Justin Timberlake is back home – and in a good mood – after closing your world tour last week.
Timberlake, 44, took his Instagram stories Monday, August 4, and shared a snapshot of himself with a smile and taking out his tongue while wearing a gray sweatshirt that said: “I do not do S *** today. Mission accomplished.” The singer added three check emojis.
Several days earlier, Timberlake had ended his two years Forget Tomorrow World Tour And revealed that he was recently diagnosed with Lyme diseaseA disease caused by Borrelia bacteria that causes body pain and muscle weakness, among other symptoms.
“As many of you know, I am a fairly private person,” he wrote via Instagram on Thursday, July 31. “But while I think about the tour and the tour of the festival – I want to talk to you a bit about what’s going on with me. Among other things, I fought for myself, but I said to myself with Lyme disease – which I don’t say.”
Timberlake continued: “If you have known this disease or know someone who did it – then you are aware: living with this can be implacally debilitating, both mentally and physically. When I obtained the diagnosis, I was undoubtedly shocked. But, at least, I could understand why I would be on stage and in a massive quantity of nervous pain or, I just feel fatigue or illness. “
He said he had to decide to end his tour or “continue to understand it”. He chose the latter, explaining: “I decided that the joy that the performance brings me far away to prevail over the ephemeral stress that my body felt felt. I’m so happy to have continued.
He finally played the final concert of his tour in Istanbul on July 30.
After updating the health of Timberlake, his former group companion NSYNC Chris Kirkpatrick paid tribute to him via Instagram.
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“I always knew that my little brother was difficult – but this tour showed me a whole new level of strength,” Kirkpatrick, 53, wrote on July 31. “Watching him fight Lyme’s disease day after day, while going up on this scene at night after night, was something that I will never forget.”
He added: “Long days, travel, exhaustion – and yet he never abandoned. No complaints, no excuses – just heart, grain and pure determination. This kind of resilience is rare. “
Kirkpatrick reflected that “life is already a version, but doing it while fighting Lyme disease?” It is the status of superheroes. Here for strength, perseverance and hell of a tour. I love you, little brother! “
