Justin Timberlake Talks About Disrobing for Beyonce

Beyonce had second thoughts about doing that infamous 2008 Saturday Night Live sketch where Justin Timberlake auditions for her video, he reveals in a new interview.

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To calm her nerves, Timberlake popped by her dressing room in a robe covering a leotard, he tells CBS' Katie Couric in an interview for next week's pre-Grammy special.

He then dropped the robe and stood there.

Timberlake said Beyonce was like, "I can't look anywhere but your face right now!"

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The sketch later become an Internet hit, as did his other raunchy "D--k in a Box" spoof, costarring Andy Samberg.

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What did he mom think of that skit?

She thought it was funny.

"You gotta meet my mom," Timberlake told Couric. "She's a pretty edgy chick!"

Also edgy? Madonna, with whom he collaborated on the hit "4 Minutes."

He said he wasn't intimidated working with her.

"She's short, so I wasn't afraid at all," he said. "It's very personal to have that kind of experience with someone."

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As for his acting career, he said, "I have a day job, so [acting] becomes a hobby that I can really plunge into with full creative eagerness."

Published 1/29/09 by

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  • God somebody bettr tell jennifer Hudson to never compare her self to Beyonce!
    g09n5389 2/14/09 Reply
  • Beyonce is an amazing star that needs torespected by everybody! Most people didn'nt think she'd go this far, but she come across many challenges personally and proffessionally, and through it all she's still going strong
    g09n5389 2/14/09 Reply