Jessica Biel was not a fan of Justin Timberlake's band NSYNC before

That should not please Justin Timberlake: wife Jessica Biel has shown in the "Tonight Show" of US presenter Jimmy Fallon only moderately enthusiastic about Timberlake's early artistic work with the boy band NSYNC.

Fallon had coldly caught the actress on the show on Tuesday and played her an interview excerpt from 1999 - apparently years before Biel and Timberlake met for the first time. "I've heard of them before - even the music," said Biel at that time. And: "I'm not a big fan."

She also did not own CDs from NSYNC, Biel said at the time and concluded: "Well, that's the way it is."

NSYNC was founded in 1995 in Orlando, Florida - and became one of the most successful boy bands of the 1990s. The group sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. The biggest hits include "Tearin 'Up My Heart" and "Bye Bye Bye".

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Before the one-player, Biel had still shaken off: "I simply was not interested in pop music back then." Her interest would have been more "old school music", said Biel. However, it has not changed much.

As Biel confessed in the program, she can barely memorize the lyrics of Timberlake's songs until today. "I can only say three words - Bye, Bye, Bye," Biel said in reference to the NSYNC hit. However, Biel's comments are unlikely to cause any quarrel.

Fallon and Timberlake are close friends. The presenter had praised Timberlake at an awards ceremony in October. "My better half, my rock, my soulmate," Fallon told Timberlake.