“This I Promise You” — *NSYNC’s anti-drinking PSA didn’t age well.
The boy band’s 2001 commercial has gone viral in the wake of Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest early Tuesday morning in Sag Harbor, NY.
In the Super Bowl ad, the fivesome stood on a father’s porch and introduced themselves.
“We are just going door-to-door to say thanks,” Timberlake told the dad, who did not know who they were.
Joey Fatone added that they were expressing their gratitude to parents “talking to [their] kids about drinking.”
JC Chasez chimed in, “With all our success, you are still a bigger influence on your kids than we are.”
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With the video resurfacing online this week, social media users can’t decide whether it has “aged poorly” or “aged better” since Timberlake, 43, was taken into custody.
One troll referenced one of his songs by tweeting that “what goes around comes around.”
The “SexyBack” singer was pulled over after partying at the American Hotel with friends and blowing through a stop sign.
While he insisted he only had one martini and refused to take a breathalyzer test, the arresting officer stated in a criminal complaint obtained by that Timberlake’s eyes were “bloodshot and glassy.”
The young cop, whom we were told did not recognize the singer, also wrote that Timberlake “was unable to divide attention” and had “slowed speech.”
The pop star’s lawyer said in an exclusive statement to on Wednesday that he plans to “vigorously defend” his client.
The attorney “will have a lot to say at the appropriate time” but “is currently awaiting full discovery from the DA’s office.”
Timberlake, who was released without bail later Tuesday morning, has yet to address the scandal. Meanwhile, his wife, Jessica Biel, is continuing to film “The Better Sister” in Manhattan.
Although sources told on Tuesday that the Grammy winner has struggled with “a real drinking problem” for years, he does not have plans to go to rehab.
Timberlake is, instead, “pressing forward” with the Forget Tomorrow World Tour he began in April, another insider told us.
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