El secreto de Justin Timberlake

Entrevista realizada por Kate Garraway para «Good Morning TV (televisión británica), en la que Justin Timberlake desvela que sus antecesores provienen de Gran Bretaña. Haced click en Leer más… para seguir leyendo el artículo en versión original y VER los dos videos de la entrevista.

Entertainment Today – Justin’s secret
14 August 2006

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Justin Timberlake chats exclusively to GMTV’s Kate Garraway and reveals a hidden secret

International superstar Justin Timberlake has revealed to GMTV’s Kate Garraway that he is actually British!

Talking to Kate during his promotional tour for his new album Future Sex/Love Sounds Justin said that his family tree has been researched and his roots lay in the UK.

He told Kate, ‘I’ve had my genealogy studied and I want to say that I am of British decent. There was a British lad who was in a war, not sure which war, but he ran away from the war because he fell in love with an Indian girl, and that’s where my family tree started’.

From small beginings
Later, Justin told Kate how proud he is of where he grew up and the success he has enjoyed. He said, ‘I grew up in a small town. If I showed you where I lived you’d really think I’d come a long way’.

Geeky teenager
He also talked about his ‘awkward’ school days and although he was in the school basketball team he still felt he was a little ‘weird’!

He said, ‘I had really awkward hair and terrible skin and I was really scrawny, I looked like a ‘broccolini’, not even a broccoli! I looked like a ‘broccolini’ because I was long and skinny and [referring to his hair] blossomed out on the top — I was a really weird looking kid!’

New album and single

Justin’s new single Sexyback is released on 28th August. His album FutureSex/LoveSounds is released on 11th September and features guest appearances from Snoop Doggy and Nelly Furtado (click on the links below to buy your copies).Love Life
Timberlake’s first public romance was with fellow pop star Britney Spears. They met as kids on Disney Channel’s The New Mickey Mouse Club. Their much hyped romance ended in 2002 and the break-up spurred Timberlake to pen his hit single Cry Me A River.Timberlake was then linked to actress/singer Alyssa Milano and former ‘N Sync dancer Jenna Dewan.

He is currently dating Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz. There have been constant rumours in the press relating to break-ups and marriage proposals but these have not been substantiated and the couple are said to still be happy together.

Temporarily out of action
When Justin was recording the single Signs with Snoop Dogg, he suffered from sore throats and medical experts discovered nodules on his throat. These were removed in an operation in May 2005 and he couldn’t sing or speak loudly for a few months.

Acting career
Timberlake is branching out into the world of acting. He starred as a model in the 2000 TV film Model Behaviour and had a cameo in On the Line (2001).

More substantial roles have followed, he played a journalist in the thriller Edison Force but this went straight to video release in July this year.

Next year he is set to appear in the films Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales, and voice a young King Arthur in the animated film Shrek the Third.

Wardrobe malfunction
In February 2004, Justin Timberlake performed his song Rock Your Body with Janet Jackson in front of a television audience of over 140 million viewers during halftime of the Super Bowl XXXVIII.

At the end fo the performance Janet’s breast became exposed when Justin ripped off part of her top. This outraged many television viewers who complained because of children watching.

Timberlake apoologised for the incident and said it was not planned and was due to a ‘wardrobe malfunction’. The phrase ‘wardrobe malfunction’ is now widely used in pop culture.

Stitched up
Timberlake was the first celebrity to be stitched up by Ashton Kutcher in his TV show Punk’d. He later saw the funny side of this and spoofed Ashton Kutcher and Punk’d in an episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Justin facts
– Born January 31, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee
– Appeared in TV talent competition Star Search in 1992 aged 11
– His first showbiz job was on Disney Channel’s ‘The All New Mickey Mouse Club’
– There he met Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and JC Chasez
– Justin and JC later teamed up with Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey – Fatone to form ‘N Sync
– Justin’s first solo album Like I Love You was released in November 2002
– His 2003 single I’m Lovin’ It was used by McDonald’s as the theme to their
– I’m Lovin’ It campaign
– Currently dating Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz

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