--- title: Justin Timberlake Trolled Jessica Biel on the Red Carpet description: The 'Trolls' singer cemented his status as a photobomb master and prime lurker during Sunday night's Oscars, resulting in plentiful memes. canonical: https://time.com/4684581/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-oscars-2017/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-27T20:29:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:27.634Z og:title: Justin Timberlake Trolled Jessica Biel on the Red Carpet og:description: The memes are pretty inspirational og:url: https://time.com/4684581/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-oscars-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Justin Timberlake Trolled Jessica Biel on the Red Carpet twitter:description: The memes are pretty inspirational twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Justin Timberlake Really Blessed the Internet By Photobombing Jessica Biel and Emma Stone > Sponsored content. 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At [Sunday’s Oscars](http://time.com/4683169/oscars-2017-red-carpet/), that energy was at an even higher fever pitch than ever, given that he would soon kick off Hollywood’s biggest night with a live performance of his inescapable Oscar-nominated [_Trolls_ tune “Can’t Stop the Feeling.”](http://time.com/4558539/watch-justin-timberlake-on-ellen/) It looks like he got out some of his excess butterflies by being, well, a little goofy. While his his wife and fellow [actress Jessica Biel](http://time.com/4553314/jessica-biel-justin-timberlake-voting-booth-selfie-photo/) posed flawlessly for the flashbulbs—looking like an Oscar statuette herself in a shimmering gold gown, utterly unfazed by the surrounding activity and glamor—Timberlake popped up behind her in a classic photobomb. The result: hilarious memes of the lurking Timberlake. > [](https://twitter.com/thecultureofme/status/836024160262422529) > [](https://twitter.com/blackmon/status/836006437096734722) > [](https://twitter.com/JordanApps/status/836015276726579203) > [](https://twitter.com/GregoryMHicks/status/836007017852600320) In fact, JT was on a photobomb roll on Sunday night, also creeping up over Best Actress winner [Emma Stone](http://time.com/4684056/emma-stone-brie-larson-oscars-2017/)‘s shoulder while she attempted to answer interview questions. > [](https://twitter.com/BrittanyTheo/status/836027000817090560) And finally, the former boy bander gave us this expressive reaction GIF during Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue. > [](https://twitter.com/TheAVClub/status/836031007044296704) Stay classy, Justin. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4684581/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-oscars-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4684581/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-oscars-2017/"},"headline":"Justin Timberlake Really Blessed the Internet By Photobombing Jessica Biel and Emma Stone","datePublished":"2017-02-27T20:29:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:27.634Z","description":"The 'Trolls' singer got a little goofy while his wife was posing for pictures.","url":"https://time.com/4684581/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-oscars-2017/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Oscars 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4684581/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-oscars-2017/","name":"Justin Timberlake Really Blessed the Internet By Photobombing Jessica Biel and Emma Stone"}}]}] ```