Justin Timberlake Apologizes For Commenting On Jesse Williams’ BET Awards Speech

Over a career that's spanned nearly 20 years, Justin Timberlake has seldom, as ever, courted any sort of controversy. Every once in a long while, though, he'll stick his foot in it, and that's what happened last night. During last night's BET Awards, the actor Jesse Williams won a Humanitarian Award and gave a poetic, intense, politically-driven speech. And when Timberlake jumped on Twitter to express his admiration of it, he unwittingly drew the ire of many.

Here's the initial tweet:

And this has been another episode in the tedious, uncomfortable saga of White People Clumsily Attempting To Publicly Reckon With White Privilege. (Believe me, I've been way more awkward with this shit than Timberlake was last night.)