Justin Timberlake is asking for fans’ forgiveness after a video of him dancing went viral for all the wrong reasons.
It “Cry Me a River” singer issued an apology to Washington, DC, in an Instagram Story after fans compared his attempt at the area’s famous Beat Ya Feet dance he did onstage at the Something in the Water music festival to him doing the hokey pokey.
“DC, I want to apologize to you for two reasons: Here, and here,”Timberlake said this, while panning to his feet.
“I had a long talk with both of them, individually,”He said that he was talking about his left and right feet. “And I warned ‘Don’t you ever do that to me again.”‘
Timberlake wore casual khaki pants and orange sneakers for the now-famous performance. He also wore a button-down shirt in green.
“Maybe it was the khakis. It was a real khaki vibe,”He reflected on Wednesday.
Timberlake said he’d bring it. “SexyBack”Take time to do his footwork.
“Love you all,”He laughed and closed the video.
Fans were not impressed when the video started to circulate on social media.
“JT did not just say ‘beat your feet’ and proceed to river dance & skip. Boy if you don’t get your a– off the stage,” mocked one Twitter user.
“Justin Timberlake said ‘DC beat your feet’ and proceeded to do the hokey pokey,” noted another.
“Justin Timberlake your DC pass is revoked until further notice,” wrote another person.
The festival took place on Washington’s Independence Avenue between June 17 and June 19 and was riddled with technical issues. There was an influx of people and performances were not held on schedule.
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