Justin Timberlake Apologizes for His Beatboxing Era With the Funniest Comment of the Week

Justin Timberlake has officially addressed his early-2000s beatboxing habit, and his apology is already the best thing on the internet this week. It started when Instagram creator Hannah Young posted a video poking fun at JT’s old beatbox moments. Timberlake found it and dropped a comment that reads like a man making peace with his past:“I don’t know how to apologize enough…Too many boots. Too many cats. I hope you can forgive me.”Then came the kicker:“Also, I can’t promise I won’t do it again. God help us all.”

What makes this whole thing so good is that the beatboxing was never just a bit. Timbaland beatboxed the foundation of Timberlake’s 2002 smash“Cry Me a River”before the two built the track in the studio, and JT was already beatboxing on *NSYNC’s 2001 single“Pop.”So the habit people are roasting online is actually part of the DNA of some of his biggest songs.

Timberlake’s solo run speaks for itself: 39 Billboard Hot 100 entries, 19 top 10 hits and five No. 1s. But right now, the moment everyone’s talking about is a comment section confession about boots and cats. Does he owe us a real apology, or should he just bring the beatboxing back on the next tour? Sound off in the comments.