{"id":146136,"date":"2025-08-01T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=146136"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:32:19","slug":"justin-timberlake-reveals-lyme-disease-battle-amid-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/justin-timberlake-reveals-lyme-disease-battle-amid-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease battle amid tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Justin Timberlake<\/strong> just wrapped his<strong> Forget Tomorrow World Tour<\/strong>, but behind the scenes, he was facing a major health challenge. On July 31, just a day after the tour\u2019s finale, the \u201cSexy Back\u201d hitmaker took to Instagram to reveal he has been quietly battling <strong>Lyme disease<\/strong> throughout the shows.<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Timberlake shared photos from the tour and opened up about the struggle, saying, \u201c<em><strong>I\u2019ve been battling some health issues, and was diagnosed with Lyme disease \u2014 which I don\u2019t say so you feel bad for me \u2014 but to shed some light on what I\u2019ve been up against<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d He admitted the illness left him dealing with nerve pain, fatigue, and sickness while on stage, but he chose to push through because of his love for performing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1950975245042548975\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis, which he struggled with during his world tour.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Living with this can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically&#8230; I was faced with a personal decision. Stop touring? Or, keep going and figure it out. I decided\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hIJEqSWB7a\">pic.twitter.com\/hIJEqSWB7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1950975245042548975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lyme disease, caused by tick bites, can bring harsh symptoms like rashes, stiffness, and long-term pain. Justin Timberlake now joins stars like Avril Lavigne and Justin Bieber, who have also spoken about their struggles with the condition. Despite everything, his tour, which began in April 2024, grossed $73.2 million across 41 shows. Despite the success, the singer caused online controversy after videos from his performances in <strong>Romania<\/strong> were posted. In the clips, Justin can be seen having low energy and having the audience sing most of the songs for him. However, now that his medical condition has been revealed, fans can make more sense of the controversial performances.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatchUpFeed\/status\/1948826735799091615\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Timberlake\u2019s performance in Romania went viral \u2014 for all the wrong reasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KXwq9HzM9E\">pic.twitter.com\/KXwq9HzM9E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatchUpFeed\/status\/1948826735799091615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Timberlake just wrapped his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, but behind the scenes, he was facing a major health challenge. On July 31, just a day after the tour\u2019s finale, the \u201cSexy Back\u201d hitmaker took to Instagram to reveal he has been quietly battling Lyme disease throughout the shows. In his post, Timberlake shared photos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":146148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1425,2264],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-146136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-concert","8":"category-entertainment"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146136"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=146136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}