Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel had a “date night” last night to celebrate Justin’s 38th birthday. They were in New York, so they had a car and driver and both were in the backseat. That’s when Jessica promptly fell asleep, and Justin posted this Instagram video (see above). Let’s analyze it! FOR FUN. First of all, I don’t even believe that Jessica was asleep. Her performance was unconvincing, because… I mean, she’s not the best actress? That’s one theory I have, that they wanted to do something cute and so she pretended to be asleep.
My other theory is that perhaps she did nod off for a second and that it’s rude as hell to wake her up. Wake her up when you get to the place you’re going, but not before. If she’s so tired that she falls asleep upright in a car, in that position, then chica is exhausted and needs a disco nap.
As for the “wifey” label… it’s a sign of how far they’ve come, truly. I remember a time when Justin wouldn’t even show Jessica’s face on his Instagram, and now he’s posting videos of her fake sleeping and calling her “wifey.” You know my peeve? I hate it when men call their wives of baby-mothers “mama” on social media. That bugs me. I know some men do that for the kids, so the babies will say mama and daddy, but I hate it when a man calls his partner “mama” in the public sphere. Wifey bugs too.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Unless she’s driving.
Actually, waking up to one of Justin’s songs would be an alarm clock sound for me.
Agree with the “mama” thing. The last person who called me that was my kid but I let it slide on that one.
Something nice about Jessica Biel: I used to think she was a very crappy actress, but I was legitimately impressed with her Emmy-nominated turn on The Sinner.
I quite agree, she was great in that.
Same here. I don’t think I actually finished the series, but she was good on it.
I think they are actually well suited because he’s The Star in the family and she’s fine with that. She just wanted to be Mrs. Justin Timberlake.
Timberlake has a long history with the me me me attitude. She’s resting her eyes for a minute and he proceeds to kind of passive aggressively sing Happy Birthday to himself, disguised as humor. I guess he’s supposed to be fawned over ever second of HIS day. That would’nt go over well with most people but she responds with a sweet smile. They’re a good pair.
Love her dress, and I agree—super annoying when anyone calls me “Mama” other than my preschooler.
Yes! Agree. And wtf is up with this annoying trend some people (Kartrashians? And others) have in calling their infant children “mama”? Annoying!
There are a lot of cultures where children are affectionately called “mama” or “baba” because they are named after grandparents and it would be disrespectful or rude to directly call them by their given name. The habit has influenced others elsewhere.
Wow, what a totally spontaneous moment.
Said no one watching this video! He’s such a tool, god. Yeah, wifey or mama … reduced to a “role” in a man’s life ….
She’s kind of a middling actress but she is just so damn pretty it’s annoying.
I’m weird and always use nicknames for all my friends and husband, I call him the Mr. on social media and try not to use “my love” “hubby” and “babe” because how it would grate when I saw others go overboard on social media with their SOs. Hoping Jessica is enjoying her life with him and he’s stopped cheating and tries to make her a priority…Justin will always come first but maybe she’s a close second???
I hate wifey too. After having kids I have fallen asleep anywhere and everywhere and of my husband would take a video he would hear no end of it. So so disrespectful. He took a picture once when I had given birth and was asleep after nursing and he posted it for family, I completely lost it. He hasn’t done it since.
I once had someone take a photo of me sleeping, and I was PI$$ED. And that was pre-internet/social media days!
I don’t think Jessica is asleep either, to me that looks more like “dear God, I can’t believe I have to spend the evening with this insufferable narcissist, I’m just going to close my eyes and try to relax and…oh damn, he’s singing again.”
I can’t believe JT’s only 38. Seems like he and his look-at-me schtick have been around half of forever.
1. I’m “wifey” to my husband’s “hubby”
2. She was just vegging with her eyes closed not pretending to be asleep
3. It’s just light hearted kidding around between a couple – I don’t see any “me me me” issues about it.
It’s all about Justin T, all the time.
I dislike the term ‘mama’ too, used by anyone other than a baby or child to their mother. (And yesterday it was used in the Celine article… I only remember b/c I cringed a bit when I read Celine called “mama” and the “hitting that” descriptor. I know – that usage wasn’t the same as a man calling his wife “mama” in the public sphere but it still rankled.)
And I agree with your 1st analysis here – Jessica is NOT asleep. They just thought it would be cute and real.
My impression is that he’s changed his attention strategy for several years now. Today he caters more to the readers of People magazine by constantly presenting himself as a loving and supportive husband. However, he often slides his accomplishments as a passing comment when at first glance praising her. I remember in 2018 when SHE was nominated for a Golden Globe and they were driving to the Globes, him posting something about her “rolling in with a 2-time nominee”.
He has always been an absolute narcissist.
“Disco nap”. I love that you used that, usually people (young’uns) ask me what I’m talking about when I say it.
And I still love that white dress. It looks amazing on Jessica.
My husband & I ran into this super annoying couple at a party. The husband is just begging for attention constantly & thinks he’s a standup comedian. The wife owns a gym & is so far up her own ass my intuition yells STAY AWAY every time we cross paths. After a brief exchange my husband whispers to me “they are such a bootleg JT & Jessica Beil”. It was spot on. I’ve never loved my husband more than in that moment.
“Mama,” “Wifey,” “Hubs” and “Hubby” annoy me immensely. I feel like it mitigates the other person…..
This wifey mama stuff reminded me that I hate when people call their kids boo. I know so many moms that do this and. I. Cringe. Every. Time.
My husband’s best friend once referred to me as his “old lady” when complaining about something I didn’t even do (we were all supposed to go to a concert together. His friend cancelled on US because “concerts aren’t fun with couples”. Later tried to say we cancelled on him because “your old lady didn’t like the scheduled bands”. My husband corrected him VERY quickly.
Another friend of his referred to me as his “bitch” when they were arguing about consent circa “grab them by the pussy”(!!!!) “you ask your bitch before you grab her?” He’s no longer friends with that guy.