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"Justin Timberlake has denied claiming that *NSYNC are a better group than One Direction. The &amp;#039;Mirrors&amp;#039; singer said that the quotes were taken out of context in a message posted earlier today (September 1).   He pointed out that the question was about which band would win in a pie-eating contest. He tweeted: &amp;quot;I thought the question was about a pie eating contest. My bad. #newsworthy&amp;quot; He was quoted by The Breakfast Club as saying: &amp;quot;I have not seen them on stage, but I&amp;#039;d be willing to say that we&amp;#039;re better than them. &amp;quot;But I don&amp;#039;t feel like I&amp;#039;m laying down any gauntlet. I&amp;#039;ve seen them a couple times and I like those guys. It&amp;#039;s interesting to see this whole wave of that come back around.&amp;quot;  Timberlake reunited with his former bandmates for a brief performance of their hits &amp;#039;Girlfriend&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Bye Bye Bye&amp;#039; at last weekend&amp;#039;s MTV Video Music Awards. He will release his new album The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 on September 30 in the UK and October 1 in the US. Watch the music video for Justin Timberlake&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Take Back The Night&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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