Justin Timberlake apparently jokes about his drunk driving arrest at a concert in Boston | Ents & Arts News

The Grammy-winning singer is due in court later this month after being stopped in upstate New York in the early hours of June 18.

Justin Timberlake apparently joked about his recent arrest for drunk driving at a concert in Boston.

The Grammy-winning pop star was arrested in Sag Harbor, an affluent village in the Hamptons of New York State, last month.

In a video shared on social media over the weekend, Timberlake tells a crowd at Boston’s TD Garden Arena: “Is anyone here driving? No, I’m just kidding.”

The fans appear to laugh and cheer as he continues his address to the crowd.

Sag Harbor Village Police said Timberlake was stopped at 00:37 local time (5:27 UK time) on Tuesday, June 18, after officers noticed him “failing to stop at a properly placed stop sign and failing to maintain his lane” while driving a BMW.

An officer described his eyes as “bloodshot and glassy” and said “his breath gave off the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage,” according to court documents.

“He was unable to divide his attention, spoke slowly, was unsteady on his feet and performed poorly on all standardized sobriety tests,” court documents continue.

A source told Page Six, the New York Post’s celebrity and entertainment site, that during the arrest, Timberlake “quietly” said, “This is going to ruin the tour.”

Timberlake has firmly denied the allegations. His lawyer said he looks forward to “defend vigorously” The singer.

The 43-year-old, who first rose to fame as a member of the pop band NSYNC, was held overnight after his arrest until he was arraigned in Sag Harbor Village Court and released.

A court date is scheduled for July 26.

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Timberlake previously appeared on stage to talk about the arrest, saying “It was a tough week” during a performance in Chicago last month.

He will continue his string of US shows with performances in Baltimore, Maryland, Cleveland, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky.

He is scheduled to perform in Birmingham, Manchester and London in the UK in August.