Justin Timberlake Thanks "Favorite Collaborator" Jessica Biel in Overwhemingly Cute Acceptance Speech
"Growing up, no one ever called me anything close to an innovator."


The iHeartRadio Music Awards people gave Justin "I'm so old" Timberlake their Innovator Award on Sunday, and, in return, he talked for six minutes. Pretty fair tradeoff, if you ask me.
In his super-sweet acceptance speech, J.T. managed to thank a whole bunch of people, including Tom Ford, who makes a surprisingly energetic presenter. He quoted Teddy Roosevelt. He told us weird kids it's okay if people call us names because we're awesome. He said this about Jessica Biel: "You can't have innovation without creation, so finally, I want to thank my best friend, my favorite collaborator, my wife, Jessica, at home, who's watching. Honey, I can't wait to see our greatest creation yet (opens in new tab). Don't worry, Daddy's heading home right now to innovate by learning how to change a poopy diaper and get my swaddle on." He also wore a bright blue suit the entire time.
Are you not entertained? The whole thing's excellent, so watch it below.
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Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.
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