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Hello, hello, welcome to our bumper episode about the life and times of Justin Timberlake.

Yes, this is a fascinating one.

He's one of those guys who's had more like peaks and valleys in his career than I think a lot of other celebrities,

but also more than most people would remember off the top of their head.

He's also been in the news a lot, like Katie Perry.

I think the reason we wanted to re-release this is because he's been around a lot.

I feel like his name has popped up a lot.

And these two pop stars who have had such monumental careers have also had quite monumental controversies.

Absolutely. And so of course we had the fact that he's been famous since he was a child. He was discovered on the Mickey Mouse Club. He went on to be a member of NSYN. He dated Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz. He had the controversy with Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl. For me, it's like Justin Timberlake in the public eyes lived 5,000 lives. Yeah, and that's why he gave us three rather girthy episodes. Did you have to? Chunky, chunky episodes. Now, make sure you guys stay tuned until the very, very end because we've got quite a lot of intel about what happened next for Justin Timberlake. We need to talk about his DUI arrest and subsequent viral meme, the TikToks of those quote-unquote lackluster live performances and his lengthy post about his recent Lyme disease diagnosis. There's always a lot

going on with Justin Timberlake. Let's not waste any more time. Bring on those chimes.

All righty, Mish. So let's start our story by rewining all the way back to Jan 31,

1981, when Justin Randall Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to parents Janet and Charles.

Yeah, Justin's parents divorced when he was just two years old.

His mum, Janet, remarried a little while later. Justin was a keen music fan from a very young age

and grew up listening to country music thanks to his southern upbringing. By the age of 11,

his taste had skewed more towards rhythm and blues, though. Yeah, his father Charles was a church choir director in Tennessee, and Justin has said that this is where he first learned to sing.

I mean, you can imagine why.

And in 1992, when he was just 11 years old, he actually competed on a television talent show, not the one you're thinking of, though.

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