfound sexual freedom during her September 6, 2001 MTV Video Music Awards performance in which she took the stage nearly naked, save for a giant albino python. She reportedly began sleeping with her choreographer Wade Robson, one of Timberlake's close friends and collaborators.