Justin Timberlake was surprised by the paparazzi yesterday when he arrived at a West Hollywood hotel. There were several photographers there, and as you can see from some of the photos, when they first started snapping pictures, Justin looks really annoyed. Then something happened – we don’t know what. Either Justin Timberlake was in a horrible mood and he decide to take it out on one of the photographers, or the photographer said something nasty maybe, or said something personal. Either way, Justin got in this guy’s face. I would love to see video of this – the way they’re standing nearly nose to nose, I bet they were talking smack to each other under their breaths. Simply judging from the continuity of the photos, I think the paparazzo was the one to back down first.

This isn’t the first time JT and a paparazzo have gotten into it – back in September of 2006, when split rumors were swirling about JT and Cameron Diaz, they were photographed together one night. JT was surprised then too – and he attacked the photographers, sort of. He didn’t beat them or anything, just sort of ran towards them and got in their faces.

CB wants me to mention that it’s perfectly possible – perhaps even likely – that this paparazzo said something offensive to JT. CB says “at least he didn’t smack the guy”. I don’t know – JT doesn’t seem violent, he seems like an all-talk-no-action kind of guy, so who knows? My guess for the paparazzo’s offensive comment is that he said something about Jessica Biel. Perhaps something about all of those split rumors.

I actually have a little conspiracy theory – JT was headed into a hotel, and he was obviously trying to use one of the more private entrances. My guess is that he was meeting someone he didn’t want everyone to know about, and that’s why he got angry when he was discovered. Another part of my conspiracy theory is that Jessica Biel keeps tipping off the photographers as to where she and/or Justin will be. I really think she’s been arranging many of the photo-ops we’ve seen of them the past two weeks, probably to convince us that they’re still strong and together.

In other Justin Timberlake news, JT is all about the golf. His Tennessee golf course is nearing completion, and soon people will be able to call in for reservations. JT actually bought the golf course he learned on as a kid – it was originally called Big Creek, but JT renamed it Mirimichi. It’s been renovated to be more challenging and more eco-friendly, and it will be open to the public. There’s also a rumor that JT wants to write a book about golf, and his lifelong love affair with the tee. I’m sorry, is “tee” a golf term? I’m flying blind here. In any case, the book thing is just a rumor, and I doubt it will happen.

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