LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Actor-singer Justin Timberlake apologized Friday for a “distasteful” video produced by a friend as a joke that critics blasted for making fun of homeless people.
The heartthrob actor posted an open letter on his website about the video, in which a string of homeless, transgender and other people wished him best wishes for his wedding to actress Jessica Biel, in southern Italy.
“I had no knowledge of its existence. I had absolutely ZERO contribution to it,” he said of the video, whose makers according to the TMZ celebrity news website include his friend Justin Huchel.
“I think we can all agree that it was distasteful, even though that was not it’s intention,” he said.
The video, initially posted on the Gawker website, has a series of Los Angeles vagrants, street musicians and others talk to camera, sending wishes to Timberlake and Biel for their recent Italian nuptials.
“Greetings from your Hollywood friends who just couldn’t make it,” says a caption at one point, followed by “Love Huch and Rachel.”
