Dear Justin Timberlake,
I’m going to be quick and to-the-point about this: Lose the mankerchief. I don’t care if you’re wearing it like a bank robber from Ye Olde West, or a luxury-yacht owner from Boca Raton, it’s got to stop. Seriously. The only person who can successfully rock a mankerchief is George Hamilton, and that’s because he’s nearly 70, and is deeply tanned. So unless you’re secretly trying to win a spot on Season 4 of Dancing With the Stars (where you and Usher will stage an epic battle that’ll make Lopez-Lawrence look like a grade-school talent show), keep those unsavory squares of cloth in your pocket. Unless you feel a really big sneeze coming on. Thank you. (And thanks to Dlisted for the heads up.)
-Michael Slezak
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Dude, i think this is supposed to be a lazy recreation of Andy Warhol’s repeating screenprint of Elvis in full cowboy get-up.. There ain’t nothing wrong with a mankerchief, ok?! But i think it has to be in the right or left back pocket.. knowing Justin, his would be in the right one! (heheh..)
Total Madonna wanna-be!
Madge inspired the cowboy-esqu theme with her Music album back in 2000. This time around she’s sporting the 70’s look via Valerie Cherish.
Justin, your look is confusing, the urban/cowboy/homoerotic/whatever else your throwing in the mix, just isn’t working.
And what’s up with smashing the disco ball, clearly trying to upstage Madge’s CD covered disco ball.
I ignore JT. That way, maybe he’ll go away…for good.
Is Justin paying tribute to Randy the Cowboy from the Village People? I think someone needs to tell Justin that he just went from “Can’t stop the music” to “Please Stop his music”!
Dear Michael Slezak,
Can you Pop-Watch columnists stop writing “Dear ” items.
It’s getting cliched and tedious.
Thanks.
-The Other Kyle
I like the “dear items”. It’s EW’s way of trying to help certain celebrities from making the wrong choice. When celebrities stop making bad choices, EW will stop writing those columns. So I guess that will be a long time from now….
Justin Timberlake
Can Justin Timberlake look or sound any gayer? Not that I have a problem with it, just wondering why he’s moving in that direction.
Laptop Feet
For those of us who have problems with overheating computers, these Cool Feet may be just the ticket. I’m not sure why computer makers still haven’s gotten a clue yet.
Dear People,
Stop busting on Michael. He’s just trying to tell Justin he is not Kanye (who really can sport the mankerchief to great effect)…
I just wish 6 months would come and go and he can release 4 singles off his so called album and than just go away.
The name’s Doody, Howdy Doody…appropriate in so many ways!
Bang, bang, his career is shot, bang, bang, his singing’s crap, bang, bang!
It’s not the mankerchief that has to go it’s the bafoon whose wearing it that has to go!!!!!Another classic Justin mistake.Justin put your ears back on they are much more becoming on a mouse!!!!Your fifteen minutes are up !!!!!!
And this is the man who brought sexy back!!!Excuse me while I go barf!!!!If that’s sexy I would rather be celebit.Justin you really must get over yourself!!!!!!
He looks like a tool!!
anyone else noticed that Justin’s face has gotten butt-ugly in the past 3 years? He’s bringing SexyBarf!
He looks like a total DORK! Justin definitely has issues. He probably is letting his new music go to his head. I can’t see any other reason for him to think he could pull this off. Poor Justin, one fiasco after another.
Even with the gun in his hand he does not look menacing. What is Justin Timberfake trying to prove? He should quit trying so hard he looks like a pansy.
Well, you can say what you want : Justin’s new album and new single sell. A lot. So instead of mocking him, try to understand why he’s so appealing. Oh, yes, maybe it’s because he’s not just a poster boy but also a great singer and daring musician ?
Who is this boy’s agent????
Justin ALWAYS has such bad fashion sense, in a photo shoot or real life.
I’m hating on him and Cameron Diaz and their constant complaining about being photographed, fame, ect. They are selfish and ungrateful and considering they’re both 1-step away from being a “whatever happened to” story, they should take the attention while it lasts.
Sexyback?! How about Justin bringing his manners back.
Usually the French have a good fashion sense, but this looks bad. Had Billy the Kid lived today, he would have pointed, laughed and called Justin a wussie.
Justin a great singer? Please. I couldn’t even tell it was him singing SexyBack it is so synthesized and faked… it could have been Cher for all I knew. He is talentless, picked because he was a cute kid by some fat dad in Orlando who wanted to be rich.
i wouldn’t mind the hanky – unless that was all he was wearing. yum yum
I think Stephen Colbert said it best when he noted that you couldn’t even hear the lyrics in “Sexyback” over the “hurricane of post-production.” So very true.
Can Timberlake please take the so-called “sexy” back now? I really, really don’t want it. Oh, and he does look like a total tool there.
Agree with a flat tax system
I haven’t been up to much these days. Such is life. I’ve just been letting everything happen without me these days, but I don’t care.
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