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Hours after was for allegedly driving while intoxicated, jokes about his encounter with police started going viral. After two decades of pop superstardom, he was reduced to a meme. Page Six that when he was stopped by police, Timberlake said, “This is going to ruin the tour.

” When the officer, who appeared not to recognize him, asked, “What tour?” Timberlake purportedly replied, “the world tour.” That exchange, as well as jokes about Timberlake being unknown to law enforcement and his glassy-eyed mugshot, took over social media. It’s not the first time Timberlake has been memed — for many years, posts were unavoidable on April 30 — but rarely have the jokes so clearly come at his expense.



— Noah (@Nwnysb) He looks like he’s about to cry me a river — •TouchOfMyHand• (@alwspotterhead) Twitter has been training for Justin Timberlake being arrested for nearly twenty years. — Matt (@MattBerry05) Timberlake once dominated airwaves with hits like “Cry Me a River” and “SexyBack,” growing from child performer to NSync breakout star to bona fide solo hitmaker. But concerns about Timberlake’s treatment of women, mostly in hindsight, recently began to affect his reputation.

When he headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2018, people began , in which he caused a wardrobe malfunction for dubbed She bore the brunt of the scrutiny while Timberlake escaped unscathed. In a similar vein, when the public began reexamining its 2000s tabloid treatment of .

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