It seems Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have not set their married life off on the right foot after a scandalous wedding video, mocking the homeless people of L.A. was leaked on the internet.
The SexyBack singer and his new wife wed in Italy last weekend and a spoof video made by their friend Justin Huchel has landed the couple in hot water for its exploitive use of the homeless.
The video included exerts from vagrants who were videoed congratulating the couple on their wedding day and was leaked to gossip website Gawker.com yesterday.
The opening titles of the video read: “Greetings from Your Hollywood Friends Who Just Couldn’t Make It. Featuring Sid, Chuck, Robert, and More!”
In the video, one toothless man faces the camera and said: “Justin and Jessica, I haven’t seen you for a long time. I hope the wedding goes fine for you. My gift is in the mail.”
The man later spoke to TMZ and revealed that he was paid €40 for the service.
The video included a exert from this homeless man who wished the couple well
Timberlake has admitted his regret and apologised for the ‘distasteful’ video on his website.
“My friends are good people. This was clearly a lapse in judgment, which I’m sure no one who is reading this is exempt from. But, I don’t believe it was made to be insensitive.
“More so, I think it was made as a joke on me not having that many friends attending my own wedding (which IS kind of funny if you think about it).
He added: “I think we can all agree that it was distasteful, even though that was not its intention.”
“I want to say that, on behalf of my friends, family, and associative knuckleheads, I am deeply sorry to anyone who was offended by the video. Again, it was something that I was not made aware of. But, I do understand the reaction and, by association, I am holding myself accountable.”
The couple wed last weekend in Italy
Hutchel’s lawyer Michael J Saltz issued a statement yesterday following the release of the offensive wedding flick. “Mr Huchel made a video to be used and exhibited privately at Justin Timberlake’s wedding as a private joke without Mr Timberlake’s knowledge. Further, Mr Huchel informs us that his copyrighted video was recently stolen.”
Jessica and Justin are in a right mess now, aren’t they? We’re not sure how this video would ever be perceived to be funny but at least he’s apologised. We’re betting the speeches were so boring that the best man was desperate to rise a laugh out of the crowd.
