Justin Timberlake was quite the comedian after being arrested in the Hamptons for DWI.
Footage of the singer’s June 2024 arrest was released Friday after his unsuccessful legal attempt to block it. During one light-hearted moment from the incident, Timberlake, 45, cracked a joke about his race being labeled “white” on a form he was asked to sign.
After he was asked to look over his paperwork, he appeared confused as he looked up at an officer and questioned, “White?”
When the officer laughed, he cracked, “I’m just kidding.”
Timberlake himself chuckled, adding, I’m just kidding, man.”
The Grammy-winning singer was jovial enough during the encounter with police officers, but he did appear to be in disbelief when told that he was going to have to spend the night in jail.
“You guys are wild, man,” he remarked.
Timberlake was pulled over by police that night after he allegedly ran a stop sign and swerved between lanes following a night out with friends.
At the beginning of the nearly 20-minute video, he was pulled over in his gray 2025 BMW and complied when asked to complete several tests.
He seemed to be confused by the instructions as he told the officers, “These are, like, hard tests.”
He later stumbled a couple times while attempting to walk a straight line.
“My heart’s racing,” he said.
A female friend arrived after he was handcuffed and put in the back of a squad car and tried to get him off the hook, though she was unsuccessful.
“You’re arresting Justin Timberlake right now?” she asked, later pleading, “Can you guys please just do me a favor ’cause you loved ‘Bye Bye Bye’ or ‘Sexyback?’ Do me one favor!”
Timberlake signed off on a plea deal dropping his DWI charge down to a traffic violation, which is not a criminal offense, in September 2024.
Before hammering out the agreement, the “Rock Your Body” singer pleaded not guilty to the original charges twice.
His lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., was previously adamant that the singer was “not intoxicated” at the time of his arrest.
“The police made a number of very significant errors in this case,” Burke told Page Six a month after his client was arrested.
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