I remember this (showing my age here) live on the radio. People were freaking the fuck out after and it was gossiped about and/or played on all the pop radio stations. This was back in the day, before media on the internet was as accessable, so for it to be a huge topic was a big deal. 😂🤣 Ahh, the good ol' days.
I remember listening to this also! My sister and I had to listen through the computer because we live in Massachusetts, not Florida. (Didn't he later claim it was staged?)
This was around April 2000. At the time, Britney and Justin were denying they were a couple to avoid bad press. September of that year they finally admitted they were dating.