Justin Timberlake spotted back on set of Palmer in New Orleans… after ditching his wedding ring and holding hands with on-screen love interest Alisha Wainwright at a party
He was spotted holding hands with his on-screen love interest at a party on Bourbon Street last week.
And Justin Timberlake was back to business as usual on Monday as he stepped out on set of his new movie Palmer in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The 38-year-old singer-turned-actor was dressed in a navy blue ensemble to portray ex-con Eddie Palmer, after going without his wedding ring while grabbing ahold of co-star Alisha Wainwright’s hand at The Absinthe House.
Work: Justin Timberlake was back to business as usual on Monday as he stepped out on set of his new movie Palmer in New Orleans, Louisiana
The Can’t Stop The Feeling entertainer covered up with a long-sleeved white T-shirt underneath his dark blue threads as he made his way through the set.
He wore a pair of camel-colored combat boots and showed off a scruffy beard to match a mustache and long sideburns.
Timberlake carried a cup of coffee in one hand as he hurried through a parking lot to film the new flick.
Scene: The 38-year-old singer-turned-actor was dressed in a navy blue ensemble to portray ex-con Eddie Palmer, after going without his wedding ring while grabbing ahold of co-star Alisha Wainwright’s hand at The Absinthe House
Out and about: On Thursday night, he was spotted hanging out on a balcony of a bar in the bustling Bourbon Street area of New Orleans.
On Thursday night, he was spotted hanging out on a balcony of a bar in the bustling Bourbon Street area of New Orleans.
Timberlake went sans wedding ring as he perched against a wall while chatting it up with his co-star.
At one point, Justin held onto Wainwright’s hand as he laughed among what appeared to be cast and crew from the flick.
Eyewitnesses claim that they left the bar via a rear exit at about 12.30 a.m., Justin trying to keep a low-profile in a baseball cap, ripped jeans, and a zip-up jacket.
A source insisted to MailOnline that the pair were ‘out with a group of people from [the Palmer] production. There was nothing going on.’
Hands on: At one point, Justin held onto Wainwright’s hand as he laughed among what appeared to be cast and crew from the flick
Grabby: He seemed to pull her closer to chat as they sat outside
Pondering: Justin and Alisha play on-screen lovers in the football-themed drama and sat together in the corner of the balcony, both drinking alcohol
Just having fun? Justin laughed it up between drinks on the balcony bar
Another witness, however, alleged: ‘At one stage he grabbed her hand and rested it on his knee. She then gently started stroking his leg. Then he clutched her hand with both of his and was playing with her hands.’
DailyMail.com reached out to Timberlake’s representatives for comment.
Justin and Alisha play on-screen lovers in the football-themed drama and sat together in the corner of the balcony, both drinking alcohol.
The Cry Me A River musician has been married to actress Jessica Biel, 37, for seven years and the couple have a four-year-old son named Silas.
Justin placed both his hands around Alisha’s, who wore a figure-hugging green dress and at one point kicked back and placed her legs up on the balcony railing.
Party time: At one point, Justin held onto Wainwright’s hand as he laughed among what appeared to be cast and crew from the flick
Westside: Jessica ran errands in Los Angeles before the pictures emerged of her husband and his co-star
Rough: The Cry Me A River musician has been married to actress Jessica Biel, 37, for seven years and the couple have a four-year-old son named Silas; seen in 2018
Who is Alisha Wainwright?
Justin Timberlake was seen getting cozy at a New Orleans bar with his Palmer co-star Alisha Wainwright this week.
Despite pictures of them holding hands – with Justin’s wedding ring missing – a source told DailyMail.com they were ‘out with a group of people from [the Palmer] production. There was nothing going on.’
So who is the leggy bombshell at the center of the rumor storm?
Origin story: Alisha Ena Wainwright was brought up by her single mother in Miami far from the glitter of Hollywood
Alisha Ena Wainwright was brought up by her single mother in Miami far from the glitter of Hollywood.
‘My mother is Jamaican and my father is Haitian, so growing up I spent a lot of my very early years going back and forth between both countries,’ she told Conde Nast Traveler.
Her teen years were scarred by money problems but her mother made sure to insulate Alisha from any distress.
‘My mom was incredibly good at sectioning off things that were stressful from my life. I never knew about the issues she had,’ Alisha said to Shondaland.
Well-traveled: ‘My mother is Jamaican and my father is Haitian, so growing up I spent a lot of my very early years going back and forth between both countries,’ she has said
‘She always felt fun and authoritative to me. I never knew what she was going through until later on when I realized there was an incredible financial struggle she went through during my adolescence.’
After majoring in botany at the University of Florida she conducted PhD research in Panama.
She told W: ‘I had a very weird anthropological-botanical focus, and I couldn’t find anyone to give me the money to study it.’
Rising star: She starred as werewolf Maia Roberts on Shadowhunters and now leads the cast of the Netflix sci-fi series Raising Dion
Her professional frustration drove her away from science and into acting, where she made her bones in 2012 on the YouTube comedy show Smosh.
Alisha became a star as werewolf Maia Roberts on the Freeform show Shadowhunters from 2017 till the end of the show this year.
Now she stars as the widowed mother of a child superhero on Raising Dion, a Netflix sci-fi show featuring Michael B. Jordan as her late husband.
‘I was raised by a single mother so I know that there’s a lot of drama in that life, and there is a lot to pull from,’ she told W.
Globetrotter: Her travels are documented on her Instagram page as in this smoldering snapshot taken in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago