This weekend was full of viral celebrity moments for us all to latch onto and get swept up in the pettiness to distract ourselves.
From the entire Jude Law/Jorginho Frello/Chappell Roan drama to of course, the release of Justin Timberlake’s arrest footage.
It was previously reported that the ‘Bye Bye Bye’ singer had tried to block this from happening and if that’s true, we think we can see why.
And his wife, Jessica Biel, apparently is ‘not happy’ about it either as a source close to her shared her feelings on these now viral videos.
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Timberlake was arrested back on 18 June 2024, initially charged with one count of driving while intoxicated and two citations. Famously prepping for his ‘world tour’ at the time, the 45-year-old later reached a plea deal for a lesser charge.
More than eight hours of footage was released, with police bodycam recordings showing video from the stop on New York’s Long Island as well as inside the police station.
During the recordings, Timberlake is asked if he’s visiting to which he responds that he’s on tour.
“A what?” the police officer asks as the singer says: “A world tour.”
Asked what he’s doing on that, Timberlake clarifies: “Um, it's hard to explain. Um, um, uh, a world tour. I'm Justin Timberlake.”
He goes on to seemingly struggle through the ‘like really hard tests’ before being taken to the station.
Shown in a arguably rather vulnerable state, a source close to Biel told PEOPLE that she is ‘not happy about the renewed attention’ the video has brought to Timberlake’s case.
"There's a reason they pushed back on the footage being released," the source said, as they added that she finds the incident ‘stressful and would prefer to move past it’.
The source added: “It obviously doesn't portray him in the best light.”
While there has been ‘some challenging moments’, Biel is apparently ‘supportive’ of her husband, who she married in 2012.
“But she's also not afraid to express when she's disappointed in certain decisions,” the source said. “This was one of those moments.”
Timberlake’s lawsuit against the Village of Sag Harbor had released a settlement, leading to this release. And in it, his lawyers argued the footage showed him ‘in an acutely vulnerable state’ and ‘would cause severe and irreparable harm’ to his reputation.
However, it’s reported that the judge ruled that releasing it is not an invasion of privacy.
Topics: Justin Timberlake, Celebrity News, Entertainment
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