Justin Timberlake Reveals Lyme Disease Diagnosis: ‘Living With This Can Be Relentlessly Debilitating’

One day after closing out his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, Justin Timberlake has revealed that he was quietly suffering with Lyme disease throughout the trek.

In a vulnerable Instagram post Thursday (July 31), the pop star shared photos from his time on the road and wrote, “As I’m reflecting on the tour and festival tour — I want to tell you a little bit about what’s going on with me.”

Timberlake went on to announce, “Among other things, I’ve been battling some health issues, and was diagnosed with Lyme disease — which I don’t say so you feel bad for me — but to shed some light on what I’ve been up against behind the scenes.”

Continue reading to learn more about Justin Timberlake's Lyme disease diagnosis, Hannah Dailey.

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Hannah Dailey

Hannah has been with Billboard since 2021, when she first came aboard as the summer editorial intern. While in that position, she discovered her love for the fast-paced cycle of daily music news and later joined the team as a news writer in February 2022 to cover album releases, tour announcements and other life and career updates from the world’s biggest pop, hip-hop and rock stars. Whenever time and opportunity strike, she also loves to interview and write detailed profiles on artists who are making waves in indie and pop music — from Noah Kahan to Gracie Abrams and Hippo Campus — as well as report on the worlds of songwriting and production. When she isn’t writing about music, she’s either listening to it in bulk or writing some of her own with her guitar — that is, if her cat, Stevie (named after her personal hero, Stevie Nicks), isn’t available to cuddle.

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