--- title: Jenna Dewan Tatum on Dating Justin Timberlake description: Jenna Dewan revealed that she and Justin Timberlake dated briefly; the 'World of Dance' host was formerly his backup dancer. canonical: https://time.com/4779369/jenna-dewan-on-dating-justin-timberlake/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-15T18:39:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:39.829Z og:title: Jenna Dewan Reveals She and Justin Timberlake Used to Date og:description: "It's not as salacious as everyone thinks" og:url: https://time.com/4779369/jenna-dewan-on-dating-justin-timberlake/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jenna Dewan Reveals She and Justin Timberlake Used to Date twitter:description: "It's not as salacious as everyone thinks" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jenna Dewan Discuss the Time She Used to Date Justin Timberlake  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 15, 2017 6:39 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 15, 2017 6:39 PM UTC Before [Channing Tatum](http://time.com/4382086/channing-tatum-jenna-dewan-youtube-step-up/) and [Jenna Dewan Tatum](http://time.com/4464412/jenna-dewan-tatum-daughter-step-up/) danced their way into defining [relationship goals,](http://time.com/4450019/jenna-dewan-channing-tatum-recreate-step-up-dance/) it turns out that Dewan Tatum dated someone equally swoon-worthy: Justin Timberlake, for whom she used to be a backup dancer. The [_World of Dance_](http://people.com/tv/world-of-dance-competitors-list/) host confirmed to Andy Cohen on _Watch What Happens Live_ that she and Timberlake dated briefly. “We dated,” she said when Cohen asked her about her romantic involvement with Timberlake. “\[It was\] not that long. We were friends. Then we dated.” Dewan Tatum was quick to clear up rumors that she was Timberlake’s “rebound chick” after the _Sexyback_ singer broke up with [then-girlfriend Britney Spears](http://time.com/4468932/vmas-2016-mtv-britney-spears-video/) and also shared that she and Timberlake are still friendly. “We’re still good friends,” she said. “It’s not as salacious as everyone thinks.” Watch Dewan Tatum talk about Justin Timberlake below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4779369/jenna-dewan-on-dating-justin-timberlake/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4779369/jenna-dewan-on-dating-justin-timberlake/"},"headline":"Watch Jenna Dewan Discuss the Time She Used to Date Justin Timberlake","datePublished":"2017-05-15T18:39:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:39.829Z","description":"\"It's not as salacious as everyone thinks\"","url":"https://time.com/4779369/jenna-dewan-on-dating-justin-timberlake/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Justin Timberlake","watch what happens live"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4779369/jenna-dewan-on-dating-justin-timberlake/","name":"Watch Jenna Dewan Discuss the Time She Used to Date Justin Timberlake"}}]}] ```