ElsbethSeason 2 Premiere Appears to Poke Fun at Justin Timberlake After DWI Arrest Drama — Here’s the Joke

Mar. 15, 2025

Justin Timberlake at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in L.A. in April 2024.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty

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Justin Timberlake’s summer scandal seemingly got a primetime call-out.

In the season 2 premiere ofElsbeth, the CBS police procedural dramedy’s main characters appeared to poke fun at the pop star’s June DWI arrest in the Hamptons.

At the top of the Oct. 17 episode, the titular character Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) and fictional NYPD officer Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson) are walking through Manhattan, discussing how their summer had slowed down and they hadn’t worked a notorious case recently.

“What happened to all our high-profile cases?” Tascioni, an attorney working as a consultant for the NYPD.

After Blanke responds, “Oh, they’re all in Martha’s Vineyard, Tuscany…driving drunk in Sag Harbor,” the two women share a look and a laugh before moving on to their own fictional investigation.

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Timberlake wasarrestedin Sag Harbor, N.Y., on June 18 and charged with driving while intoxicated; he received two citations for running a stop sign and failure to keep in lane. The"Selfish"singer ended up takinga plea dealand in court on Sept. 13pled guilty to a lesser chargeof driving while ability impaired.

“I did not live up to the standard I hold myself to,” Timberlake told the judge at the hearing, adding that he had been “raised on certain values” and is aware of his influence, “a platform I spent my life making.”

Timberlake is currently on the road for hisForget Tomorrow World Tour, which is expected to be one of the top tours of 2024.

source: people.com