Justin Timberlake Reacts To Super Bowl Performance Backlash

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00:00Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl halftime show is being savaged by fans and critics,

00:06and now we know how he feels about it.

00:08Hey guys, it's Ali for Hollywood Life,

00:11and JT Lake seemed super excited all week leading up to his big Super Bowl halftime performance.

00:17And I have to say, as the show was happening, I was entertained.

00:21The critics haven't been so nice, though.

00:23The performance did have some audio issues, but the reviews are savage.

00:27The Washington Post led with the headline, this is how Justin Timberlake lost the Super Bowl.

00:33USA Today called it wimpy, HuffPost called JT the new face of dad pop.

00:38This comes on the heels of terrible reviews of his new album Man of the Woods,

00:42and of course a full 14 years after he maybe accidentally exposed the breast of co-headliner Janet Jackson at the big game in 2004.

00:51JT Lake is also inviting not-so-favorable comparisons to Prince for this duet portion with the recently departed Purple Legend.

01:00Prince had called such post-death hologram performances demonic during his life,

01:05and many of his fans were not pleased to see this pairing, an especially unfavorable one,

01:10since Prince is widely considered to have given the best ever Super Bowl performance.

01:14Then there's this kid who got a selfie with Justin during the performance and clearly seemed to have better things to do.

01:22Celebs like Demi Lovato even piled on, waiting for other members of NSYNC to take the stage.

01:28Well, Radar Online now reports Justin left the field after his performance feeling like he killed it,

01:34but then immediately found out about the sound issues and was devastated.

01:38They say this is the first major moment where he hasn't been embraced by the public,

01:43and he's just not used to all the negative feedback, but even his outfit is getting dissed.

01:48Justin Bieber praised the performance, but also kind of made fun of his red scarf.

01:53Wendy Williams went further and said of the outfit, what the Duck Dynasty is he wearing?

01:58I'm honestly a little surprised by this backlash, but click right over here to subscribe

02:02and let us know what you guys think of this performance, because I'm a little confused right now.