Justin Timberlake and a Photographer Don’t See Eye to Eye

Have you heard about Tuesday’s public confrontation between Justin Timberlake and a paparazzo? It happened outside a Beverly Hills hotel. A friend of JT’s recently spoke to OK! Magazine to defend the superstar.

Marcella Lindeberg is not only a friend of Justin’s, she’s also a designer at the singer’s William Rast clothing line – so she knows him pretty well. She told OK! that she was surprised by the news.

“I think [the photographer] caught Justin at the wrong time,” she explained at the launch of Charlotte Russe fall collections in NYC. “He must have said something really wrong.”

She added that the outburst is completely out of character for the Justin. “He’s really, really nice. But you need to understand also that he has 20 people constantly on him,” she said. “And most of the time he’s fine with it. He’s excellent about it. He’s really welcoming and friendly.”