Internet Is Not Having Justin Timberlake's Complaint That 24/7 Parenting Is "Not Human"

Just days after Ellen Degeneres received criticism for comparing her quarantine-life to prison, yet another celebrity has joined the parade of famous people offering opinions about the difficulties of social distancing nobody wants to hear.

This time, the offending celebrity is yesteryear's prince of pop Justin Timberlake, who last week told Sirius XM's "The Morning Mashup" that he and wife Jessica Biel were spending their quarantine "mostly commiserating over the fact that…24-hour parenting is not human." The couple has a 5-year old son, Silas.

While there's certainly no doubt that times are particularly hard for parents who either have to juggle working from home with raising their children or parent while not knowing where their next paycheck is coming from, the internet was not sympathetic to the mutli-millionaire couple being forced to spend time with their child in their remote Montana second home.

you guys have one kid and millions of dollars i'm going to lose it pic.twitter.com/3qmkJdKbXu

— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) April 9, 2020

Ummm every parent is a 24-hour parent. You don’t get to, like, clock out.

— ParlerToddler (@Parler_Toddler) April 9, 2020

I picture them just throwing stacks of cash at their kid’s face and screaming, WHY WONT THIS WORK?! at each other.

— Stupindo (@DogUnemployable) April 9, 2020

Justin Timberlake and other celebrities complaining about 24 hour parenting isn’t “normal.” 😒 pic.twitter.com/ELdeGddHJx

— Raquel (@raquel2e) April 10, 2020

To be fair, Timberlake did say he felt extremely lucky to be able to bring his family to a remote location and parenting is a difficult job, no matter how much money one has, and some were sympathetic to his statement.

Any honest parent will tell you the same thing. Not having space from your kid is hard. Batteries need to be recharged. I have 3 kids, 18-25, who live with us. Love them to death but they are getting on my nerves and so is my husband.

— Monica (@MonicaGGeraedts) April 10, 2020

This. This is what’s making everything crazy. THEYRE ALWAYS HERE. THEYRE NEVER NOT HERE.

— Beth Heise (@chacha1847) April 10, 2020

While it seems there's some split on whether Timberlake's comment was actually problematic or not, it remains an awful time for celebrities to be making what looks like petty complaints in the face of a global crisis.