Justin Timberlake escaped the long arm of the law — but he couldn’t evade a gentle poke in the ribs from his wife Jessica Biel.
A week after risking jail time by taking a photo of himself voting in Tennessee, Timberlake took a shot from Biel on Monday after the former “Seventh Heaven” star cast her own vote.
Biel posted a trio of photos of herself on Instagram sporting an “I Voted” sticker on various parts of her face, including on her nose, over her eye and on her forehead.
But it was in the caption to the photos that Biel took aim at her husband.
“When you’re so turnt up about voting that you do a photo shoot with your sticker and think it’s cool but then second guess it, but you’ve already posted, but at least you waited to get home before snapping so you won’t almost go to jail, shout out to @justintimberlake,” Biel wrote.
Timberlake, a Hillary Clinton supporter, landed on the wrong side of election law last week when he posted an Instagram photo of himself voting in his native Tennessee, which is a no-no in the Volunteer State.
Initially, a spokesman for the Shelby County, Tennessee district attorney’s office told TheWrap that the situation was “under review.” However, the DA’s office did a quick about-face hours later.
“The statement released earlier today by my office regarding Justin Timberlake and an investigation was incorrect and was released without my knowledge,” Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said in a subsequent statement. “I am out of town at a conference. No one in our office is currently investigating this matter nor will we be using our limited resources to do so.”
Timberlake later told “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon that he had no idea he was running afoul of the law by snapping the photo, and had only hoped to encourage people to vote.
Well, he certainly encouraged his wife to have a laugh at his expense, anyway.
12 Things That Happened This Presidential Election for the First Time in History (Photos)
The 2016 presidential race pits the first female candidate against a former reality TV star, and the first non-politican or military figure to run for the job ever. But this year's election has had plenty of other pioneering moments, both historical and hysterical.
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Ted Cruz becomes the first Latino to win a primary or caucus, when he narrowly defeats Donald Trump in the Iowa Caucus on Feb. 1.
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One week later, Bernie Sanders becomes the first Jewish candidate to do the same, when he handily beat Hillary Clinton in the Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary.
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In an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to stop Trump’s momentum, Mitt Romney is the first previous party nominee to publicly blast his likely successor, mocking Trump’s failed ventures such as Trump Airlines and Trump Steaks and calling him a “fraud,” “phony,” and “very, very not smart” during a March 3 speech at the University of Utah.
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In one of the more expected history making moments of the 2016 race, Hillary Clinton is the first woman to become a major party’s presumptive nominee for president when she claims victory in the June 7 California primary.
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Clinton’s victory in California also meant this election will be the oldest matchup in U.S. electoral history. Trump would be 70 when taking office, while Clinton would be 69. Trump would be the oldest president, edging Ronald Reagan.
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But not all the election's history-making moments have been so high-minded ...
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After Marco Rubio implied that Trump’s seemingly small hands meant he was inadequate elsewhere, Trump defended his penis size at a March 3 debate, “guaranteeing” the audience that there’s “no problem” with his manhood.
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With more than 12 million followers, Trump is the first presidential candidate to use Twitter as his primary means of communication, exciting and emboldening a nativist, nationalist and provocative internet community, which comes to be known as the “alt-right.” Meanwhile, Twitter still can't figure out how to turn a profit.
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Clinton gives an Aug. 25 speech in Reno, Nevada attacking the “alt-right” and specifically calling out a Twitter user named “WhiteGenocideTM.” This is definitely the first time the entire second half of that sentence has been part of a U.S. election.
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NBC journalist Lester Holt becomes the first African-American man to moderate a presidential debate, when he presides over the first Trump-Clinton meeting on Sept. 26. Carole Simpson, who moderated a 1992 presidential debate, was the first African-American to do so.
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Several newspapers have endorsed a Democrat, failed to endorse a Republican — or endorsed, period — for the first time this election. On Sept. 27, the Arizona Republic endorses a Democrat for the first time in its 126-year history. Two days later, the Detroit News endorses non-Republican, Libertarian Gary Johnson, for the first time in its 143-year history. And on Sept. 30, USA Today makes its first-ever endorsement — a non-endorsement, if you will, asking its readers to vote for anyone but Trump.
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At the end of the first presidential debate, Clinton brought up Trump’s alleged insulting treatment of a former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado. Trump subsequently spent most of the week attacking her, becoming the first candidate to issue a middle-of-the-night statement — at 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 30, via Twitter — imploring voters to watch Machado in a nonexistent “sex tape.”
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CBSSN’s Elaine Quijano becomes the first Asian-American debate moderator, when she presides over the meeting between vice presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence on Oct. 4.
From hand size inferences to sex tapes, the 2016 race has had it all
The 2016 presidential race pits the first female candidate against a former reality TV star, and the first non-politican or military figure to run for the job ever. But this year's election has had plenty of other pioneering moments, both historical and hysterical.