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16th May 2016

Justin Timberlake Is All Of Us When He Dishes On Being A Working Dad

Trine Jensen-Burke

I will be the first one to admit that being a working parent can be hard.

Like, really, really tough going at times, and you find yourself really wishing science would invent a way of making you be able to be two places at once.

There is comfort in numbers, though, and the knowledge that all working parents feel this way, no matter who they are or what their job is.

This week, we fell a little harder in love with Justin Timberlake, as he dished about the pains of the work-life struggle while being in Cannes promoting his new film Trolls with co-star Anna Kendrick.

When you’re a red carpet photographer….but you love @Trolls…. #DreamworksTrolls

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JT explained in an interview with how he keeps in touch with his wife and 13-month old son Silas via Skype, but how screen time doesn’t quite replace the real deal.

“It’s probably gotten old…I’ve just been showing Anna videos over and over again,” he told ET. “This is tough. I mean, Cannes film festival is amazing, but my son is everything.”

And this wasn’t the first time the singer gushed about how different life is now that he is a father. JT recently told the TODAY Show that his son has inspired some heavy reflection with regard to his career and lifestyle.

“You think about the next five years, and the next five years after that, and you think a lot about the lives that me and my wife lead — I wonder what privacy’s gonna’ mean in 20 years,” he pondered. “Those are the questions that enter my mind for sure. But I think that’s something that you don’t have control over.  I think the best thing I can do is try every day to give your kid perspective, so that they understand what it means and what it doesn’t mean.”

Jessica Biel’s hubbie goes on to say that Silas has even influenced the types of work projects he will accept — like Trolls, for instance. “Hopefully one day when he sees it, he’ll be like, ‘yeah, that’s my dad!’” he said.

We hear ya, JT. Can YOU relate to the issues Justin raises as a working parent? Share your thoughts with us in the comments or tweet us at @Herfamilydotie