Episode 71:
Pussified: The Audacity
(Originally released on December 21, 2020)
Here’s where the episode title comes from.
And here’s our original Pussified episode.
In no particular order, here are the examples of Justin Timberlake’s awful behavior that we talked about this time:
Justin Timberlake bragged to members of their tour about having sex with Britney.
Justin Timberlake was accused of spitting on Swedish teenage fans in 2007.
Justin Timberlake has some sort of one-sided feud with Ryan Gosling (examples of their awkwardness at the 2017 Oscars here).
In 2016, Justin Timberlake faced major backlash on Twitter after tweeting about Jesse Williams’ BET Awards speech, patronized those tweeting at him, and then got defensive when people called him out on being patronizing.
During a Songwriters Roundtable hosted by The Hollywood Reporter, Justin Timberlake tried to claim that he did the Trolls movie to empower women and then interrupted Tori Amos.
Justin Timberlake claimed after the fact that he wrote the song Can’t Stop the Feeling to be about “inclusion.”
Justin Timberlake used Asian people as props in his Filthy video.
Justin singing part of Rehab by Amy Winehouse in June 2007 at the end of Cry Me a River
Christina Aguilera brought a blow up doll on-stage to Justin Timberlake at the 2003 Europe Music Awards to make fun of Britney.
Justin Timberlake denied he called Britney a bitch before the Super Bowl performance by tweeting “Ok. I see you. Wouldn't disrespect ANYONE personally. Ever. #Relax #ItsBritneyBitch I do love that saying though*with accent* #Respect”
Justin Timberlake complained about being asked so much in interviews about Britney Spears and Janet Jackson.
Justin Timberlake was asked about Britney during the promotion of his Justin Timberlake and the Tennesse Kids doc in 2016 and said he’s too busy to see headline news about her wanting to work with him.
Justin Timberlake’s Supplies video references #MeToo and BLM in an attempt to look woke, but is really just dumb.
Justin Timberlake described collaborating with Lizzo, SZA and Meek Mill as ‘integration,’ not him trying to use their popularity to try to make himself popular again (emphasis in the below quotes ours):
"I just called my publishers and I said, 'You know, I just want to work with young, fresh people, and I want to collaborate more," he said. "I've been songwriting and producing for so long — I want to experience that energy, and I want to work with people that I think are truly amazing. I'm not going to tell you too much about what we did together in the studio. If she wants to tell you she can, but it's flames. It is so good. I am so excited about it. I worked with SZA the other day and just worked with Meek Mill," he said. "I'm having these experiences that are fueling me in such a different way and, again, I think it was really birthed out of feeling like, what can I do right now to just be a part of my community and integrate."
Justin Timberlake was caught getting very close to his costar in New Orleans (while Jessica Biel was pregnant), released an apology that didn’t apologize to his costar, just his family, and ended with him promoting the movie, and then didn’t stand up for his costar (a black woman) when she faced backlash.
Justin Timberlake kissed Jessica Simpson after her breakup with Nick Lachey to win a bet he made with Ryan Gosling when they were 12
Justin Timberlake disabled the comments on his post about Ahmaud Arbery’s murder.
Justin Timberlake had an extremely patronizing and inappropriate speech while presenting at the The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast in 2017 saying:
"Strong, beautiful souls. I’m happy to be here to be your arm candy. Angelina [Jolie] warned me that I was basically only here to be objectified, so that’s absolutely fair. People like Angelina, Sherry [Lansing], Shonda [Rhimes], Nancy [Dubuc] and you strong people that are younger than me, really, that I looked up to all of you. I was raised by a strong woman. I was lucky enough to convince a strong woman to marry me, and she got nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award today. I will be her bitch anytime. To the men in this room. I see a lot of great men who I also look up to. I think we actually are here because we deserve the opportunity to speak up, to stand when something is not right. We need to go to work. It’s not our responsibility. It’s our privilege because at the end of the day if you can be lucky enough to be raised by a strong woman and convince a strong woman to marry you, you will realize that we are nothing without the strength of women."
And here are even more things we didn’t have time to get to (some of these are in the Episode 13 show notes too):
Justin Timberlake wanted to fight Dax Shepard after his infamous Punk’d episode.
Justin Timberlake caused a scene about being photographed at Rihanna’s NY Fashion Week party in 2015.
Justin Timberlake served people grasshoppers and ants at the Man of the Woods album launch to demonstrate his woodsmanliness.
Justin Timberlake claimed to support sexual assault survivors while working with Woody Allen.
In 2018, Justin Timberlake faced backlash for holding a listening party for his Man of the Woods album at Paisley Park, Prince’s home (the man he mocked and ‘feuded’ with).
Also in 2018, Justin Timberlake made *NSYNC’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony all about him.
Justin Timberlake is not capable of not upstaging his wife (or other women) on red carpets or in the world, see a few examples here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Justin Timberlake made jokes during his apology about the video mocking homeless people from his wedding reception
Justin Timberlake wore a hat while being a groomsman in Chris Kirkpatrick’s wedding because he is incapable of blending in even on someone’s wedding day.
Justin Timberlake bowed while presenting an award at the ESPYs to Abby Wambach, Kobe Bryant and Peyton Manning to make it about him (also no one should be bowing to Peyton Manning for anything).
Justin Timberlake’s congratulations post to the Neptunes was all about him.
Justin Timberlake talked over SZA on Ellen.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel quarantined during COVID in Montana, an area with far less healthcare services or ability to handle increased population of people who don’t really live there.
Justin Timberlake tried to take credit for McDonald’s being popular.
Other odds and ends:
Here’s more about ScarJo complaining about her Google alerts getting messed up because of Woody Allen’s allegations.
We hope Britney received a charitable deduction for this Instagram post.
Here’s more about Jessica Biel being an anti-vaxxer.
Here’s Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi debacle if you are unfamiliar.
Here’s more about Hanson’s recent issues.
Let us know what else we missed!
Thank you for listening!