Britney Spears took to social media on Thursday to clarify that her new heart-shaped tattoo had nothing to do with ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake. 

The superstar, 41, recently showed off her new ink right after sharing some throwback snaps of her and the Cry Me a River hitmaker, 41, leading fans to speculate they may have been related.

However, in a new text post on her Instagram Stories, the Toxic songstress explained: 'Just to clarify... my tattoo had nothing to do with an ex in the past!!!'

'I simply did it because I wanted to!!! The pic with my ex is a time where there was less confusion on what it meant to be together... it is what it is,' she stated.

It comes after she revealed a new tattoo of a love heart on her arm on recent trip to Hawaii, but admitted she instantly regretted it.

After going under the needle for at least the 10th time, the Grammy-winning singer wrote that she disliked the artwork.

'Tattoo in Maui 3 days ago,' she captioned the footage, which showed her getting inked in the middle of her hotel room while vacationing in the Aloha State.

She continued: 'Can’t show it because it sucks [three laughing emojis]!!! Like really really sucks!!! Sh**!!! Psss … I have to fix it!!!'

In the footage, she initially seemed excited about getting tatted as she danced in a floral pink and white crop top and a pair of low-rise shorts as she exclaimed: 'Tattoo time!'

After changing into a midriff-baring yellow top with a plunging neckline, the mother-of-two stood as a man permanently etched a small black heart on her right arm.

As she looked at the camera, Spears grimaced in pain, before saying the experience was 'very cool.'

Spears has at least nine other tattoos, including a triangle tattoo on her right hand, dice on her left forearm, a fairy on her lower back and lips on her right forearm.

Additionally, she has 'Kabbalah Hebrew’ tattoo on the back of her neck, cross tattoo on her lower hip, a Chinese tattoo on her bikini line and more.

Earlier in the day, Spears was clearly feeling nostalgic as she took to Instagram to post some throwback photos with Justin, who she dated from early 1999 until 2002.

Just days after suffering an alleged ‘manic’ episode at restaurant in Los Angeles on Saturday, the pop star shared a slideshow of photos of herself and ex-boyfriend at a celebrity basketball game back in 2001.

During the charity event, which took place at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the star sported a white Knight's jersey and a pair of baggy shorts.

'When we used to shoot hoops TOGETHER … that’s when miracles happened,' she captioned two snaps from the event.

While seemingly nodding to her worldwide fame and nearly three decades in the public eye, Spears asked why she was 'always cast' out, despite coming out of her 'mom's stomach just like everyone else.'

'I'm equal as all,' she concluded

Her latest post come after her husband, Sam Asghari, denied that Spears had 'manic meltdown' while out at a restaurant over the weekend.

'Don't believe what you read online people,' he wrote on his Instagram Story.

The performer had reportedly been seen 'talking gibberish' when fans tried to take photos of her dining with Sam, 28, at the JOEY restaurant in Woodland Hills on Friday, before he appeared to storm out, TMZ initially reported.

However, Sam also spoke to a photographer on Sunday and explained that his wife was just 'frustrated' that fans were trying to take their picture while they were having dinner.

'People get a little too excited to see my wife so everybody is filming, doing their thing,' he explained. 'But you know how it is, fame comes with the territory and I went to get the car to get the hell out of there, and people just thought I'd left, but that didn't happen. So it is what it is man.'

Asked if Britney - whose conservatorship was terminated last year - had felt frustrated by the situation, Sam added: 'Yes, exactly - she felt frustrated and disrespected.'