What triggered hardcore bachelor JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’s sudden marriage proposal to longtime sweetheart JESSICA BIEL?
“Justin was scared to death of marriage – guarding his bachelorhood like it was Fort Knox gold,” said a close friend.
“But last fall he experienced a life-changing moment.
"He was out clubbing with pals, and one guy picked up a girl and disappeared with her – but half an hour later, she ran back into the club crying her eyes out, grabbed her coat and left.
"Justin found out she’d had sex with his buddy – only because she’d hoped to meet him!
"Justin was shocked, and told me it made him think, ‘What kind of life am I living?’ ”
A month later, the star proposed to Jessica.
Said the friend: “He wants a real life with a real woman he loves.”
