Justin Timberlake Apologizes for His Beatboxing Era: "Too Many Boots, Too Many Cats"

Justin Timberlake is officially reflecting on his past, and this time it’s not about fashion or dance moves. It’s about the beatboxing. The singer hopped into the comments of a viral Instagram video by creator Hannah Young, who lovingly mocked his old habit of making“boots and cats”drum noises mid-performance. His response? Pure gold.

“I don’t know how to apologize enough for whatever those ambitions were,”Timberlake wrote.“Too many boots. Too many cats.”Then he followed it up with the twist nobody saw coming:“Also, I can’t promise I won’t do it again. God help us all.”So he’s sorry, but he’s also not fully closing the door on a beatboxing comeback. This comes after he already called his old tour beatbox battle“slightly regrettable”during a 2023 appearance on“Hot Ones.”

The whole moment is peak self-aware celebrity behavior, and honestly, it’s refreshing. It also raises a bigger question for all of us: what’s your most cringeworthy phase that you’d apologize for if you could? Sound off in the comments. We won’t judge. Probably.