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Justin Timberlake gives such a candid interview in the July issue of Playboy on everything from Britney Spears to his drug habits that it's a wonder that one topic was kept – partially – off limits.

The 30-year-old singer-actor objected when asked about rumors linking him to women like Olivia Wilde and his "Friends with Benefits" co-star Mila Kunis.

"None of it's true, so I shouldn't even dignify it with an answer," he said, before adding that he won't "sacrifice" friendships with co-stars in fear of feeding the rumor mill.

"I'm not going to avoid spending time with people because someone who doesn't know me makes assumptions about what's going on," he explained. "That's bull---- …"

Timberlake does set the record straight, however, on his current relationship with ex-girlfriend Cameron Diaz – or lack thereof. The two play the romantic leads in the comedy "Bad Teacher," which opens this month.

"It sounds complicated to everybody else, but it wasn't to us," he said, noting that he expected people to say, "Oh my God, that's so weird that you two dated for four years."

"I don't know what else to say except the truth, which is that we're friends," he said. "We don't talk to each other all the time, but we respect each other, and on some level we'll always love each other – but in our new capacity as friends."

It's unclear whether the same can be said for one of his other famous exes, Britney Spears, who hasn't fared as well over the years.

"I don't have too much to say about her situation," he told the magazine. "I can't remember the last conversation I had with her."

Timberlake, however, seemed protective of his ex when discussing the amount of online hate directed toward the former pop princess.

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"I'd love to see the people who comment about Britney online say those things to her face, because they couldn't," he said. "Also, in Britney's defense, if you pulled up a video I did from 2003, I couldn't do the s--t I did then either."

And he has no intention of reverting back – even temporarily – to his boy-band days.

"I don't think so," Timberlake said when asked if he'd ever sing a *NSYNC song again in public. "It would have to be a really special scenario."

Timberlake doesn't deny that his career priorities have largely shifted to acting from making music.

"My favorite thing in the world was to make people sing – until I made people laugh," Timberlake said, referencing his well-received appearances on "Saturday Night Live." "Then that became my favorite thing in the world."

But it wasn't God-given talent alone that's led Timberlake to his spot as one of the most successful stars of his generation. It's taken a whole lot of old-fashioned hard work.

"I think people sometimes don't pay enough attention to what they do. I've done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I've worked my a-- off," he said.

"Anything I've done well has taken many, many hours of preparation," he continued. "And then the trick, of course, is making that work look invisible. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy."

And there's pretty much only one time when it does come easy. It just requires an illegal drug that Timberlake said he "absolutely" partakes in.

"The only thing pot does for me is it gets me to stop thinking," he said. "Sometimes I have a brain that needs to be turned off. Some people are just better high."



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