Justin Timberlake as soon as ”by chance broke into” Alcatraz jail.
The 39-year-old singer has revealed that in 2000 he was filming a music video with boy band NSYNC close to Alcatraz Island, when he and his bandmate Joey Fatone snuck right into a guided tour of the utmost safety jail, which closed as a jail in 1963 and as soon as housed notorious crime boss Al Capone.
Explaining the story throughout an look on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’, Justin stated: ”I by chance broke into Alcatraz one time. I used to be in a gaggle known as NSYNC … We have been capturing a video within the redwoods exterior of San Francisco and we ended up capturing this one scene on this pier straight reverse Alcatraz.
”And on the time I used to be watching ‘The Untouchables’ time and again, and I used to be obsessive about the truth that Al Capone, you already know, they put him in Alcatraz.
”And I stated: ‘Who needs to go see Alcatraz with me?’ and Joey – who’s often recreation for something – he was like: ‘I’ll go along with you!’ however we solely had principally an hour in between the place they have been establishing a distinct shot.
”So the hearth division was ready round and so they got here up and stated: ‘Hey might we take some footage with you guys?’ and Joey and I have been like: ‘Sure … would you’re taking us to Alcatraz?’
”They have been like: ‘Yeah, certain!’ in order that they take us over – we felt so cool – on like a coast guard, fireplace division boat.”
Justin and Joey have been then taken to the island, not realising that those that go to the island through vacationer ferry have their tickets checked once they arrive on the island.
And with out tickets, they determined to sneak into the jail as an alternative of becoming a member of the tour.
The ‘Man of the Woods’ singer continued: ”We recover from there and we realise that on the mainland you are supposed to purchase your tickets and then get on the ferry!
”So, we get to the primary gate and so they’re like: ‘Tickets please’ and so in fact we have been like – I imply I used to be simply outta highschool – so I used to be used to this one … I used to be like: ‘Yeah the man behind me has the tickets’ and we ended up type of sneaking in and getting the earphones and weaving our manner into one of many tour teams.”
The pair finally obtained caught – simply as Justin had arrived at Al Capone’s cell.
He stated: ”And by the point we obtained half manner by way of and simply gotten to Al Capone’s cell, I obtained a faucet on my shoulder. And they’re like: ‘Come with me’ and I used to be like: ‘Joe, we’re gonna go down in historical past because the dumbest individuals ever. We obtained caught breaking into a jail!’
”They allow us to go away with a warning, and clearly we needed to pay for the tickets.”
