Justin Timberlake keeps date with Marine combat instructor (video)
Justin Timberlake took Corp. Kelsey De Santis to the Marine Corps Ball in Richmond, Va. De Santis invited Justin Timberlake to be her date via YouTube in July.
Justin Timberlake at the London premier of "In Time." Was he dressed like this for the Marine Corps Ball?
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Los Angeles
Justin Timberlake's date with a Marine combat instructor on Saturday night was "one of the most moving evenings" of his life, the singer-turned-actor said on his website.
Keeping his promise to Corporal Kelsey De Santis, Timberlake donned formal wear to escort her to the Instructor Battalion Marine Corps Ball in Richmond, Virginia.
In a post on his website Sunday, Timberlake noted that he was "almost brought to tears" during a video tribute to Marines.
De Santis, who practices mixed martial arts, invited Timberlake to the event via a YouTube video in July (see video below).
She was inspired to reach out to him after he publicly encouraged Mila Kunis, his "Friends with Benefits" co-star, to accept a similar invitation from a serviceman.
"You want to call out my girl Mila?" De Santis said to Timberlake in her video. "Well, I'm going to call you out and ask you to come to the Marine Corps ball with me on November 12."
She added, "If you can't go, all I have to say is, cry me a river."
Timberlake said in his post that he and De Santis had ample time to chat before the evening's ceremony, and that she spoke of her training in mixed martial arts "with a passion, a discipline, and a respect." He was struck by her concern with his comfort at the ball.
