Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
drunk driving incident or plea deal, prompting swift backlash on social media. The 43-year-old singer and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” host shared an Instagram clip of the pair’s conversation where they discussed Timberlake’s Forget Tomorrow World Tour and that Fallon, 49, is going to the upcoming Brooklyn show.The comments section of the clip became swarmed with fans poking fun at how Timberlake mentioned his tour when he got pulled over for drunk driving in the Hamptons over the summer.“What tour?” one fan asked.“Thank god it didn’t ruin the tour,” someone else wrote.There were also jokes about Timberlake’s DWI.“Make sure he doesn’t drive himself,” a fan said.“Ask him how the driving is going…” another comment read.“Just don’t let him drive you there, Jimmy,” a third person commented.Timberlake also faced criticism on X (formerly Twitter) after his “Tonight Show” appearance.“Justin Timberlake being on Jimmy Fallon with no shame and getting off with basicly a parking ticket is privilege at it’s finest!!” a fan tweeted.Even the YouTube comments on the interview were harsh towards the “SexyBack” singer.“Sad he had a chance to address it but refused to remind a national audience to not drink & drive but did not,” one user wrote. “Wow no mention of his recent DUI at all??
Couldn’t get a bigger elephant in the room if you tried,” a different person said. Another comment read, “What? This is lame.
It’s awkward at first because Jimmy knows Justin’s reputation has tanked. I would respect this more if Justin just addressed the elephant in the room.”Timberlake was pulled over in the early hours of June 18 after Sag Harbor police alleged he blew a stop sign and was swerving out of his lane.
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