One of the hotly debated subjects in the music industry would have to be whether or not Britney’s a virgin. At last the cat’s out of the bag. Or at least, that’s what the papers are saying. Now it seems, the words of Madonna’s song, ‘Like a Virgin’, may no longer apply to the princess of pop, Britney Spears, 20, or even N’Sync’s Justin Timberlake, 21, like it previously did.

According to her former boyfriend, Justin, he said that Britney built her career on the boast she would not have sex before marriage.

Britney, a strict Baptist, always maintained she had not jumped into beds with any of her boyfriends and that she never slept with anybody to get to where she is today.

“Everyone thinks she is still a virgin but that is a major joke. We both lost our virginity a while ago and please I should know.” said Justin who is alleged to have told a passenger on an airplane.

The whole Justin and Britney stories escalated to an all-time high sometime in March 2002 when it was reported that they were always fighting and hence decided to go their separate ways. The pop couple had been dating on and off since they were 12.

She admitted on a recent trip to Britain that she had regretted claiming she was a virgin plus even hinted that it may not be true.

“I wish I’d never said anything about it,” she told TV host Frank Skinner.

I simply have no idea what to make of this write-up. It may be just publicity, all in the hopes of making sure their names still stay in the tabloids. Or maybe it’s just rumours, perhaps? Whatever it is, you decide.