Our younger readers may not remember a time when Justin Timberlake’s love life was the stuff of daily tabloid headlines.
So fire up your MySpace account and bust out your flip phone, because we’re about to take you back to the "Cry Me a River" days.
Except this time, instead of Justin settling his differences with Britney via denim-clad dance-offs, he’s allegedly clashing with wife Jessica Biel.
As you may recall, Justin and Jessica got married way back in 2012.
In the years since, they’ve welcomed a child, and they’ve been the subject of numerous gushing People magazine profiles and Instagram dream boards about #couplesgoals.
But according to a new report from Radar Online, all is not well in Justin and Jessica’s world.
In fact, insiders say the couple recently started attending marriage counseling together after Jessica revealed that she feels Justin has been disrespectful and inattentive in the years since their son was born.
"Justin recently joked to friends how motherhood has changed his wife, but not in a way he thinks is funny,” says a source close to the couple.
“Jessica overheard Justin jest that when she’s not on the red carpet, she looks like a small-town housewife with too much to do," the insider adds.
"She heard Justin refer to her as a soccer mom and blew a gasket.”
It seems the "jokes" couldn’t have come at a worse time, as Jessica was already feeling insecure about her appearance.
“[Biel] had issues about not feeling ‘hot’ anymore since giving birth three years ago to their son, Silas,” the source claims.
“It took her ages to get Justin to settle down … the jokes do not sit well with Jess."
The situation reportedly led to one of the couple’s worst fights ever — which in turn led to therapy.
“A friend of the couple suggested marriage therapy before things got worse,” the insider revealed. “They’re going once a week.”
The weird thing is, all of this comes on the heels of the release of Justin’s memoir, Hindsight & All the Things I Can’t See in Front of Me, much of which is devoted to singing Jessica’s praises.
But apparently, things aren’t as rosy as Justin made them out to be in his book.
The source reveals that Timberlake recently “told friends Jessica’s insecurity can sometimes drive him nuts and he wished she’d lighten up."
Oof. Here’s hoping this report is at least somewhat exaggerated.
Exacerbating your partner’s insecurities and then telling them to chill out is some seriously toxic behavior.
