Jessica Biel was inundated with angry messages from fans after her husband, Justin Timberlake, canceled his concert just minutes before showtime.
Biel took to Instagram Thursday night to share a gushy post about Timberlake preparing to wrap up the US leg of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, but just moments later, the singer called off his final show in Columbus, Ohio, over a case of the flu.
“There’s truly nothing this man can’t do,” Biel, 42, captioned a video montage showing Timberlake, 44, performing onstage throughout the tour as she danced in the audience.
“It’s been so special to watch you, listen to you, and be alongside you for this tour. One last show tonight, give it all you’ve got. I am the proudest,” she added.
But after Timberlake called off Thursday’s concert at the eleventh hour, frustrated fans voiced their outrage in the comments section of his wife’s post.
“He cancelled his last show. This post didn’t age well. Poor guy has the flu real bad,” one person wrote.
“Apparently can’t perform in Columbus because he has now cancelled twice…. Taylor Swift toured for 3 years and only cancelled once for a terrorist plot…” another commented, referencing Timberlake having also pulled out of a June 2024 stop in the same city.
“I wouldn’t know. He cancelled the show. Again,” a third Instagram user wrote.
Others, however, showed their love for Biel and her unwavering support for Timberlake.
“He deserves all the love you give him ,” a supporter wrote.
“You are his best supporter love you guys ,” another Instagram user commented.
“Thanking you for sharing him with the world we are soo proud of his success n hard work,” one fan gushed.
“It’s no wonder people turn off the comments. Wow,” another wrote.
Timberlake caught heat after announcing Thursday night that he had to issue refunds for the Columbus show after coming down with the flu.
“You guys. I’m heartbroken,” he wrote in a statement shared to his Instagram. “I have to cancel the show tonight. I went into soundcheck battling the flu and now it’s gotten the best of me.”
“It kills me to disappoint you and my team who worked so hard to make this show happen,” he added.
Concertgoers were peeved that Timberlake did not announce that the show would not go on until after the doors at Nationwide Arena had already been opened.
“Canceling bc of being sick is 100% understandable.. Canceling 10 minutes before the doors were to open is unacceptable,” one critic fumed in the Grammy winner’s comments section, while another agreed, “Dude, waiting till the last minute totally sucked.”
