Justin Timberlake is on total vocal rest, but he wasn’t about to bail on BFF Jimmy Fallon over some bruised vocal chords. The singer fulfilled his “Tonight Show” obligation on Thursday — he just didn’t say anything over the course of several segments.
They got pretty creative covering up Timberlake’s inability to utter a single word. Like, here’s this game they played with Timberlake’s wife, Jessica Biel:
Plus, there was a pre-tape:
And a best-of celebration:
Fallon and Timberlake also did this weird cellphone answer-dubbing thing:
Sure, OK.
And this Slow Turn, Tiny Nod game:
Finally, they had to somehow pull off an actual couch interview. After all, Timberlake had a book to plug.
Watch how they handled that one via the video above.