Super Bowl 2018 half-time star Justin Timberlake has brilliant reply as he's forced to pick Patriots or Eagles
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Justin Timberlake wasn't to be trapped into alienating himself from fans when he stars in the Super Bowl halftime show this weekend.
No stranger to controversy when it comes to the flagship performance that is almost as hotly anticipated as the game itself.
Timberlake famously contributed to the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction that will forever be remembered as 'nipplegate' back in 2004 in Houston.
Whether or not JT has anything risque planned for his show on Sunday night (UK time), he was intent on keeping fans onside in the build-up.
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Timberlake was asked which team he'll be supporting in Minneapolis when the New England Patriots face the Philadelphia Eagles.
"Is it safe to say, that on Super Bowl Sunday, that you'll be rooting for the Patriots," a journalist asked.
Timberlake responded: "I have to go on tour in Philadelphia woman, what are you doing to me?"
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The reporter tried to push him to pick a side, and "say it right here just between you and I", but he wouldn't fall for it.
"Ahhh, go Pack go," he said in a downcast tone, before making sure there was not misunderstanding that he said Pack rather than Pats.
Timberlake is, of course, a Green Bay Packers fan.
Rather than supporting the Titans from his native state, the former NSYNC frontman instead backed the Packers due to their star quarterback Brett Farve, who is from Mississippi, Tennessee.