Rachel Bilson and Justin Timberlake.Photo:Jason Kempin/Getty; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Jason Kempin/Getty; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Rachel Bilsonis looking back at a missed opportunity withJustin Timberlake.
On Monday’s episode of herBroad Ideaspodcast,The O.C.actress, 42, shared a story about an “embarrassing” drunken encounter she had with the singer-songwriter, 42, at a party back in the early 2000s.
“In our day, Justin Timberlake was very big, right? Like, the biggest. Sorry, no disrespect — he’sstillvery big,” she started, speaking to her co-host Olivia Allen. “We were all at a party, or something, and he was there, and I was so obsessed with him.”
Bilson then hesitated, claiming that she couldn’t tell the story. But her co-host wasn’t about to let her off the hook so easily.
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“We were kicking it with him. We were making friends with him. [Bilson] went up to him, obviously, or he came to [Bilson],” Allen chimed in. “I got drunk and embarrassed myself a little because he was trying to flirt with Rachel.”
She then planted herself in between Bilson and Timberlake. She admitted that she kind of sabotaged her friend’s potential moment with the*NSYNCsinger, explaining, “I was just drunk and wanted to keep talking to him.”
Justin Timberlake at the Los Angeles Premiere FYC Event for Hulu’s “Candy” at El Capitan Theatre on May 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Jerod Harris/Getty
Jerod Harris/Getty
TheHart of Dixiestar recalled how awkward things got then, emphasizing how her pal just “squeezed herself” right in. Luckily, Timberlake seemed to be a good sport about it — though he didn’t pass up his chance to tease Allen a little.
“The next time I saw him, he was like, ‘What’s up, enemy?'” she recalled.
Alas, things just weren’t meant to be. TimberlakemarriedactressJessica Bielin Oct. 2012, tying the knot in a ceremony in Italy. They sharetwo kids, sons Silas, 8, and Phineas, 2.
Meanwhile, Bilson shares daughterBriar Rose, 8, with her exHayden Christensen, whom she met on the set of the 2008 film,Jumper. She also previously datedBill Haderand herO.C.costarAdam Brody.
Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson attend a cocktail party in honor of designer Kris Van Assche in 2009.Michael Loccisano/Getty
Michael Loccisano/Getty
The actress has never been one to hold back when it comes todiscussing sex and her dating life.
In May, she claimed shelost an acting jobfor “speaking candidly and openly about sex in a humorous way,” referring to when shedetailed her bedroom preferenceson an episode of theWomen on Toppodcast.
“First of all, I said it in a joking manner in the interview, like, ‘Yeah, I wanna get f—ing get manhandled,'” she explained onBroad Ideas. “Basically, it’s like, ‘Okay, give control or take control in the bedroom,’ whatever.”
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“A single mom, a woman, lost a job because they were being candid and honest and the subject was sex,” the actress added. “I didn’t even have a chance to defend myself.”
source: people.com
