Here's Why Justin Timberlake Publicly Apologized to Jessica Biel After Those Alisha Wainwright Photos

Justin Timberlake put out a public statement apologizing to his wife Jessica Biel and his family for the photos of him holding hands with his Palmer co-star Alisha Wainwright.

Now, a source is revealing why Justin decided to publicly address the issue, versus ignore it.

“He feels terrible that this happened and for putting Jessica through the public scrutiny,” a source told E! News. “He knows she doesn’t deserve any of this and that he messed up.”

The source added that Justin “hopes by addressing what happened and apologizing to her publicly that they can put this behind them and start to move on. Justin feels like the story isn’t dying and hopes this will be the end of it. He always tries to keep his private life private, but he knows he made a big mistake in public and now has to own up to it.”

Here’s how Jessica Biel apparently felt about the whole thing.