Justin Timberlake has been caught on camera angrily slapping away a fan’s hand when they tried to reach out and touch his arm during a concert.
Timberlake was performing in Tampa, Florida on June 14 when the incident occurred, and was caught by a fan recording the show.
As the singer, who was recently arrested after a suspected DUI, stepped up onto the barrier in front of a crowd, a fan reached out and appeared to try and touch the star’s jacket.
Feeling something touch his torso, Timberlake looked down before growing visibly angry and slappin the fan’s hand away hard as security also stepped in to help.
Fans rushed to comment with one replying: “Omg last time I saw a hand swat like that was when I took one too many cookies and my grandma caught me.”
Another replied: “He’s an ass like every other celebrity. Don’t want to be touched stay out of the crowd. He knows….”
While a third fan responded: “Whys so angry?? He chose to get that close to them all?”
However, others defended the star, with another commenting: “Why would you even try and touch someone without their permission?”
Meanwhile, this is not the only fan footage from the show to spark controversy this week for the star.
Timberlake’s team have hit back over footage of the singer that’s circulated widely in the wake of his drunken driving arrest last week.
In the days following his arrest, footage circulated of Timberlake in the crowd at a show during his current tour.
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The 43-year-old looked worryingly tired and drawn, with wide, red-lidded eyes and a tense expression on his face.
Some claimed that the footage showed Timberlake at his first concert back following the arrest, but in fact, it was originally filmed and posted back in May, at one of his Las Vegas concerts.
And an unnamed source from Timberlake’s team has insisted to TMZ that the footage shows the star completely sober.
“We’re told he 100% was [sober], as he has been for every show,” TMZ reports. “Our sources say JT is always focused and clear-headed at all his shows … there’s simply too much at stake in the performance.”
In fact, Timberlake made his post-arrest return to the stage at a concert in Chicago last Friday evening, and tackled his brush with the law head-on.
“It’s been a tough week,” Timberlake told the crowd. “I know I’m hard to love sometimes but you keep loving me right back.”
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